6N England v Ireland
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Well, I have to say that I never saw this result coming. England had looked disjointed, shoddy and poorly coached this 6N, and Ireland had looked the complete opposite. There will be plenty out there saying Ireland played poorly, or they missed this / that or whatever, but that would be pretty disrectful, as frankly speaking, England simply beat them playing rugby today.
IT's worth sharing some context on my annoyance with the Irish commentator which ITV had. It was such a love in on everything, and to be honest, it rubbed over to the rest of the comms as they fawned over absolute bullshit. Some pretty basic stuff (that you'd expect at this level) was often commentated on us "world class", "thats why they're the worlds best", "champion team" etc etc. It just went on and on and on, continuously. They must have showed the 6N table commenting how Ireland were wrapping it up with a week to spare about 5 times throughout the match, whilst ass kissing them.
All this whilst England were matching them in the physical stuff, making line breaks and playing with confidence. When Ireland looked like they might have gotten to an unassailable lead, England hit back right away. Yet, about 2 mins after, the showed the table again. It was fucked up coverage.
I literally got out of my seat and cheered when Smith got that droppy. Seeing those Irish faces like smashed meat pies again, was just beautiful.
Oh, and one last dig. When England were down with about 20 to go the one eyed twat said something like "Ireland have been in this situation before when they gave the All Blacks a 13 point head start so they know how to win from here".
Err. They lost that match, mate. Just like this one. And as for "gave the All Blacks that lead" ... hmmm ... Maybe your boys are simply not as invincible as you believe. The QF was mentioned a few times as though it was almost some complete anomaly.
Having said that, they are a superb rugby team, one of the best of the last few years.
But there is a difference between being one of the best, and the best.
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@Machpants said in 6N England v Ireland:
Well done care for your ton. Now retire, Jesus he's slow
And Murray, gawd entertainment game destroyers
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@MajorRage That Irish comms guy and to be honest, most of the Scots comms are just hyperbolic cheerleaders. That wretched Scots woman commentator actually said “Italy are hanging on to Scotlands coat tails” when it was a one score game. I did laugh when 2 minutes later Garbisi was lining up a conversion in front of the posts for the lead. Of course the fucker had to go and miss it.
But still.
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@Machpants said in 6N England v Ireland:
Ford = perofeta, without the attack
But can actually kick goals.
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@Frank said in 6N England v Ireland:
@Machpants said in 6N England v Ireland:
Ford = perofeta, without the attack
But can actually kick goals.
Sometimes
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@Machpants said in 6N England v Ireland:
Ben earl deserved that try
He is a unit that is for sure, well played and deserved.
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@MajorRage is an awful lot of stuff on social.media at present about how the Irish are easily the best side in the world should still have won the RWC but for the draw blah blah blah...
Fuck, we were chokers again and again, Irish just unlucky apparently.
Good win for the English.
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@Catogrande said in 6N England v Ireland:
@MajorRage That Irish comms guy and to be honest, most of the Scots comms are just hyperbolic cheerleaders. That wretched Scots woman commentator actually said “Italy are hanging on to Scotlands coat tails” when it was a one score game. I did laugh when 2 minutes later Garbisi was lining up a conversion in front of the posts for the lead. Of course the fucker had to go and miss it.
But still.
I've only watched highlights packages of both games, but the Scots/Eye-ties game... even in the highlights I got the impression the commentators were just cheerleaders for the game... from about the 2nd minute "this is the most awesomest game ever!".
But ... then we complain about certain other commentators "it's like they hate the game".
I actually did wonder... do these guys have a mandate to ACTUALLY cheerlead for the game/sport? -
Cheerleading the game I don't mind, cheerleading a specific team on the other hand.
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Jamie Heaslip’s comments that the only way England can win is if Ireland go down to 14 or 13 men has aged like milk.
Comments very much in contrast to those coming out of the actual Irish camp before the game which were all wary and respectful.
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@Catogrande said in 6N England v Ireland:
Jamie Heaslip’s comments that the only way England can win is if Ireland go down to 14 or 13 men has aged like milk.
Was a toss-up whether I posted Heaslip's or Stringer's comments. Bloody ridiculous comments both - and disrespectful.
Earls and Itoje (particularly on yesterday's form) would walk into the Irish squad and George Martin looks like he could be a really good 'un
