6N England v Ireland
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England team announced. Dombrandt has hardly trained due to Covid but is selected on the bench, which seems strange. Ewels keeps his spot with Launchbury on the bench - I can just about live with that as Ewels didn't do too badly v Wales. Given unavailabilities I'm not that pissed off with this selection, though I still think Ireland will be too strong for us. They look like they all know where they want to go, whereas England seem somewhat confused.
England: Steward; Malins, Marchant, Slade, Nowell; Smith, Randall; Genge, George, Sinckler, Itoje, Ewels, Lawes (capt), Curry, Simmonds.
Replacements: Blamire, Marler, Stuart, Launchbury, Dombrandt, Youngs, Ford, Daly
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Ireland team to face England. Their bench looks a bit more intimidating than England's and may be the difference.
Ireland: Keenan; Conway, Ringrose, Aki, Lowe; Sexton (capt.), Gibson-Park; Healy, Sheehan, Furlong, Beirne, Ryan; O'Mahony, van der Flier, Doris.
Replacements: Herring, Kilcoyne, Bealham, Henderson, Conan, Murray, Carbery, Henshaw.
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Absolute shit show. Rules are destroying the game. Yellow all the way. Like the Italy game last week, it destroys the competitiveness.
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Yet another match ruined.
Should have tackled less upright though and I don’t think Ryan will be back either.
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@billy-tell said in 6N England v Ireland:
Yet another match ruined.
Should have tackled less upright though and I don’t think Ryan will be back either.
Pretty sure we can expect a "levelling" card before halftime. Curry just took a clean out to the head.
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@bones said in 6N England v Ireland:
@billy-tell said in 6N England v Ireland:
Yet another match ruined.
Should have tackled less upright though and I don’t think Ryan will be back either.
Pretty sure we can expect a "levelling" card before halftime. Curry just took a clean out to the head.
I would prefer 14 vs 14 TBH.
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@billy-tell said in 6N England v Ireland:
@bones said in 6N England v Ireland:
@billy-tell said in 6N England v Ireland:
Yet another match ruined.
Should have tackled less upright though and I don’t think Ryan will be back either.
Pretty sure we can expect a "levelling" card before halftime. Curry just took a clean out to the head.
I would prefer 14 vs 14 TBH.
Reckon you won't have to wait long
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Has Super Rugby still got 20 min red cards?
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@bones said in 6N England v Ireland:
Calf or Achilles for Curry. England forwards are going to run out of puff...
Yep. Eddie’s genius selection of one specialist flanker in the 23 coming home to roost 🙄
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@catogrande said in 6N England v Ireland:
@bones said in 6N England v Ireland:
Calf or Achilles for Curry. England forwards are going to run out of puff...
Yep. Eddie’s genius selection of one specialist flanker in the 23 coming home to roost 🙄
Nowell is there
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@billy-tell said in 6N England v Ireland:
Yet another match ruined.
Should have tackled less upright though and I don’t think Ryan will be back either.
The sending off was a fucking disgrace. That crowd in Twickenham have paid big money and the game was ruined in the second minute. Quickest sending off in 5/6 Nations history.
Hint to World Rugby, the punters aren't playing to watch the referee.