It was a cracking match at the weekend between England and Ireland at a full house at Twickenham Stadium in West London. Ireland’s captain received a yellow card at a crucial point in the game, for a penalty that O’Mahony will be bitterly disappointed with.
This is where Ireland lost the game
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Very stupid from a captain… But I don’t think it was down to a specific moment, you could have said the injury to Nash with a 6/2 bench was also defining.
At the end of the day, England were just the better team, and knew exactly how to disrupt Ireland throughout.
I really hate the 6-2 split. Seeing Murray shove Gibson Park out onto the wing was farcical. The “benefit” of the extra forward on the bench seems trivial compared to the drawbacks if you have any early injury to one of the backs. 3 players covering 7 backs is already spread pretty thin. Reducing it to 2 just seems reckless.
Absolutely brain dead move from POM
All the brain dead actions when the heat was on were by experienced players, POM, Murray and Care. Experience is good but sometimes it just means you’re too old.
The audacity of some Ireland fans tryna defend this. Dived over a ruck and not even close to supporting his body weight