[2023 Six Nations] Italy vs Ireland - 25 February 2023

[TRF_Olyy]

What an absolute waste

 

[TommiG88]

What an absolute waste

The school of England

 

[Bluemoon]

Good lord what a wild time to kick. Go through the hands there - they were on the front foot. Might rue that at the end of the game.

 

[Le Frére Alpha]

Lucky there. All started from Ross reverting to type, standing deep and shovelling ****.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Darn. In all seriousness, Crowley's hat has to be in the ring for the ABs. They've made France, England and Ireland look fairly ordinary for extended periods. I've no idea how he is acheiving that even if all three opponents have had their issues.

 

[Gavin]

McCloskey has had at least 3 high tackles taking people round the neck.

Always seems to try and wrap people high

 

[TRF_Olyy]

They've made England look fairly ordinary for extended periods

What an achievement

 

[Gavin]

Is that the first time Murray has made a break since Chicago in 2016?

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Nice respect shown by Ireland to turn to the power game and get the heck out of Rome without an omelette on their face.

 

[AlRums]

Questionable final pass

 

[Reiser99]

That's game. Italy definitely getting closer to regular wins. Still should be targeting Wales game.

 

[Reiser99]

Questionable final pasa

There were a couple, but hey ho. Never going to get a decent referee performance from Adamson.

 

[Groundhog]

It's crazy that if Italy were a southern hemisphere side they'd easily dominate those weak little statelets.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Mack Hansen MOTM feels like a copout cause he scored a couple

Kelleher comfortably the best player in green IMO

 

[Jimbo]

How can you show a clear realise, a player who continues to roll towards you?

 

[TommiG88]

Ireland look so good. Wish England played anything close to this

Edit: I wish England could attack like Italy

 

[Lé Ddanno]

I wish England could attack

 

[Gavin]

Faz shouting to the players if they get the ball back, continue to play.

That's quality.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Three best consecutive Italian performances I've ever seen, by absolute miles. A real pleasure to watch.

Even if Italy had drawn level Ireland had the tools to tighten up and win, so I don't think there was ever much danger of the upset.

PS - remember Georgia beat a full strength Italy last year too.

 

[BrokenWing]

What an achievement

Yeah, EJ managed that single handedly for a few years.