[RWC19 Warm-Up] - England vs Ireland

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

The idea that Ireland have any tricks up their sleeve for the World Cup other than a handful of Schmidt power-plays is unrealistic, so at this point what can the team do within the space of a month to turn themselves back into contenders?

Tear up what they've been doing and start again. No point sticking with the tried and trusted when the tried and trusted are on the receiving end of this shellacking. There's no creativity in the side

What that is, I don't know. Maybe be radical.
Carbery, Earls, Ringrose, Henshaw, Stockdale, Sexton, Murray; Healy (hopefully), Cronin, Furlong, Toner, Ryan (c), Beirne, van der Flier, Conan

 

[Which Tyler]

Nope, not if you’re tackled immediately upon receiving the ball.

I trust Nige to know the laws, but it's new to me

 

[bushytop]

I might have to revise my backing of Ireland for the World Cup lol

That distant Irish heritage is starting to ‘look’ a bit more English eh?

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

Too late for a comeback?

 

[ncurd]

That's frustrating from an England perspective.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Bad misses from Itoje and Daly.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Daly ain't a 15

 

[Hanley!]

Lol contenders. QF coming up again.

If we're lucky.

On the bright side, I'm looking forward to hearing some fans argue after this game that this poor performance had nothing to do with Schmidt; it was only that every single green jersey played badly.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Barnes chooses Manu as MOTM. WTF?

 

[Bada-Bing!]

This opposition throwing straight to LCD is catching.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Oh God, Mako.....

 

[TRF_Olyy]

LCD again lol

 

[HenryChinaski]

Did Itoje interfere physically in that line-out?
I thought so at first watch

 

[Jimbo]

Lol wtf LCD crazy....

 

[TheOvalBall]

Look, England played well and capitalized on a lot of Irish mistakes, but in my view it is usually never a good thing to win by such a big margin so close before a big tournament.

 

[Scotty]

Whats wrong with mako wasnt holding anything...head?

 

[NickBD]

Barnes chooses Manu as MOTM. WTF?

What he said before hand might be even weirder, EJ would be happy with that Aki try.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Oh no Mako. Hope it’s not serious.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

What the hell was the TMO doing kicking off about that

 

[Groundhog]

What the hell was the TMO doing kicking off about that

Itoje clearly jumping across the gap as he always does probably. Owens doesn't mind though.