[RWC2023] Ireland vs Romania (09/09/2023)

[ShropshireAllBlack]

Oh dear….

 

[IT157]

Haha, wow Romania! Great for them!

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Keith Earls had literally just won me over and he does that. Bald fraud.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

This is epic haha. What a start! What a pick up and run to set that up too!

 

[Reiser99]

Lol

 

[die_mole]

They called her the Irish bottler

 

[TRF_Olyy]

That conversion tho

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

I'm all for accessibility but this is the first match where the 'kit clash' is bizarre. They need to encourage sides to put different patterns in international tops to avoid most games having a side in white.


Hooohoooo!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Very close to putting his hand out of play before grounding that haha

 

[beerholder]

I expected more from Ireland, but they only lasted 2 minutes

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Ireland held on to the ball well through the phases but disappointed in Romania's inability to challenge in contact so early in the match. Their defence so far is worse than I was fearing.

 

[Rinkadink]

Loved that start by Romania, could see how much it meant. Otherwise going as predicted though.

 

[die_mole]

USA beat Romania 31-17. Time to ask questions about whether Ireland could qualify from the Americas.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Earls went a game too far.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Earls went a game too far.

- Me, after his first cap

 

[IT157]

What is Earl *****ing about. Perfectly fine tackle.

 

[die_mole]

Was Earls actually complaining about that Tackle?

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

- Me, after his first cap

It took me 100 games to like him and 1 to change my mind.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

That was forward from Lowe,
Stood still as well so can't blame momentum

 

[Alex Anghel]

We do not mean anything in world rugby since early 90s (we last beat France in 1990 in Auch, Scotland in Bucharest in 1991), so all I want for us is to avoid being completely humiliated.

Long gone are the days they wanted to open the Five Nations to us, but being behind the Iron Curtain did not help.