RBS 6 Nations - Ireland vs Italy - 25/02/2012, 13:30

[Leonormous Boozer]

Ugh, we're lucky Botes can't kick.

 

[Jockstap]

Christ Murray get on with it.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Oh dear. That was terrible. What's the defense thinking.

 

[southstandregular]

That try was well deserved Ireland look very lacklustre today

 

[bushytop]

Quite glad that the vbookie wasn't up for this match now... could well have lost some vreddies.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

I think that'll be the end of the Italians big blow to take before Half time.

 

[Feicarsinn]

I just woke up, how awful have we been then?

 

[RedCard]

I hear loads of you Irish guys go on about SOB but I rarely see him having a really good game at international level. Is it that he's just in the wrong position being openside? I don't get the hype.

 

[Feicarsinn]

I hear loads of you Irish guys go on about SOB but I rarely see him having a really good game at international level. Is it that he's just in the wrong position being openside? I don't get the hype.

You only need to look at the Aussie game during the world cup to see just how effective he can be. He was immense for the whole world cup and the warm up games too. Problem is that now they're asking him to play the fetcher role, which doesn't allow him to play to his strengths at all. So he's pretty anonymous at the moment, yes. Same thing happened to Jamie Heaslip last season.

 

[Feicarsinn]

Botes is useless. Poor Italy.

 

[Jockstap]

I hear loads of you Irish guys go on about SOB but I rarely see him having a really good game at international level. Is it that he's just in the wrong position being openside? I don't get the hype.

He's been light years away from last season's form, but then he mainly played as a blindside. This year see's him asked to play 7 where he's nowhere near as effective.

 

[RedCard]

Ireland should move away comfortably now. Sting taken out of Italy after their missed kick and the extra Ireland 3 points.

 

[Seaton]

What a soft penalty, yes the Italian 'tackled' him but he pretty much brought him down safer than the Irish player would've landed without interference.

Oh well...

 

[Feicarsinn]

Cracking kick there from Earls.

 

[bushytop]

Fair play Ferris is imense.

Have they ever tried SOB at 6 and Ferris at 7... think he could do a job anywhere along the backrow

 

[bushytop]

Sexton's nicked ROG's boots!

 

[Jockstap]

Ireland look a thousand times better with Reddan at 9.


Looking forward to see what O'Mahony offers, Ryan should have been starting in the first place.

 

[Feicarsinn]

Ireland look a thousand times better with Reddan at 9.

It's all about how you want to play though isn't it? Reddan will give you quicker ball, that's just the way it is. But, Murray is a better defender and around the fringes. I'm very much a believer that Reddan should play with Sexton and Murray with ROG.

 

[big ginger 8]

Plenty of people say Earls is our best finisher but I'd say Bowe is.

 

[stus768]

refs been pretty poor