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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ospreylian" data-source="post: 711901" data-attributes="member: 59055">Congratulations Ireland, a good result under pressure now that there is so much expectation constantly being placed on this team. English fans, I don't think you have to get too upset about the result. The Aviva seems to be an exceptionally difficult place to play and the crowd is always insane. Best crowd of the tournament so far, the noise sounded unbelievable from the first whistle. Around half time I had a feeling the game might slip away from England and they would crumble and concede 20 or 30 points, but fair play to them, they seemed to dig in and keep going. That attitude is something that's vitally important when it comes down to points difference at the end of the tournament, so bravo England for the never-say-die-ness of it all. Connor Murray was fantastic, he has well and truly won me over. I never used to rate him that highly but he seems to have matured and is now a lot quicker. Although Ireland are worse off when Sexton is not on the pitch I think Madigan did a great job at keeping things stable and playing a tight game. He's not exactly a bad guy to have on the bench. I thought Haskell had another good game and got his hands on the ball quite a lot, making metres when he needed to. I still cannot understand why May was dropped from the 23, I was not impressed at all by Nowell today, and to be honest I am yet to see him have a good game. I know people rate him at club level so there must be something he can bring to the field, it's just from what I have seen of him so far he just doesn't seem to cut it at international level. If Wales manage to pull off a win in 2 weeks time it's going to be a fascinating climax to the tournament.</blockquote>

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