[2019 Six Nations] Wales v Ireland (16/03/2019)

[Leinster Fan]

Scratch that, Larmour deserves that, he's been half-decent off the bench.

 

[truthteller]

thats it then gatlands 3rd grand slam...wales 12th grand slam and 14th win on the trot

 

[corny]

Have the Welsh been flagged even once for offside today?

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Beauty step

 

[bushytop]

Damn!

 

[Hanley!]

To be very fair replacement frontrow has been decent

Kilcoyne has benefited more from this tournament than almost anyone in the Ireland camp.

Which isn't saying too much in fairness.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Congratulations to Wales,

You couldn't accuse them of playing the most attractive rugby in the world (they'd struggle to score in a brothel) but they've been the most consistent and that's what wins trophies.
If they can keep their defence strong and Anscombe's kicking accurate then they could do really well in Japan.

 

[corny]

Jesus thats some step.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Carty's been significantly better than Sexton

 

[big ginger 8]

Scored as many try's as Wales and still lost by 18. Wales didn't put a foot wrong but we absolutely gave them a hand digging.

At least there was fight at the end but you expect much more.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Wales tenacity is immense. Stockdale bags a brace against any other team in world rugby from those two chances.

 

[Leinster Fan]

Congrats Wales, deserved win.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Ireland desperately needed that. A complete capitulation and being nilled might have been insurmountable in 2019.

Well done to Wales. Sure they played the key games at home, but they defeated arguably the best Irish side ever and a resurgent England and that takes some doing. I think Gatland has probably secured the AB job with this winning run.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

May be some dodgy lip reading but pretty sure JD just said "I love you" to AWJ

 

[munstermuffin]

Kilcoyne has benefited more from this tournament than almost anyone in the Ireland camp.

Which isn't saying too much in fairness.

Well to be fair je is 1 man who fought in based on form and carried that form on. Cemented hos spot as #2 LHP

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Carty's been significantly better than Sexton

Just in that last play honestly, he was fairly headless for 8 minutes.

 

[Jimbo]

Can we now all agree that even mighty Sexton can be **** and isn't some how incapable of playing badly, I think it shows he isn't actually massively superior to the likes of Bigger, Farrell et all.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Can we now all agree that even mighty Sexton can be **** and isn't some how incapable of playing badly, I think it shows he isn't actually massively superior to the likes of Bigger, Farrell et all.

That's not why people think he's massively superior though. Everyone has their bad games but Sexton is massively superior at his best than those two.

 

[Aristodemus]

Congratulations to Wales on a thoroughly deserved GS!

 

[Leinster Fan]

Some questions that need to be asked.

Can we afford to play with seven forwards, given that Best doesn't do anything?
Is O'Mahony anything other than a luxury player?
Is SOB still up to it?
Is Beirne at the level of an elite international lock (first question where the answer isn't 'no' but he definitely didn't prove it today)
Should Murray even make the World Cup squad on this form? (Probably not)
Does Aki have a good enough all round game to be an international 12? (Not really but in fairness he's a good Henshaw backup)
Should Larmour be starting? (Maybe, our actual back three were good during the tournament but Larmour offers a lot)
Should Ryan be captain? (Yes)
Why is it that we won't take Murray and Sexton off? (One of life's great mysteries)