[2025 Six Nations] Italy vs Ireland - 15/3/25

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Please Ireland do that every other ruck

JVDF does it in a Leinster shirt every ruck

 

[BiggusLaddus]

Amazed he didn't just give that as a straight red

 

[Jimbo]

Absolutely not needed that, blatant thuggery

 

[ncurd]

Not for the first time in Rugby history Italy are their own worse enemies.

 

[Reiser99]

Just wasn't needed. Ireland had secured the ball.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

It's funny they card that and ignore the Irish player off his feet just laying on the breakdown.

 

[Saintjay]

Pearce still determined to card players i see

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Chad Crowley wins it for Ireland

 

[Reiser99]

Please Ireland do that every other ruck

JVDF does it in a Leinster shirt every ruck

Ireland are more subtle than that.

 

[retired9]

Italy were completely spent and bottled it, garbisi man what was that?!

 

[Reiser99]

So frustrating. Italy could be so good if they cut out those stupid penalties.

 

[AlRums]

Even with all the cards. Italy thoroughly deserved their bonus point.

 

[Jimbo]

Pearce still determined to card players i see

Is that a fair criticism? Pretty blatant and deserving of a card, he didn't even see it in real time and the TMO called it back, not sure you can fault Pearce in at all….

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Ireland are more subtle than that.

Only cause their shirts are green so the ref can't tell the difference with the turf

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Prendergast asserting dominance by winding up and leathering the ball into touch while literally stood on the touchline.

 

[Which Tyler]

I do wonder if Italy would have had less frustration, and better late impact, if they hadn't suffered those 1st half injuries.
What if, what if, what if.

Still, didn't do enough, and the 3 cards all deserved (gotta be 2 reds)

Well done Ireland, and to quote Nick Mullins "If it stays like this, Ireland will have won the championship"
Though it's a little unlikely than the other two matches will end with no result...

 

[OllyM97]

Ireland deserved to win but pleased Italy got something out of that. Ireland will be irritated that it was so close at the end - it shouldn't have been.

 

[Jimbo]

It might be an obvious statement but it seems to me that when opposition have descent physical centres who gain man for man parity in the physical battle Ireland struggle with momentum a lot more than against those without.

 

[big ginger 8]

2 disallowed tries, 3 missed conversions. Should never have been that close.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Team in transition, 4/5 not bad considering and what I said would be positive pre tournament. Need some spark in that backline because the super structured approach isn't working post Johnny, Hansen showed a bit of something today but it's not enough.

Think today showed why Prendergast has / is being allowed to learn on the job. Crowley was very ball shy today.

Weirdly bad showing from loose 5 in the pack today.

Troughing mid world cup cycle? Get worried rest of world!

Also got worse as it went on. Farrell was missed.