Ireland vs Wales - This weekends BIG GAME...!

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Venue: Aviva Stadium Date: Sunday, 5 February Kick-off: 1500 GMT

Coverage: Watch live on BBC One, BBC One HD & online from 1400 GMT; full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra; text commentary on BBC Sport website & mobiles.

Referee : Wayne Barnes (England)

Touch judges : Dave Pearson & Stuart Terheege (both England)

TV : Geoff Warren (England)

IRELAND : 15 - R Kearney; 14 - T Bowe, 13 - F McFadden, 12 - G D'Arcy, 11 - A Trimble (Ulster); 10 - J Sexton, 9 - C Murray; 1- C Healy, 2 - R Best, 3 - M Ross, 4 - D O'Callaghan, 5 - P O'Connell (C), 6 - S Ferris, 7 - S O'Brien, 8 - J Heaslip.

Replacements: 16 - S Cronin, 17 - T Court, 18 - D Ryan, 19 - P O'Mahony, 20 - E Reddan, 21 - R O'Gara, 22 - D Kearney.

WALES : 15 - L Halfpenny; 14 - A Cuthbert, 13 - J Davies, 12 - J Roberts, 11 - G North; 10 - R Priestland, 9 - M Phillips; 1 - R Gill, 2 - H Bennett, 3 - A Jones, 4 - B Davies, 5 - I Evans, 6 - R Jones, 7- S Warburton (C), 8 - T Faletau.

Replacements:16 - K Owens, 17 - P James, 18 - A Powell, 19 - J Tipuric, 20 - Lloyd Williams, 21 - J Hook, 22 - Scott Williams.

Deliberate knock on from Hook

sextons good at them, he loves a little draw

ChequeredJersey wrote:

Gibson wrote:

ChequeredJersey wrote:That was good from Tipuric. Why don't we have any 7s?

Maybe Wales can spare one for us.

I'm English mate

Thats OK too mate. We'll let ya off.

O'Mahony will be a 7, you don't have to be a poacher to be a 7. If you can blowguys out of it and win the ball, it's the same thing. Great stuff Sexton, just learn to kick in behind the defence when they are flat.

That was a Youngs kick...

You've got to chase those kicks, Wales!

Thomond wrote:O'Mahony will be a 7, you don't have to be a poacher to be a 7. If you can blowguys out of it and win the ball, it's the same thing. Great stuff Sexton, just learn to kick in behind the defence when they are flat.

I agree T. We need POM's mayhem here. NOW.

Great play Donncha, poor from Murray.

Why would you kick away turn over ball?

Ryan in DOC off

Flip Flip Flip Flip Flip. Why kick it there? Why

Ryan on. Good. He will be bullin he didnt start.

Gibson wrote:

ChequeredJersey wrote:That was good from Tipuric. Why don't we have any 7s?

Maybe Wales can spare one for us.

Sod off you owe us 2 after Loxton and Jarvis, lol.
We have another at the Blues called Josh Navidi who looks the part too.

Wales coming again. Well played Rob.

AlynDavies wrote:

Gibson wrote:

ChequeredJersey wrote:That was good from Tipuric. Why don't we have any 7s?

Maybe Wales can spare one for us.

Sod off you owe us 2 after Loxton and Jarvis, lol.
We have another at the Blues called Josh Navidi who looks the part too.

You can have em back

Starting to get very nervous here. Wales are starting to turn the screw.

eirebilly wrote:Starting to get very nervous here. Wales are starting to turn the screw.

I think Ireland are going to win this myself.

WHat happened there?

Stupid by Wales....

RED card?

Foul play?

Hello, hello, hello....

Whoops someone irritated Ian Evans...

Lucky that is only a yellow to be honest....

yellow card

That should be red.

Yellow. As good as red at this stage. NOW FFS run with the ball. Use the gaps. Should have been RED.

Barnes lacking some cojones there?

Oooops no it was Bradley... lol

Oh no, no, no, no, no FECKIN NO!!!!

Flip that's red.

Sorry, clear red card. Textbook red card right there.

Absolutely bottled that decision.

Oh FFS! How is that not RED? Not Barnes fault there - he said he saw nothing. Entirely the assistant ref got that horribly wrong.

Red card.

Davies is a very lucky boy not to get red there

I thought those two couldn't play for Ireland? Big hit off the ball on Ryan. Classy stuff from Davies, that was a red. That was as bad as Warburton. You can stop b!tching about that one now lads.

ATTACK!

Gibson wrote:RED card?

Most definitely should be, absolutely fu*king disgraceful.

Definite red card. Very lucky Bradley.

3 points here and it's Irelands game to lose then.

He'll be cited for sure.

And that was a definite red card for Bradley Davies.

That was worse than Warburton's infamous drop. What a mong.

Disgraceful tackle. Can you cite a yellow card?

not Barnes's fault, he saw nothing and went purely on Pearson's recommendation. Pearson should have said "red card"

Lovely Jonny. Lovely. Now punish em!

OK, so who will Wales play in the second row next week?

Momentum swinging again.

Wonderful kick

Golden wrote:Barnes lacking some cojones there?

To be fair, he didn't see it