'The Grand Slam gone, there'll be no back-to-back' - England v Ireland post-match analysis
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- čas přidán 9. 03. 2024
- RTÉ Rugby analysts Donal Lenihan, Bernard Jackman, Stephen Ferris and Jamie Heaslip review Ireland's shock 23-22 Six Nations defeat to England.
Includes an interview with Caelan Doris.
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one of the best things to come out of this match as an English fan is to see how class the irish fans have been, gracious in defeat. I've barely seen any negative comments from them. I think they appretiated the monumental task England had to try and get over this world class Irish team. Good luck in your last match, i'm sure you'll still be lifting that trophy in a couple weeks.
Thanks for not listening to our pundits. Most true fans still remember us barely winning games during the 90s, so our feet stay firmly on the ground at all times! We've got a good team at the moment, but my god, the media go on as if we are prime NZ 😂 great win yesterday, England were immense. I'm glad to see them back to their best as NH rugby and the 6 nations needs that level of competition. Grand slams aren't a right, and championships should be bloody hard to win. Let's not devalue them, because some players go their whole career without ever coming close to winning a 6 nations title. Best of luck against France next week, no reason this England team can't win there
Thanks !!! Irish pundits have big mouths, embarrassingly big mouths. Heaslip gave the captain’s speech to the England team. If that wouldn’t fire up those lads nothing would. Imagine Mike Tyndall saying the same thing as Heaslip. The Irish boys would be furious!! Well done on a great win! England played their socks off and were worthy winners. Good luck against the French. You guys should be all fired up after yesterday and ready to go 😊👍!!
It didn't hurt that it was a very entertaining game to watch, exactly the drama that this tournament needs.
It's no fun when everything goes according to script and there's no upsets!
Totally agree! Irish fans and players have been very gracious. Really impressive actually. The pundits have been awful and remind me of some of the English pundits from a few years ago!! Well done Ireland, you are warriors but this time we just sneaked it. You will be back next week! 👍🏼
England deserved to win....gutted as an Irish fan but what a match. What I love re rugby that true fans just appreciate a great test match no matter what the outcome. Always love the craic and how welcoming the English are when I have been to Twickenham. Well done England!!!
"in order for England to win, Ireland have to go down to like 14 or 13 players "
jamie heaslip you absolute tool !!!!
Is the correct answer…. 😂😂😂
Yeah, well said.
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Ireland lost because Murray kicked away possession with just 60 seconds on the clock ..
That was criminal that said England deserved it
Ireland did go down to 14….. Heaslip wouldn’t be my pundit of choice either though . Well done England
HahAaa. Take that Heaslip. All respect to Ireland and their fans, they are fantastic, but some Irish pundits that were laughing at England can turn that one sideways and shove it.
Apologies to all English fans for Jamie Heaslip, Andrew Trimble, Peter Stringer et al. They are not analyst's but glorified fan boys. They do not represent the true Irish fan who knew that England weren't going to let us rock up and wreck their house. Genuinely pleased to see England get their mojo again. Their fans are amongst the best fans in the Six Nations and are always gracious in victory and defeat.
@@neilmontgomery3470No apologies needed Neil, couldnt really deny what most Irish punters were saying . And felt Heaslip was a bit tongue in cheek with his comment. Won’t complain about Scotland gloating against England two weeks ago either, but hope you Irish roast them again as you fully deserve the title again.
The pundits speak for themselves. I never though for one moment this would be an easy game. Well done on the win
As an Ireland fan, I was so annoyed with these pundits basically running back the script from 2019 and dismissing England. Unreal. I thought that Ireland would edge a tight contest but knew that England would bring a ferocious physicality. Ireland need to be 100% on point to take on England in this mood. England were deserved winners.
Well played England enjoy your win , ye played great rugby, sorry about some of the Irish pundits, one thing I was taught always respect your opponent, so nothing but respect for England enjoy ❤
Pundits couldn't resist starting to make excuses. England prevented Ireland from playing and inposing their playing style. I'm a Wales fan, so i don't give such a compliment easily haha!
Thanks, butty, that means a great deal. Now stuff the French. Get up their noses and you'll win. Worked for England in the past.
England fully deserved that win .
That said why Murray kicks possession away with just 60 seconds left was stunningly bad call .. Ireland should have stolen it as bad as they were
Ireland barely were in Englands half for the entire first half, they totally bossed them and shut them down. Amazing performance considering englands last game.
Better than Jiffy! 👁️
Why did he kick the ball away with 90 seconds to go for an experienced play really poor decision, his kick lost Ireland the game! Only 1 point 1 point up your jumper is as old as the game of rugby!@@devout666
Ireland’s Team and Fans epitomise the spirit of Rugby Union. A fantastic game, played with passion, respect and humility on both sides. It’s why we love the game. A proud English fan and second generation Irishman 🌺☘️
Well done
Love England and love Ireland. Great contest! Well done to both teams.
The Irish commentators are so gracious in defeat. Thank you for that. What a fantastic game first off. Thank you England for revealing yourselves at last and thank you Ireland-you have been superb for years now.😮😊
RWC 2023 was when England revealed themselves buddy,so dis irelandnot even past a quarter final and early flight home (again) and you say that ireland have been superb?not at world level? It is not arrogant of me to say
Y team whupped yo ass and sent you home defeated.
England are deserved winners - played better from start to finish. Ireland had opportunities and when 17-8 up, I thought we could pull away. Fair play to England for coming back strong.
Mind you, some of our decision making was poor. I thought Murray was poor, not specifically the final kick, but he put up another awful kick before that and it put us under pressure. However, it wasn't just him.
Our lineout was under pressure, and turning over the ball (Murray to Aki knock on from a 5m lineout) was a massive turning point. We could have demoralised England with a try then, but gave up the opportunity.
Let's hope they are better against Scotland next week, and start a new winning streak!
Excellent points. We have not got out of 3rd gear since we played France and England came ready to fight for every ball. How many lineouts did we lose? How many English lineouts did we not contest? I am struggling to recall a competitive lineout for England. What was that about? POM’s stupid YC? Gifted a try to England. The list is long. But congrats to England. Worthy winners especially after the asinine and frankly embarrassing comments from Hubristic Heaslip and even ROG!!
All credit to Ireland for setting such a high standard in the Six Nations. My team England had to dig so, so deep to beat such a great team. A brilliant match to watch and what a fantastic advert for rugby. Good luck to Ireland next weekend and I will share a Guiness or two with you in Dublin next year.
Rugby was the real winner yesterday.
Thanks Jamie! I'm sure your comments were pinned up in the English locker room earlier in the week! When will you ever learn!
Hopefully never!😂
Heaslip talking crap before the game. He’s a terrible pundit
Clown more or less did their team talk on bbc during the week
hes shocking but rog was the same. beating italy and wales went to their heads
Your right him and the female presenter were so cocky before the game they got what they deserved
A complete spoofer just like Matt Williams.
I never rated heaslip as a player. Alot of these privately educated player are like the Government we have they are not in touch with reality and have fuck all common sense.
This is one of those classic Six Nations types of match where a racing favourite for the Slam comes up against a team who pull the best performance they are capable of out of the bag.
Riveting to watch, well done all the lads , both white and green.
Don't be racist. - Tom Curry.
Yeh yeh Tom , who's trying to be the big anti racist NOW.@@Bobbydyland
Let this be a lesson to the ludicrous Irish media and punditry. We are world class at hyping this team out of all proportion, only for them to consistently underperform when it matters most. World Champs of Autumn Friendlies.
Facts. I can't stand our media, they are literally providing ammunition to our opponents. And they have the gall to belittle the english media for their nonsense. Honestly, ours are worse. Shower of clowns
Same lesson was delivered in 2019 when talking up a grand slam double and laughing at the idea England (5th the previous year) were even in the same league.
England demolished Ireland in Dublin on the opening weekend.
Lesson not learned.
Absolutely man. Well put 👍 there is no chance we will learn our lesson though.
Jaysus lads calm down, the media is the problem here, most of if not all of us irish supporters knew round 4 of 5 was the big hurdle, England always perform against Ireland, don't always win but they put in a shift, and are difficult to beat, and don't be so naive if you think they're media is any different, let them go 19 or 20 games unbeaten and yes former players and they're media do exactly the same thing, small margins seperate the top five or six teams in the world and we lost two games by a total margin of 5 points in the last 12 months
Well done England and Ireland for a great game !
As an England fan, Ireland were a world class team before the match and after. They’re very much like the 1999/2001 England team that was brilliant but needed to learn to win at that final post.
And they ended up winning a World Cup. Great game.
The difference being england had genuine leaders sll over the pitch !!
Some of the ex Irish players lost the run of themselves and I'm an Ireland fan. Heaslip should never be asked for his opinion again, let alone paid for it. I doubt he even knows how to pour a decent pint in his Hurray Henry pub. We of all people should know the power of being written off as a team particularly when the media has savaged the team and management. Congratulations to England you totally deserved it. I look forward to treating you with respect when you visit our house next year.
A great match ..hats off to both teams. ..one if the very best I've seen...as a female fan...I luved it ...Irish commentators after very sporting...and warm words ...they are a credit to the sport....Ireland deserve to be six nations champion's....Still the best team in the world for me... Melanie 34.. Norfolk England..🏈🏴🌹
Hubristic Heaslip!! What a total chump! He needs to learn some humility. All credit to England who won and won well.
So a couple of things on the Irish performance. Sadly Ireland seemed like they were off their game yesterday. Our lineout was poor again (real questions here). I was wondering why Ireland didn’t go to the line instead of taking the points which seemed timid but given how the lineout was performing well maybe it was the right thing to do. When we got into the English 22 we coughed up the ball too many times. Finally that 6-2 bench split has come undone and did so very early in the game. JGP had to slot in the backfield way too early. Finally I love Henshaw but I barely recall his name being mentioned yesterday. Too many players were too quiet and as for that stupid YC from POM well the less said the better. Real questions and so far no answers. Scotland won’t be a pushover next weekend.
Finally, Irish pundits need to be more respectful. Their mouths do us fans nor the players any favours!!
Congrats again to England 🏴
Seemed to me she was trying her best to come up with excuses and yet every response was giving credit to England, hats off to them because I’d bet my house they lift the six nations next week and they gave credit where it was due and wasn’t having a bar of it .. class 👏
Always loved watching the all blacks because of the speed they play at ... ... yesterday England played a new brand off rugby . Win or lose if they play like that im excited to watch
How was Heaslip ever captain? Never underestimate your opponent! Especially in one of the toughest venues to play in world rugby. Such a clown
My God Jamie Heaslip coming from a good player in his day his comments were so cringeworthy. Can only think it was headline grabbing but if that's the case he really should not be a pundit. I know people in Irl who never played rugby thought his comments were ridiculous.
I do find ex players have that tendency not just heaslip
What makes a great game is also the quality of the opponents, and Ireland are no doubt quality, they still deserve to be called one of the top teams in the world, its was just englands day,,
England were much better than us and thoroughly deserved their win.
That is a very good win for England
Well played England you deserved that win. 👍👍🏴
England celebrating like they won 6 nations this is what it means to beat this Irish side at the moment, brilliant side, outplayed today tho well done England
The reason why they celebrated like that is because it was sweet revenge for 2017. 😂
As a Welshman I have never been so pleased to see an English team win against anyone but after what some of the Dublin media said about our young Welsh lads, good enough for Ireland😂
I will not take that victory from England, they were superb. However, had we not lost Nash so early and then Frawley so early, we wouldn't have had to play Gibson-Park on the wing, which completely threw our flow. Admittedly, had Ford nailed all his kicks England would have been 11 ahead at the death, so we'll never know 😉
Disappointed, but England were fantastic across the field. A really a hard-fought win. Well-deserved.
Well done coms very magnanimous appreciate it.england fan
Pundits, both English and Irish, were awful in how much they overinflated ireland and wrote England off.
As an English fan every Irish fan ive seen has been class in the comments on the game. Great team, great fans.
On RTÉ, Bernard Jackman is excellent. Stephen Ferris is fine. But you can get rid of the rest of them. Heaslip did England’s team talk for them.
Fair play to England and their fans. As most Irish fans freely have acknowledged, England were definitely the better team.
Murray and O’Mahony should also call it a day. Neither of them will be there in 2027.
I can see Earl and Martin packing down with some of these Irish lads and an odd Scot or two next year.
Grand Slams are hard to achieve - so back-to-back ones are incredibly difficult, so no shame in not making it.
ENG finished third in the RWC, and were a couple of controversial decisions away from the final - so they are not as bad a team as some - including myself - have believed.
IRE are still the best team in Europe, but ENG are no longer one of the worst.
England are much more grounded than we are. They know they can deliver whereas we hope. They are a big game team.
Someone needs to have a word with Jackie, talking cringing crap before the game
Need a lot of Irish people in that meeting, to be honest.
Bring back Tom McGurk, George Hook and Brent Pope.
Also half the English media
@@Hometruths29god no not hook!😅
That wasn't good for my heart, I have an internal defibrillator fitted because of cardiac problems, and as an England fan, the old heart was pounding too much. It was too much of a nail biter😂😂
Enormous amount of talent in Irish rugby coming through, especially in the back row. Complete farcical we put a 34 year old captain when two of the form players in the country are out and out 6’s. Looked absolutely out of his depth yesterday in the high speed game
I'm English and to be fair, Ireland were far from their best, yet it was still nerve jangling.
Murray is dead wood sbe gone long ago/ OMahony maybe give him a chance. Craig Casey is a headless chicken and not the answer so may need to start tapping into under 20's for a good scrum half. Joey Carberry if fully fit is a better outhalf and full back than frawley. He is still young enough very unfair the way things have gone for him hope he keeps challenging.Paul O Connell needs to go as well or get his act together. The elephant in the room is actually the lineout. 3 big games SA/NZ in WC and Eng yesterday how can you expect to win if lineout not reliable.
Unfortunately most of that young talent will spend the next five years wasting their careers in provincial academies whilst waiting on the established players to call it a day in their mid to late thirties.
Interesting to hear the RTE pundits. Gave England way more credit than Wales / Scotland pundits. Not one eyed like Jiffy as an example. Great game.
None of the pundits addressed the elephant in the room"Murray"
He was awful...
the game was obviously always in the balance but when Murray came on I felt genuine belief that England could do it - JGP is unreal for you at scrummie, Murray just doesn't seem to fit into your game plan these days (edit - but it's not down to one player ofc!!)
My thoughts exactly as soon as he kicked it I knew England were good for at least a pen
He was useless , so past it
You may be right but even when GP was scrum half England were the better team. I think this goes to show the bench should be split 5/3
Completely unbiased / honest punditry. Fair play!
sarcasm of it's finest
Echoes of RWC 2023, the Irish like England don’t do being the favourites very well, thanks for the team talk Jamie.
It's not just the Irish media the BBC , Virgin media and ITV have spent the whole 6 nation's slating England total bunch of hypocrites spent last night and Sunday praising England whilst only before the game saying Ireland were going to humiliate England. A brilliant match by both teams. 🏴🇮🇪
The Catt attack had its day in the sun, but the All Blacks and now England have shut it down. The blueprint is there for any decent side. Back to the drawing board time - big challenge for Andrew Goodman
disagree. It actually yielded tries off no possession really. Possession was the issue though.
Mike Catt is outstanding blitz defense gave up two tries against his attack yesterday. With a good defense two tries is more than enough to win any game.
Never mind criticising Catt ….you haven’t mentioned the elephant in the room….POC is not performing as lineout coach and is not being called out ….big weakness yesterday again and v NZ in RWC 23
agree decision time here POC needs to figure things out quickly. Line out should have multiple options if it being read. POC sbe livid here if it is certain forwards are not precise. Andrew Porters scrumaging needs to looked at although he played ok but gives away too many penalties at scrum time.
The absolute bs from the Irish media for the last two weeks was mind boggling. They need to cop the F on!! Congrats to England on the win. They were hungry and wanted it more. Well done! As for us, well, that was a bottle job when it mattered most. Sexton gone caught up with us as we'd no leaders. Crowley is doing fine but that game would've been closed out with Sexton. O'Mahony has now had two yellows in this comp and was awful yesterday. Murray, too, was shocking when he came on. An old head to ride out the game - my nuts. His passing and kicking was abysmal. The kick to touch with 90 secs on the clock was baffling. When you consider Munsters great strength of finishing out games by putting the ball up the jersey and picking and going, this makes his cameo all the more baffling. Our lineout needs to be sorted now and if Porter can't keep his elbow up at scrum time, well, it's the bench. This was a bottle job and that's gawling. Mack H and Garry R are a real miss too. What were they expecting from England.. Were we not building a game plan around their rush defence and physicality????
Not sure what the fuss is about. A world cup semi final team beat a World cup quarter final team. It was expected.
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Expected? Are you joking?
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With a name like spanspek must be a South African.From a possible fellow South African.
@markwillies7666 🇿🇦 ❤️
Great performance England . Great win That i felt was coming for us. Maybe not against this great Irish team but great to produce a grand performance . Great analysis by these pundits , including Jamie Heaslip . Though surprised he didn’t mention England had 14 players on the Pitch the last few minutes 😂. Good luck next week Ireland . A well deserved six nations win again .
I know England have been in the process of rebuilding , last year and this year. They surprised in the world cup and you could see improvements this year but no way anyone expected this result. What was really surprising was they were the better team throughout the game
This will probably be a good thing for éire. They still have alot to improve on. Tighthead isn’t playing great, adding much, for a while now tbh.
England’s jackal & line speed was much, much better. Watching it, it looked like they wanted it more. I’m Irish.
As an Irish man I'm obviously absolutely gutted about the result but FFS the build up to this game by the whole Irish media was completely embarrassing . As fir Heaslip , what a complete mouth !! Just a complete simpleton
I said there was Irish arrogance before and during the RWC and now it rears it's ugly head once more,well done to the amateur ex-player pundits.
This will be good for Ireland. They have to win these types of games, and make the right decisions in the last couple of minutes to keep a winning position and convert it to wins. Too many times the game has been close and we’ve bottled it. NZ on multiple occasions, England now. It would be good to have these experiences and know what to do and what not to do. England know how to play against better teams and push them, punching above their weight really
Punching above their weight how?
England have more international standard players than Ireland. It is a failure to get the right combination of them together, playing the right way, and able to build form that has been the problem.
@@robw7676 Punching above their weight in terms of quality. Everyone knows there are more world class players in the current Ireland setup than there is in England's. They have more players in general, yes, but that doesn't dictate quality. Even after the loss yesterday, it would be difficult to suggest that you'd usurp most of the Ireland team in favour of an English player because of a matter of quality consistency.
You cannot make comments before the game that the only way England can win is for Ireland to go down to 13 or 14 men. Ireland is the best team in the world? You make that kind of comments when you beat the best year in and year out like the AB's of 2010's.
Irish fans always class in defeat but the their pundits have been embarrassing. Heaslip what a knob
As a keen English fan just want to thank your pundits for their post match compliments regarding England’s unexpectedly fine performance against a very good Irish team. Despite being maybe a little below par on the day Ireland still made the match a truly tough test and I wish them all the best against Scotland next week. Ireland still remain potentially the worthiest potential champions based on performances across the board in the 6 Nations championship to date!
Connor Murray kicking it back to England with 2 mins to go gave the game away
Heaslip and Trimble, two absolute 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Thanks for the team talk lads!!!
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Well done, England!!!! LOVE when Ireland gets shut down for being so cocky.
@SoCalDreaming87 it's not the irish team or fans, it's stupid media and ex players. I don't know a single fan who thought yesterday would be easy. Congrats to england, well played
@johnkent2114 Granted. But, remember, in other countries, that is the impression created. I do see your point though, thank you. Classy comment. England were very good.
SA beat England by 1 point...
Irish fans: You struggled against England. 😂😂😂
Worth the wait, what a win 🏴
England are on their way back, still a way to go but you can’t keep England down for long. They’ve not reached 4 World Cup finals for nothing.
Who has Conor Murray's number ?😡
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I don't get all the anti Heaslip ranting. I'm English and I don't blame him for what he said about Ireland needing to go down a player or two. Sure, so it was a bit daft, but I guess that's what he thinks/thought. What he said after the game stood out for me and makes me think that daft claims aside, he knows what he's talking about. I'm referring to when he said it's not sustainable for England to play on raw emotion, and he's right. Ireland have been playing great rugby for a good while nowm, and haven't needed the backs-to-the-wall, big game mindset to do so. Having said that, I did enjoy the win, mind you.
Excuses excuses. Going to the bench early. The best team in the world should be able to adjust.
Can someone please explain to me why Ireland kicked possession back to England twice in the last 3 minutes instead of keeping the ball in hand and going through phases to kill the game off. Ridiculous.
I can't believe these pundits weren't fuming about this immediately after the game.
The Murray kick with 80 seconds left was obviously the worst.
We also had a 22 dropout with 4 minutes to go which Crowley just kicked directly to England instead of the normal 22 dropout where you try to retain possession.
The only explanation is that the Irish pack was totally exhausted, which isn't really an excuse at all.
So we gave England 3 chances to come at us in the last 4 minutes and they finally got something with their 3rd attempt after time had elapsed.
Edit: I would think it's easier to keep possession than to try to defend against a raging attack who don't even need a try, just to get close enough for a drop-goal. Ireland played like 5 year olds in that last few minutes.
Borthwick can build from this performance now. The previous 3 games felt like there wasn't much to build from but Martin makes a big difference. Time for Marcus Smith to have the 10 jersey for a while and build relationships with the starers. Borthwick can now drip feed little improvements rather than ideas of "revolution/evolution". The next step for me is to move Earl to his preferred role at 7 to allow the talented Barbeary a run at 8 with Cunningham South covering 6/8 too. In 18 months adding Arundell at 15 can make this England side nothing short of scary
Tremendous game .. two good teams going at each other.. Eng really pulled a rabbit out the hat.
Congratulations to England, written off and came back each time Ireland went ahead.. brilliant match, not Irelands day but we will come again..
90% of all pundits from all countries talk out of their holes.
England fan here, let's be honest, Ireland still the best NH side
Was great to see England attacking with pace
Been a good tournament
Ireland will still be champions but well done to an improved England on this occasion.
But based on most Irish logic even if ireland wins the cup england will still be the best side in the 6 nations since they beat ireland.
@@vagadanster8683Exactly lol
Exactly 😂😂 irish beat sa worldcup.😂😂😂 Exactly better side.😂😂
After seeing these teams last few performances I think New Zealand, South Africa & Ireland are top 3 in the world. Ireland do not perform well on the biggest stages though.
England have it in them to be up there with the best but are inconsistent at the moment. They are moving in the right direction.
Scotland have huge performances in them but the problem is we only see them against England. Not all doom & gloom for Scotland after Italy loss but some work to do.
France are lost without Antoine Dupont but are still dangerous. If they can find that missing piece to the puzzle they'd be a force to be reckoned with.
Wales will not move forward. Given Gatlands previous success while coaching them they are banking on it to magically happen. While many fans believe they are just rebuilding I don't think that is the case. I think Gatland has overstayed his welcome like Jones did with England. Wales have so much talent but need to roll the dice & find a new coach. They are in the worst position they have been in since 2007.
Italy are definitely the most improved side on the planet without question. They are playing like a tier 1 team & got unlucky against the English & super unlucky against France. They have it in them to beat anybody on their day. If they keep going the way they are they can definitely compete for the 6nations title in 2 to 3 years.
Australia have a new coach & staff so they are an unknown entity.
Can’t say I agree irelands big players didn’t show up. Van Der Flier had an amazing game, Lowe played very well. England kept Ireland on the back foot.
Heaslip, what a tool.
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O’Mahony and Murray should be dropped at this point
They costed Ireland the grand slam
Make Bundee Captain for goodness sake Farrell!
I thought we were muck against Wales. I feared that this would happen. England stepped up though. Excellent in defence. England will be in the running next year
Ireland were lucky ford didn't take all his kicks, England were far better and I'm Welsh.
Jamie Heaslip - End of a bell.
To many old players on bench,Murray well past it,Healy can hardly walk let alone run,O'Mahony to old,Ryan Baird should be starting.henderson to old as well albeit because of the injury to James Ryan
Yeah why Ryan baird is not starting is beyond me.
What about the three Ps?
@@neilrafferty2097 Piss Poor Performance?
James Ryan must be mad he wasn't even in this team. Lineout is a massive issue and we need a new coach there instead of POC who is just living of his reputation the last 6 months. We just don't have the players for a 6/2 tbh, its too risky. Massive congrats to England though, they played amazing.
No ringrose no mccloskey o mahony was useless. Baird should have been on earlier. Terrible lineouts.
Jamie Heaslip is truly the most tragic bloke
What a brilliant game of rugby, could have gone either way, but on balance england were dominant and deserve to win. Glad this lot of pundits are more humble and have balanced views compared to those lot in Virgin Media Sports, who were slaying England before game. Jamie has his say before the game but he is equally humble after, fair-do.
Well done England ..from Ireland.
As Victor Matfield asked in reply to the ridiculous "Ireland are the World's Best Team" hype this week... " What have they won"? And As Robbie Fleck mentioned in Boks Office Pod.. Who have they played since they stumbled home early from the WC.? Winning against a broken, fragile France. A win against Italy . Italy? Big Whoop. A win against a young, inexperienced Welsh team. Wow. and now a loss against an English team still in transition. Irish pundits need to gain some realism.
We won the Grand Slam last year and will win the Six Nations Championship again next week if we beat Scotland. We're the best team in Europe, as shown by our form in the Six Nations.
A New Zealander talking about gaining some realism ?. What about the World Cup final. When you beat us and Argentina ye lost the run of yourselves and thought the World Cup final was a given . All this South Africa struggled against England, we are much fresher going in blabla . They completely disrespected the current 2 times running World Cup Champions and forgot about the hiding France gave them in the groups . Also when Ireland went on tour and NZ went 1 0 up on the series, pundits and media already had called a NZ series win and had no words when Ireland rolled off two wins in a row in their own backyard.
_There'll be no back-to-back. I'll tell the children_
I think it's confidently say Ireland definitely choke in huge games. Choked in the world cup didn't show up and same with yesterdays game. We win a lot for sure but not the huge ones we should
very simple hold on to possession and you win it.....when they come to SA they will see how they have progressed since the world cup
Great performance England
😂 embarrassing Heaslip, what an absolute bellend. He needs to stop embarrassing Irish fans, who are genuinely nothing but magnanimous, humble, and great banter
It took a Kiwi to score 2 tries for Ireland.
a rejected one which only proves NZ are behind when it comes to their system for developing talent. Just look at the state of their under 20's.
and it took a Filipino to win it for England
@@MichaelConway-tp9ifSmith is English. His father is literally English.
Unlucky ireland from a English fan to be honest i think the media are making out yous better than you are and some pundits you had a better team in WC with Johnny i didnt think we would win because how bad we have been .Heaslip looked abouslouty shell shocked lol
And no one mentioned Ellis genge head knock on Tighe Furlong at 23:28. Should have been a card and a HIA.
If we win the 6nations next week, it'd be the perfect time for some guys to finish up internationally O'Mahogany/Murray/Healy/Henderson.
They are starting to get awful performances/comments that don't fit what they've done in their careers, go out on a high.
Start building the new squad for 2027 in SA.
Conor Murray does it again!!!
Looking at the England reaction did they win the 6N ???
Ireland handed a rampant English team the ball with a minute left on the clock. Unbelievably stupid!
Did I hear 6-2 split? So its not just a springbok thing
As an Englishman, it was incredible to think that for once it did come together. Make no mistake though Ireland are still the complete outfit, still the number one team in the world and deservidly so. A great match no matter who won tbf, an absolute classic.
Who is the female presenter not listening to the breakdown given by her fellow presenters, is this her usual style
Super team talk jamie... you will never be forgotten .......isnt karma great
England have it in them to be up there with the best in the world but they are very inconsistent. I still think All Black, Ireland & Springboks are top 3 & we don't know how well Australia will play under Schmidt. We also can't forget that Scotland beat England.