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Guess that's the ball game now

Calamitous errors making it easy for England now.

England no 8 should have two red cards.

Dave wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 9:23 pm England no 8 should have two red cards.

Totally agree, life in this game yet, that was some drive.

Referee watching a different game from me.

England must have promised him a KFC. Grossly out of shape.

The simple truth is that the game was won by the bigger, stronger team. Not much difference in terms of skills or tactics.

What was the TMO doing during this game because this ref needed his help. Some very poor decisions and a weak TMO.

I assume the ref was welsh looked at the number of penalties given against Ireland in the first half many given for off side with extremely few against the english for the same offence and decided he didn't want the Irish to win .

That said with two back row forwards playing lock the Irish pack couldn't control the line out effectively and were lacking weight in the scrum and maul and lacked the ability to carry the ball over the gain line .

But the game showed exactly why I consider that only 4 to 6 players make it past the under 20s

The Idea of playing a second row at 6 is a tried and tested failure because the playing 6 is about defence not just attack and ball carrying . You can play a back row in the second row but the reverse is less successful Beirne is basically a back row who is big enough to play second row he has the ability to time his ferreting to win ball at the breakdown a skill possessed by very few second rows. Back row is about providing a cover defence. leinsters back row is a defensive back row the ball carriers are the front and second rows especially outside the 22.In possession the leinster back row support the ball carrier and secure retention of the ball .

There is this obsession that the back row must be big ball carriers sorry folks that is the task of the front and second rows since in the average game now you only have about 4 scrums in each half and possibly double that in the number winnable line outs .

Aird wrote:What was the TMO doing during this game because this ref needed his help. Some very poor decisions and a weak TMO.

I thought for a while there was no tmo after the first incident with the no 8. It is scandalous he was allowed to go un punished and repeat his action. Every blow to the head has a consequence. The second one could have been prevented if the first was dealt with.

There is too much interpretation around high tackles. Simple rule should be if you hit the head it is a straight red. There may be the odd misjustice but at the minute players are getting away with too many high hits.

Everything has been said, very disappointing. The report on 'the Front Row Union' is very good and sums it up.

Jacob up to 6th on the Ireland try scoring list.

I praised them below but I find their latest article on the Irelend.Japan game ludicrous. It was a really enjoyable watch and Japan are a very good team so Ireland did very well to beat them.

Italy v Ireland is live on RTÉ2 for viewers in the Republic of Ireland, while there will be live coverage on the Six Nations YouTube channel for supporters in the UK.

IRELAND UNDER-20 Team & Replacements (v Italy Under-20s, 2021 Under-20 Six Nations Championship – Round 4, Cardiff Arms Park, Wednesday, July 7, kick-off 2.15pm - think kick off time is 2pm certainly said so on the team image on twitter):
15. Jamie Osborne (Naas CBS/Naas RFC/Leinster)
14. Conor Rankin (Campbell College Belfast/Ballynahinch RFC/Ulster)
13. Jude Postlethwaite (RBAI/Banbridge RFC/Ulster)
12. Ben Carson (Wallace High School/Banbridge RFC/Ulster)
11. Chay Mullins (SGC Filton/Bristol Bears/IQ Rugby)
10. James Humphreys (Dean Close School/Queen’s University Belfast RFC/Ulster)
9. Nathan Doak (Wallace High School/Banbridge RFC/Ulster)

1. George Saunderson (Sullivan Upper School/Queen’s University Belfast RFC/Ulster)
2. Eoin de Buitléar (Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin/An Ghaeltacht/Galway Corinthians RFC/Connacht)
3. Sam Illo (Wesley College/Old Wesley RFC/Leinster)
4. Mark Morrissey (Blackrock College/UCD RFC/Leinster)
5. Harry Sheridan (Sullivan Upper School/Dublin University FC/Ulster)
6. Alex Soroka (Belvedere College/Clontarf RFC/Leinster)
7. Alex Kendellen (PBC Cork/UCC RFC/Munster)(Captain)
8. Daniel Okeke (Ardscoil Ris/Shannon RFC/Munster).

Replacements:

16. Ronan Loughnane (Cistercian College Roscrea/UCD RFC/Leinster)
17. Jack Boyle (St. Michael’s College/UCD RFC/Leinster)
18. Liam Bishop (Trent College/Nottingham University/IQ Rugby)
19. Fearghail O’Donoghue (Cashel Community School/Cashel RFC/Munster)
20. Jack Kelleher (PBC Cork/UCC RFC/Munster)
21. Conor McKee (Sullivan Upper School/Queen’s University Belfast RFC/Ulster)
22. Cathal Forde (Colaiste Iognaid/Corinthians RFC/Connacht)
23. Josh O’Connor (St Peter’s College/UCD RFC/Leinster)
24. Reuben Crothers (Wallace High School/Ballynahinch RFC/Ulster)
25. Levi Vaughan (Terenure College/Terenure RFC/Leinster)
26. Ben Moxham (Larne High School/Ballymena RFC/Ulster).

x7 Ulster young guns starting .... Will Hump last til halftime ?