England (9) 30 / Ireland (6) 9 (Final Score)
England and Ireland did battle in the Six Nations at Twickenham, London 19:00 SA Time (17:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 2 on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
England:
- Penalties – Owen Farrell (6)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Penalty Try (1), Ben Youngs (1)
- Conversions – Owen Farrell (1)
Ireland:
- Penalties – Jonathan Sexton (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 David Strettle, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Lee Dickson, 8 Ben Morgan, 7 Chris Robshaw (captain), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Mouritz Botha, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Alex Corbisiero.
Replacements: 16 Lee Mears, 17 Matt Stevens, 18 Tom Palmer, 19 Phil Dowson, 20 Ben Youngs, 21 Charlie Hodgson, 22 Mike Brown.
Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Sean O’Brien, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Donnacha Ryan, 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best (captain), 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tom Court, 18 Mike McCarthy, 19 Peter O’Mahony, 20 Tomas O’Leary, 21 Ronan O’Gara, 22 Fergus McFadden.
Date: Saturday 17 March
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 19:00 SA Time (17:00 GMT)
Expected weather: Light rain showers expected. High of 13°C and a low of 6°C
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: Jérôme Garces (France), Neil Paterson (Scotland)
TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)
March 17th, 2012 at 20:45 SAST
Penalty England… going for posts
March 17th, 2012 at 20:45 SAST
@ The_Young_Turk:
So how come Martin Johnson could not get them to play like this?
March 17th, 2012 at 20:46 SAST
@ grootblousmile:
Have you got the hitmen also sorted out to make sure of the demand side of things?
March 17th, 2012 at 20:46 SAST
England 30 / 9 Ireland
March 17th, 2012 at 20:47 SAST
@ Blue Bird:
MJ should never have been coach so early after his retirement…
March 17th, 2012 at 20:47 SAST
@ bos_otter:
It will make it harder for Nick Mallett to walk in!
March 17th, 2012 at 20:48 SAST
@ The_Young_Turk:
Bwahahahahaha
March 17th, 2012 at 20:48 SAST
Good show by Eng
March 17th, 2012 at 20:49 SAST
@ grootblousmile:
Btw, I see you have the Cheetahs game at 7:10 SA time? Surely it should be 19:10 (or thereabouts)?
March 17th, 2012 at 20:49 SAST
21 point walloping!
March 17th, 2012 at 20:50 SAST
Final Score: England 30 / 9 Ireland
March 17th, 2012 at 20:50 SAST
@ The_Young_Turk:
105 – Probably true, also I do not think there was much choice either at the time!
March 17th, 2012 at 20:50 SAST
Gbs, site seems a little laggy….
March 17th, 2012 at 20:52 SAST
Oh happy day
Wonder if my 6 Nations Superbru has improved now?
My super 15 has certainly improved this week!
March 17th, 2012 at 20:54 SAST
@ Blue Bird:
Probably, but looks like the new Eng coach will be picked re his international performance ect. Stuart’s confirmed this recently, but I have to admit….he’s done well so far. Nick’s good…make no mistake, but I think the Eng public would appreciate and support a Eng coach more
March 17th, 2012 at 20:54 SAST
Ok guys and girl. Nice chatting to you all. See you tomorrow morning early as the mighty Cheatahs fly the SA flag proudly and crush the Rebels to rubbles!
Ciao a tutti!
March 17th, 2012 at 21:14 SAST
I would think that both Jake andNick would battle to usurp Lancaster now.