England vs Ireland

England doing some good things out there. 

I've never been particularly impressed by Sam Prendergast but he's looking very steady tonight . . . some excellent clearances.

Some kicky kicky the past few minutes.

More good pressure from Ireland and they have a penalty just 5m out . . . and Marcus Smith is off to the sin bin.

Might be a card coming for England. Yep.

Good defence from England again and they get a penalty for obstruction. If they can survive the next 8 or 9 minutes . . . 

Well now that's a TACTICAL yellow taking Smith off.

More good defence from the Poms and they win a penalty thanks to Tom Curry.

Curry wins the penalty after another Ireland surge.

Ireland have really trouble dealing with how frantic England are.

Struggling to make inroads. 

Loving the intent and dog England are showing.

More good defence from England they turn it over . . . but it's all Ireland since the yellow card.

Ireland testing the England defense again but Aki knocks.

And "Dirty Old Town" by the Pogues rings through the stadium . . . one of my favourite bands!

Great tackle by Steward

Ireland with all the pressure but can't execute and finish against 14.

Gibson-Park scores after good work from Lowe.

Bad tackle miss by Mitchell.

And the missed tackle on Lowe sets Gibson-Park free. On the board at last. Poor tackle by Eng 9.

That's a criminal missed tackle by Mitchell.

All the hard work England did to keep Ireland out and then Mitchell tries to hug Lowe.

Tackle the f'king legs for heaven's sake!

7-5

Very laboured by England.

Will England take the three just before the half? Yes.

What a great line that was by Earl onto the Smith pass though.

Say what you like, but Borthwick but is improving this England side.

Last year was a bit of a feet finding but they're looking full of fight and with Smith there they able to create some nice chances.

10-5 England, lemoenetyd.

Ja England is looking enterprising.

Howzit..

England playing well but the Irish passing game is still impressive though..

Ja but it's not getting them over the line. Needed a poor tackle to finally break through.

Mitchell getting flattened by Baird.

This is an acid test for England. They lost a lot they should have won last year. They're winning this one. Can they take it to 80.

Man, Mitchell is the weak link in that England side. 

What the hell was Murley doing? Oh avoiding a carry over, didn't see the touch. My bad.

Ireland knocking on the door here...

Some handbags.

Mitchell this time with a proper tackle but Ireland has a penalty anyway. A breakout of handbags.

What a romantic moment between Lowe and Steward. Good thing the guys arrived because the kiss was imminent.

Ireland coming up short and England win the scrum on their own line. 

They need to clear this.

England somehow turns it over on the line. They breathe still, but still under pressure.

"What a romantic moment between Lowe and Steward. Good thing the guys arrived because the kiss was imminent."

The comment of 2025 thus far.

Might have been better to feed the flyhalf there but England is out of their 22.

Dang that was some finish by Aki.

10-10