New Posts For Thread: England v Irelandhttps://community.betfair.com/rugby/go/thread/view/94158/28991311/england-v-ireland***365England 8/13Ireland 6/4Both teams playing well , Ireland without O'Connell, Murray and O'Brien.England on the up and boosted by an excellent victory in France.St Patricks day against the Auld enemyWill be a very interesting game tactically ! RoTis upto the home tour nation Vis & as yet no additional fixtures have been mentioned that I can see, would love to see the dirtrackers & the up n comings get a run-out vs regional sides in NZ, god forbid a 2nd string going up against the ab's for 3https://community.betfair.com/rugby/go/thread/view/94158/28991311/england-v-ireland?post_id=517777771#517777771Tis upto the home tour nation Vis & as yet no additional fixtures have been mentioned that I can see, would love to see the dirtrackers & the up n comings get a run-out vs regional sides in NZ, god forbid a 2nd string going up against the ab's for 3Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:57:30 -0500a petition has been started by the wives for longer tours.https://community.betfair.com/rugby/go/thread/view/94158/28991311/england-v-ireland?post_id=517773629#517773629a petition has been started by the wives for longer tours.Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:13:04 -0500What's with all this 3 Test tour nonsense? Almost sounds like a bit of a return to the good old days. Are the sides playing the odd midweeker too - hope so.https://community.betfair.com/rugby/go/thread/view/94158/28991311/england-v-ireland?post_id=517757687#517757687What's with all this 3 Test tour nonsense? Almost sounds like a bit of a return to the good old days. Are the sides playing the odd midweeker too - hope so.Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:36:35 -0500Ireland look like they have drawn the short straw there. England play 3 tests against SA (who have a new coach and a bunch of older players moving on), Wales play 3 against Australia and for the first time in a hell of a long time should be physicallhttps://community.betfair.com/rugby/go/thread/view/94158/28991311/england-v-ireland?post_id=517735613#517735613Ireland look like they have drawn the short straw there. England play 3 tests against SA (who have a new coach and a bunch of older players moving on), Wales play 3 against Australia and for the first time in a hell of a long time should be physicallTue, 20 Mar 2012 12:23:45 -0500Don't think that IRFU will have the cojones to sack Uncle Decco unfortunately.3 back to back Tests vs NZ in the Summer...it aint going to be pretty.https://community.betfair.com/rugby/go/thread/view/94158/28991311/england-v-ireland?post_id=517695003#517695003Don't think that IRFU will have the cojones to sack Uncle Decco unfortunately.3 back to back Tests vs NZ in the Summer...it aint going to be pretty.Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:33:10 -0500Once Ross got injured I knew we were f88ked , every Irish rugby fan worth his salt knew that without him, we would struggle in a scrum against the English Ladies rugby team. Court is decent/average cover for Healy at LH but not even close to adequatehttps://community.betfair.com/rugby/go/thread/view/94158/28991311/england-v-ireland?post_id=517675825#517675825Once Ross got injured I knew we were f88ked , every Irish rugby fan worth his salt knew that without him, we would struggle in a scrum against the English Ladies rugby team. Court is decent/average cover for Healy at LH but not even close to adequateSun, 18 Mar 2012 13:44:09 -0500If you look closely enough at any scrum you can find reasons to award pens to either side, but as was pointed out in commentary yesterday when you start going forward a ref is far more likely to penalise you. In many cases both teams are trying to bohttps://community.betfair.com/rugby/go/thread/view/94158/28991311/england-v-ireland?post_id=517673263#517673263If you look closely enough at any scrum you can find reasons to award pens to either side, but as was pointed out in commentary yesterday when you start going forward a ref is far more likely to penalise you. In many cases both teams are trying to boSun, 18 Mar 2012 12:19:49 -0500curious-cat How legal was the English scrummaging ? stewardsenquirey Legal enough to win the game imho afterwards they analysed one scrum using an overhead camera ...... the English tighthead bore in on the Irish loosehead while the hooker also concehttps://community.betfair.com/rugby/go/thread/view/94158/28991311/england-v-ireland?post_id=517668067#517668067curious-cat How legal was the English scrummaging ? stewardsenquirey Legal enough to win the game imho afterwards they analysed one scrum using an overhead camera ...... the English tighthead bore in on the Irish loosehead while the hooker also conceSun, 18 Mar 2012 09:15:11 -0500well put B68, was full of promise when Kidney took over, new players were blooded as we'd got stale under EOS who'd picked same ol same ol & now we've exactly the same with Kidney whose got to a stage where he'll no longer look beyond Leinster/Munstehttps://community.betfair.com/rugby/go/thread/view/94158/28991311/england-v-ireland?post_id=517665517#517665517well put B68, was full of promise when Kidney took over, new players were blooded as we'd got stale under EOS who'd picked same ol same ol & now we've exactly the same with Kidney whose got to a stage where he'll no longer look beyond Leinster/MunsteSun, 18 Mar 2012 07:20:13 -0500Congrats to England , great day was had by all.https://community.betfair.com/rugby/go/thread/view/94158/28991311/england-v-ireland?post_id=517664703#517664703Congrats to England , great day was had by all.Sun, 18 Mar 2012 06:36:38 -0500