i honestly don't see that last tackle as a pen, in fact a good tackle imo

Well deserved win   

similar to Warburton's tackle in the RWC

Do you really think wales were impressive? 5/10 from me and as much chance of a slam as i have of winning the lottery!

HYMNS AND ARIAS

CONAN LAN

great composure by halfpenny for the last kick, what a great game

Where's pacrifc gone?Cat got your tongue.

You have to take the touch judges word really. Just like the Bryce Lawrence thing with Schalk Burger. Sees a gouge, reports a gouge, says it's "at least a yellow". Touch judges just refuse to advise reds.

Pen at the end was prob right,  but never a yellow, not that that mattered, what was more worrying is how easily wales got from their own 22 to the irish 22.  poor display from ireland to be honest,
  had the game sown up and plucked defeat from the jaws of victory.

cant see why in the world we went for the 3 points when it was on the outeredge of sextons range and for the life of me i dont understand why ogara and reddan come on with 3 mins to go .

very disappointing tbh

It was not even a penalty at the end, however, despite that, I think that Wales deserved it, & are a cut above the French, & with a tight five that was cobbled together, they are the real deal.

bolt

Freshy - I think for my thoughts you may as well read ballaman's post below. It wasn't a terrible tackle by Ferris, but enough under the laws to be a pen. Yellow card both pointless and a bit daft bearing in mind Davies' tackle.


Same as yesterday, the losing team can have issues with the officials, but in the end they both cost themseleves the win through errors and poor decisions.

After some losses on the football earlier, I am now £300+ up for the day. I took the gamble until the end and it paid off, not once when we Wales were 8 points behind did I consider laying it off.

just as well as you will end up in the poor house laying odds like that when Wales were 8 points down

cheers

they traded at at least 11 for a while, quite possibly higher, i wasn't taking to much notice though, that was a head in hands moment until the last kick lol

George North is a bit of a beast. Put D'Arcy on his @rsey, before an exquisite back of the hand pass to see Davies away for his try. Power and finesse in one movement.

TheVis     05 Feb 12 13:50 
ITCB - perhaps provincially it's the non-Irish players that finish the teams off nicely whereas in Wales it's the non Welsh that just haven't been good enough

Well it's a theory and most of the Irish imports are very good.  Don't think it is the main issue though.

For the Welsh payers coming into the National Camp, its a real step up for them.  Better coaching, more upbeat, more ambition.  For several Irish players, in essence the Leinster contingent, joining up with Ireland is like a return to the Dark Ages.  Even the Munster Players must be sick to death of listening to Uncle Decco; some of them have had him coaching them since they were kids!

How many times today did you see Sexton and Kearney resort to the garryowen?  Far more often that they would in a blue shirt, that's for sure.  That's a key difference in direction between the likes of Schmidt and Kidney.

Ok, Kiddo got us over the line in his first year by our fingertips.  That was the awful year when the laws favoured catch and kick.  Perfect for the way he likes to play.  The laws have thankfully moved on and season by season Ireland have regressed under his stewardship.  Australia in the RWC was an anomoly and a one off.We frustrated Australia with magnificant defence and we didnt need to create anything to win.

Yet nobody says a word because Decco is one of the good guys.  Very humble etc.  Never gives anyone any ammunition to go after him.  But for how much longer?

I don't want to overreact because today we got beaten by a very good side.  But we have been in decline for too many seasons now.  I really hope we can go to NZ in the Summer with a new fresh modern coach.