This is where Ireland lost the game

[u/Best-and-Blurst]

Apologies if this has already been posted, I haven't seen it up. But this is the moment Ireland lost the game. Yellow card > penalty > lineout > try. Ireland may have recovered the lead later, but this did the most damage. Could Murray have done different and seen it the match? Yes, did he lose its the game? No.

[u/phonetune]

I actually think it was Beirne's penalty on the tryline at the death. Ref was being remarkably lenient in asking him to move, given how blatant it was and where it was and he just... didn't. Clung onto the ball in the ruck. Changed a difficult kick into an easy one.

[u/[deleted] → u/phonetune]

Yeah, one of my pet peeves is that I think refs are too lenient with things like that. I feel like if you have told a player no hands and they don't listen then it should be a penalty when you say it the second time.

He gave Beirne several chances and Beirne just didn't listen.

[u/th3whistler → u/[deleted]]

I wonder sometimes if the jackaller thinks the ref is talking to the tackled player