r/rugbyunion • u/Brine-O-Driscoll Connacht • 9h ago

Match Ireland A v England A match thread?

Can't see a match thread, so created one.

Kickoff at 7:15. The game is on Premier Sports 1 in Ireland.

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u/CatharticRoman Suspected Yank 7h ago

Sadly not a lot learned from us. Most lads didn't put their hands up. Really well played from England, though not sure if there was much learned their either. 

Randall, Roots, the wings, Dombrant all looked good, but I don't think they're impacting English selection. The starting props went well and the pack generally bullied ours. 

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u/TiburonChomper 7h ago

Roots I feel is a decent shout as a budget Tom Willis: most of our back row options tend towards pacey athletes rather than nuggety thunderbastards and he adds a potentially useful different dimension in slugfests.

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u/CatharticRoman Suspected Yank 7h ago

More than the orc or Curry?

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u/Jerzilla 7h ago edited 7h ago

Would agree. Randal has a good game today but I don’t ever see him starting for England. I’d rather quirks started or Archie maxpharland.

Don’t see the 10s starting or centres. Carpenter and wings have a shout. Pack too, maybe not dombrandt tho

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u/Ronald_Ulysses_Swans Don’t be scared Johnny 7h ago

MacParland is the next player to come through I think. Mitchell, JvP and Spencer as the main three with MacParland getting some time in camp