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Mick Mac

Mick Mac

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I hope you are right.....


Anyway I'm hoping we beat you on quality of play rather than penalty count. This Ireland team can score tries and I think it will be close. England slight favourites but most of their recent successes have been at home of rugby, this will be a big test. If they come through then Lancaster is likely a force to be reckoned with. But Martin Johnson came to Dublin two years ago intending to rubber stamp a grand slam and that England team got a bit of a wake up call, not sure we can do the same without O'Connell but will be a test for England none the less. Their win over Scotland looks good after their win over Italy yesterday though so I'm not particularly confident. We need strong start today.

Mick Mac

Mick Mac

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17 Mar 2012 England 30 - 9 Ireland

19 Mar 2011 Ireland 24 - 8 England

27 Feb 2010 England 16 - 20 Ireland

28 Feb 2009 Ireland 14 - 13 England

15 Mar 2008 England 33 - 10 Ireland

24 Feb 2007 Ireland 43 - 13 England

18 Mar 2006 England 24 - 28 Ireland

27 Feb 2005 Ireland 19 - 13 England

06 Mar 2004 England 13 - 19 Ireland

30 Mar 2003 Ireland 6 - 42 England

Alan Medic

Alan Medic

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Interesting stat shows starting teams pack weights only 5kgs in England's favour. However if/when they introduce their subs that could extend the difference to 64kgs. I don't like the sound of that as there are wet conditions and the pitch isn't great. Backs less likely to see the ball where I think Ireland has the advantage, whereas if it becomes a forward battle that extra weight could give England a big advantage in the last 20 minutes. That's my theory anyway but hoping to be wrong.
El Pibe

El Pibe

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It certainly wasn't a spectacle, it'd be tough to produce pretty rugby in those conditions, but it was most certainly an exciting game.

Quite nice to get bragging rights in casa pibe, a rarity over the last ten years, especially as la piba was away last year and wouldn't answer the phone.

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