The rugby world will probably be within the unfamiliar place of wanting England to win in a fortnight. Scotland, specifically, will probably be wishing it exhausting. Eire are six factors away from the sector after three rounds, which implies a bonus-point victory at Twickenham in spherical 4 would yield them the title, even earlier than the go to of Scotland in spherical 5. Only a win would all however assure it.
“It units it up properly,” mentioned Andy Farrell, “as a result of we’ve earned the best to get to that time. However going to Twickenham, everybody is aware of how troublesome a job that’s. We will definitely be wanting ahead to that after the fallow week.”
It’s conventional at this level to say that crew X must be higher after they go to crew Y subsequent, however the reality is, Eire is not going to actually. They might not have been at their greatest towards Wales in profitable 31-7, however they had been so a lot better than the crew who ran England shut within the earlier spherical that they get pleasure from important room for error.
A bonus-point victory, their third from three, was secured with the final play of the sport, however they performed almost half the second half with 14 males, courtesy of yellow playing cards for Tadhg Beirne and, within the final 10 minutes, James Ryan. The very fact they appeared to wobble with out ever main by lower than 10 tells its personal story.
A lot will rely upon how England react to their defeat at Murrayfield. Farrell wouldn’t be drawn on what Eire must do to beat England. “We performed towards the identical aspect [Wales] that performed at Twickenham [in round two],” Eire’s coach mentioned. “So you can say that Wales performed higher right here than they did at Twickenham, however we nonetheless discovered a approach.
“It’s not so simple as saying we have to be higher to win at Twickenham. In fact, we all the time need to play higher, however the sport is what it’s, from minute one. For instance, we’re profitable the penalty rely palms down at half-time after which impulsively inside minutes of the second half, it has evened up. That would occur in two weeks’ time. The sport takes its personal form, however there’s elements of our sport we clearly want to enhance. That’s by no means, ever going to be any totally different, however I suppose it gained’t be for England both.”
It was amid that rush of penalties towards Eire firstly of the second half that Wales scored their solely factors, a penalty strive from a Wales lineout and drive, which additionally noticed Beirne obtain the primary of the yellow playing cards. One might say Wales had been fortunate to be awarded it – Farrell definitely had his doubts – but it surely was as shut as they got here to bothering their hosts.
Eire scored from a lineout and drive themselves within the first half, then swung the ball this manner and that for his or her second, completed by James Lowe. After their “wobble” firstly of the second half, they registered tries within the ultimate quarter by Ciaran Frawley and Beirne.
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Can anybody cease them? One factor we are able to say for certain. England will have to be higher if they’re to get even shut.
