BLAH BLAH BLAH rugby is a game of inches cliché cliché cliché – usually that sort of talk is annoying but there were so many incidents today that could have easily meant England or Wales were the 2015 Six Nations champions and not Ireland.
In the first game, Gareth Davies went to pick up a bouncing ball with a clear run in under the posts. The scrum-half fumbled the ball and moments later Leonardo Sarto’s fun-run saw him dance his way down to the opposite corner.
A little more composure by the Scarlets man and Wales could be the champions for the third time in four years.
And of course there was THAT tackle. Stuart Hogg stepped inside what looked like the last defender and tried to ground the ball in one hand. Jamie Heaslip swooped out of the sky like a pterodactyl and somehow managed to dislodge the ball.
If somebody on Joe Schmidt’s team tried to ground the ball like that the Kiwi would probably dish out a Sharia Law style punishment by lopping off a hand.
You could pick out a load of moments in Ireland’s favour too – like three missed penalties – but it just goes to show you how riveting today’s games were.
Heaslip's try-saving smash on Hogg is the sort of thing you'll remember in 50 years time
BLAH BLAH BLAH rugby is a game of inches cliché cliché cliché – usually that sort of talk is annoying but there were so many incidents today that could have easily meant England or Wales were the 2015 Six Nations champions and not Ireland.
In the first game, Gareth Davies went to pick up a bouncing ball with a clear run in under the posts. The scrum-half fumbled the ball and moments later Leonardo Sarto’s fun-run saw him dance his way down to the opposite corner.
A little more composure by the Scarlets man and Wales could be the champions for the third time in four years.
And of course there was THAT tackle. Stuart Hogg stepped inside what looked like the last defender and tried to ground the ball in one hand. Jamie Heaslip swooped out of the sky like a pterodactyl and somehow managed to dislodge the ball.
If somebody on Joe Schmidt’s team tried to ground the ball like that the Kiwi would probably dish out a Sharia Law style punishment by lopping off a hand.
You could pick out a load of moments in Ireland’s favour too – like three missed penalties – but it just goes to show you how riveting today’s games were.
The best ever.
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