Defence, discipline and Ireland's dominant Six Nations start | RTÉ Rugby podcast

Neil Treacy is joined by Bernard Jackman and Jonny Holland on the RTÉ Rugby podcast as we recap Ireland's 31-7 Guinness Six Nations win against Wales.
The panel examine how Ireland are setting themselves apart with a dominant defence, but also ask whether their lack of discipline could come back to haunt them.
We look at England's defeat to Scotland ahead of Ireland's Round 4 trip to Twickenham, while we also discuss the continued poor form of France, who were held to a draw by Italy in Lille.
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[@bengormley2517]

you bet Farrell is going after a 5 bonus points grand slam win

[@oshead]

I think this Irish team were holding back a little and not showing everything they had ahead of the England game. The game was in the bag, why show our hand for the next game.

[@jmo8934]

I don’t think they were. They just found it hard to break through Wales tackling since they stood off and didn’t buy the decoy runners. They tackled hard and we made a few mistakes. Had to defend hard ourselves for about 10 mins. England will be right up for this. It’s a chance for them as it is for any team struggling a bit to turn their fortunes around by beating us. That’s the target we have on our backs now and teams with a lot of talent like England are dangerous. Our greatest enemy will be complacency especially in rugby you have to have your intensity up to a certain pitch for every game like this.

[@patman142]

Not for a minute and that's being disrespectful to Wales. You want to ensure you win the championship and it may come down to bonus points

[@baunkoipond8058]

@oshead your comment is ridiculous. Why would they hold back a little in a very important international test match at home? I’m quiet sure they gave everything they had on the day. They’ll have a few new ideas for England, but disrespectful to Wales and Ireland to say they held back a little.

[@oshead]

@@baunkoipond8058 Maybe my comment is ridiculous for not being clear to you. They held back, not on effort but on plays and moves and any other tricks they might have in the bag for future games.

[@garyoconnor8421]

As an Irish fan hope England play cole and Marler it's happy days for ireland

[@NDRAAA20]

Well Gary, still happy?

[@garyoconnor8421]

Ya next week the championship on Paddy's day we move on

[@garyoconnor8421]

Wow

[@desmondwixted7862]

What’s Bernard driving? A two bed semi d in Roches town?

[@heyhey5712]

A taxi.

[@martinodea1292]

On world cup. 2 things. S.A. were a week from a monster match ..why rugby world cups should be scrapped or near doubled in duration Other point is when new zealand just about and fortunately scrape by you this is not a bad world cup performance including beating peak S.A.

[@billbobby461]

Imagine having the same head as the guy who criticises a referee for applying the laws correctly...

[@ammcox]

Birch is in his car…… explain.

[@washerdryer3466]

It's a 4-wheeled motorised vehicle. Originally dubbed the "Horseless carriage".

[@inamortz2372]

His first job is roadside assistance, specialising in replacing tyres. It's been a Jackman family tradition for generations

[@dublinthaiboxing4317]

Only place to be kid free

[@jmo8934]

It’s probably due to the housing crisis.

[@Sineadmcd]

@@inamortz2372no it’s not 😂 he’s flat out with rugby jobs he’s also the High performance coach for the ireland equestrian team

[@patrickoleary2862]

Any word on review of car crash that was Irish World Cup campaign 4+ months on? Be great to see it before 2027 rolls around.

[@thisiscolmcasey]

Reminder what Ireland did to Scotland in the World Cup & Ireland are playing even better -England will have a tough day and come the second half Ireland will run away with this match

[@TheCharmaine999]

If other International Rugby podcasts can be portrayed in a venue other than a vehicle or a bedroom, why cant the Ireland National Broadcaster follow suit .....especially since they are trying to promote the game and it being their highest audience participation.

[@Sineadmcd]

Jesus get a grip.. they all have jobs that require them to travel .. they usually are in a studio. You have to adapt

[@user-sb2wu2qs3k]

Every neutral will be cheering on Scotland when the play Ireland 😅

[@garyhutton2654]

It's like watching paint dry them 3

[@garyoconnor8421]

Your supposed to listen not so much look

[@bernieob9577]

Well don't watch it , simple

[@davidconlan99]

So go watch something else and stop wasting your time writing nasty comments mate

[@michaelodonnell824]

Can we please talk about Racism in Rugby. Take last weekend - it took almost a quarter of a century for World Rugby to appoint an Italian to referee a Six Nations match - why did it take so long? Moreover, why was this Italian expected to address the players in English? The second question is particularly apt when you see an English referee in Lille, refereeing a French Team and an Italian team while screaming at them in English... and expecting to be understood? Why? That "Why" is particularly important when one realises that the whole of the French team play in French rugby; AND Italy has two players in their wider squad who do not play their club rugby either in Italy or France. Rugby players are picked for their skill, talent, athleticism and power. NONE of those have anything to do with being a linguist. Referees, on their other hand are only picked for their (presumed) familiarity with the laws of Rugby. Why can they NOT at least ATTEMPT to communicate with players in the players' native language, like the Italian was expected to? World Rugby has pretensions to becoming a Global Sport. That will never happen as long as Rugby insists that ALL players MUST understand English....

[@geoffreynoonan4334]

Shut up

[@nidgeot9968]

Do you have any examples of racism in rugby though?

[@michaelodonnell824]

@@nidgeot9968 Firstly the Language issue. Secondly, that there was a lag of almost a quarter of a century between Italy joining the Six Nations and an Italian being appointed to referee a Six Nations match. Thirdly, the idea that it's perfectly OK for the descendants of Slavers using a "Negro Spiritual" to celebrate their Arrogance... Fourthly, in the Rassie Erasmus "Referee tweet" controversy, he called out the Racist actions of a Referee, especially in the Referee's treatment of the Black South African Captain... And Erasmus's claims were never investigated. Fifthly, I refer you to the testimony of ex England international, Luther Burrell and the less than polite comments he regularly received from his team mates. There is ample evidence of Racism in Rugby (and every other sport) but the media, frankly, don't care...

[@jmo8934]

So that’s a long diatribe you’ve written with accusations of racism with zero evidence to go with it. Then you rant about referees speaking to players in English. You are pretending that you don’t know that English is in effect the world’s universal language and certainly the rugby worlds. Most rugby countries speak English and most of the French and Italian players do too. But you already know this and are looking for attention in the KZbin comments section for some reason.

[@tommy2bago]

Found the crackhead

[@michaelflynn5123]

Welsh kids against Ireland imagine if wales had 4or 5 real men in the tteam we would have being in trouble

[@Sineadmcd]

They wouldn’t have Been in real trouble but different game for sure

[@isitwasit8756]

Nauseating

[@michaelflynn5123]

These guys are so full of bullshit couldn’t get past the quarter final of the World Cup! Shit England team where they finish 3 rd ! Love Doris. Ask any independent journalist who was the best no 8 on Saturday wasn’t Doris

[@Sineadmcd]

They finished third because they had an extremely easy group and South Africa played extremely average . Ireland lost by 4 points to a rugby legacy team who arguably had a forward pass try. Ireland beat the eventual WC winners. And out of 34 games ireland have lost 3.