O2 Inside Line | Ireland Week ☘️

[@Natedawg38]

Hugely impressed by england and their lightning bounce back. Clapped the trophy, a class act from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@HC-uf4tv]

Thanks for applauding the Irish fans the weekend 🇮🇪 always feel the English people get far too much of a hard time, very nice people

[@Garethjames696]

It was irelands year without a doubt. Not sure how we’ll fare in this wc based on our last few 6N, but I’d enjoy seeing either Ireland or France win it!

[@JGarner.2004]

I feel like we actually like you Scotland and wales but you lot hate us 😂, I just see it as we are all from the British isles

[@HC-uf4tv]

@@JGarner.2004 think when it comes to sport Ireland and all the the British isles countries hate eachother 😂 in my opinion I think everyone from all four countries have both good and bad fans but by in large most are nice people

[@CaptNeeda]

English team and fans are a class act. Always enjoyed the craic with them! respect from a very proud Irishman ☘️

[@MrSmith434]

Irish fan here - seeing the English players stay on to clap the trophy lift at the end was a class act. That was a tougher test for us than the all blacks 3rd test last year - fair play to England

[@DM-rp9ik]

Ah jesus no let's not get carried away.

[@jamessinger4995]

@@DM-rp9ik lets be honest without the red card Ireland were rattled.

[@MrSmith434]

@@DM-rp9ik How am I getting carried away? We had the weight of expectation of the country on our shoulders on Saturday and it showed in our play. Against NZ it was the opposite - a free shot and we blew them away in the first half.

[@conormulvihill8397]

​@@jamessinger4995 rattled but never in trouble

[@MrSmith434]

@@conormulvihill8397 I agree - rattled and still up by 4 points

[@martinlwf1]

So proud of the guys this week. We’re rebuilding so it’s not going to be perfect, but you showed incredible graft and leadership.

[@Dom_djf]

Fr

[@lukesalter5925]

Well done Dan Cole and thank you O2 Inside Lines for giving us some great behind the scenes this 6N

[@dmmtrck6310]

Commiserations to England. As an Irish man here in Ireland you guys put up a good fight. Ireland knew that going out against the old enemy was not going to be easy. Ask any Irishman were they nervous before the England game, a vast majority would say yes. And if they didn't inwards they certainly would be. It was unfortunate England got the Red Card on the Half Time whistle. The game would have certainly been different. Would Ireland have still won it more than likely yes but would have made for a nail biter at the very end....Again commiserations to England on a good attempt. Gave Ireland a game and a half....

[@gergemini2993]

IRISHMAN here! Respect to England and congrats for showing up and giving us one hell of a fight.......you lads did your country proud! also congrats to Dan Cole one of the greatest not only for England but to world rugby! I have a feeling England will do rather well come world cup!

[@shonunezekiel]

Congratulations Ireland on a well deserved Grand Slam - great achievement, and hopefully the team takes its high level of skill and performance into the World Cup and does well. England - this was all we could have asked for at this stage, hard, aggressive, committed players, playing with pride, playing for each other, not backing down, not giving up - thank you for turning up this time - let's see what improvements can be made between now and the pointy bit of the World Cup, but at least there is a foundation to build on.

[@regreid3956]

Congratulations to England applauding the Irish team.huge mark of respect from Owen to his dad.fair play and shows what sport should be all about.well done England team 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪👍👍👍

[@StanWilks]

I'd follow Dan Cole into battle with a speech like that!

[@tankc6474]

Irish fan here respect to England

[@aaronslevinlanders824]

Hard luck england you gave us a good game. Up the irish 🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@chrismackerdush7728]

Soundtrack for the rugby parts at the end was fantastic. Raw, gritty, a bit menacing. Loved it.

[@frankkelleher1888]

Great respect to the English team they fought to the last and showed their class by staying on to applauded the Irish team

[@tomflynn8007]

Dan cole is a legend. From an irishman.

[@SolarMumuns]

Well done Dan Cole! Absolute legend of the game

[@jasoncarney28]

Well done England great effort with just 14 for half the game. Looking forward to playing yous again 15 on 15

[@apj8474]

Congrats Dan! Legend

[@dairet1945]

England will be back, some top rugby lads in that camp.

[@garrica3323]

Not English, but not far from your shores. Really appreciate heart & soul,...the ascendant teams have it. England had it and gave it away. Take it back. Play your way. Be who you are. Celebrate it, win or lose. But be yourselves, 100%. At worst you'll be authentic. Compare yourself to no one, just be,...and play until you drop.

[@nickwake5484]

I miss the extended stories from in camp these used to have. I appreciate that the new coaching staff will have a different outlook but this 6N's Inside Line seems allot less about the comeraderie they used to have in previous years. C'mon give us a bit more!

[@dabzvapelord]

it’s refreshing to see english fans acknowledge where their team is and support them anyway rather than gnash their teeth at the fact that they are not the best in the world

[@shaunnicholson9622]

Agree completely Goodies overall gap and need in attack . We didn’t through a punch from the backs really during 6N . Australia will run England side to side. England need to be able to 1) go touchline to touchline with passes 2) counter attack on turnover with effect and 3) not kick in the attacking red zone

[@deanelsworth817]

Congratulations to Dan Cole and a much improved performance by the team, especially after that ridiculous red card!

[@MiniMatthew]

People are also forgetting borthwick spent the entire six nations blooding new scrum halves too.

[@jamesbrennan2050]

George Ford 🙌🏻

[@magnumpi8097]

Axe n Smash. Manu & Bundee. Hamo power 🇼🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇪

[@tomw4322]

Genge George Stuart Lawes Chessum/Ribbans Underhill T Curry Mercer Mitchell Farrell OHC Lawrence Marchant/Malins Watson Steward

[@charliemoss2]

If anyone can tell me what else steward could do in that situation please feel free. Yes we lost, yes Ireland would of beaten us regardless but come on. The rules need to change. He didn’t run in with his elbow to hurt the man. He was actually trying to avoid it. It makes me seriously sad that international and domestic rugby is coming to this. It’s also the not the first time jaco peyper has made these mistakes. He needs to be gone

[@rossgeography]

I was initially very sympathetic but I believe Steward’s speed into the contact area meant there was no mitigation - the ref said it himself - you had time to turn your shoulder - it was very unfortunate for Steward and the game but the outcome has to be player safety - BOD justifies it quite well around 6min mark of the this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipPToYKdd7mDeM0

[@rossgeography]

^ the opening portion/stats are quite an eye-opener in terms of how defensive /effective Ireland are - 6 tries conceded - next closest to us is France with 12 (?) - out of a total 91 tries in the championship

[@niallshanahan2321]

If he had stayed square he would have been fine - He turned his shoulder in in an effort to make himself smaller and to avoid the collision however it created a dangerous point of contact.

[@timwannell6477]

That kickoff soundtrack….yiikes 😖😖

[@johnilbehonest]

I think England will make it further than us (ireland) in the world cup. I no people here say no way but look at are side of the draw and look at yours. And England are not far off just a few more things and you won't be far.

[@RazorMouth82]

Possibly of course but if we can get past the quarter finals we would go all the way.

[@seanbonella]

Wrong, what six nations were you watching??? We destroyed France who then destroyed England 😅😅😅😅😅

[@RazorMouth82]

@@kenrehill8775 exposed? 🤣 It was 10-6 when there was 15v15. We weren't playing as well as usual and still won 4 tries to 1. Also beat France 4 tries to 1. Beat Scotland with no hooker 🤣 Exposed? 🤣🤣🤣

[@johnilbehonest]

@@seanbonella wasn't taking bout 6 nations I'm talking bout world cup did you see the group and you know English have a habit of going far in the WC. They fucked up in 1 and got to 3 final and 2 semi. They have a lot easier run that ireland

[@fredkemp9735]

Rugby union is great to watch, but what impresses me is that people discuss and comment so fairly. Unlike football fans of a game i lived once, every single day, but cannot stand to watch with all the cheating anymore. long live rugby.

[@geoffnelson6756]

Great tactic for the England try, put 12 men between the ball and the Ireland defence and walk over the line, I expect the all blacks will be trying that next.

[@nickwake5484]

Their coaching team are already asking for the Driving Maul to be denuded.

[@Irish780]

Scotland and Wales went against iteland hosting a word cup England did not total respect

[@JB-xd9dr]

Is that how Itoje usually sounds? Totally unconvincing about what he’s actually talking about.

[@Clipd_rugby]

🏉

[@Joseph_Dredd]

Alex Dombrandt had a shocker. Sam Simmonds/Billy Vunipola far better bets. Wrong selections in key positions. A few changes, and then tweaks. England looked competitive against Ireland first half - before the most ridiculous red card I have ever seen (a red card since rescinded! Too late as the game destroyed as a spectacle. And the result never in doubt

[@hankb]

Horrid soundtrack - especially for part around kickoff

[@oliversmiddy840]

Some real straws being grasped here. We were much better than against France (that wouldn't be hard). But we still got absolutely pumped. We're much worse than we were a year ago. That's on Borthwick. Our defence has deteriorated - that's on Sinfield (you can't blame him really, it's only his second season coaching in rugby union, which does rather beg the question - what is he doing in the England coaching team?). We are going to get absolutely pumped at the World Cup - we're just fortunate we have a really easy draw. Congrats to Dan Cole on his 100th cap.

[@joeboonmusic4004]

Oh come on ffs. We didn't get pumped, the tries piled on when we were down to THIRTEEN men, but they fought hard. We are not 'much worse' than we were a year ago. We have a new coach with new systems and our defence hasn't deteriorated... We defended insanely well against Ireland, I'm genuinely not sure what you're on about. Borthwick has taken us back to basics and we finished as the best team in lineouts won and scrums too. So he's doing well in what he's set out to do in 5 games. That's no time at all, you do know that right? Farrell took 2 years minimum to get Ireland to where they are now. Oh and Shaun Edwards was more experienced with league than union until he became notorious as the best defence coach in the world so I'd say Sinfield is up to the job. Give it time, man ffs.

[@protein7834]

@@joeboonmusic4004 you took those words right out my mouth, so much hate this campaign towards England. By all means, was nowhere near our best but I see bright potential in the future. I don't think the team or Borthwick has put a foot wrong with the amount of time given after the EJ sacking. I agree, the defence at the start of the tournament wasn't up to a good enough standard especially against Scotland but massively improved by Ireland. I don't know what went wrong last week against France. They played a lot of players who had rested the p[previous match such as Alldritt who was phenomenal, giving hum and the rest of the team even more preparation and anticipation to smash England. France battered England and had the luck of the bounce of the ball occasionally. Ireland beat France however Ireland severely struggled against us last weekend. I strongly believe that top tier rugby has never been so competitive. any team in the top 8 could POTENTIALLY beat anyone depending on the day, conditions and bounce of the ball, Italy and Scotland looked great this year and wales improved throughout the campaign. I do think Borthwick's team / squad selection is debatable but overall good enough. a lot of fan biasty places a roll in that such as quins with Murley etc. I do think he should've been given an opportunity. but why didn't he play ben Earle more? was fantastic off the bench and has been phenomenal for Saracens for a few seasons now. literally player of the season last year! Tom Pearson looks fantastic too. Zach Mercer, hopefully England's number eight is returning to play for Glouster next season and will hopefully improve that role. JVP isn't quite cut out for international yet but has the potential. for me id bring Danny care, his combination with smith would be synergy as they know each other so well now, he's still a perfect sniping 9 with now bags of experience. So much potential in the future but so does every other team more or less. And finally, England need to stop prioritising private school rugby players, so many unbelievable talents who play at public schools, poorly funded clubs and low level university teams. Genge is a perfect example.

[@protein7834]

I also think the media and fans put so much pressure under English teams, including football etc. we over hype upcoming players, Smith, Rashford, Bellingham, Saka, (soon Arrundel) etc and a lot of the time they don't live up to expectation as they under so much pressure and the back lash they face on social media with racism etc is a joke, it must be so difficult to put on a world class performance and whilst being scrutinised for everything and being held accountable. Too many opiniated people spreading too much hate and negativity. I find it so bewildering people have already been saying Borthwick out, at least give the man a chance first. Rome wasn't built in a day

[@joeboonmusic4004]

@@protein7834 Agreed, man. In the time given, Borthwick has set out to get the house in order and I definitely think we've started to see that. People expecting intricate back play this early on were expecting far too much, I'm just glad our set piece is looking sturdy, that's the foundation and it's a great one. Some selection issues, but remember he hasn't been able to make all the selection changes that he wanted. I'm sure we'll see players like VRR, Pearson, T Hill, T Willis, Mercer, Quirke, Randall etc coming in for at least the WC training squad. Agreed too about Mercer, he's the future at 8, along with Tom Willis. I was saddened to see Dombrandt looking pretty pedestrian this 6N. Obviously the 8 is your dynamic back rower that you want to be the link between the backs and the forwards and he just wasn't that really at all. Looks great for Quins but to me Mercer looks like he's cut out for test rugby more. I certainly think there's plenty to be optimistic about. Borthwick is already in talks regarding re-synergising the way the England team work with the Premiership and overseas players. I'm glad we finally have a head coach who cares about the grass roots of the rugby in this country... I just don't expect we'll get too far in this coming World Cup. But a great chance to build depth for the next one!

[@protein7834]

@@joeboonmusic4004 all valid points which I agree with. Ireland still struggled to play us with 14 men, ands we still managed to put a score past them. Our forwards where better in the breakdown, maul and scrum massively improved. Months back everyone was complaining abut scrum and set piece over how bad we are at it, in little time Steve has completely turned it around. at the start of last season Leicester were at the bottom in relegation battle, after several months of being in charge borthers managed to take them onto the top 4 and go onto in the final. He has the experience, know how and calibre. i would like to see more opportunity for our plays overseas, i am worried many on them will leave the premiership for financial gain negatively effecting English clubs etc. As a chiefs fan it looks as if many of our main starts are leaving to play abroad, nowell, cowandickie, both simmond brothers, dave ewres, kirsten, hogg is leaving, and several more. i understand why they do, if they're not going to be given the opportunity to play international then they're gonna be chasing the money for a better quality of life.

[@MrLukeyhym]

Showed the world how to dismantle the Irish attack in the first bit of the match - impressive step up from previous weeks. Without that ridiculous red card might’ve snuck it.

[@criostoirodriscoll3534]

Keep dreaming

[@vincentwhelan475]

Sour grapes.

[@paddyfc07]

No you wouldn't

[@firey9998]

Yep all them tries you scored in the first half really showed that😂

[@joeboonmusic4004]

@@firey9998 He was talking about defence but okay

[@Danimal13]

Borthwick isn’t the man to take England back to the top, the rugby is more boring than under Eddie Jones, it’s so robotic and it’s making people disinterested in rugby, when we have exciting players like Smith, Mitchell, Murley, Arundell, Marchant and many more you need to use them, give them the ball get people on the edge of their seat and people won’t care as much when we lose as long as we give it a great go and play good rugby, just look at what Italy have done. stop this kicking all the time bullshit and actually go out to win games instead of hoping for mistakes. This was such a wasted tournament and we’ll be lucky to get out the group at the World Cup

[@finboyd1645]

Think we should stop focusing on KZbin videos and actually do our country proud.

[@janisbloggs603]

Please realise that as players you are responsible for player safety the red card was just, saying it wasn't is not facing the importance that elite players have as role models for up and coming players. The English under 20s also got a red card so perhaps English rugby isn't taking its responsibility for player safety seriously enough.

[@jep1912]

Ok then.

[@dulls8475]

Ok thanks for that. You can now report back to your own teams forums.

[@garysmith2983]

Good grief Janis, It was an unavoidable and accidental collision. I fully support the need to minimise head injuries through foul or reckless play, but it was neither of those.

[@timwannell6477]

Dear God 🤦‍♂️

[@RazorMouth82]

​​@@garysmith2983 it wasnt unavoidable. He charged in, got his timing wrong, and thus had to make an panicked adjustment and jumped and turned giving an elbow to the face. Seriously man, he should have judged he was not collecting that loose ball and prepared for the tackle. Red card all day in the current law book and the citing judges will come to the same conclusion.

[@andrewgoldsmith532]

How can so much resources be so wasted? The audio is so off in this video and the content is minimal. Montage after montage with uplifting music. This video does nothing for the growth of the game for fans, wanting to engage with the team. Amateur KZbin accounts provide better contact England rugby catch up and take a long look at yourself.

[@carpusbarsum]

The sending off was just an accidental off the ball collision. It wasn't a tackle so that protocol that Peyper applied was moot. Nonsensical refereeing.

[@seanbonella]

Defo red card. If you can turn in you can turn out

[@jep1912]

So sick of seeing Farrell and Tuilagi on the team sheet.

[@rob.1]

Not like seeing 2 of our best players? Strange, but OK.

[@johnilbehonest]

That's a mad comment, when I seen them on the team sheet I went oh fuck they cud stop are grandslam cuz I'm Irish, I was hoping England was starting with the same 10 and 12 as they did against France.

[@shonunezekiel]

they aren't the best players in the world, but I think their aggressive defence and fierce competitiveness dragged the rest of the team up a level to what it should be... if the rest of the team could show the same level of fire without them both starting, then I agree there are more skilful and dangerous players out there, meanwhile their character is essential to be included - in my view.

[@joeboonmusic4004]

What, one of the best 13s to ever play the game and England's all time leading point scorer and captain who multiple world class coaches and players have said is one of the best they've ever played with/coached? Glad you're not the one picking the team.

[@seanbonella]

I'm not 😊😊😊😊