Ireland v Georgia

[Marcelo]

We need a Georgian prop. Any Georgian prop is better than Alexander or Robinson

 

[Shelts89]

HT score is 9-0 . Ireland look dangerous when they attack with width and up the pace of the game. Georgian defence has been Trojan though. Why Ireland decided to spend a good 10 minutes of that half trying to wrestle their way over the line when it was clear that their pack was coming off second best is a mystery to me though.

 

[KevinO]

Georgian pack is impressive, they play a very similar style of attach as Ireland in the backline. Only 9-0 at half time is a good result for them, they have defended in the red zone really well, first 10 minutes of the second half will be interesting now that they are down a man.

 

[Bardon]

Ireland have made hard work of these but Georgia have been impressive especially in the scrum. Their defence has been good. Would expect that amount of tackles they've made to tell towards the end of the game with Ireland pulling away.

 

[Shelts89]

Good Irish try, went through a few phases and the forwards attack a little wider than in the 1st half. 16-0

 

[Shelts89]

Irish maul gets the better of the Georgians this time 23-0

 

[Shelts89]

Well worked try by Georgia to hit it up in the middle with their backs before rewinding and allowing the forwards to run a hard line of the 9 to run over. 23-7

 

[Shelts89]

A second yellow for Georgia and Ireland take immediate advantage of the extra man to let Zebo cross in the corner

 

[Shelts89]

The pace of Ireland's game and the extra man starting to tell. Another try for Ireland's backs in the corner 35-7

 

[Shelts89]

Ireland turn over, spread wide and score under the posts 42-7

 

[Shelts89]

Irish back line do a simple switch in the centres and find a huge gap. Try. Score lines definitely getting ugly 49- 7

 

[Shelts89]

FT is 49 - 7

 

[KevinO]

Second half was a lot different, good result. Now for the Wallabies next weekend.

 

[BabyBlueElephant]

Great result. Olding and Marmion continue to show why they've be listed as potential stars in the making.

 

[Omar Comin']

Thought Georgia were treated a bit harshly by the referee at the ruck at times (not a great look appointing an Irish referee, even if technically he works for the RFU). Ireland scored most of their tries when they were a man up.

Would have been nice to see Georgia stay a bit closer and justify more matches against tier 1 opposition. I still think at full strength they could really threaten a team like Italy and the future looks bright as their age grade teams have been doing pretty well the last few years. Long term they need to find some better backs. Or at least a really good fly half.

 

[Shelts89]

Thought Georgia were treated a bit harshly by the referee at the ruck at times (not a great look appointing an Irish referee, even if technically he works for the RFU).

I have to admit I did think that suspect too.