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I have been watching this championship since the early 70s when I was a teen and this one was maybe the best ever. Ireland, France and Scotland thrilled me all the way through and Italy for the first few games were a revelation. This is the greatest rugby tournament in the world for me.
Must be the best tournament for years and years. It's got all the drama. Red cards and citings. Massive refereeing faux pas. Biggest thumping of an England team in history. Welsh threatening to strike. Scotland not being garbage. Italy flinging it around and looking a threat. Some of the best games I've ever seen in Ireland v France and Scotland v Ireland. Best Team in the world on show getting through games with their 7 throwing into a lineout and a propr playing hooker. Setting up in the final round for their ageing 10 in possibly his final Aviva game to take the triple crown, championship, grand slam and record points scorer in Dublin on St Patrick's day... What a 2023
@@ThanatoselNyx Lowe's try against France, failure to red card Antonio which led to his citing. There will have been others but I think they're two of the big ones that seemed to spark quite a lot of debate throughout the next week
Strange highlights. Missing so many line-breaks and other key moments. The Scottish overthrow and ruled out Irish try at the beginning of the match being one.
Mack Hansen was excellent in attack AND defence. Easily MOTM in my view. As a Scot, the second half was disappointing after the ultra competitive first but fair play to Ireland - they really are an unrelenting beast and a pleasure to watch.
As an Irish fan it also needs to be said how good this Scotland team are. It was a very tough game for most of it and the progression in your team is excellent. Wish we didn’t have to play you so soon with the World Cup.
Ireland definitely spotted something on the left wing. I think most of us were so blown away by Duhan's attacking threat, but Ireland capitalised on his defensive weakness that I definitely missed. Uncertainty under the high ball and bad tackle technique in the corners. Conan made him look like a little boy. Well done Ireland!
Hate to say it, but yeah. Duhan's a good defender at club level, but he's got a habit of making mistakes that are costly at international level. Can't fault him for Hansen's try, but he progressively got worse as the game went on
@@sumboi2321 Mate, as a South African, I blame him for all three tries as well as the two scored by England in your game against them, and thank my lucky stars we have better quality wingers. He just always seems to find himself in no man's land and at this level, that is just not good enough.
My whole philosophy with Duhan is that he is an u-14’s rugby player in a test players body. Running sideways, no kicking game, poor positioning in the back field. Would like to see Kinghorn on the wing against Italy with Duhan coming on to run over people after 60 mins
@@sumboi2321 yea he didnt have a good game, Scotlands left has been exploited a couple of time sin this tournament, but Ireland just went up a gear in the second half and were untouchable..
This comment is meant in humor, but Johnny Sexton just popping up out of nowhere at 0:36 had me chuckle. Congratulations on his recent achievement. Playing rugby in your upper 30's is strong. Great job Ireland, from a die hard Scotland fan
Can't believe how good these men are they deserve their No 1 spot . Can't wait for next wkend when our neighbours arrive . Cmon lads , like it was in Croke Pk on the Centenary.
Great atmosphere, great game. Irish defensive patterns very good. Scotland throwing it at them. Jonny Sexton still a force. What a pro, he must be nearly 50
The commentator here, Ryle Nugent, elevates referee Luke Pearce to the high position of being “…arguably the best referee in world rugby right now…”. Well, all I can say to that is that after this match, he has fallen spectacularly from that particular lofty pedestal because Mr. Pearce had an absolute shocker of a game! It would be difficult to find a worst refereeing performance. He missed so many crucial moments, and failed to take appropriate action on so many occasions during the game. He also seemed to leave his yellow cards back in the dressing room! Stuart Hogg alone committed two cast iron yellow card offences, one in either half, both of which were blatantly intentional! How did the referee, his two assistants and the TMO miss these offences? Numerous offences at the ruck by both teams, but particular by Scotland constantly entering at the side saw penalty advantage after advantage after advantage being called without the appropriate sanction of a yellow card??!!! A perfectly good early try by Ireland was wrongly disallowed, the reasoning that a “new ball” had been thrown in at the lineout, being relied upon. However, at that time it wasn’t noticed that one Irish player and one Scottish player had moved into position to form the linoeout. Now, correct me if I’m wrong but I’m led to believe that in accordance with the laws of the game two players, as described heretofore, positioning themselves as such, constitutes a lineout. Therefore it is irrelevant which ball was used. Where was the TMO in all of this? I’ve no doubt Mr Pearce has reviewed his performance and has gone and made all the appropriate apologies, after the fact. But that’s just not good enough in a match of this importance. Yes, the correct team won the match but it could have all gone so wrong if the Ireland team hadn’t been able to adapt so well in order to deal with to all of the adversity (including numerous refereeing mistakes) that they faced in the game. In the Ireland v France match, James Lowe was adjudged to have scored a try that referee Wayne Barnes clearly should have disallowed (debates re a possible penalty try being justified in the same incident aside…). The French prop Atonio should also have seen a red card in that game. Two shocking mistakes. World Rugby and the Referees governing body both need to tackle this.
He was shocking for both teams, i think all the "best ref in world rugby" talk got to his head... Pearce was making scotland go ten yards back for asking simple questioons, not even acting arsey or anything, he's definitely got a chip on his shoulder IMO
Scotland did brilliant in the first half they gave Ireland a lot of problems but then they went down hill in the 2nd part of the match but great game by both teams 🇮🇪🏴.
Fs we had it in the 1st half but we flopped big time in the 2nd half. Hopefully we will be much better by the time of the wc and next year's 6N because fir the first time in ages we are playing very good rugby. Fair play to Ireland 🇮🇪 👏 yous absolutely grinded us down in 2nd half.
Really looking forward to the Netflix documentary. It will be so interesting to see what the Ireland coaches did and said at half time, knowing they were losing their second hooker. Ireland are such a well coached outfit currently. Farrell likely to be hot property when his contract with Ireland is up.
Sadly, Jack Conan has already said that they've limited the access to Netflix in their camp. The only teams who have given full access are Scotland and Italy. Could prove to be a very patchy documentary
Didnt they say they all had smiles on there faces and laughing that its a cracker of a game at half time in the changing room. Farrel told them ok lads time to turn it up in the second. This was in one of the post match interviews with was it Hansen?
This was reminiscent of old Irish teams against the All Blacks. Gave the AB's a game for 60 minutes and then the class of the AB's came to the fore. Only difference between AB and Ireland being, Rugby in NZ is no1 sport, in Ireland it's no4. That significance is rarely mentioned, although I might add, I mention it quite a bit, 😀 I'm as relentless as a 1966 English football fan.
This was the most encouraging match for Ireland in this Six Nations. Scotland had serious form coming into this match and Ireland had to deal with a lot of adversity during the match.
If Andy Farrell wanted his squad strength-tested, well, he has gotten his wish this Championship. Ireland have been battered and bruised, and have had to use lots of replacements, but are still sitting pretty. ☺️ ☘️
Messieurs les Ecossais, Really, really, you have a promising team and Murrayfield stadium, from my point of view, is magnificent stadium for Rugby ! Vive l'Ecosse, Vive la France !
Love the way they have a screen for the fans to see what happens because in soccer (football) they don’t even have a screen for the fans and they don’t explain why someone gets a yellow/red card.
"It was all created by the brilliance of Hanson in the air", no it wasn't, this is Gibson-Park wizardry. He was there from start to finish and even under immense Scottish pressure managed to get passes away, genius scrum half. MOTM for me.It's no coincidence we were better after he came on, quick ball is crucial in rugby. World class.
@@Karma-qt4ji The rugby championship just before the World Cup is a huge advantage.. a well oiled machine just before a World Cup .. hard for NH teams to cope with that ..
@@Karma-qt4ji they have not been hearing it for 25 years. They’ve been hearing it for 7 or 8 years. In that time the gap kept closing to the point where the north are clearly superior. Doesn’t mean a southern team couldn’t win the World Cup, it’s unlikely but I do think South Africa have a chance. My third favourites after France and Ireland
@@tecphobe All credit to Ireland for that, as well as their journey so far in the 6N. But the RWC is a different animal altogether as you yourselves have found out so many times.
Scotland deliberately killing the ball when an Irish try was on all the time!!! Should have had at least one yellow. Also, on the Ireland disallowed try; Caelan Doris was taken out in the air when he went up to catch that ball. Amazed they didn't have a look at it.
@@lukekilmurray2363 the amount of blatant offside calls missed at ruck time and didn't sin bin Hogg for obvious foul play that would have led to a try to name a few.
You're allowed to push a player out to touch, looked fairly harmless too me. The one on James Lowe for the foot in touch try vs France was a lot worse.
The commentators actually called Luke Pearce the best referee in world rugby. Are you serious!! Rugby (northern hemisphere rugby in particular) is looking so good at the moment. However, with refs like Luke, I am very worried about some ridiculous spectacles during the WC in France, given the sorry state of rugby union refereeing.
It's a bit strange that with 15 mins plus of highlights they couldn't manage to fit in the non try at the start and the crucial turnover by Hanson, plus some of the other important talking points.... still, always appreciate that there are highlights here to watch.
Ireland absolutely deserved the win, I just want to understand the 1 minute of advantage that was played by the ref and how he comes to let it go so long vs other times, I hate that rule.. it should be a standard amount of time for advantage and if they have failed to gain then go back..
The new ball rule needs to be changed. Why the offending team face absolutely no repercussions is scandalous. What's even more scandalous is that it's not in any of these highlight reels!
@@garysmith5025 That should be a referees call to make if there is such behaviour going on. Quick lineouts are taken all the time. Why should the ball used make any difference. If it's too quick it's for the referee to call.
In 2011, a similar incident happened where Wales took a quick throw in and scored from it. Ireland claimed it was a different ball, but it was turned down. After the match, 6N admitted the refs got it wrong. The Law preventing a quick throw has three situations where it cannot be allowed. The ball is touched by someone else other than the player who brought it into touch, before the quick throw is taken. So someone in crowd, a ball-boy, an official must not touch it. Second, it must be the same ball that is used for the quick throw in. And third, a line out cannot have formed already.
@@thrillerwriter2087 In this case(2011) I don't see the issue or problem if the on pitch refereeing team allowed the quick play. The fact that Ireland's(as an Irish man) only gripe with it can be that it wasn't the same ball, for me, is wrong. If the ball is available at the same location as the ball that has just gone off the field I don't see why there should be an issue. As I said in another comment, if the quick play is deemed too quick then let the refereeing team call it. This then allows for teams to suffer the consequences, or not, of quickly taken plays. If you elect to throw it quickly and it bites you in the backside then so be it.
@@aidenoleary7406 If you're referring to the 2011 incident then you need to consider: Sexton kicked the ball into the crowd - the crowd handled it. The ball-boy gets another ball, cleans it, and hands it to the Welsh hooker in front of the linesman. The hooker then steps into field of play whilst throwing the ball to Mike Phillips even though the Irish players had arguably formed a line out, and scores a try. It shouldn't have been allowed on a number of fronts. Six Nations head of referees apologised to Irish team afterwards saying they got it wrong, because it was a different ball. But that was not the only reason it should not have stood.
Makes sense. Needed to be sure of the grounding after the French irish incident, and were looking for a yellow card whixh they missed in the french irish game also
ireland deserved the win, no taking it away. I was there at the game, my question to scotland is how did we fold in the second half like that? We had the ref on our side too lmao, Hogg should've been sent packing in the 1st half and there was other decisions too that went in our favour, we had it there for the taking but fell horrifically flat in the second... i'll be interested to hear what squidge will say on this.
Ireland do seem to know what they’re doing. But SA and AB’s spend all their time researching and training to beat NH teams in the World Cup. Ireland v SA would be amazing. The kiwis only fear the scary French turning up!
Rewatching this for the build-up for the RWC. Gonna be a hell of a rematch and now with even more at stake. Ya can bet that Scotland have learned from this match and you can bet Ireland won't be resting on their laurels. Both teams are in their best form. Cannot wait.
Duhan Van der Merve is a fantastic attacking winger....but he is woeful in defence....way out of position all 6 nations long...got found out yet again.
To be honest I think he's just a bit brain dead when it comes to rugby. He's made some really poor decisions this 6 nations (against France last trying to run it from his own try line, positioning and tackle selection on Conan, not passing for an almost guaranteed Scotland try in the 1st half against ireland). I think that the Scottish back 3 is incompetent at times and they will really struggle against teams with world class players there (ireland, France, South africa and new zealand). They should be better when darcy comes back but no telling at the moment
Also he had a real fuck up in attack when he was near the try line and for some reason didn't offload the ball for an easy score he tried to keep running and ireland won the turnover that moment was huge for the game
@@kurtpunchesthings2411 Yeah, I can't understand why he didn't give the offload. Russell was in a perfect position for the pass, but Duhan decided to try and steal a few metres
Luke Pierce doesn't know what a shoulder charge is and he doesn't seem to bothered about cynical play either. Not to mention the amount of side entries he ignored. Best in the world he was called.
Laughing about Ringrose being unconscious after he denied him immediate medical attention is one of the most disgusting things I've seen from a referee
Compelling match but highlights are a travesty. Irish injuries reached farcical proportions but still won comfortably. People rubbish Sexton but he was the master (again) makes key decisions and pulls the strings like the best, e.g. taking Hansen's offload for the second try. Booing the kicker was disgusting, trying to match the French?
At what stage did you believe Ireland were rattled, they were laughing at half time in the dressing room and then went out with 4 players down and went up the gears and finished off Scotland, Scotland scoreless since the 17th minute, rattled really
9 times in a row we have beaten ye. The comments each time by mostly Scottish people. The irish have a great laugh hearing it over and over. Ireland played 60% of their potential.
Luke Pearce should be stood down by World Rugby indefinitely. Denied the unconscious Ringrose immediate medical attention and then laughed about it. Irrespective of his obvious bias against Ireland in the rest of his decisions, actively endangering players is completely unacceptable
