21-42: Ireland pushes forward in the Six Nations after overwhelming England at Twickenham
Ireland this Saturday it overwhelmed England by 21-42 in a very serious match in which they were superior at all times and which earned them the Millennium Trophyconquer Twickenham and push forward Six Nations Tournament rugby.
Those of Andy Farrell They achieved their fifth victory in the last six games against the XV of the Rosewho had won their last nine games at their stadium and practically ended England’s chances of winning the Six Nations title, which they have not won since 2020.
On the other hand, Ireland, which arrived with a defeat against France and a victory against Italykeeps their hopes alive and puts pressure on the Gauls.
He XV of Clover He came out determined to dominate the duel, and in just eight minutes, the Irish opened the scoring thanks to a penalty shot converted by Jack Crowley.
The set of Steve Borthwickwounded with pride after losing in the Calcutta Cup against Scotland, tried to react, but ran into a rocky Irish defense, which prevented any type of penetration by Henry Pollockwho made his debut in the Six Nations at the age of 21.
Despite maintaining possession, England made many mistakes, which were taken advantage of by an Ireland very well positioned on the field.
One of them was a quarter of an hour into the game when George Fordwho was not successful, wasted a penalty shot by sending the ball out of bounds behind the flag.
The visitors benefited from these errors, as they went on the counterattack when they could and put the local defense in serious trouble, which had continuous mistakes.
Before minute 20, Jamison Gibson-Park He took an infraction quickly to get a try, which Crowley completed by hitting the kick, but then wasted a penalty blow to increase the difference.
England continued not to appear, and in every action, they were surpassed by an Ireland that was relentless in defense and very effective in the offensive field.
Again, a new counterattack served to Stuart McCloskey broke lines, but when he went straight to rehearsal, he was tackled with authority.
The ball went into the hands of Gibson-Park, who handed it over to Robert Baloucoune, who scored the try without any opposition.
The punishment for England was double since Freddie Stewart He received a yellow card, although Crowley again missed the kick.
Just before the half hour mark, there was a referee change as the Italian Andrea Piardi had to leave due to physical problems and was replaced by the Frenchman Pierre Brousset.
The XV of the Clover took advantage of the superiority again and achieved another try through Tommy O’Briennwho had just gone onto the green and completed a play started by Baloucoune.
This time Crowley did not fail and made the score 0-22, leaving the English fans frozen in the Twickenham stadium, which was packed with more than 80,000 spectators.
Before the break, England added their first points after an action in which they came close to scoring the try on four occasions and in which in the end Dingwall managed to certify it and later Ford hit the kick.
After the break, with the score at 7-22, the dynamic continued as in the first half, with Ireland determined to increase the difference and score goals.
Said and done, since in just two minutes, Andy Farrell’s team certified a test thanks to Dan Sheemanwhich Crowley later completed again, thus ending any hint of a comeback as England were left with one less player due to Pollock’s yellow.
He showed his pride to close the gap with a try from Lawrence, which Ford hit with the additional throw.
Technical sheet
21 – England: Genge, Cowan-Dickie, Heyes, Itoje, Chessum, Curry, Earl, Pollock, Mitchell, Ford, Arundell, Dingwall, Lawrence, Freeman, Steward -starting team-; Van Poortvliet, George, Smith, Pepper, Rodd, Coles, Underhill and Davison.
42 – Ireland: Loughman, Sheehan, Furlong, McCarthy, Ryan, Beirne, van der Flier, Doris, Gibson-Park, Crowley, Lowe, McCloskey, Ringrose, Baloucoune, Osborne -starting team-; Bealham, O’Toole, Timoney, Kelleher, Frawley, Prendergast and Casey.
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy), who was injured in the 30th minute and was replaced by Pierre Brousset (France). He showed yellow to Steward (m.27) and Pollock (m.42) for England and Osborne (m.53) for Ireland.
Marker: 0-3, min.9: penalty shot passed by Crowley; 0-10, m.20: Gibson-Park try, which Crowley passes; 0-15, min.26: Baloucourne try, which Crowley does not pass; 0-22, m.30: T’Obrien try, which Crowley passes; 7-22, m.40: Dingwall’s essay, which Ford passes; 7-29, m.42: Sheehan’s essay, which Crowley passes; 14-29: Lawrence essay, which Ford passes; 14-32, m.58: penalty blow that Crowley passes; 14-35, m.58: penalty blow that Crowley passes; 14-42, m. 71: Osborne essay, which Crowley passes; 21-42: Underhill try, Ford passes.
Incidents: Match of the 3rd day of the Six Nations Tournament played at the Twickenham Stadium, in London, before 81,953 spectators.
The reaction did not come and Ireland struck again with two penalty shots converted by Crowley, who recovered from the two errors in the first half.
Ten minutes from time, Osborne put the finishing touch with a new try, while England reduced the deficit through Underhill.
With this victory, Ireland remains with a balance of 2 wins and one loss.
For its part, England lost again more than a year later on its field and is left with a negative record (1 win and two losses).
