General Chat

Clock's gone red for half time

PEN IRELAND.. Going for the three points

SEXTON MISSED AGAIN :-0 :-0 :-0

WHAT'S HAPPENED TO SEXTON'S KICKING? :-S :-S :-S

HALF TIME SCORE:
FRANCE 13 -- IRELAND 12

SCRUM PUT IN IRELAND.

Advantage being played.

Forward passes one each way. So what now???

TACKLES MADE: FRANCE 51 -- IRELAND 50

Scrum FRANCE, but keeps collapsing. DOWN AGAIN- IRELAND PEN.

3 times number 1 France gone down. Ref warns next time he will go off.

France is looking dangerous again....

oooooh ever closer :-| :-| France attempts drop goal and misses.

NICOLAS MAS OFF BADLY INJURED. RIGHT ELBOW I THINK

HI BC :-) :-) <3

EXCITING :-) :-) :-)

Throw in Ireland

Up down driving maul, France brings it down. Ireland in possession now. back to France. Ball loose...Ireland ball

PEN FRANCE..kicked for corner 5 metres out. VERY DANGEROUS FOR IRELAND...Driving maul nearly there.... right on the line now. OFFSIDE ADVANTAGE TO FRANCE.... TRY FOR FRANCE going to tv. If not going back to Penalty.

TRY AWARDED
CONVERTED by MACHENAUD

FRANCE 13 -- IRELAND 12

COME ON LADS!!! and HANDS OFF THE LOVELY BRIAN!! :-D :-D :-D

HANDBAGS :-D :-D

Rory Best throws at lineout for Italy

Driving Maul. Murray kicks but caught by France.

Connor Murray kicks down field. Picamole drops the ball. SCRUM IRELAND

Murray gets the ball away...and to Trimble and...yes TRY ANDREW TRIMBLE FOR IRELAND-

Converted by Sexton

FRANCE 6 -- IRELAND 12

Rob Kearney takes the play on....Irish kick ball into French hands

ohh France looking dangerous now!

FRANCE FORWARD PASS..SCRUM IRELAND

Who's injured? ooooooh noooo IT'S BRIAN O'DRISCOLL :-( :-( :-( He had a foot in the face! Don't know who's, could be a team mate even
He's ok

SCRUM IRELAND..Collapsed
Resumed

PEN IRELAND

Sexton kicks for position. Lineout. Well taken...Murray, O'Connell, O'Driscoll, Healy, Henry, nearly there..Heaslip, Best, O'Driscoll, Henry, Healy, come on.....SEXTON TRY!

Will he convert his own Try? oooh he missed a seemingly easy one :-S :-S :-S

SCORE: FRANCE 6 -- IRELAND 5

Scrum coming up. Steve Walsh being patient and advising players.

PEN IRELAND. FRANCE COLLAPSED SCRUM

Kicking for position. Lineout - Ireland.

Here come Ireland... Cian Healy dropped it. FRANCE WITH BALL. Back in Irish hands now. Andrew Trimble pushing forward. Back to France Again. Missed knock on.

PEN FRANCE. Irishman down and carried on without releasing ball.

GOING FOR THE POSTS

FRANCE 6 -- IRELAND 0

Brian's had a whack to the left side of his forehead.

SCRUM COLLAPSED

RESET. Put in FRANCE

Ball out in French hands. Dropped ball. Put in Ireland. Irishman injured- being treated.

REF STEVE WALSH (NZ) HAVING CHAT WITH FRONT ROWS OF BOTH TEAMS

Line out FRANCE

Bastareaud running..passed forward

DANGEROUS 1ST SCRUM FOR IRELAND ON THE 22 LINE

Rory Best hooks ball and out

stolen lineout by Ireland

Line out France and secure.

FRANCE ON THE ATTACK

3 Green shirts needed to bring down Bastareaud

PEN FRANCE..Ireland not releasing

AND FRANCE TAKE THE LEAD AS MACHENAUD SCORES THE 3 POINT GOAL

FRANCE 3 -- IRELAND 0

AS WALES IS NOT IN THE RUNNING FOR THIS CHAMPIONSHIP NOW, MY SUPPORT GOES TO IRELAND as I have an Irish OH :-) :-)

Now FRANCE

La MARSEILLES

The teams are coming out

Paul O'Connell leads out Ireland :-)

Brian O'Driscoll must be feeling emotional on this his last international game!

Wonderful exit for him if Ireland win the Championship!

HERE COME THE ANTHEMS

Ireland's Call

Come the day and come the hour
Come the power and the glory
We have come to answer
Our Country's call
From the four proud provinces of Ireland

Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We'll answer Ireland's call

From the mighty Glens of Antrim
From the rugged hills of Galway
From the walls of Limerick
And Dublin Bay
From the four proud provinces of Ireland

Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We'll answer Ireland's call

Hearts of steel
And heads unbowing
Vowing never to be broken
We will fight, until
We can fight no more
From the four proud provinces of Ireland

Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We'll answer Ireland's Call

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5mqR-ehY9s
Full Volume Folks.

Well our boys played with fire in there belly, I know Scotland was a lad down but Wales done there selves proud, less problems in the handling and giving points away. Well Done Boy's.

When will Warren Gatland let it sink in that Priestland is not a patch on our Dan Biggar.

Shaun

Thank you Emma :-) :-) <3 Very gracious of you!

Well done Wales...said to OH before game started it would
be a foregone conclusion that Wales would win.. :-D :-)

AND HERE ARE THE TEAMS:

IRELAND:

R Kearney, A Trimble, B O'Driscoll, G D'Arcy, D Kearney, J Sexton, C Murray,C Healy, R Best, M Ross, D Toner, P O'Connell (capt), P O'Mahony, C Henry, J Heaslip.

Replacements:

S Cronin, J McGrath, M Moore, I Henderson, J Murphy, E Reddan, I Madigan,
F McFadden.

FRANCE:

Dulin, Huget, Bastareaud, Fickou, Medard, Tales, Machenaud; Domingo,
Szarzewski, Mas, Pape,Maestri, Picamoles, Lapandry, Chouly.

Replacements:

Guirado, Debaty, Slimani, Flanquart, Vahaamahina, Lauret, Doussain, Mermoz.

FAREWELL TO BRIAN O’DRISCOLL...IRELAND

Brian O’Driscoll plays his final Test Match today as Ireland face France in a bid to win the 2014 RBS Six Nations Championship.

When Brian, who is adored in his native Ireland, steps out on the field in Paris, it will be his 141st CAP.
BRIAN BECAME THE MOST CAPPED PLAYER IN RUGBY HISTORY LAST WEEK
when Ireland faced Italy at 140 Caps.

PLAYER PROFILE..

BRIAN GERALD O’DRISCOLL
Born: 21st January 1979 (aged 35)in DUBLIN, IRELAND.
Height: 5 ft 10 in
Weight: 14 st 9 lbs
Parents: Frank and Geraldine O’Driscoll
Wife: Actress Amy Huberman (married July 2010)
Daughter: Sadie (born Februaury 2013)

RUGBY UNION CAREER:

Position: Centre
Clubs: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN RFC 1998-2014
Provincial Side: LEINSTER 1999-
National Teams: 1996- Ireland Schools; 1998- IRELAND under 19s; 1999- IRELAND under 21s; 1999-2014- IRELAND;

BRITISH and IRISH LIONS: 2001, 2005,2009, 2013
BABARIAN FC: 2000-2005

SIX NATIONS RECORD (up to today’s match):
Games- 64; Tries- 26; Carries- 492; Metres Made- 2512; Clean Breaks- 66; Defenders Beaten- 161; Offloads- 82; Try Assists- 16; Tackles- 451; Tackle Percentage- 88%; Turnovers Won- 53

OVERALL TEST RECORD (up to today’s match):
All Test Appearances- 140
Ireland- 132 Appearances, Tries- 47, Wins- 58%
Lions- 8 Appearances, Tries 1, Wins- 25%

ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT BRIAN- IT IS WELL DESERVED!