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GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

IRELAND'S CALL NOW

With Andy Farrell grinning :-D :-D :-D

Here come the men for today's mighty battle

AND IT'S THE BATTLE OF THE FARRELLS TODAY!

ENGLAND's CAPTAIN is OWEN FARRELL

And IRELAND's HEAD COACH is Owen's Father ANDY FARRELL
..... their CAPTAIN JONATHAN SEXTON


ENGLAND IS LED OUT BY JONATHAN JOSEPH WHO HAS WON HIS 50th CAP TODAY!

ENGLAND v IRELAND ~ THE ANTHEMS FOR THE SING-A-LONG! :-D

The Visiting Team is always first....

ANTHEM OF THE IRU
(Uniting the North & South of Ireland)

IRELAND’S CALL
( Matchday Version)

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

Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We’ll answer Ireland’s Call
WE’LL ANSWER IRELAND’S CALL!



Then the hosts....

ENGLAND ANTHEM ~ GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

God save our gracious Queen!
Long live our noble Queen!
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God save the Queen.

ENGLAND v IRELAND ~ TODAY's TEAMS


ENGLAND

Captain: OWEN FARRELL

Backs:
15. Elliot Daly
14. Jonny May
13. Manu Tuilagi
12. Owen Farrell (C)
11. Jonathan Joseph
10. George Ford
9. Ben Youngs

Forwards:
1. Joe Marler
2. Jamie George
3. Kyle Sinckler
4. Maro Itoje
5. George Kruis
6. Courtney Lawes
7. Sam Underhill
8. Tom Curry

Replacements
16. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17. Ellis Genge, 18. Will Stuart, 19. Joe Launchbury, 20. Charlie Ewels, 21. Ben Earl, 22. Willi Heinz, 23. Henry Slade



IRELAND

Captain: JONATHAN SEXTON

Backs:
15. Jordan Larmour
14. Andrew Conway
13. Robbie Henshaw
12. Bundee Aki
11. Jaacob Stockdale
10. Jonathan Sexton (C)
9. Conor Murray

Forwards:
1. Cian Healy
2. Rob Herring
3. Tadhg Furlong
4. Iain Henderson
5. James Ryan
6. Peter O'Mahony
7. Josh van der Flier
8. CJ Stander

Replacements:
16. Ronan Kelleher, 17. Dave Kilcoyne, 18. Andrew Porter, 19. Devin Toner, 20. Caelan Doris, 21. John Cooney, 22. Ross Byrne, 23. Keith Earls

Yes you are quite right Hilary.

Andy Farrell has been on the Ireland Coaching team for a number of years, but this is his first campaign as Head Coach.

Andy's son Owen is the Captain of England.

I dare say it will be a day of mixed feelings for the Farrell Family. WIN / WIN Hopefully
:-D

For my OH's compatriots - The Irish, Here's an old Irish Folk Song

THE ROSE OF ALLENDALE ........ ANNE JENNINGS-TAUCIENE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhrvGwlmr9Q

Is this not father & son (Farells) contest? Is Owen's dad the manager of Ireland. If so, who does wife, mother support. Either way she will be happy. As long as it is'nt England & Scotland I want England to win. Come on England.

For the English among us .....

TOUCH THE SKIES BOYS ....... ENGLAND RUGBY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PJqBquvvn0

ENGLAND v IRELAND ....

Yes these two teams will CERTAINLY want to win this game today!

England will need to win this game to have any chance of winning the Six Nations Title this year

But Ireland need to win this game to keep in with a shot at THE GRAND SLAM!

ONLY FRANCE & IRELAND STILL HAVE ANY HOPE OF WINNING THE GRAND SLAM!

You win the Grand Slam when you have beaten EVERY OTHER SIX NATIONS TEAM!

France have played 3 games and won all of them
Ireland have won 2 - this is their third game!

IF NO TEAM WIN ALL THEIR GAMES IT IS DOWN TO POINTS!


So both these teams have it to play for .....


ENGLAND v IRELAND Kick Off 3pm on ITV1 .... and RADIO JEM;-)

Good Afternoon Fans of England, Fans of Ireland .......
.................. or SIMPLY FANS OF GREAT RUGBY UNION ;-) :-D


ENGLAND v IRELAND Kicks off at 3 o'clock on ITV and here!

.... and RADIO JEM IS NOW LIVE;-) :-D :-D



Our theme song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjFHqMxLGjg

Afternoon Hilary and thanks very much <3

Come and join us if you are able :-)

Afternoon everyone. Hard luck yesterday Jem :-( but you can be proud of your boys for fighting all the way, hope this afternoons match as thrilling. <3

THE 2 HOUR WARNING EVERYONE :-D

TOMORROW'S GAME

*Sunday February 23rd

ENGLAND v IRELAND ......... Kick Off 3.00pm ....... LIVE on ITV 1


AND HERE ;-) :-D :-D :-D

Hard Luck Wales :-(

Thank you Radio Jem <3Pat <3Kandj <3Linda <3 Hilary <3Ann <3 GD1 <3

Thank You all for making the Rugby Games so special to me <3 <3 <3

Thanks Fly <3 Pat <3 Linda <3 Kandj <3 Ann <3 Hilary <3

A special Thanks to Granddaughter 1 for putting up with all the screaming and shouting today :-D :-D :-D <3 <3 <3

Oh well, sad for Wales
Goodnight everyone

Congratulations to France ...
..... it sure looks like you will have the Grand Slam this year :-) :-) :-)

Commiserations to my Wales Boys... you did very good but C'est la vie :-( :-) :-) :-) <3

Clock on red...... oh dear me and it's over now.

Commiserations to Wales (sorry Jem!) and
Congratulations to France who won this game

Wales 23 - 27 France.

I'm pleased Scotland won the previous game. Emma will be happy with that result.

Thanks to Radio Jem and to everyone for your company this evening. X