General Chat

France v Ireland and England are in the lead, Jem? That is sort of thing Dermot would say if he was reporting.

Vive les buoys :-D :-D

KNOCK ON PICAMOLE---- SCRUM IRELAND....and here they come

PEN ADVANTAGE IRELAND
Back for the penalty. Sexton going for corner.

Throw in at 5 man line out...driving maul.

PEN IRELAND...Will he get this one? He's taking his time this time!...but it's spot on!

FRANCE 13 -- IRELAND 22

Just seen your post John :-D

At the beginning of second half..England were on top of the board for the Championship title

But that's probably changed now! :-)

PS After 6 hours of non stop reporting and no food I think it was just a tiny badly worded sentence which has now been amended so that it makes more sense :-D :-D :-D :-D

IRELAND FANS SINGING THE BEAUTIFUL FIELDS OF ATHENRY NOW

THE FIELDS OF ATHENRY

By a lonely prison wall,
I heard a young girl calling
Michael they have taken you away,
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
So the young might see the morn,
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay

Low lie, The Fields Of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing,
It's so lonely round the Fields of Athenry

By a lonely prison wall
I heard a young man calling
'Nothing matters Mary, when you're free'
Against the famine and the crown,
I rebelled, they cut me down
Now you must raise our child with dignIty

Low lie, The Fields Of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing,
It's so lonely round the Fields of Athenry

By a lonely harbour wall
She watched the last star falling
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
For she lived in hope and pray
For her love in Bot'ny Bay
It's so lonely round the Fields Of Athenry

Low lie, The Fields Of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing,
It's so lonely round the Fields of Athenry

Pen France....Ireland taking the man out

France looking very dangerous down at the try line now :-| :-| :-|

Ireland defending hard ooooooooooooooooooooooooh

PEN ADVANTAGE FRANCE BEING PLAYED (against HEALY)


Frenchman down injured. Louis Picamole.

Scrum drive nearly there TRY AWARDED AGAINST THE POST FOR FRANCE- though studio commentators say there was a knock on

Conversion? YES

FRANCE 20 -- IRELAND 22

Well, the game is certainly back on now. Both sides playing as if their lives depended on it... The Championship Title depends on it as far as IRELAND are concerned.

PICAMOLE OFF

Whenever I hear Picamole's name I sing Picamole instead of Figaro :-D :-D :-D

D'arcy off

McFadden on

AS IT STANDS NOW...IRELAND ARE ON TOP OF THE BOARD FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE :-) :-) :-)

Sexton is down...IS HE OUT COLD? collided with BASTAREAUD :-0 :-0

BASTAREAUD'S ARM / ELBOW but not a deliberate action

Sexton stretchered off to loud applause from the crowds- hope he's going to be ok :-( :-(

SCRUM PUT IN IRELAND

France get penalty from scrum drive

GOING FOR THE 3 POINTS

Jean-Marc Doussain in place of Machenaud... but he's missed to IRELAND'S RELIEF

Healy OFF
McGrath ON

Rory Best OFF
Cronin ON

France in possession

Throw in by Ireland at lineout

Driving..Trimble...Murray kicks away

To and fro kicking... ball back to France Bastareaud drives

Advantage France playing. Over.

Bastareaud's down...and he's up again! :-D

PEN IRELAND ... Kicked for position

CAN IRELAND HOLD ON FOR 5 MORE MINUTES

Thrown and caught and pushing on

Lovely that O'Driscoll is still on pitch

come on boys...come on ..... Ireland keep pushing forward as French Fans sing La Marseillaise

and they are still pushing...BUT PEN FRANCE with only 2 and a half minutes to go!

Kicked but Rob Kearney caught it ...back to France oooooooooooooooooooooo

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh noooooooooooo

nearly at the Irish line

OH I DON'T BELIEVE IT! :-0 :-0 :-0

TRY IS GOING TO TV..Was it a forward pass????

TRY DISALLOWED... FORWARD PASS JUDGEMENT :-) :-)

VERY CONTROVERSIAL..BUT GREAT FOR IRELAND :-D :-D :-D

SCRUM IRELAND....but in very dangerous position. Don't give away any penalties here boys... one last scrum.

FRANCE STEAL THE BALL :-0

LAST CHANCE FOR FRANCE

FINAL WHISTLE

IRELAND WIN
FRANCE 20 -- IRELAND 22

:-) :-) :-) :-)

CONGRATULATIONS IRELAND :-) :-) :-) :-)

AND IRELAND WIN THE RBS SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 :-) :-) :-)

WELL DONE BOYS :-) :-) :-)

Sorry France..(well not really! :-D)

WHAT AN EXIT FOR IRELAND'S BRIAN O'DRISCOLL FROM INTERNATIONAL RUGBY UNION :-) :-) :-) :-)

WELL DONE BRIAN :-) :-) <3

AND WELL DONE AGAIN IRELAND :-) :-)

Superb commentry, Jem......you had me on the edge of my seat :-D :-D :-D

Guess who I was routing for :-(

There's always next year :-D :-D :-D :-D

Well done Ireland :-D :-D

Hi Belle :-) :-) <3

Thank you :-) :-)

I have to say that England played exceptionally well this year.
Wales didn't :-( :-( Although we saw the Wales Team we love today

YES THERE'S NEXT YEAR..AND WE CAN DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN :-D :-D