Ireland 36-15 Wales - 橄欖球

Ireland 36-15 Wales

Ireland 36 (24)
Tries: Byrne 2, O'Driscoll 2, O'Gara, Foley
Cons: O'Gara 3

Wales 15 (3)
Tries: Shanklin 2
Con: Jones
Pen: Jones


The Teams:
Ireland: 15 Girvan Dempsey, 14 Shane Horgan, 13 Gordon D'Arcy (Kevin Maggs, 56)
, 12 Brian O'Driscoll (captain, David Humphreys, 78), 11 Tyrone Howe,
10 Ronan O'Gara, 9 Peter Stringer (Guy Easterby, 78), 8 Anthony Foley
(Victor Costello, 79), 7 Keith Gleeson, 6 Simon Easterby,
5 Donncha O'Callaghan (Malcolm O'Kelly, 36), 4 Paul O'Connell,
3 John Hayes, 2 Shane Byrne (Frankie Sheahan, 63),
1 Reggie Corrigan (Simon Best, 79).

Wales: 15 Gareth Thomas, 14 Rhys Williams, 13 Sonny Parker (Tom Shanklin, 55),
12 Iestyn Harris (Ceri Sweeney, 67), 11 Shane Williams, 10 Stephen Jones,
9 Gareth Cooper (Dwayne Peel, 78), 8 Dafydd Jones, 7 Martyn Williams (captain),
6 Jonathan Thomas (Alix Popham, 69), 5 Robert Sidoli (Michael Owen, 48),
4 Brent Cockbain, 3 Adam Jones (Gethin Jenkins, 31), 2 Robin McBryde,
1 Iestyn Thomas.
Unused replacement: 16 Mefin Davies.

Referee: Joel Jutge (France).
Man Of The Match: Shane Byrne


這場比賽啊，簡單講，威爾斯真是令人失望。

開賽一分鐘就被愛爾蘭達陣成功，完全是個下馬威。
接著上半場就是組織不起來的威爾斯被痛宰，
同個地方的5公尺線Line-out被同一人達陣兩次，兩次都是一塌糊塗的防守…
真是無言。

好吧，是說這位Shane Byrne也真夠勁，即使Keith Wood退休，
愛爾蘭的2號還是相當可怕。

下半場沒有看得很仔細，就不多說了。
據說Shanklin的兩次達陣多少是因為愛爾蘭自己鬆懈下來？
我是覺得Hansen教練早該把Parker換下來了。


ps.寫完這篇才看到Parker宣佈退出接下來的Six Nations賽事了，
因為左手拇指的傷勢惡化。


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