Interesting.....Eng Team v Ireland

[Old Hob]

There does not seem to be any live TV coverage only some highlights on BBC. Not on Sky, ESPN...

Unless anyone knows differently?

P2P has been taken down as well.

[mike]

I think you will find it on Sky - Sat pm . Unless I've recorded something else by mistake !

[BJ.]

I think you will find it on Sky - Sat pm . Unless I've recorded something else by mistake !

Mike, if you've already recorded this match, could you please let me know the score so I can have a trip to the bookies.

BTW, you're correct. It's live on Sky and has been advertised as such all week. I set my box to record it on Monday.

[Rykard]

there are 3 matches on at the same time, 2 on red button, so it didn't show properly in my planner until i had chosen to record it...

[Old Hob]

Ta, sorted now. It appeared that Sky was showing French rugby for some reason - but not now.

[BJ.]

Ta, sorted now. It appeared that Sky was showing French rugby for some reason - but not now.

I'm looking forward to the Bayonne v Toulouse match on ESPN tonight.

[G.K]

It's a shame for Flood but I can understand why Johno has chosen this backline. I think he is still a bit worried about Manu's defensive positioning so surrounding him with 157 caps worth of experience is not a bad idea.

The bench looks pretty exciting too, hopefully Simpson, Flood and Armitage can add some speed and spark when the opposition are tiring later on.

Yes but Trundle is also a defensive liability as he's too slow and as a result often leaves the line too early thereby exposing a gap.

I hope at some point we'll see a Wilko/Flood 10/12 combination this being our only hope now as Hoppy is a waste of a seat on the plane. As for SH it all depends if BY is fully fit later on otherwise we'll struggle even more to create anything.

I hope Sheridan holds up at LH and we need Wood, Croft and Haskell to function well as a unit (I'm assuming Wood will come on at 7 at some point and Easter will be subbed) as I have my doubts whether Moody will ever be fully fit again.

One thing is sure if we loose this game it will be yet another nail in the coffin of our chances in NZ.

[tb1]

What a load of hyperbolic twaddle.

[Bertos]

[we need Wood, Croft and Haskell to function well as a unit (I'm assuming Wood will come on at 7 at some point and Easter will be subbed)

Wood has just been ruled out of the game on Saturday with a mild calf strain. As Moody is injured we do not have a spare back row forward to put on the bench so Palmer has been called in.

[Will S]

Already running out of players and not yet on the plane

[Rykard]

better stop Manu training with them then...

[Will S]

I suppose we have Lawes who can cover back row if necessary. Not ideal though for an international not to have specialist back row cover.

[Hot_Charlie]

I suppose we have Lawes who can cover back row if necessary. Not ideal though for an international not to have specialist back row cover.

Laws could quite happily start a test at 6, just as Croft could at lock, so we need not worry.

As to your previous point, well, a squad of 44 would be nice...

[Will S]

Apparently Easter may also be a doubt for the Irish game. Haskell to 8 then who would we play at 7?

[stevetelcom2000]

I think Manu will be licking his lips at a midfield pairing of Earls and D'Arcy.

.. and they're probably brickin' it..

Earls & Darcy have Lion's tours under their belts, 78 International Caps between them, Heinekin Cups & awards galore. Still you guys come out with stupid statements like that. Why does it take an outsider to reign these kind of purile comments in? on the odd occasion I visit this site. Surely there must be some 'Grown up's' on here who can do that.