Really poor performance from Ireland -one of the most ill disciplined performances I've seen in a long time both in defence and attack.
Their coach obviously had wound them up far too much ahead of the game and they threw it away.
Worst game I've ever seen from Liam - never seen him play like that before but he was really stupid and will get a deserved ban. It says something when Bentley looked relatively calm through the game........
King needs to learn where and when to use an offload - there's potential there but he needs to be a lot smarter in decision making.
Ireland could have made that a really close game but threw it away.
Regarding England's selection:
It showed why having Mickey M as starting 9 is the correct choice. Ackers is great going forward but needs a bit more experience at this level. I'd play him against Greece, but doubt he'll get a starting or even bench spot against the bigger teams.
Can't understand why Batchelor hasn't played yet, I thought he was one of Saints best players (after Lomax and Pasi). He plays with 100% pretty much every minute of the game. Should be a starter in the big games. I think apart from Batchelor, coming in it should be the same team in th ebig games as we played v Samoa.
