Maybe Mr McD should get over the fact that Ireland and­ France provided a great game for the spectators and as­ for his comment re the ref. It a hard thankless job and­ comments like his are uncalled for and like the comment­ above demostrates all the try scorers were leinster­ player not munster so his cooments are just sour grapes­ and hot air

Oh come on are some of you people serious about the­ referees??? Now i'm not saying that questionable­ decisions are not being made anymore because there will­ always be dodgey decisions made thats sport. However, I­ think that modern sport especially rugby is long long­ past any sort of bias from any referee let alone in a­ six nations tournament.............COME ONNNNN

I'm french supporter and I was really interested to­ see your opinions in UK and Ireland about the match­ last saturday.
First of all I need to say that Ireland­ has a great team and during all the match they had­ their famous fighting spirit we are all afraid of. And­ we (french) need to recognise that our team was not in­ a very good day, and they had to fight a team more­ motivated...
But being french or ireland supporter, we­ also need to recognise honnestly that referee's job­ was really questionnable.
And because I'm REALLY­ CONVINCED THAT IRELAND HAS A GREAT TEAM, THEY DON'T­ NEED REFEREE SUPPORT TO WIN ! How do you think were our­ respective teams spirit after the match? Just have a­ look to O Driscoll comment (incredible player this­ guy!) or Dusautoir comment??? They all played rugby­ with absolutely no understanding about referee­ decisions!?!
And just let me add that during last year­ H-cup, M. OWENS refereed Munster in 1/4, 1/2 and finale­ of the competition! This not acceptable, he knows­ perfectly how munster men play and munster men know ­ exactly how he applies the rules! How can IRB can let­ those kind of things appears?

Re:Aurealix First of all anglosaxon has nothing to do­ with Ireland or Scotland. (saxon or sassenach means­ english) Secondly how can you believe referees favour­ the home nations over France. Ireland have only won the­ then 5 nations once a long time ago and Scotland­ don't fare much better. That was the first time­ Ireland have beaten France in 8 attempts. Why can't­ people just accept Ireland won in a very entertaining­ game, (unlike the England Italy game).

I'm surprised to read what Mac Donald wrote. "­ France and England always have to face ill-refereing­ when playing celting nations." I'm French I­ have also the impression that the referees are often­ unfair to us ( example : H Cup- the referee refused­ Biarritz a drop after watching the video whereas the­ drop was ok ??? ), but I had never noticed that the­ English faced the same problem. Maybe I'm a little­ biaised... but it seems to me that the referee often­ "helps" the "Anglo-Saxons" ( for­ the 6 nations, the anglo saxons are everything which is­ not French and not Italian ).
Anyway I guess the Celts­ think that they always face ill-referee agaist England­ and Italy that they always face ill-referee against the­ others teams-who played the 5 nations...
But please­ stop telling " the only thing the French can do is­ complaining about referee " etc because it's­ such an easy way to avoid the debate !!
­ Congratulations to Ireland. Great game from the French,­ I believe in this team. Go France !!!!!!!!!

mcdonald would you like to referee the next game at­ croker you idiot.

only for the ref france wouldn't have had their­ first try.. only for a lucky bounce they wouldn't­ have had the second.. dont get me wrong they tried­ audacious back play, complemented by mauauding­ Harinordiquy & Chabal and deserved a bit of luck...­ BUT on the other hand all of Irelands tries involved a­ spread team effort.. 1. Kearney brilliant take and­ break, bowe in the perfect support position causes the­ panic before the ball is spread wide at pace including­ a class pass from POC eventually finished by an 8 with­ the turn of a centre and the battering ram of a­ tighthead.. 2. the lineout clean as a whistle, moved­ quickly again, ROG's pass was comparable to an­ alley-oop, and if you want someone to slam dunk then­ theres no better than a back on form­ o'Driscoll..and 3. the pack showing determination­ and endeavour after a great decision by the captain to­ put us in the corner (and a superb chase down by­ Heaslip on the kick), then as soon as the opportunity­ shows itself: proof that even the bench has a part to­ play, darcy showing upper & lower body strength­ together with jinky brilliance..

Kidney has given them­ the stability & platform for thich the talent can­ shine through!! What a game!

O Driscoll says they wont get carried away after this­ game. i think he understands that they wont ever have a­ referee so much in their favor again

Would the likes of Geriod and Macdonald please COP ON.­­ As an Irishman living in the U.K. I can tell you I­ have­ the upmost respect for English rugby.. (I­ support­ London Irish and was equally proud to see the­ Armitages­ and Gerarghy get the starts they deserve.)­ Ireland­ DESERVED their win yesterday, O'Driscoll­ played a­ blinder as did O'Connell, Fitgerald and­ Kearney. I­ feel England played fine however Italy­ really­ didn't throw up ANY type of resistance.­ Lets all be­ honest with ourselves Ireland DO have a 6­ nations­ winning squad, do they have the stamina, lets­ see.­ England wil need to shine if they are to­ recapture the­ title and please DO NOT rule out France,­ some of their­ running and link plays yesterday were­ excellent. Lets­ see what happens today with Wales V­ Scotland before we­ make any INFORMED judgements. BTW­ the pathetic attempt­ to blame the ref is the oldest­ trick in the book lets­ leave that to out friends with­ spray on tan's and­ man bags who toddle around­ chasing the round ball !!!

Would the likes of Geriod and Macdonald please COP ON.­­ As an Irishman living in the U.K. I can tell you I­ have­ the upmost respect for English rugby.. (I­ support­ London Irish and was equally proud to see the­ Armitages­ and Gerarghy get the starts they deserve.)­ Ireland­ DESERVED their win yesterday, O'Driscoll­ played a­ blinder as did O'Connell, Fitgerald and­ Kearney. I­ feel England played fine however Italy­ really­ didn't throw up ANY type of resistance.­ Lets all be­ honest with ourselves Ireland DO have a 6­ nations­ winning squad, do they have the stamina, lets­ see.­ England wil need to shine if they are to­ recapture the­ title and please DO NOT rule out France,­ some of their­ running and link plays yesterday were­ excellent. Lets­ see what happens today with Wales V­ Scotland before we­ make any INFORMED judgements. BTW­ the pathetic attempt­ to blame the ref is the oldest­ trick in the book lets­ leave that to out friends with­ spray on tan's and­ man bags who toddle around­ chasing the round ball !!!

Would the likes of Geriod and Macdonald please COP ON.­­ As an Irishman living in the U.K. I can tell you I­ have­ the upmost respect for English rugby.. (I­ support­ London Irish and was equally proud to see the­ Armitages­ and Gerarghy get the starts they deserve.)­ Ireland­ DESERVED their win yesterday, O'Driscoll­ played a­ blinder as did O'Connell, Fitgerald and­ Kearney. I­ feel England played fine however Italy­ really­ didn't throw up ANY type of resistance.­ Lets all be­ honest with ourselves Ireland DO have a 6­ nations­ winning squad, do they have the stamina, lets­ see.­ England wil need to shine if they are to­ recapture the­ title and please DO NOT rule out France,­ some of their­ running and link plays yesterday were­ excellent. Lets­ see what happens today with Wales V­ Scotland before we­ make any INFORMED judgements. BTW­ the pathetic attempt­ to blame the ref is the oldest­ trick in the book lets­ leave that to out friends with­ spray on tan's and­ man bags who toddle around­ chasing the round ball !!!

Would the likes of Geriod and Macdonald please COP ON.­ As an Irishman living in the U.K. I can tell you I have­ the upmost respect for English rugby.. (I support­ London Irish and was equally proud to see the Armitages­ and Gerarghy get the starts they deserve.) Ireland­ DESERVED their win yesterday, O'Driscoll played a­ blinder as did O'Connell, Fitgerald and Kearney. I­ feel England played fine however Italy really­ didn't throw up ANY type of resistance. Lets all be­ honest with ourselves Ireland DO have a 6 nations­ winning squad, do they have the stamina, lets see.­ England wil need to shine if they are to recapture the­ title and please DO NOT rule out France, some of their­ running and link plays yesterday were excellent. Lets­ see what happens today with Wales V Scotland before we­ make any INFORMED judgements. BTW the pathetic attempt­ to blame the ref is the oldest trick in the book lets­ leave that to out friends with spray on tan's and­ man bags who toddle around chasing the round ball !!!

Would the likes of Geriod and Macdonald please COP ON.­ As an Irishman living in the U.K. I can tell you I have­ the upmost respect for English rugby.. (I support­ London Irish and was equally proud to see the Armitages­ and Gerarghy get the starts they deserve.) Ireland­ DESERVED their win yesterday, O'Driscoll played a­ blinder as did O'Connell, Fitgerald and Kearney. I­ feel England played fine however Italy really­ didn't throw up ANY type of resistance. Lets all be­ honest with ourselves Ireland DO have a 6 nations­ winning squad, do they have the stamina, lets see.­ England wil need to shine if they are to recapture the­ title and please DO NOT rule out France, some of their­ running and link plays yesterday were excellent. Lets­ see what happens today with Wales V Scotland before we­ make any INFORMED judgements. BTW the pathetic attempt­ to blame the ref is the oldest trick in teh book lets­ leave that to out friends with spray on tan's and­ man bags who toddle around chasing the round bal !!!

One has to pity Macdonald; he cannot spell.

Was at the game!! I personally think the best is yet to­ come from Ireland and France. Being a Munster man, I­ was somewhat annoyed by the amount of ball O'Leary­ wasted from the back of rucks. Granted this should be­ done sometimes, if Ireland are not moving forward, ball­ should be given to O'Gara and play his kicking­ game. I'm between two minds about Paddy Wallace­ starting at centre, granted he made some great tackles,­ he wasn't as much of a treat going forward as what­ D'Arcy was. Rob Kearney could have almost­ challenged Heaslip for man of the match!! Safe as a­ house under the high ball and was a treat going­ forward!! Drisco justified himself as captain as well.

Im an Englishman, and unlike most of the other people­ on here, i want to see Ireland do well (apart from­ against England) well done boys

cant wait for the lions to visit south africa.hopefully­ only a few england players will be in the side as their­ rubbish.well done ireland.wales,ite time to win the six­ again.

YES WELL PLAYED THE IRISH!!!!!!!! WITH A NAME LIKE THAT­ MACDONALD SHOULD HANG HIS HEAD IN SHAME!!!!! WELL DONE­ THE CELTS!! & COME ON YE SCOTS!!!!!!!

Can anyone understand why McDonald posted relatively­ the same comment twice and still insist he's not­ anti-Irish?

Mr MacDonald obviously is unaware that Irelands try­ scorers were all Leinster men.He also doesn't­ recognise a great game of rugby. Well done both teams­ for playing the game in the proper spirit, hope­ Scotland and Wales produce a similar game on Sunday!!!