Worrying Scenes For Ireland As Two Players Limp Off & England Sink Them For 50
Jason Hennessy
Jason is the editor here at RugbyLAD and a proud Limerick man.
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Battered.
Ireland’s World Cup preparations were dealt an absolute hammer blow this afternoon as England made light work of them in a 57-15 defeat at Twickenham Stadium.
Joe Schmidt’s men took an early lead through Jordan Larmour in the eight minute after Owen Farrell had scored a penalty. But after that it was one way traffic.
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And to make matters even worse Conor Murray and Cian Healy both picked up worrying injuries in the first half leaving Ireland absolutely battered and bruised on top of a humiliating defeat at the hands of their old rivals.
Up next for Ireland it’s Wales home and away – and if it’s anything like today, the men in green will be seriously worried.
