Six Nations: England beaten by Ireland in Dublin
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
We're in the Aviva stadium to bring you all the reaction to England's defeat to Ireland in Dublin. Chris Jones is alongside Grand Slam winners Tommy Bowe and Matt Dawson as Ireland get their quest for a historic three-peat off to a perfect start. They discuss Simon Easterby's first game in charge of Ireland and how impressive they were in the second half. But where did it go wrong for England after a promising start? Tommy asks whether there is a fitness issue. And is England's bench still an issue?
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| 0:00.0 | Sir Alex Ferguson is the most successful British manager of all time. |
| 0:05.0 | Nobody is above him or this football club. |
| 0:08.0 | So how did an apprentice toolmaker from Glasgow become one of the most iconic figures in sporting history? |
| 0:15.0 | His strength of character, his determination, the fight on him. |
| 0:18.0 | He can be persuasive, he can be charming. He can be frightening. |
| 0:21.4 | I'm Kelly Cates, and this is Sporting Giants, Sir Alex Ferguson. |
| 0:25.8 | I didn't want to feel. I couldn't feel. |
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| 0:36.3 | Five Lives, Rugby Union Weekly. |
| 0:42.9 | Rugby Union Weekly, Saturday evening, Aviva Stadium, Ireland, 27, England, 22, Ireland are up and running as they go for the unprecedented Six Nations three Pete. |
| 0:55.8 | It was 10.5 at half time after a formidable first half performance from England, but 22 |
| 1:01.5 | unanswered points and despite a late flurry from England, Ireland, very good value for the |
| 1:06.8 | win. Matt Dawson and Tommy Boyle, our top team in Dublin. The curse of your statistic. |
| 1:12.6 | Yes. |
| 1:13.6 | So for those who weren't listening to our five live commentary, |
| 1:16.6 | Russ Petty, Statsguri, friend of the pod, |
| 1:18.6 | no team has won from behind in this fixture in Dublin since 1983. |
| 1:22.6 | But you've done it, Tommy, and done it with it, you know, with some Pernash. |
| 1:26.6 | Brilliant second half performance from the Irish. |
| 1:28.3 | Sure did. What a performance particularly in that second half. That was an incredible |
| 1:32.7 | stat and it filled me full of fear because England looked so dominant in that first half. Maybe |
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