England put to the Bowe – England 16-20 Ireland

Two tries by Ireland wing Tommy Bowe ended England’s Grand Slam hopes at Twickenham.

Ireland took the lead through Bowe’s early try and a penalty from Johnny Sexton, to two penalties from Jonny Wilkinson, giving us the half time score of 6-8.

The second period and Keith Earls stretched the Ireland lead to seven points with a try. At last England started to fire and Dan Cole went over and Wilkinson converted to make it 13-13.

Wilkinson then put England ahead with a drop-goal but Bowe sealed their fate with a late try and Ronan O’Gara converted to give us the final score of:

England 16-20 Ireland

England
Tries: Cole Cons: Wilkinson Pens: Wilkinson 2 Drop-goals: Wilkinson
Ireland
Tries: Bowe 2, Earls Cons: O’Gara Pens: Sexton

England: D Armitage, Cueto, Tait, Flutey, Monye, Wilkinson, Care, Payne, Hartley, Cole, Shaw, borthwick, Haskell, Moody, Easter.
Replacements: Foden for D Armitage (49), P Hodgson for Care (73), Mears for Hartley (64), Wilson for Cole (73), Deacon for Shaw (4), Worsley for Moody (55).

Not Used: Flood.

Ireland: G Murphy; Bowe, B O’Driscoll, D’Arcy, Earls; Sexton, O’Leary; Healy, R Best, Hayes, O’Callaghan, O’Connell, Ferris, D Wallace, Heaslip.
Replacements: Trimble for B O’Driscoll (64), O’Gara for Sexton (69), Buckley for Hayes (63), Cullen for O’Callaghan (69), Jennings for D. Wallace (70).

Not Used: Cronin, Reddan.

Att: 81,554

Ref: Mark Lawrence (South Africa).

1 Comment

1. JIm Nariel said:

   Cant believe it I missed the game (son in Hospital). I was running from his bedside to get and give him the scores as they unfolded.

   Short but great blog – look forward to the next one

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