TMO must have gone for a crap! Where is he?

Ferg is outstanding again tonight.

OMG .. Get the fool off the park. In from the side is the new black!

By setting the two hookers closer it minimises the 'hit'. Might be his way of easing in the new scrum rules for next season.

Butchered !

This ref doesn't know what's going on!

What is the ref doing setting up the scrums ?????

Ireland only won 1/5 lineouts in that first half. What can they do to change it? Would Sherry fix it?

Penalty count 10-3. And should be double that. Yellow cards required.

Half time Houston. The first half has been the battle of the kickers with Madigan keeping a bit of breathing space for Ireland. Both defences have been very strong with only a handful of line breaks and very few missed tackles. Ireland will come out in the second half and show their worth, they have been strong in the scrum but a bit disappointing at the lineout, losing their first 2. USA have succeeded in disrupting Irish ball and have made it very difficult for Boss to get clean ball.
Hopefully in the second half the game will open up a bit more and we will see a few tries.