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00:00It's giving them a genuine chance.
00:02Yeah, I mean, one of the things that we said that we hope Jack White,
00:06sorry, my words are going crazy today,
00:08would absolutely do and bring to this Fiji side is actually the discipline.
00:12And Ireland's discipline has been really poor, you know.
00:14Burnies off their yellow card.
00:17Fiji have been really clinical in the breakdown areas,
00:20so I feel like in the second half, if they can keep doing that,
00:22it will definitely give them some inroads and some momentum.
00:25Hey, 40 minutes from another upset.
00:27Maybe.
00:28We'll find out in the company of Gordon Darcy and Martin Gideon.
00:33Thanks, Mark.
00:34Well, we certainly have a contest, don't we, and Gordon is a number for you.
00:38In the last 18 test matches here at the Aviva,
00:41we're going back to 2023,
00:44just one side have scored more than 15 points.
00:48Bear in mind, Fiji 17-15 behind at the moment.
00:51Just one side has scored more than 15 points in the first half against Ireland,
00:55and that was the Springboks last year, 19-7.
00:58Thank God you gave me the answer, because if you were asking me,
01:01I may have needed to text it, Brian, who had some incredible rugby knowledge for us last week.
01:08But all the players who had scored four tries or more,
01:12and Brian was one of them, as it turns out.
01:14And, well, Fiji are in rare company, so...
01:21Well, it's the tip of the hat to Fiji, and if Hugo had had his way,
01:26they'd have had one more point at least, and the Springboks garnered 12 months ago.
01:32Talk about that try that wasn't, or perhaps was, if Hugo has his way.
01:38Let's see if it is significant when we get to the end of 80 minutes,
01:42and we can see there, tight burn has been withdrawn,
01:45and something you were talking about at half-time,
01:48you're expecting changes throughout this second half from Andy Farrell.
01:51Yeah, like, I suppose, trying to continue doing what wasn't working in the first half,
01:56I think, yeah, there has to be changes, I think, for them.
01:58Look, I can't ref that.
02:01They just need to...
02:02Okay, so if you keep your bind, then I can ref that, okay?
02:05All right.
02:07Yeah, they need to look at changes, and that's Bundyaki going down in the open side.
02:12And I think that may have been around which yellow card,
02:15who went off of the yellow card, and it might be tight burn that's gone off of the yellow card.
02:18Okay, guys, can you throw your weight again, break foot out?
02:19Yes.
02:20First from the second half.
02:25Crouch!
02:29So there is that sort of re-jig up front here for Ireland with the man down.
02:37Okay, flatten out, please.
02:41There's McCluskey, standing at first receive.
02:49Seven or eight minutes here for Ireland to navigate, with the man down.
02:59Mani N'Golo there with Balakun, and Balakun got his right hand to it, but it's Tangi Tangi Balakun who's
03:06secured possession.
03:09Yeah, it was a good kick, just held up there for an age, and just, you can see Balakun going
03:15up, reaching for it.
03:16And that's the right idea from Fiji, but Sam Prandegas, great placement, and puts you up and under for Mac
03:21Hansen to try and get up and contest.
03:24Well, Hansen got his hand to it, but it's another Tumanda who fell on it, but there was a Fiji
03:31hand knocking it forward there at some point.
03:34Yeah, you can see the backfield cover for Endegas, once bitten, twice shy.
03:39You know who the man is, looking for that, not even looking for the 50-22, but he's looking for
03:44that deep space off those rucks.
03:46It's a good backfield cover from Ireland there, and another opportunity now with a scrum, and this pace will really,
03:52really suit Ireland.
03:54Have a man in the bin, they don't need to do too much, and I know we're talking about Martin,
03:58I expect changes.
03:59I expect changes probably off the back of this yellow card when Ireland go back up to 15.
04:05They're going to need to pick up the tempo, because they're playing at the tempo that Fiji wants.
04:10Fiji are heavily influencing that, so you're going to want to see something change, and I think replacements will be
04:15that key point.
04:23Tight furlong, out against Fanny Rabai.
04:28Oh, excuse me, excuse me.
04:30Yeah, yeah, it's a poor hit, guys, we're going to reset.
04:33Step across, please.
04:35Yeah.
04:37Yeah.
04:40Okay, here we go.
04:46Okay, let's go again, please.
04:48Nice and patient.
04:50Okay, control the weight on the bind.
04:59Shoulder, please.
05:01Yep, it's good.
05:03Same.
05:05Crouch.
05:08Bind!
05:10Ireland going into this match, having won seven of their last eight tests.
05:15Italy, England, Wales, Scotland, Australia, Japan and Argentina.
05:19Just the...
05:20Not staying square, number one.
05:22Stepping out.
05:23At Eden Park against New Zealand in July.
05:28No, number one, stepping out.
05:31Penalty there against Penny Rabai in the front row.
05:39Good, good kick in here.
05:40You can just, well, you can see pictures, pictures tell a thousand words, don't we?
05:44I think that is Tangy popping up there.
05:49Good job from Andrew Porter.
05:50Surprise, that's Ireland with three points in offer there.
05:53Didn't look to take them.
05:55And so going for the mall with a player down.
05:59So secure the ball first and we'll see how we go.
06:01The catch coming from James Ryan.
06:09There's Ronan Callaghan.
06:11The arm is out again from the referee.
06:13So it's another bonus opportunity this for Ireland.
06:17Jemison Gibson-Plark looking to go down the short side.
06:20But Callaghan goes on his own.
06:24And Ireland have their fourth try.
06:27They have the try bonus point.
06:29And that's why you don't listen to ex-players in the punditry seat.
06:33You don't take three points, go for the corner, get five and maybe seven.
06:38Good discipline from Ireland.
06:41You can see the body height was good.
06:44The second shove came on when the backs came in.
06:47And Fiji putting everything they have into just keeping that mall stationary and not moving.
06:54So that just means there's one-on-ones in the wider channel.
06:57Ronan Kelleher against Limani.
06:59And he's going to take that every day of the week.
07:05Yes, Ronan Kelleher, they're taking every opportunity that comes his way.
07:10The news on Dan Sheehan, by the way.
07:13Having suffered concussion last week against Argentina.
07:17Fully expected to be fit for St. Africa next week.
07:21But his deputy here, not just for country, but also club Leinster.
07:29Timing, timing.
07:39When you're in.
07:41So just a few spots of rain.
07:43Good.
07:46It adds an additional dimension.
07:49Good chase again from Rabatomanda.
07:52The catch from Nick Timoney.
08:00Stripped.
08:01Well, it's been stripped.
08:02Excellent work there from Salawa.
08:08Lamani on there to Muni.
08:18Walla, Walla.
08:23All happening a little bit slowly at the moment for Pigi.
08:28Lamani goes end over end, but good positional play and good speed from the stationary start
08:34from that cancel.
08:36I'd say he could have caught up without the dive.
08:38He's a showman, isn't he?
08:39He just likes to get those extra little bits, get people talking about him.
08:43It's a good kick.
08:44It's the right kick.
08:44It just needs to be with those end over ends.
08:46The trajectory just needs to be a little bit of flatter.
08:48But Tommy O'Brien, really good hit there.
08:54B2 Inuyata trying to drop the shoulder into him.
08:57But one thing about Tommy O'Brien, he is a physical guy.
09:00Very, very fast, but he likes the contact.
09:02So the outside center for Pigi not getting the return there.
09:08It really is intriguing when you look at the Northern Hemisphere group.
09:12France with 21 points.
09:13Bonus point win next week against Argentina.
09:16Will guarantee top spot.
09:19And that goes astray for Pigi.
09:23And it's Funderfleer who takes play within a couple of meters of halfway.
09:27There's Prandegas.
09:28He's been charged down by Walla, Walla.
09:30Now has Walla, Walla got the pace here?
09:32Well, he hasn't.
09:34And Tommy O'Brien got there, but there's still an opportunity here for the Fijians.
09:40Carried over, so it will be a five-meter scrum.
09:46It was just an age in that kick.
09:48Again, it's that transition from attack into the kick.
09:54So you can see Prandegas here, Walla Walla, really up in his face.
09:58But it's a really strong carry from Josh van der Fliere.
10:00So it's a little bit annoying that the kick doesn't come quicker.
10:04They seem to take an age at the Rook to get the ball back to him.
10:08And then it's slow, it's mechanical.
10:09And it gives them an opportunity to get in there.
10:11And then just the chase from Walla Walla comes up.
10:14And he forces the turnover.
10:16We have the debutante on.
10:20So James McNabney from Ulster.
10:25Who's had a few injury problems.
10:28And this perhaps a debut which has come very quickly indeed for him.
10:33You can see Tyke Byrne is back with us.
10:37Nick Timoney leaves us.
10:39And with those problems at number eight, no Jack Conan, no Galen Dorris.
10:45The hope is that those two will be back with the Sixth Nation.
10:47Sean Jansen picked up a knee injury last week.
10:50He's out for the rest of the month.
10:53No doubt that Nick Timoney, I think, being wrapped in cotton wool.
10:58Yeah, I'd say so.
11:00McNabney coming in, he comes with a big promise.
11:03A lot of comparisons to Stephen Ferris.
11:06As well as his nickname, a horse.
11:08So, we'd like to see the horse off the back of this scrum galloping.
11:13Getting them over the gain.
11:14Like, if that's what they need from him now is,
11:16what can he bring to this is those really hard, dynamic carries.
11:19A little bit of footwork.
11:21Rather than running into bodies, this is an opportunity for him to shine.
11:25Ireland need a catalyst.
11:26They need something to change just the little tempo that they need.
11:30Well, the horse will come off the back of the Ireland scrum.
11:34Can he cope with the herd of bison,
11:35which might come in his direction from that Vigian midfield.
11:40Look at Petunia Yata and Tuasova.
11:46Within two or three metres there,
11:47but there's Petunia Yata with his hands on it.
11:50He just lets it go.
11:54Don't leave it.
11:55Advantage.
11:56Penalty advantage here to Fiji.
11:58Limani has it now.
12:04Ireland have to be very, very careful here.
12:07Another yellow card.
12:09I saw how much it hurt them in the first half.
12:11I saw the player.
12:12All right, just relax.
12:13And you can see what Fiji are trying to do.
12:15They're trying to cling deep at those rucks.
12:17So they create a little bit of a short side for them to go through.
12:23But it looks like they're going to tap
12:24and it looks like they're going to get their big ball carriers in as quickly as they can.
12:27It's in the hands of Tabitha Akanebera, who was captain last week against France and Lyon.
12:34He's got Tungy alongside him.
12:46Lamani on there to Akanebera once more with the carry.
12:50And this is all going to be muscle and determination and the sheer weight of the Fijians on to.
12:56It's over.
12:58He's forced back.
13:00That takes some doing.
13:04That's Tungy Tungy Balu that time.
13:08The Ireland defence just pausing the Fijians back metre by metre.
13:14Here's Longani Mesa, good tackle there from Gibson Park.
13:20The Canibara tries to get Fiji trundling forward once more.
13:25Lamani.
13:28That was Salawa.
13:29They're now just outside that Ireland 22.
13:32Oh dear.
13:33That was an awkward one for Tungy.
13:35He says it's gone backwards but it's been turned over.
13:38Transition, transition here.
13:40Tommy O'Brien put his hand up early for that ball.
13:48It's the right idea, just the wrong execution.
13:51You can see Tommy O'Brien.
13:52He's feeding in the information.
13:54They've got that turnover.
13:55They've got the transition.
13:56He's looking for somebody to kick it long for him to chase.
13:59Not to get the ball for him to kick it in there.
14:01It's just too narrow for him to be able to kick in that five metre channel from that pass.
14:05And 13 Fiji shots.
14:07So both crops being changed for Fiji on Karnvila, Kessonera, the Saracen, Enoki Rabu Iwasa.
14:14I'll get to the numbers.
14:15On the Fijian druu and also on his Nake Vata.
14:19He'll be popping into the back row, the Fijian now playing his club rugby for sale.
14:29How many guys?
14:31How many?
14:32Five, thank you.
14:33Lutani looking at the wall now.
14:36Also Fiji Rabu.
14:39They've done a fantastic stint.
14:43Can you take your hat off to them?
14:44They've been physical, they've been accurate, they've been disciplined.
14:47Everything you could ask of them.
14:51Well, it's uptight here.
14:53Oh, and he just kept it alive and did well to keep it in field.
15:02Gibson Park has it.
15:03And the gap opens.
15:05He's looking for one or two of his mates now.
15:07Well, he gets spun around by the Nake Vata.
15:10And it's off me.
15:12Oh, and here he goes romping away.
15:14Does McNabbby.
15:17And it's over.
15:19Oh, that needed to go away from the point of contact.
15:22They need to rebuild here now.
15:25Tygburn.
15:27Here's Gibson Park.
15:31Going through the hands.
15:35The cutting field from Bundy Aki.
15:37Gibson Park once more.
15:39McNabbney again.
15:41McNabbney, half a metre short.
15:44Mac Hanson is there.
15:46Whoa, whoa, whoa.
15:48Whoa, whoa, yeah.
15:50Easy.
15:51Sorry, guys.
15:52Well, there are a few things to unpick here.
15:54And I fear somebody might be hurt as well.
16:02Mate, we'll just...
16:03Make sure he's alright.
16:04Yeah, 100%.
16:05We'll just take absolute time.
16:06Make sure he's alright first.
16:08Once he's alright, then we'll work through what we need to work through, right?
16:11Yeah.
16:17Yeah, we'll just make sure he's okay first before we do anything.
16:23Well, they're just checking up on the welfare of James McNabbney.
16:31And we've just held up short that there will, I think, be a little look to see if the try
16:38has been scored.
16:38But that was quite a break, wasn't it, from Gibson Park.
16:42It's great.
16:43It's just moving away.
16:44And here we can see McNabbney going.
16:45And you can see why he's been compared to a horse.
16:48Looks like a Clydesdale running through there.
16:50I've got to say, I'm glad he's playing for us.
16:53Look at the size.
16:54Look at the players.
16:54He's carrying the ability to just bring them over the game line.
16:58I know you don't want to get too excited with one run, but look at that again.
17:01The acceleration through players.
17:08There you can see where the injury, I think, was caused.
17:17Yeah, before we go upstairs, we'll just make sure the players are alright.
17:20It's going to be a permanent?
17:21Yeah, it's going to be a permanent.
17:22Okay.
17:23H-I-A.
17:31I think I heard the medic saying that it's going to be a permanent change.
17:35Let's give us some space now, we'll work through it.
17:38Mike, now we'll go up and have a look, please.
17:41Okay, I'm just going to show you the tackle.
17:47So there's two things, Mike, potentially to check here.
17:51One's potential foul play, and then the second part is whether there's actually a try scored.
17:57So if we can just work through both of those, please.
18:02I suppose there's also the potential for a penalty try, isn't there?
18:06And the foul play, players falling.
18:08Well, I guess he's short.
18:09So that's the first bit.
18:11Yeah.
18:12Okay, so we've got 18 PG direct hit contact, players falling.
18:21So that's the first part.
18:23There is no grounding after.
18:25Okay, there's no grounding afters.
18:30Just there.
18:32Is that grounded, Mike, or not?
18:33I've got that short.
18:34We'll look for other angles.
18:36Okay.
18:37We'll just need to check that because I wasn't aware the player was out cold, so I didn't blow
18:42my whistle, so the Irish player is still entitled to play that because the play was continuing.
18:49So we just need to check whether 15 Ireland actually scores at or not.
18:58So it's Mack Hansen with the potential grounding.
19:01So that looks short to me from this angle.
19:06Just going to look for one more angle.
19:10Either way, I think Ravui Wasse is in trouble.
19:13I'm not seeing that on the line.
19:15Yeah, very little sympathy as well for it as well.
19:18I think it's going to be hard to find an angle that promotes this.
19:21You can see.
19:22So then I blow my whistle because I see the player on the wall is not in a good way.
19:27So at the moment, what you're telling me, that's short.
19:31So what we're seeing at the moment is we've got 18 PG meets our yellow card threshold,
19:36but I just want to have a look whether that potentially prevents a probable try.
19:43So we'll just need to see some footage of Willer that may prevent a probable try.
19:53I think because he's in making the actual tackle,
19:59I'm not sure you could say it would prevent the try.
20:03What I'm seeing here is he's tackled short by five.
20:08And the 18 is illegal.
20:11So I don't believe a probable try would have been scored.
20:15You?
20:16Okay.
20:17Tangy's illegal.
20:18If he hits a legal tackle, he's still likely to stop the try.
20:23So, Mikey, can you come back to us?
20:26Okay, back to you, Dale.
20:28Okay.
20:28I don't believe a probable try would have been scored because he's tackled short of the line
20:32and there's another player coming across.
20:33But the actions of 18 Fiji are dangerous to meet our yellow card threshold for an off-field review.
20:40And it's going to be a penalty to Ireland.
20:43Excuse me.
20:44We're not worried about that.
20:45We're worried about what's happening here.
20:46Number 18.
20:48So, Inoki Ravui-Wasa will go to the sim bin.
20:53It's going to be reviewed by the foul play review officer, Eric Gozan.
20:58He's called on for the first time tonight.
21:01I think this could be very surprised if this isn't upgraded.
21:05He's never in control of himself.
21:06Swinging arm.
21:07There's an awful lot wrong with that tackle.
21:09Whatever bait in a tackle at dynamic moments, he's loose and swinging.
21:27And now Ireland are starting to create some daylight.
21:40Yeah, mate, that's exactly it.
21:41It's probably the tipping point now for Ireland.
21:43It's hard to see how it's going to be a way back for Fiji.
21:47Good, strong carry.
21:49You can see Andrew Porter getting his mitts on this now.
21:51Yeah, but it's fine.
21:52I've already tried.
21:53I can see enough.
21:54I think for Andrew Porter, that's the least he's ever had to work for a try.
22:00Using his head, not his legs this time.
22:02Just pops it over the line.
22:04I love how you can see.
22:06I'm sure somebody said something to him there.
22:09Explaining to him how little he had to work for it.
22:11And Sam Prandegast with the conversion, with the two points.
22:14But Martin, absolutely, this looks like the tipping point now for Ireland.
22:18Well, those two Leinstemen, we saw there, Ronan Keller and Andrew Porter now on the score sheet.
22:24This is for Ireland, number eight activity returns to the field room to replace number 20, James McFadden!
22:38Well, the baller gets his back underway.
22:44Tyg Byrne presents it for his scrum half.
22:50He's Hansen.
22:56Hansen really flourishing with 15 on his back there in line.
22:59He scored a hat-trick just a year or so ago on this ground in the November series from fullback.
23:09That's great ambition from Ireland.
23:10You can see what they're trying to do when they get the ball in the first phase eight to Mac
23:13Hansen.
23:14It's all about creating space in the backfield.
23:17And that big pass from Sam Prandegast, you can see it in the air.
23:20We could feel it.
23:21There was a defender coming up.
23:22A Tyg Byrne does really well.
23:24Now, smart kick on the front floor.
23:25The chase again from Tommy O'Brien, but it was taken well by Longhang and the Miasse.
23:34The Saracen with the carry, but it's been turned again by Ireland, but the ball went forward in that contact.
23:45And it's a good exit from Ireland.
23:48I know they've turned over the ball there.
23:50They're going to get a scrum coming in, but they're going to be very comfortable at scrum time.
24:02So, two alterations from Ireland.
24:05Darren Murray from Conor earns his fourth gap back in Test Match Rugby.
24:10And Craig Casey is on in place of Jamison Gibson-Clark.
24:15Craig Casey, the Munster man who started last week.
24:22Okay, number 20 is coming off.
24:24So, James Ryan.
24:2773rd start tonight it was for him.
24:29Just two Ireland locks ahead of him in terms of the number of starts.
24:33Paul O'Connor with 93.
24:35Malcolm O'Kelly with 80.
24:38And we've now got that shift in the front row to compensate for losing Rabu Iwasa.
24:48So, Luke Tangy is straight back into action.
24:53Has even had time to turn on the lock tap in the Fiji dressing room.
24:57Okay, thank you guys.
24:58Okay, here we go.
25:00It's an opportunity now for Ireland to put some pressure on Fiji.
25:04Get the right territory.
25:06Get up into the Opposition 22.
25:08Plenty of room in the backfield, obviously, with the number down.
25:11So, no 15.
25:12Nobody in the backfield because they're obviously the number down.
25:15So, Prendergast, Craig Casey, how can they find space in the backfield?
25:21Andy Farrell will certainly have one eye now on next week with South Africa.
25:25Also, they'll be looking at points difference because that could even prove crucial.
25:30A little kick ahead there from Rabu Tamanda.
25:35Who went to ground a little theatrically.
25:38Use a bit of football panels.
25:41Absolutely.
25:42It would have helped if I was suggesting who had the right put in there.
25:46So, it was a Fiji Fijian ball and they get great territory up down the short side.
25:52Great attacking kick.
25:55Look at this.
25:55Just getting the one-on-one.
25:57Doesn't die with the ball.
25:59Keeps it in field.
26:00And Mack Hansen just a step too close to the line.
26:03How many guys?
26:03And getting an attacking opportunity in the 22.
26:05So, maybe this is an opportunity for Fiji.
26:07Try and stay within touching distance.
26:11Can Iberis have one or two problems tonight with his throwing?
26:15Can I get this right?
26:16Oh, he's gone short.
26:17Can Iberis has it himself?
26:23Well, what a turnover for Ireland.
26:27And that man, Tommy O'Brien, really taking his opportunity tonight.
26:35He's a great player.
26:37He's tough.
26:39One of those guys, just really, really tough.
26:42Likes to get stuck in.
26:43Look at that.
26:43Getting his head well over.
26:45Plenty of lads coming in.
26:46Hitting into his back.
26:47Hitting him down.
26:48He stays strong over the ball.
26:50That's a big, big penalty win for Ireland.
26:58Tommy O'Brien, one of those ten Leinstemen in the Ireland 23 this evening.
27:04Nine.
27:06Let's fall out.
27:07Two minutes.
27:07Let's fall out.
27:08Two minutes.
27:08One more.
27:12Callaghan finds Baird.
27:13There's Casey.
27:15A little chip over the top there from Prendergast.
27:19Teasing.
27:22The Fijians have dealt with it.
27:25At least they dealt with it in the first instance before losing it forward.
27:31That's a lovely weighted kick from Prendergast.
27:35And you have everybody.
27:37Look at that.
27:38He's just taking it almost impossibly to the line.
27:41And again, you can't criticize.
27:43You can't say anything about the bounce.
27:44The bounce is what happens.
27:47Bundy's in the right place.
27:49Nick Timoney's in the right place.
27:50And they get the reward for it now.
27:52They're getting a tackling strum in the middle of the field.
27:54They're just on the 10-meter line.
27:56And this is, you know, with a man down, a man in the bin for Fiji.
28:01This has to be a moment where Prendergast, maybe Mack Hansen on the short side,
28:06is just screaming for the ball.
28:08Boys, get us a flat.
28:09Get us a rock-solid strum and let us attack.
28:13Some interesting numbers there.
28:15Both sides having made eight visits to the opposition 22.
28:21Casey.
28:23Prendergast floats it over to Tommy O'Brien.
28:26He tries to take on Ravultamanda.
28:30Here's Prendergast.
28:33The captain for the night.
28:35Tygburn.
28:37Here's Casey just ducking under that tackle.
28:40Then getting rid of it to Murray.
28:47Prendergast once more.
28:49Illo, good pass.
28:52Now Kanssen.
28:58Prendergast slides it through.
28:59That's Ben for O'Brien.
29:00He's going to get there first.
29:02The bounce was perfect.
29:06Well, it's turning out to be quite a profitable evening for Tommy O'Brien.
29:11That's a lovely weighted kick.
29:13The beauty of this championship is we've seen so many tries across the weekend.
29:20D'Amazon DuPont doing something similar last night for a very nice French French try.
29:25We saw Italy dipping one through or tipping one through for almost there for Ioane earlier today.
29:32But look at Prendergast.
29:33He's running sideways laterally and just rolls it on his foot.
29:38He also gets it to turn away from the covering defence.
29:41Look what direction his body is facing.
29:43Kicks it with the outside of his foot.
29:44Kicks the point of the ball with the outside of his foot.
29:46Look at how it arcs into Tommy O'Brien's stride.
29:50That is great and the kick is only ever as good as it's chase and Tommy O'Brien is there
29:56for it.
29:58And the conversion good as well.
30:00Well, I guess Will Jordan has taken strike rates for wings and scoring tries at test level to an entirely
30:07new level.
30:07But that is now ten tries in ten test matches for Tommy O'Brien.
30:15Okay.
30:18Serena.
30:21He's got an outcome of the yellow card to you.
30:23It's going to stay a yellow card.
30:25There's a significant drop in height by the ball carrier, okay?
30:30How many more minutes to go?
30:32That's a good question.
30:32How many more minutes to go on the yellow.
30:34Yes, so that's the mitigation.
30:35Just two minutes.
30:36James McNabney.
30:38The sharp drop in height.
30:40Okay, tie back on.
30:41So Ravuiwassa will be back in less than two minutes time.
30:47Murray losing that ball far forward, there's Lamani. Good break there from Nairao who
30:54is at the Saracens club but hasn't seen too much action.
30:59There's a break and they're romping his way through his Salawa.
31:04There's still some life here in the Fijians, that was Tamani.
31:09Particularly if you give them holes a fractured defensive line like that where they can pass and
31:13get the ball through. Ill-discipline there for Ireland, the swinging around, you know it's
31:21something, back to my day where you used to be able to make the tackle, hold on to the person
31:26you're tackling, swing back up and then swing back in and try and contest the rook, where now it has
31:31to be clear, hands release. Sam O'Toole there being penalised, Kieran Frawley is on, so an alteration
31:38there at fly half, there is Sam Prendergast who is very much Andy Farrell's man, did lose his place
31:45during the Six Nations to Jack Crowley. Crowley now on the injured list but wasn't a great end to the
31:52last season for Sam Prendergast, he even lost his place at Leinster for a while, but he certainly
31:58restored himself over the course of July and over the last fortnight. The Kanibara, well that one goes to
32:10hand, didn't go entirely to plan for the Fijians. Here's the Kanibara, goes himself, has he got there?
32:18Oh time off, yeah. Well the referee wants to look at this. Mike I just want to double check that,
32:25I believe that's been lost forward, yeah, you've got anything? No, okay, just double check it,
32:31on field decision is a no try, Peter's been lost forward, but I just want to see whether he may
32:36have
32:36got us to the line first and then knocked it on. Okay so on field decision no try, checking if
32:42he's
32:42grounded it before. But one way or another this should be easy to resolve, did he ground it first before
32:49the ball, the ball went forward.
33:01Now this will be the angle, Walters? So it's grounded short and he loses control of the ball
33:10before going to the trial lane, so there's going to be no try.
33:18Yeah. Courtesy of a Ryan Baird foot as well, keeps it short,
33:22so a bit of look there for Ireland.
33:27Nice line, top on, let's go.
33:29Oh. Plenty of time on the clock here for the Fijian, shake at the head there from Gertzmal.
33:38Fiji desperate to get a point. Okay, here we go guys, here's the mark.
33:44No, let's go please. Four tries would deliver a try bonus point, get within seven would be a losing
33:50bonus point, and of course still plenty of time on the clock, more than 17 minutes remaining.
33:59Crouch!
34:02Bind!
34:03The Northern Hemisphere pool, so competitive. France with 21, so
34:09five-point win next week in Paris against Argentina, as Ireland get the penalty.
34:15So that actually a first scrum penalty of the night against Fiji, so
34:19by and large, the set piece has stood up pretty well for the Fijians.
34:31So five points next week for France, we'll see them finish top of the pool. England, of course,
34:36are hosting New Zealand. They're on 20. If Ireland were to pick up five points in,
34:41look, it's not getting entirely ahead of ourselves. They'd be up to 20 points. Wales 15, they've got
34:47Australia next week. Scotland play Australia tomorrow and then Japan next week. They're on 11,
34:54so entirely possible they could get up to 20 or 21 points. So points difference may make a difference in
35:02the end. And at the moment, in terms of points difference, England doing well. They've got a
35:14positive points difference well in excess of 100. Yeah, they certainly did. I think the
35:20the quickest red card we've seen in quite a while didn't help Japan's causes either. But importantly
35:27for Ireland, getting that bonus point with Wales doing something nobody had planned for. They'll
35:34obviously want to be staying ahead of them as much as possible. So the bonus point, five points
35:41today being very important for Ireland, just in the context of that table.
35:46What a cracking fifth round it's been. One of the world's greatest ever tests on Friday night in
35:52Paris. One of the great surprises, Wales ending a 73-year wait for a win against the All Blacks.
36:04Tight one in Genoa, and Fiji certainly putting their best foot forward tonight in Dublin.
36:17I'll see the sealer sealer presenting the ball there for low money.
36:26Mac Hanson plenty of time there under no real pressure. It is Tommy O'Brien.
36:32It's being held up there by Salawa.
36:39Tom Stewart, the Ulsterman there. The number three hooker in Ireland. I'll tell you what, there are
36:47quite a few teams around the world who'd like him in their international 23.
36:54Vola Vola presenting it there for Nongani Marci.
37:00Canibera just tumbling to the turf. Hooker there on Hooker.
37:10There he goes. Manigolo.
37:14Takes some knocking down, doesn't he? On to Joshua Tua-Serba.
37:19He's made it to defenders. You almost need another category of almost tackled.
37:24Use it.
37:32Got used.
37:36Joshua Tua-Serba there, stayed down, having the stretch, those substantial calf muscles. He's still down,
37:43doing a few stretches his two is over
37:48Ben Volabona but now two Fijians are actually doing some muscle stretches
37:53over on the far side few of them out on their feet
38:04yeah it's been that type of game hasn't it there's been plenty of running both
38:10sides and Fiji obviously big game last week starting to smaller squads having
38:18to having to get more game time in starting to feel the physical physical
38:24physical nature of this game because it has been very physical they've been
38:27bringing strong defensive line plenty of open field running 66 minutes gone a
38:33number of it's over under 14 minutes to go still a little bit of life in those
38:38legs we hope
38:44one or two of these cornflower blue jerseys moving rather slowly and gingerly
38:56there's low money oh it's been turned over but illegally so
39:09well Jake White has been scrambling together a coaching staff with his old
39:14mate Hayat Smal and the defence coach Dave Ellis who I think is worthy of commendation
39:20he appears to have got some organisation and structure to that defence
39:26it's not quite Warmington on sea and dad's army the coaching staff at Fiji but Jake White at 62 is
39:33the youngest of them
39:36well these lads need a few grey hairs around them to maybe give them that a little bit of advice
39:41and it definitely has rubbed off on them
39:43there's been a very measured performance from Fiji so we have to take our hats off to them and they've
39:49been very good in that regard
39:50second time we've seen that move the canny bearer though being dispossessed and losing it forward in the tackle
39:56here's Kieran Frawley
39:59well they get another opportunity another bite of the cherry now
40:05and they look to set them all maybe get some of their big ball carriers into the into the line
40:11so Salawa
40:13lining out in the midfield there
40:15how many guys?
40:16no he's running into the line out now
40:18Jake White there clearly lost none of his enthusiasm
40:23so Kennevera which way is he going to go now?
40:26more conventional route
40:27no many
40:28little dummy from the former Northampton Saint
40:43well they find themselves in possession inside that Ireland 22
40:47again they've certainly created lots of field position this evening
40:56penalty advantage here to the Fijians
40:58quickly taken by low money
41:00have they retreated the 10 metres?
41:03I'm not sure they did
41:08referee appears to be happy they did
41:10and a seal of sealia it was carrying it forward
41:12here's a canny vera
41:22the Fijians looking to get something out of tonight
41:25and to be honest they do deserve something
41:34meter by meter
41:38getting into an arm wrestle with Ireland
41:40where Ireland are good and strong around this
41:44fringe ruck defence
41:45when you think the broken field runners they have
41:48can they get it into their hands with a little bit of pace
41:51well they're choosing the Pacific Island muscle at the moment
41:54leave it
41:56leave it
41:56there's Lomani
41:57has the ball in his hand
41:59another little surge
42:02just out of camera shot
42:04Juanigolo is looking he's not on this side though
42:06all to us over just asking
42:08a bit too much
42:10a bit too much
42:11a bit can it better his captain
42:14he's not going to thank him for that
42:17it was an ambitious play
42:19it was the wrong way
42:21wrong side to go
42:22the back line had just swept down the right hand side
42:25bit of miscommunication between Lomani and Vola Vola
42:32and ultimately a tired pass from Deuceova
42:40well three more Fijians waiting to come on
42:42Caleb Muntz you can see on the right
42:54well the Ireland fans warming themselves up for next weekend
43:02the world champions of Africa are coming to town and coming off the back of
43:09their first defeat in Europe
43:13for more than three years
43:20they see
43:33they see onto his left foot
43:36Juanigolo just pats it back
43:38did well to keep that ball in play
43:39now
43:40he's got a bit of space
43:42he takes to the skies
43:43that should be comfortable enough
43:44well taken by Baird
43:46he sets
43:47Hansen off
43:50little chip over the top from Hansen
43:52that was outstanding
43:54Lomani just got a little tap on his ankle
43:58here's Illo
44:00Mac Hansen is
44:01I said it last week
44:02he's an absolute joy to watch
44:04just does the right thing time and time again
44:06and it just shows
44:07it's not about
44:07it's not about power
44:08it's not about size
44:10just has that right
44:11the right little kick
44:12at the right little time
44:13as Frawley goes for one as well
44:14into the bottom corner
44:16well we'll come back for a penalty
44:21well it's been a day
44:23or should I say
44:2424 hours
44:25when we've seen both
44:27the world champions
44:28South Africa
44:29and New Zealand
44:30beaten in the same
44:3124 hour period
44:33long long time ago
44:35I think
44:35the last time that happened
44:37I've been doing
44:37bit of homework
44:39I reckon it was
44:40July the 9th
44:412022
44:42remember that
44:43Ireland played a part
44:44won the second test in Dunedin
44:46against the New Zealanders
44:4723 points to 12
44:49following week
44:50they went to Wellington
44:50and won the series
44:51but on that same day
44:53Wales
44:55who
44:55beat New Zealand today
44:57well they recorded
44:58their first ever win
44:59a few hours later
45:00in South Africa
45:02when they
45:02beat the Springboks
45:04in gluten
45:04time
45:05Josh Adams
45:06with the try
45:07right at the death
45:08and Gareth Anskan
45:09with the decisive conversion
45:11so
45:11it doesn't happen
45:12terribly often
45:13a little more than
45:14four years ago
45:16the last time
45:16those two sides
45:17were beaten
45:18in the space
45:19of 24 hours
45:23there's Caleb Muntz
45:25who plays his
45:26rugby in France
45:27for Provence
45:28who were in the
45:29second division
45:30of French rugby
45:32but perhaps
45:33the most ambitious
45:33club around
45:34look at this here
45:35Josh van der Vler
45:36goes through
45:38nine metres out
45:39are we gonna get
45:40a final flourish
45:41here from Ireland
45:42in the last
45:43seven minutes
45:44Casey
45:44again
45:45on there
45:46to Tygburn
45:47he's forced back
45:49but the knock-on
45:50there from Casey
45:53you can see that one
45:55coming straight off
45:55the training field
45:57and Bundyaki at the
45:58front of the line out
45:59a lot of movement
46:00Ryan Baird selling it
46:02a lot of players
46:02moving into different
46:03positions
46:03and Josh van der Vler
46:05with the switch play
46:06up to the middle
46:07of the line out
46:08Bundyaki in with the
46:09next carry
46:10and then
46:11Tygburn just lined up
46:13by the Fijian defence
46:14and forcing the knock-on
46:16from
46:18from
46:19from Craig Casey
46:20well we got a bit
46:21of spare time
46:22let's mark your card
46:23for
46:24what there is to come
46:25over the course
46:26of the next 24 hours
46:29one more game
46:30in
46:30round five
46:31that's tomorrow
46:32Scotland Australia
46:33from
46:34Murrayfield
46:36tomorrow from
46:37two o'clock
46:37and ITV1
46:38and STV
46:40and also
46:41keep tabs
46:42with our
46:42the debrief
46:43with Dan Bigger
46:44and Ronan O'Gara
46:45we've got that tomorrow
46:46night at 11.20
46:47we've also got England
46:48in action in football
46:49they're in Madrid
46:50against the world
46:51champion Spain
46:52tomorrow evening
46:53seven o'clock
46:54on ITV1
46:56we'll also catch that
46:57on STV
46:58please
46:58use it
47:05hoisted there by
47:06Tamani
47:08Mack Hansen
47:11didn't take his half
47:12the ball for a moment
47:13leave it
47:14leave it
47:15you went off your feet
47:20Frawley
47:21here's Balakoon
47:24it's been a good night
47:25for the Wings
47:27we've got two tries apiece
47:29Tommy O'Brien
47:29and Robert Balakoon
47:33there goes Josh van der Vler
47:35former World Player of the Year
47:36of course
47:36Kieran Frawley
47:38who will ever forget
47:39to get his heroics in
47:41Durban three years ago
47:51Frawley
47:53tight burn
47:54getting almost man and ball
47:55don't buy it
47:56don't buy it
48:01well that's a teaser
48:04oh and it's come straight into the grip of Sue McCluskey
48:10you love about Sue McCluskey
48:12you can see him he's standing up as Craig Casey goes for it over the top again
48:16Frawley's after it
48:17oh dear
48:18and you get a sense that Kieran Frawley and Rob Balakoon might just have gone in one another's way
48:26I think they may have just run out of space as well
48:29the kick almost inch perfect
48:32you can see it from Casey
48:33what I love about Sue McCluskey
48:34you can see him standing upright
48:36trying to
48:42you can see what they're trying to do
48:44they just ran out of space
48:47well there was the charge down from Baird
48:54Caleb Muntz in the end
48:55atoning for his own error
49:02Ryan Baird's having a good season isn't he?
49:05Dublin man through and through
49:09yeah he's got
49:10he's had a tough time with injuries
49:12and every player that plays long enough
49:15you have those dark moments where you really wonder
49:17will you ever get back then
49:18when you beat the same player when you came back
49:19but
49:19he's come back strong
49:21which is great to see
49:23there's Pondiaki
49:27on to Tygburn
49:30Casey
49:32there goes Temene
49:33raging his way through in the long reach
49:42well he's enjoying having eight on his back
49:50it's something with Nick Timoney
49:52you may not always feel
49:54he's deceptively explosive and powerful
49:56but it's a well worked try
49:58really like from Craig Casey here
50:00he's just toying with the fringes of the Rook
50:02but look how quick the placement is
50:04look how efficient it is
50:06at the Rook time
50:07and that's just a great line from Nick Timoney
50:10and crucially Craig Casey just releasing the ball
50:13gets the defenders eyes to look in around the Rook
50:16and then just says
50:17you're looking at me
50:18I'm going to pop it up to Nick
50:19Nick Timoney running through
50:20and look at that dynamism
50:22dynamism and leg drive
50:24he's had to be patient with Ireland as well
50:26hasn't he?
50:27he has absolutely
50:28but
50:30he's giving it back in spades
50:32and you can see the backing now
50:34that Andy Farrell is giving him
50:35and having that competition between
50:38Timoney and Van de Vlijer at seven
50:39that gives you such options
50:41but also now Timoney showing
50:43well listen
50:43when you need it
50:44if you need it
50:45I'll give you an option at eight
50:47the kind of player that just wants to be on the field
50:58two years ago
51:00he scored eight tries
51:0352 points to 17
51:05and that scoreboard now having
51:08a rather similar look
51:12as Caleb Muntz
51:17here he goes one Angolo
51:19such speed
51:20gets past Mac Hanson
51:22oh I say
51:24oh no
51:25did absolutely everything right
51:27apart from perhaps this most straightforward bit
51:30and he had so much pace
51:32he had time on his hands
51:34oh it's just
51:35isn't that what it gives you
51:36just pace gives you time
51:37it looks simple
51:39like there's passes behind players
51:40backs here
51:41they're having to turn
51:42but once you get the ball
51:43it's great hands from Toa Siva there
51:44but look at this
51:45the ball over the top
51:47this is the hard bit
51:49catching that ball
51:51it's the ankle biter
51:53that's unfortunate
51:54maybe five, six minutes ago
51:56or the first half
51:56he might have had to be able to get it
51:58but that was a beautiful bit of skill
52:00stay high
52:08oh there's a feather in the cap
52:10Ryan Baird
52:12he's our player of the match
52:19last 30 seconds
52:23Timoney with the pick up at the base
52:35step
52:36okay use it
52:39there's very little doubt that Ireland have had to work for this
52:42with this win today Martin
52:45that will be in itself
52:46put them in a good place for next week
52:48because they're going to have to work for it next week
52:53well there it is
52:54all's well
52:55that ends well
52:59two wins from two for Ireland
53:02in the home series of this nation's championship
53:06just the small matter
53:07of world champions of Africa to come
53:10in a week's time
53:12for now though
53:15Ireland have finished on top against Fiji
53:17who did test them at times
53:20final score in Dublin
53:22Ireland 43
53:24Fiji 50
53:26here's the day
53:26next day
53:26there's the day
53:26the day
53:28we will see you
53:29through the night
53:29the night
53:29the night
53:29the night
53:30we have been
53:31so
53:31and we have been