Craig Gilroy, Ireland Rugby

Ireland good, Italy awful!

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Italy: (10) 10
TRY: Penalty Try. CON: Carlo Canna. PEN: Carlo Canna
Ireland: (28) 63
TRY: Keith Earls (2), CJ Stander (3), Craig Gilroy (3), Garry Ringrose. CON: Paddy Jackson (9).

Ireland set about this game like the school bully that had been sucker punched by the skinny kid last week and were determined to take it out on the weakest of their group. Poor old Italy, they were knocked about something awful round the back of the Coliseum! 

The body blows came thick and fast with Keith Earls sticking in a couple out wide while CJ Stander landed three big ones. Craig Gilroy briefly appeared to apply three more when they were down and out, Garry Ringrose landing one while they were on their way down. 

Throughout it all Paddy Jackson orchestrated the beating, landing nine big kicks of his own! 

All joking aside games like this do little good for the RBS Six Nations as a competition and it doesn . . .

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