Ireland off to a flyer.
The result was widely expected but Joe Schmidt’s side gave an accomplished display in their Rugby World Cup opener against Canada today.
There were seven tries from seven different players, with Seán Cronin, Rob Kearney and Jared Payne adding to first half tries from Seán O’Brien, Iain henderson, Johnny Sexton and Dave Kearney to give Ireland a very comfortable 50-7 victory.
Twitter couldn’t hide its satisfaction. Here are some of the best tweets to sum up a good first day at the office…
50 points, h’on Madigan #IREvCAN
— Hanorah (@hanorah_w) September 19, 2015
awesome and powerful play Ireland…. Johnny Sexton excellent flyhalf (man of the match) #RWC2015 #IREvCAN #Habashwe — tee.j (@teej_c) September 19, 2015
Ireland have smashed it???? #RWC #RWC2015 #IREvCAN
— A✌️ (@Abbie_NuGe) September 19, 2015
Oh poor #Canada ? #IREvCAN #COYBIG — Aoife McGettigan (@AoifMcG) September 19, 2015
You cant help but fall in love when watching rugby though ? #IREvCAN #WRC2015 #ComeOnIreland ?????
— Trish Maher (@trishmaher_) September 19, 2015
Ireland have put seven tries past Canada, but for a moment we had a real game on our hands #IREvCAN #RWC2015 — Tristan Barclay (@tjbbarclay) September 19, 2015
Oh the luck o’ the Irish! @NiallOfficial supporting Ireland in the #RugbyWorldCup #IREvCAN match!!!
— Blair J Inglis (@BlairJ_Inglis) September 19, 2015
That will do nicely thank you. We’re not greedy #IREvCAN — Melanie Finn (@Melfinn1) September 19, 2015
Up next for Ireland is Romania next Sunday at Wembley.
