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REACTION | Wales beat Ireland 21-16 in Cardiff in Six Nations blow

Wales beat Ireland 21-16 in Cardiff, with Andy Farrell's men suffering a bruising loss with just ...



Rugby

REACTION | Wales beat Ireland 21-16 in Cardiff in Six Nations blow

Wales beat Ireland 21-16 in Cardiff, with Andy Farrell's men suffering a bruising loss with just 14 men.

Andy Farrell's men came into the match as the overwhelming favourites, with very few pundits giving the hosts much of a chance based on their most recent form.

Off the back of a huge French win over Italy in Rome, and a major upset for Scotland over England in Twickenham, Ireland hoped to make it three away victories in the opening round of this year's Six Nations.

Wales were first on the scoreboard through the boot of Leigh Halfpenny, after Ireland gave away a penalty right in front of the posts.

With 13 minutes played in the match, Peter O'Mahony made life that much more difficult for the visitors as he was shown a red card for a high shot on Tomas Francis in the ruck.

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Halfpenny kept the scoreboard ticking over for Wales, bringing the hosts out to a six-point lead with just under a quarter of the match played.

It took just under half an hour for Ireland to get their first points of the match, as Jonathan Sexton was given a couple of shots at goal to bring the visitors back level with five minutes left in the first half.

Ireland looked to gain momentum late in the first half as Robbie Henshaw put Josh van der Flier into a gap to almost score for the visitors.

He cleverly did not attempt to reach for the line, instead allowing Tadhg Beirne to pick and go for the first try of the game. Sexton converted to take Ireland to a seven-point lead at half time.

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