We've rounded up the best of social media from the second round of the 2018 Six Nations
The best Six Nations tweets of the week
Once again we’ve trawled through Twitter to bring you the best Six Nations tweets of the week from the second week of the 2018 championship.
The opening match of the round saw Ireland host Italy – and it rained tries in Dublin. Ireland had secured the bonus point by half-time and went on to run in eight converted tries by the final whistle. However, they also conceded three tries in the second half on the way to their 56-19 victory.
Aer Lingus appreciated the take off of the first of Jacob Stockdale’s two tries:
Hey Jacob! Did you get ATC clearance for that takeoff?! #IREvITA #HomeAdvantage pic.twitter.com/bbX6HoLUv2
— Aer Lingus (@AerLingus) February 10, 2018
Ireland won’t have enjoyed seeing Robbie Henshaw, who also contributed a brace of tries, go off injured, but his exit made way for Jordan Larmour‘s debut appearance:
Phone boxes are generally just over 3ft wide, so I reckon this might qualify as proof that Jordan Larmour could, in fact, step defenders in a phone box. pic.twitter.com/IL8kufIOwI
— Murray Kinsella (@Murray_Kinsella) February 12, 2018
In the second match of the weekend a try double from Jonny May put England ahead and they had to fight hard to come out with a 12-6 victory.
A brilliant offload from Launchbury set up May’s second try:
Jonny May goes over for his second of the match after a lovely floated offload by Launchbury. pic.twitter.com/vip1iKwqAt
— ITV Rugby (@ITVRugby) February 10, 2018
Launchury received a lot of praise on Twitter for his performance after the game, including this message from former England prop David Flatman:
How good was Joe Launchbury yesterday? Surrounded by Lions, the best forward on the field. What a player.
— David Flatman (@davidflatman) February 11, 2018
The main talking point of the game, however, was the much debated TMO call. In the 22nd minute, with the score at 12-0, Gareth Anscombe was denied a try by the TMO on the basis that the ball hadn’t been clearly grounded.
It caused much debate on social media and it’s probably fair to say the whole of Wales disagreed with the TMO’s decision, including Wales internationals:
Hmmm – looks a try to me!! pic.twitter.com/3DR2PayPPd
— Cory Allen (@CoryAllen93) February 10, 2018
What is the point of TMO??? #ENGvWAL
— Alex Cuthbert (@acuthbert11) February 10, 2018
🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/JToqK4EAvV
— Liam Williams (@SanjayWills) February 10, 2018
Although Billy Vunipola had a different opinion:
If you’re welsh
— Billy Vunipola (@bvunipola) February 10, 2018
Another moment of the match, was that try-saving tackle by Sam Underhill:
WHAT. A. TACKLE.
Ever seen a better one than this from @SGUnderhill?#WearTheRose🌹 pic.twitter.com/NTsQQxauo8
— England Rugby (@EnglandRugby) February 11, 2018
Once again people turned to Twitter to express their disbelief:
I cannot believe what I've just seen. How does Sam Underhill do that? Miracle tackle. That's a try 999 times out of a 1000
— Andrew McKenna (@talkMacca) February 10, 2018
Whilst all this was going on, Danny Care was quietly becoming England’s most-capped scrum-half:
Yesssss @dannycare England’s most capped scrum half 🌹 pic.twitter.com/dvMFv7m9ZB
— Chris Robshaw (@ChrisRobshaw) February 10, 2018
The final fixture of the weekend was a ding-dong affair between Scotland and France. Scotland came from behind to see off France 32-26 at Murrayfield, where Greig Laidlaw took centre stage:
Not a bad afternoon's work for Scotland's Greig Laidlaw… 💪👏
🏴 His first Test start in nearly a year
💪 22 points scored
💯 100% kicking success rate
🏅 Man of the match
🤝 FT: Scotland 32-26 France#SCOvFRA 🏉📻 https://t.co/T6g7WGPF5f #bbcsixnations pic.twitter.com/OjNUjSybhM
— BBC 5 live Sport (@5liveSport) February 11, 2018
It wasn’t all plane sailing for the Scots as Finn Russell struggled to settle into his kicking game. This didn’t go unnoticed on Twitter, including this tweet from former England centre Will Greenwood:
Someone has to get hold of Finn Russell before he kicks to touch and get him to breathe… it is like watching Kevin Costner in Tin Cup
— Will Greenwood (@WillGreenwood) February 11, 2018
Scotland also failed to contain Teddy Thomas, who was once again on fire with two tries in the first 30 minutes. For the second one he seemed to be able to control the bounce of the ball to take it away from Laidlaw:
Regardless of the result, this bounce of the ball for Teddy Thomas was magical!#bbcsixnations pic.twitter.com/sDkpVd30WU
— BBC Rugby Union (@bbcrugbyunion) February 11, 2018
The result was of little significance to these two rugby fans, though. Their love affair goes back 50 years after first meeting at a rugby game:
Fifty years ago, a rugby-mad Frenchman met a young Scottish woman in the crowd at the rugby. They fell in love and the happily married pair will be at Murrayfield on Sunday when the teams meet once more. ❤️🏴🇫🇷 #SCOFRA #sixnations pic.twitter.com/3TprwaIHfh
— BBC Scotland News (@BBCScotlandNews) February 10, 2018