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Charting the glorious highs, the crushing lows, and the creamy in-betweens.

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O’Connell with the head stuck in Angry Birds up in the stand there

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Decent

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13

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Ah, the old enemy at Twickenham. Let's see how they deal with 80 minutes of oppression! #6nations

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Wasn't Piri Weepu the name of a character in Return of the Jedi? #rwc

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Fair play Argentina! Can't see the All Blacks taking this very well, but to be ahead after 30 mins is really something. #rwc11

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So it goes. #rwc11

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There's always a point in IRE v ITA matches where it seems like the front rows would prefer to ditch the ball and just batter each other.

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Every team goes through ups and downs of form, and one unlucky team hits every #rwc at their nadir. Our turn this time? :(

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Interception touchdown! #rwc

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Cue another round of ROG tweets from everyone. #rwc

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Respect to USA: that's 30 mins gone with Ireland still at 3 points. Half the US team have full-time day jobs. Amateur sports, eh? #rwc

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At this stage, I'm just sorry we gave them that penalty. Would have been neater, you know? #6nations #snark

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Desire to see Scotland do well just outweighed by desire to see Andy Robinson lose his shit again. #6nations

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All in all, the game was lost by Ireland, not won by France. #6nations

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Deeply unfortunate not to do better today, but you can't constantly rely on last minute miracles to scrape through. #6nations

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QUITE the start. It's on. #6nations

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Quite the start. #6nations

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Bummer. #6nations

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Kidney will leave Sexton on. Ireland are cruising, and he needs the experience of a poor full 80 without being punished. #6nations #irewal