The best internet reactions to Ireland’s opening World Cup match

Lifestyle

Sep 19, 2015

In case you missed it today, the Irish rugby team took on Canada in Cardiff the first of their Rugby World Cup matches.

The result was pretty widely expected but that didn't stop either side from putting in an impressive performance.

The boys in green came out victorious though scoring seven tries from seven different players: Seán O'Brien, Iain Henderson and Johnny Sexton and all scored in the first half. Meanwhile, Seán Cronin, Rob Kearney, Jared Payne and Dave Kearney then added to the full-time score of 50-7.

Naturally, Twitter had quite a day of activity as supporters took to the social media platform to express their satisfaction with the win:

awesome and powerful play Ireland…. Johnny Sexton excellent flyhalf (man of the match) #RWC2015 #IREvCAN #Habashwe

— tee.j (@teej_c) September 19, 2015

We can only imagine these lads are going to be all about the celebrations:

#IREvCAN #RugbyWorldCup pic.twitter.com/AoTtIQ2fji

— Ed B (@The_Super_Ted) September 19, 2015

Thanks Niall, good to have you #ShoulderToShoulder with the lads. https://t.co/Je75yGU1xx

— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) September 19, 2015

Pretty much all of Bressie's tweets were on point:

#Henderson couldn't find the door of the dressing room #IrelandVsCanada pic.twitter.com/odklM6vIeF

— Niall Breslin (@nbrez) September 19, 2015

Oh, but the Canadians were less than pleased:

The Rugby is good….. But it's not Ice Hockey!!! @MKL_Official #mklightning

— Lee (@Hodge0007) September 18, 2015
Alright lads…

@markrusselluk @shawnbranch At least Canada has a rugby team where's Ireland's ice hockey team???

— Tim Chesterton (@TimChesterton1) September 19, 2015

In case you thought everyone was having a great time though, there was also Gordon D'Arcy. He lost a bet with his wife, model Aoife Cogan.