Ireland vs Scotland rugby match twitter analysis
This weekend saw the Ireland versus Scotland RBS 6 nations rugby game in Murrayfield, Edinburgh. The hash tag used this time on twitter to mark everyone’s tweets about the match was #iresco and below you can see the results of the twouds (twitter clouds) that came out of the match.
Check out the other match twouds here:
Click on the individual images to see the larger versions.
Pre Match
Chatter before the match and passing the info about on the hashtag.
1700 (Kick-off) – 1710
The match gets underway
Scotland 3-0 Ireland (Paterson, pen 7mins)
1710 – 1720
Scotland 3-3 Ireland (O’Gara, pen 11 mins)
Scotland 6-3 Ireland (Paterson, pen 15 mins)
1720 – 1730
Scotland 9-3 Ireland (Paterson, pen 21 mins)
Scotland 9-6 Ireland (O’Gara, pen 27 mins)
1730 – 1740
Scotland 12-6 Ireland (Paterson, pen 33 mins)
Scotland 12-9 Ireland (O’Gara, pen 34 mins)
1740 – 1745 (Half Time)
O’Driscoll makes a try-saving tackle on Thom Evans right before half time
Half Time
1755 (Second half) – 1800
Second half gets underway
Ireland up the pace and intensity
1800 – 1810
TRY Scotland 12-14 (Heaslip 51 mins)
Scotland 12-16 (O’Gara, con 52 mins)
A break by Peter Stringer from a lineout and he sets up Jamie Heaslip to run over for a try
1810 – 1820
Scotland 12-19 Ireland (O’Gara drop goal, 57 mins)
1820 – 1830
Scotland 15-19 Ireland (Paterson, pen 61 mins)
1830 – 1842 (Full-time)
Scotland 15-22 Ireland (O’Gara, pen 72 mins)
Stringer named Man of the Match
Post Match
Post match chatter and people look forward to the Wales game in Cardiff next week which could result in a grand slam for Ireland
THANKS!!!
Thanks to all who tweeted using the #iresco hashtag! Here’s a tribute to you all (loud and quiet!)















March 16th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
[...] ledge-bag that is Patrick Phelan continued his Six Nations twoud (twitter cloud) series and I would like to highlight one of my [...]
March 17th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Woohooo! There’s me in the final twoud (broddo) – and I’m bigger than @ghook ! (But the same size as @Grayzie though)
-broddo