15 Brilliant Twitter Reactions To Ireland’s Huge Win Over Italy

Matches are watched these days with one eye on Twitter, as fans either broadcast their agony on the social network or come out with cracking analysis.

Ireland had a huge win over Italy today and it looks like people are in a pretty good mood, no doubt powered on with a couple of pints.

We've rounded up 15 of the day's very best tweets...

Sean Cronin we salute you.#IREvITA pic.twitter.com/UzLRyliphL
— RTÉ 2FM (@RTE2fm) March 12, 2016

Official heat-map of #IREvITA... pic.twitter.com/Dx4Z8HduDW
— BenchWarmers (@BeWarmers) March 12, 2016

Just a scratch.#IREvITA pic.twitter.com/OC8S2OOrVD
— Carl Mullan (@CarlMullan) March 12, 2016

Every Italian restaurant in Dublin has just closed & declared 3 days of mourning! #IREvITA #6Nations
— Dan Collins (@DanTheHarp) March 12, 2016

Biggest cheer of the game? That would be the mexican wave... #IREvITA
— Off The Ball (@offtheball) March 12, 2016

This has been a nice feel-good match. The Shawshank Redemption to England Wales's Kill List. #IREvITA
— Ronan Fitzgerald (@rmkf) March 12, 2016

They're be plenty of "Give me a 5 and 1" in the chipper tonight. #IREvITA
— Karl Carpenter (@KarlCarpo) March 12, 2016

The only way Italy have a chance of winning this is if they call in a favour from Vito Corleone. #IREvITA
— Dai Lama (@WelshDalaiLama) March 12, 2016

Do you remember when you were getting thrashed at school the ref would blow the whistle early?? Do it!! #IREvITA
— Ben Hanlin (@benhanlin) March 12, 2016

#IREvITA 51-10! Only minutes to go... #gripped!
— Stephanie Sproule (@steph_sproule) March 12, 2016

How long's it been since Ireland scored a try? 7 minutes? Schmidt out...#IREvITA
— Ciaran McCauley (@CiaranMcCauley) March 12, 2016

When Ireland are winning against Italy ???????????? #IREvITA #COYBIG pic.twitter.com/UaGnSKJcQs
— Becca (@ColthamxSH) March 12, 2016