European Rugby Thread

[Torquemada 1420]

And that sums it up!

[Tichtheid]

Very good finish from Skosa there

"Bumpy night" indeed. Was terrible up until that point.

I didn't think he was too bad over the course and when his time came he scored a try that needed a fair bit of work.

"terrible" is Bergamasso playing scum half, there are levels above that, lots of them

[Tichtheid]

Burns is not at this level

[Oxbow]

Considering how poorly we played that could have been worse. Mitchell is class, it's a travesty that Youngs is still anywhere near the England team with the other scrum halves at England's disposal.

[Uncle fester]

Burns is not at this level

He's dreadful. Gets caps for Ireland too.

[sockwithaticket]

Weak defence from Quins. Cardiff give them a bit of a wake up call.

[JM2K6]

Adams really didn't try to grip there - if he had, it wouldn't be a penalty let alone a yellow.

Our choices for commentators are not great on either channel today.

[Paddington Bear]

Yet again a ref hasn’t reacted to being directly sworn at by a player. Real noticeable shift in behaviour this season

[sockwithaticket]

And they have responded accordingly.

[sockwithaticket]

Yet again a ref hasn’t reacted to being directly sworn at by a player. Real noticeable shift in behaviour this season

I don't even think it matters whether there's swearing, Adams is chopsing at the official as he's leaving the field when he should be saying nothing at all. Escalate to a red and send the message.

[JM2K6]

Great to see Cardiff continue to play smart attacking rugby.

[JM2K6]

Deserved score. Glad it happened because the penalty he was playing advantage for was total nonsense - everyone was behind the line.

[Paddington Bear]

Yet again a ref hasn’t reacted to being directly sworn at by a player. Real noticeable shift in behaviour this season

I don't even think it matters whether there's swearing, Adams is chopsing at the official as he's leaving the field when he should be saying nothing at all. Escalate to a red and send the message.

If pros get away with yelling ‘it’s a fucking joke’ at a ref god help the blokes reffing junior stuff tomorrow morning. I have sympathy for Adams being frustrated with the card but take your medicine

[JM2K6]

Thank you Marcus.

[sockwithaticket]

I hope it carries on like this, nice open game.

[SaintK]

Thank you Marcus.

Lovely try

[JM2K6]

That's a clueless penalty, how is the Cardiff player going to be able to stop himself rolling in that situation? It didn't gain him any advantage.

[Kawazaki]

Adams really didn't try to grip there - if he had, it wouldn't be a penalty let alone a yellow.

Our choices for commentators are not great on either channel today.

The Quins player jumped which is why he pivoted so quickly on Adams's shoulder. TMO should have advised no penalty - play on.

[JM2K6]

Green was held back there, and not for the first time

[JM2K6]

Are you fucking kidding me calling that a deliberate knock on????

[fishfoodie]

Great individual try

[Paddington Bear]

Superb try, fun game

[Kawazaki]

Are you fucking kidding me calling that a deliberate knock on????

He had zero chance of catching it.

[sockwithaticket]

Are you fucking kidding me calling that a deliberate knock on????

Yeah, that one seems very harsh on live viewing.

[I like neeps]

Are you fucking kidding me calling that a deliberate knock on????

The rules seem to be if your team aren't in possession and you knock it on it's deliberate.

[sockwithaticket]

With any other Prem team I'd expect them to tighten up after the break. Quins will probably do the same, but they could well double down on the open running madnes.

[Paddington Bear]

Suspect Quins are working on the basis that Cardiff will fall away

[JM2K6]

Yeah on replay that knock on was Jones' fuck up, thought it went through both hands but clearly not. He's had a shocking game.

[salanya]

Superb try, fun game

+1

Cardiff players will probably tire, but they've been competitive so far, and making it a good match.

[JM2K6]

Ah, Garcia Botta, the guy you only notice when he gets mashed in the scrum or does something really fucking stupid

[JM2K6]

"You knocked it on" yeah because the guy on the floor slapped it out of his hands...

Tough game for Quins, our recent drop off in performance is very evident

[Kawazaki]

Quins defence is just so passive.

[JM2K6]

Excellent finish after good work by Musk. Dombrandt has been excellent all round today.

[sockwithaticket]

Much more like it from Quins now, Cardiff probably starting to tire a bit and some things that didn't stick in the first half have started to.

[Ovals]

Enjoyable game - Cardiff falling away now but they were great value in the 1st half and played some very enterprising rugby.

Dombrant has had a huge game.

[sockwithaticket]

Joke pen against Northmore that.

[JM2K6]

Shanklin

[fishfoodie]

Not always Frank Murphys biggest fan; but I do like that he makes his decisions quickly; & doesn't refer them continually to the TMO.

He obviously likes to keep the game flowing; & he's been an important part of what an enjoyable game this has been.. plus he's doing bloody well to keep up with play in a game like this

[JM2K6]

Clearly forward. Shame, that was another cracking finish by Lynagh.

[sockwithaticket]

Should we not be taking a closer look at Fish on Green? Only saw it briefly, but Green went reeling backwards.