Official United Rugby Championship thread

[OomStruisbaai]

Worried about this match. Bulls favourites in my book.

Stormers lineout has been a mess all season. Bulls have one of the best in the business.
Marcel Coetzee has been massive all season.
Stormers without Zas gives the Bulls the edge in the back 3 IMO.

Here we go...

You don't know your rugby. I meanwhile have supported the Stomps once in my life, and have a URC title.

Enjoyed seeing Morne Steyn come on at the end, needing more than a kick, trying to get a backline working.

Dankie Ox, you were fantastic!

[OomStruisbaai]

Good to see the Stormers players mixing with the crowd.

[OomStruisbaai]

Moerat was good tonight.

[OomStruisbaai]

No skin in this, but excited. A new dawn. Deon Fourie epitomises what the game is about.

Did I mention Deon?

He is a soldier.

[Blake]

Moerat was good tonight.

That kick out the 22! What a beaut!

[OomStruisbaai]

[assfly]

Congratulations Stormers!

A very entertaining for neutrals. But the main difference to me was the back row; the Bulls trio were missing in action whilst Roos and Fourie ran riot. I also though replacing Burger with Papier was a huge mistake, he had a howler when he came off the bench.

The yellow card looked dubious, contact was with his arm and slid up but didn't even think he made contact with his head.

What a tournament. What a result for South African rugby

[handyman]

Yes boys! I was very concerned early doors, but we managed to pull through. So happy for Dobson and the players, performing despite the trouble in the boardroom.

Chin up viking.

[OomStruisbaai]

Moerat was good tonight.

That kick out the 22! What a beaut!

He struggled since back from injury. He secured lineout possession at 2 which was very important against the Bulls. Very effective on defense and in the rucks.

[OomStruisbaai]

Marcel Coetzee, Louw and Botha disappeared last night. Totally outplayed by Fourie at the breakdowns. That's where we won it.

[assfly]

Marcel Coetzee, Louw and Botha disappeared last night. Totally outplayed by Fourie at the breakdowns. That's where we won it.

It's bizarre. Perhaps it was the travel to Ireland and back that had an impact.

Fourie was excellent. I can't believe how he's been out of radar for all these years. Just shows what some good coaching abroad can do.

[Sards]

Marcel Coetzee, Louw and Botha disappeared last night. Totally outplayed by Fourie at the breakdowns. That's where we won it.

It's bizarre. Perhaps it was the travel to Ireland and back that had an impact.

Fourie was excellent. I can't believe how he's been out of radar for all these years. Just shows what some good coaching abroad can do.

They started fading after half an hour . I think it was too much in too short a turnaround. Remember they had to do stay till after the Stormers match last week. I think we have to look at the Leinster match in perspective. I don't think the Stormers would win there. The Bulls back row performances for the season have been phenomenal. Look how many tries Marcel accumulated. That's a forwards dream season.

[Sards]

You don't know your rugby. I meanwhile have supported the Stomps once in my life, and have a URC title.

Enjoyed seeing Morne Steyn come on at the end, needing more than a kick, trying to get a backline working.

Took out some emotional insurance before the match to hedge my bets. Glad it ended the way it did, but very surprised the Bulls couldn't repeat the disruptive lineout work that sealed them the match against Leinster. If they had, we'd have been in trouble. Not complaining at all though; happy to be wrong in this case.

It would've been more in the Stomps favour if it wasn't for conditions/the pitch. Bulls did nothing to the Stomp scrum and Stomp lineout/maul was dominant, took some of the first half for them to get into it, but over the whole 80 minutes that's what it looked like. Conditions/slipping then prevented getting the backline working properly, but the Stomps had planned for that and were much better kicking from hand.

Some good players for the Bulls though. I think it was around the 52 minute mark, when Zak Burger was absolutely everywhere for a few phases.

The Stormers scrum has not been overwhelming for most of the sides this season. Most of the top sides held them. Subbing Zak was a poor tactical move. Papier looked as bad as Herschel.

[OomStruisbaai]

Jake

“Well done to John Dobson – he said he wanted to beat me, and he beat me! But geez, it hurts hey, it hurts.”

White also didn’t want to use the fact that his team had to travel from Dublin as an excuse, although it was evident that the Bulls seemed to run out of legs in the final quarter.

[OomStruisbaai]

[average joe]

Its going to be dry. A little bit of rain in the morning. No problem with drainage because its sand. That's why the turf is not holding together because its so sandy. Not because its wet. Expecting under 3mm tomorrow morning. Its a Netlon reinforced turf with the same rye and fescue grasses as Newlands. It has a very good drainage system with a moat that can handle big rains. All that said its not standing up well. to scrumming. A hard problem to fix though. It was designed for soccer.
edit: I think Newlands is a kikuyu and rye mix. So a much tougher turf.

I see the moat worked well to keep out those filthy Bulls supporters.

Congrats visvreeters. My team once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the Curry so I don't have much to crow about today.

[FalseBayFC]

Its going to be dry. A little bit of rain in the morning. No problem with drainage because its sand. That's why the turf is not holding together because its so sandy. Not because its wet. Expecting under 3mm tomorrow morning. Its a Netlon reinforced turf with the same rye and fescue grasses as Newlands. It has a very good drainage system with a moat that can handle big rains. All that said its not standing up well. to scrumming. A hard problem to fix though. It was designed for soccer.
edit: I think Newlands is a kikuyu and rye mix. So a much tougher turf.

I see the moat worked well to keep out those filthy Bulls supporters.

Congrats visvreeters. My team once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the Curry so I don't have much to crow about today.

Lol. My weather prediction as a Natalian who lives in Cape Town were completely off track! I was supporting the Stormers because I live here. But now I have to deal with gloating Capies every day!

[OomStruisbaai]

Its going to be dry. A little bit of rain in the morning. No problem with drainage because its sand. That's why the turf is not holding together because its so sandy. Not because its wet. Expecting under 3mm tomorrow morning. Its a Netlon reinforced turf with the same rye and fescue grasses as Newlands. It has a very good drainage system with a moat that can handle big rains. All that said its not standing up well. to scrumming. A hard problem to fix though. It was designed for soccer.
edit: I think Newlands is a kikuyu and rye mix. So a much tougher turf.

I see the moat worked well to keep out those filthy Bulls supporters.

Congrats visvreeters. My team once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the Curry so I don't have much to crow about today.

Lol. My weather prediction as a Natalian who lives in Cape Town were completely off track! I was supporting the Stormers because I live here. But now I have to deal with gloating Capies every day!

Cheers you two.

[average joe]

Its going to be dry. A little bit of rain in the morning. No problem with drainage because its sand. That's why the turf is not holding together because its so sandy. Not because its wet. Expecting under 3mm tomorrow morning. Its a Netlon reinforced turf with the same rye and fescue grasses as Newlands. It has a very good drainage system with a moat that can handle big rains. All that said its not standing up well. to scrumming. A hard problem to fix though. It was designed for soccer.
edit: I think Newlands is a kikuyu and rye mix. So a much tougher turf.

I see the moat worked well to keep out those filthy Bulls supporters.

Congrats visvreeters. My team once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the Curry so I don't have much to crow about today.

Lol. My weather prediction as a Natalian who lives in Cape Town were completely off track! I was supporting the Stormers because I live here. But now I have to deal with gloating Capies every day!

Thats beter than to deal with nors old Bull supporters here in snor stad. Die goed loop van gister al af en kla oor die ref.

[average joe]

I see the moat worked well to keep out those filthy Bulls supporters.

Congrats visvreeters. My team once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the Curry so I don't have much to crow about today.

Lol. My weather prediction as a Natalian who lives in Cape Town were completely off track! I was supporting the Stormers because I live here. But now I have to deal with gloating Capies every day!

Cheers you two.

Hoeveel Bull's supporters het oom getel gekry daar? Vier, vyf?

[OomStruisbaai]

Lol. My weather prediction as a Natalian who lives in Cape Town were completely off track! I was supporting the Stormers because I live here. But now I have to deal with gloating Capies every day!

Cheers you two.

Hoeveel Bull's supporters het oom getel gekry daar? Vier, vyf?

Hulle is weg soos kraai drolle.

[OomStruisbaai]

Still waiting for the 2022/23 fixture list.

The Saffer teams will be without their Springboks until January 2023.

The Stormers and $hark$ will be without 9 players, Bulls 3 & 1 Cheetah

[OomStruisbaai]

Stormers will be without Willemse, H Jantjies, Kitshoff, Dweba, Malherbe, Orie, Moerat, Fourie, Roos

$hark$ will be without Mapimpi, Am, Hendricks, Williams, Ox, Tank, Bongi, Etsebeth, Kolisi

Bulls KL Arendse, Louw, Nortje.

Cheetahs F Steyn

[Biffer]

Fixtures to be published Thursday

[OomStruisbaai]

Fixtures to be published Thursday

Cheers Boet. suppose all the sides will be without their internationals during autumn tests.

[GogLais]

Fixtures to be published Thursday

Yippee, can’t wait.

[Tichtheid]

Fixtures to be published Thursday

Cheers Boet. suppose all the sides will be without their internationals during autumn tests.

There will be a five week break in league fixtures whilst those tests are being played.

[OomStruisbaai]

This year no fucking Covid interfering.

[OomStruisbaai]

The Saffer teams will probably have two teams touring, two at home to spread it evenly. Playing home Derbies during 6 nations

[robmatic]

The Saffer teams will probably have two teams touring, two at home to spread it evenly. Playing home Derbies during 6 nations

I think this season will be much better without covid interfering with the touring.

[Tichtheid]

Fixtures for next season

https://www.unitedrugby.com/latest/news ... -announced

[GogLais]

This year no fucking Covid interfering.

Ever the optimist?

[robmatic]

R4 – Friday, October 7 / Saturday, October 8 / Sunday, October 9

Edinburgh Rugby v Emirates Lions
Glasgow Warriors v Vodacom Bulls

This could be a cracking weekend if they schedule it appropriately.

[OomStruisbaai]

The Saffer teams will probably have two teams touring, two at home to spread it evenly. Playing home Derbies during 6 nations

This. First Lions and Sharks on tour, then Bulls and Stormers repeat next year.

[Tichtheid]

Dates and times now confirmed

https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/202201/1

[Masterji]

Any decent streams that don't have porn pop ups after every 10 seconds

Use the Brave browser. No popups.

https://rugbystreams.me/leinster-vs-bulls-live/stream-2

It's really good

[robmatic]

For those of us living in uncivilised countries, URC TV has had a price reduction for the season pass and this is now only $99.

[OomStruisbaai]

One month to go.

[PornDog]

For those of us living in uncivilised countries, URC TV has had a price reduction for the season pass and this is now only $99.

Is there any info on how or where this is geoiocked. The website itself doesn't seem to (obviously at least) say anything about it, implying I guess that you can avail of this even if you are in the UK or Ireland?!?!

[robmatic]

For those of us living in uncivilised countries, URC TV has had a price reduction for the season pass and this is now only $99.

Is there any info on how or where this is geoiocked. The website itself doesn't seem to (obviously at least) say anything about it, implying I guess that you can avail of this even if you are in the UK or Ireland?!?!

You definitely can't get it in the UK, SA or Italy:

URC TV can be streamed in almost all countries across the world. See below for territories where limitations or exceptions are in place.

Italy:

Due to rights restrictions, live games are not currently available on URC TV in Italy. Mediaset will be covering some games.

New Zealand:

Spark hold the broadcasting rights to show URC games in New Zealand, however, 4 games per round featuring non-South African teams will be available through URC TV as well should you wish to use our service instead. We do have a number of passes available, specifically for users based in New Zealand, see the 'BUY' section on our website for full details.

Canada:

Rogers hold the broadcasting rights to show URC games in Canada, however, 4 games per round featuring the Irish Province teams will be available through URC TV as well should you wish to use our service instead. We do have a number of passes available, specifically for users based in Canada, see the 'BUY' section on our website for full details.

Unavailable in:

Due to rights restrictions viewers based in the following regions will not be able to access content on our service:

UK (including Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Channel Islands and British Forces Bases overseas),
South Africa,
Sub-Saharan Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verdi (Cbo Verde), Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire), Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Socotra, Somalia, St Helena and Ascension, Sudan and Southern Sudan, Swaziland (Eswatini), Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zanzibar