URC Season 2024/2025 Official Thread

[SaintK]

Ja, the easy rugby as played in the 6N is over.

Twat.

It was a FANTASTIC advert for rugby.

Good. Glad you enjoyed it

[OomStruisbaai]

Round 13

Fri 21 Mar Cardiff v Lions (7.35pm) Live on BBC Wales & Premier Sports

Fri 21 Mar Glasgow Warriors v Munster (7.35pm) Live on RTÉ & Premier Sports

Sat 22 Mar Sharks v Zebre Parma (12.45pm) Live on Premier Sports

Sat 22 Mar Benetton v Edinburgh (3pm) Live on Premier Sports

Sat 22 Mar Bulls v Leinster (3pm) Live on RTÉ & Premier Sports

Sat 22 Mar Scarlets v Stormers (3pm) Live on S4C & Premier Sports

Sat 22 Mar Dragons v Ulster (5.15pm) Live on Premier Sports

Sat 22 Mar Ospreys v Connacht (5.15pm) Live on S4C, RTÉ & Premier Sports

[fishfoodie]

Just taking a look at the remaining fixtures, & the Saffer teams really luck out with the last two rounds where they are at home to the Welsh teams

[clydecloggie]

Glasgow v Munster is a proper game, grudges all over the place and famous wins against each other for both sides in knock outs and finals. It's a shame it's the first week after the 6N so neither team will be at full strength.

[Chilli2]

Sharks: 15 Henry Immelman, 14 Yaw Penxe, 13 Jurenzo Julius, 12 Ethan Hooker, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Siya Kolisi (captain), 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Phepsi Buthelezi, 5 Emile van Heerden, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche.
Replacements: 16 Fez Mbatha, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Hanro Jacobs, 19 Corné Rahl, 20 James Venter, 21 Bradley Davids, 22 Francois Venter, 23 Andre Esterhuizen.

[assfly]

The Sharks team is starting to look a bit better now, with the return of some key players.

But still no Eben. I'm hearing that his concussion is very serious, and they don't even have an estimated return to play date.

[Chilli2]

The Sharks team is starting to look a bit better now, with the return of some key players.

But still no Eben. I'm hearing that his concussion is very serious, and they don't even have an estimated return to play date.

I fear that we have seen Eben play his last game.

[Sandstorm]

The Sharks team is starting to look a bit better now, with the return of some key players.

But still no Eben. I'm hearing that his concussion is very serious, and they don't even have an estimated return to play date.

I fear that we have seen Eben play his last game.

Don't go to Durban. Your career will be cut short. It's happened before.

[OomStruisbaai]

The Sharks team is starting to look a bit better now, with the return of some key players.

But still no Eben. I'm hearing that his concussion is very serious, and they don't even have an estimated return to play date.

I fear that we have seen Eben play his last game.

Don't go to Durban. Your career will be cut short. It's happened before.

Ja the same happen to Kitsie.

[OomStruisbaai]

Finally SMZ starting in 10 for the Stormers. Kick arze Boet!

[OomStruisbaai]

Tjarks vs Zebre

Tjarks by 50

Teams:

Sharks: 15 Henry Immelman, 14 Yaw Penxe, 13 Jurenzo Julius, 12 Ethan Hooker, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Siya Kolisi (captain), 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Phepsi Buthelezi, 5 Emile van Heerden, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche.
Replacements: 16 Fez Mbatha, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Hanro Jacobs, 19 Corné Rahl, 20 James Venter, 21 Bradley Davids, 22 Francois Venter, 23 Andre Esterhuizen.

Zebre:15 Geronimo Prisciantelli (captain), 14 Scott Gregory, 13 Fetuli Paea, 12 Filippo Drago, 11 Gesi Alessandro, 10 Giovanni Montemauri, 9 Alessandro Fusco, 8 Davide Ruggeri, 7 Luca Andreani, 6 Giacomo Ferrari, 5 Matteo Canali, 4 Francesco Ruffolo, 3 Juan Pitinari, 2 Tommaso di Barolomeo, 1 Luca Rizzoli.
Replacements: 16 Giampietro Ribaldi, 17 Muhamed Hasa, 18 Ion Neculai, 19 Leonard Krumov, 20 Bautista Stavile, 21 Jacopo Bianchi, 22 Thomas Dominguez, 23 Enrico Lucchin.

Referee: Sam Grove-White
Assistant Referees: Christopher Allison, Hanru van Rooyen
TMO: Mike Adamson

[OomStruisbaai]

Scarlets vs Stormers

Stormers by 1

Teams:

Scarlets: 15 Ioan Nicholas, 14 Macs Page, 13 Joe Roberts, 12 Eddie James, 11 Ellis Mee, 10 Ioan Lloyd, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Taine Plumtree, 7 Josh Macleod (captain), 6 Vaea Fifita, 5 Sam Lousi, 4 Alex Craig, 3 Sam Wainwright, 2 Marnus van der Merwe, 1 Alec Hepburn.
Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Kemsley Mathias, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Jarrod Taylor, 20 Dan Davis, 21 Archie Hughes, 22 Charlie Titcombe, 23 Tomi Lewis.

Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Ben Loader, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Marcel Theunissen, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Salmaan Moerat (captain), 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Ali Vermaak.
Replacements: 16 André-Hugo Venter, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Gary Porter, 20 Willie Engelbrecht, 21 Dewaldt Duvenage, 22 Jurie Matthee, 23 Damian Willemse.

Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Mike English (Wales), Tom Spurrier (Wales)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ireland)

[OomStruisbaai]

Bulle vs Leinster

Bulls by 5

Teams:

Bulls: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Sebastian de Klerk, 13 David Kriel, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Stravino Jacobs, 10 Keagan Johannes, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Jannes Kirsten, 6 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 5 JF van Heerden, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Akker van der Merwe, 1 Alulutho Tshakweni.
Replacements: 16 Johan Grobbelaar, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Reinhardt Ludwig, 20 Marco van Staden, 21 Nizaam Carr, 22 Zak Burger, 23. Devon Williams.

Leinster: 15 Jimmy O’Brien, 14 Tommy O’Brien, 13 Hugh Cooney, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Andrew Osborne, 10 Ross Byrne, 9 Luke McGrath (captain), 8 James Culhane, 7 Will Connors, 6 Max Deegan, 5 Diarmuid Mangan, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 John McKee, 1 Jack Boyle.
Replacements: 16 Stephen Smyth, 17 Ivan Soroka, 18 Thomas Clarkson, 19 Brian Deeny, 20 Alex Soroka, 21 Scott Penny, 22 Fintan Gunne, 23 Ciarán Frawley.

Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
Assistant referees: Cwengile Jadezweni (South Africa), Sean Muller (South Africa)
TMO: Ben Breakspear (Wales)

[OomStruisbaai]

Tonights Cardiff vs Lions

Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Richard Kriel, 13 Manuel Rass, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Gianni Lombard, 9 Nico Steyn, 8 Francke Horn (captain), 7 Ruan Venter, 6 JC Pretorius, 5 Darrien Landsberg, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Juan Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 Franco Marais, 17 SJ Kotze, 18 RF Schoeman, 19 Ruan Delport, 20 Siba Qoma, 21 Layton Horn, 22 Jarod Cairns, 23 Henco van Wyk.

Date: Friday, March 21
Venue: Arms Park, Cardiff.
Kick-off: 19.35 (21.35 SAST; 19.35 GMT)
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
Assistant referees: Adam Jones (Wales), Aaron Parry (Wales)
TMO: Stefano Roscini Italy)

[OomStruisbaai]

Pardon Oom , has been absent lately.

SA teams under pressure. The fight for Bok jerseys starts now.

[fishfoodie]

What a ludicrous try to score when down to 14

[OomStruisbaai]

The Cardiff player dive so good, ref stop Lions player on his way for a try.

[fishfoodie]

Glasgow making Munster look like the Harlem Globetrotters at times.....

14 - 25 with 14mins to go

[Tichtheid]

Glasgow making Munster look like the Harlem Globetrotters at times.....

14 - 25 with 14mins to go

Glasgow did their best to lose that - three butchered kicks to touch for an attacking lineout!

Anyway, they found a way to get over the line

[fishfoodie]

Glasgow making Munster look like the Harlem Globetrotters at times.....

14 - 25 with 14mins to go

Glasgow did their best to lose that - three butchered kicks to touch for an attacking lineout!

Anyway, they found a way to get over the line

Very lucky !

Their lineout was a shambles, & the kicking from hand wasn't good enough for this level, but Munster indiscipline & lapses still let them get the TBP.

The Monday video review won't be fun for anyone.

[clydecloggie]

If I was a Munster fan I'd be seething at that result. But I'm a Glasgow fan so it's funny as hell to get a BP win in a game we should have lost comfortably.

[fishfoodie]

If I was a Munster fan I'd be seething at that result. But I'm a Glasgow fan so it's funny as hell to get a BP win in a game we should have lost comfortably.

There's hardly any seeth left in Munster, it's a big part of the problem. They're awfully close to "settling" which isn't good for them or Irish rugby. There's too much time spent complaining about how Leinster has all the advantages, & ignoring that Leinster had those advantages all the time, & Munster still got two HEC wins before Leinster !!!

There are at least signs of some young blood working into the team, but they need another 2-3 years of that, & some wise NIQ signings to be more than an annoyance to Leinster. Hopefully the new coach will kick arse & take names & meanwhile the Munster blazers will stop fucking around.

[OomStruisbaai]

Stormers get the much needed bonus point win.

[OomStruisbaai]

That's red.

[Sandstorm]

De Klerk gets a deserved red for careless tackle in the air. Twat.

[Sandstorm]

Final 5 mins of Bulls dangerous stupidity hands win to Leinster.

[Sandstorm]

Final 5 mins of Bulls dangerous stupidity hands win to Leinster.

Maybe not…..

[Sandstorm]

Bulls hit final penalty to win by 1 !!!!!!!!

Leinster finally beaten this season.

[OomStruisbaai]

SA teams were fantastic today.

[Sandstorm]

SA teams were fantastic today.

Sharks were not fantastic. They were lazy and disinterested for 1/2 the match. Lucky to win.

[OomStruisbaai]

SA teams were fantastic today.

Sharks were not fantastic. They were lazy and disinterested for 1/2 the match. Lucky to win.

Was an important win for them. We want them in the quarters.

[OomStruisbaai]

SA teams were fantastic today.

Sharks were not fantastic. They were lazy and disinterested for 1/2 the match. Lucky to win.

Was an important win for them. We want them in the quarters.

[OomStruisbaai]

Finally Leinster lost

[Uncle fester]

Finally Leinster lost

Good result for Leinster as it was far from first choice, albeit still fielding 11 internationals by my count.

[OomStruisbaai]

Finally Leinster lost

Good result for Leinster as it was far from first choice, albeit still fielding 11 internationals by my count.

They look like losing a WC semi after the end whistle

[sturginho]

SA teams were fantastic today.

Sharks were not fantastic. They were lazy and disinterested for 1/2 the match. Lucky to win.

35-34 sounds like it was a bit of a thriller?

[Sandstorm]

SA teams were fantastic today.

Sharks were not fantastic. They were lazy and disinterested for 1/2 the match. Lucky to win.

35-34 sounds like it was a bit of a thriller?

Nah, a festival of handling errors and not protecting your own ball.

[OomStruisbaai]

SA teams were fantastic today.

Sharks were not fantastic. They were lazy and disinterested for 1/2 the match. Lucky to win.

35-34 sounds like it was a bit of a thriller?

All the URC matches ended in thrillers on the weekend. This competition has improved every year.

Not much between 5th and 15th

[Chilli2]

Sharks were not fantastic. They were lazy and disinterested for 1/2 the match. Lucky to win.

35-34 sounds like it was a bit of a thriller?

All the URC matches ended in thrillers on the weekend. This competition has improved every year.

Not much between 5th and 15th

Oom, the match in Deben was a shit show.

[OomStruisbaai]

This have a bit of everything in the extreme.

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