URC Season 2024/2025 Official Thread

Where goats go to escape
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Canaan is really coming into his pre injury sublime form
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Willie....wow. looking very sharp. Him and Fassi my choice for the Boks. Especially as Willie is mentoring Fassi....
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Bulls giving Cardiff a proper hiding.

Just had a huge downpour here at home. Backyard basically flooded. It's definitely going to be wet for the Stormers game.
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Good for embra, not so good for the weegies but fuck them.
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Definitely got a drizzle happening. Glad I am not at Newlands today
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Jock42 wrote: Sat May 10, 2025 3:38 pm Good for embra, not so good for the weegies but fuck them.

:lol:

The good thing for Glasgow is that everything is still in their own hands, we have to rely on others for us to make the playoffs.
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Tichtheid wrote: Sat May 10, 2025 3:55 pm
Jock42 wrote: Sat May 10, 2025 3:38 pm Good for embra, not so good for the weegies but fuck them.

:lol:

The good thing for Glasgow is that everything is still in their own hands, we have to rely on others for us to make the playoffs.
Looking like they want to do things the hard way again.
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Can't get a working link for the Stormers game.
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Close one in Lansdowne road.
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Glasgow going to spoil our coastal party
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Sards wrote: Sat May 10, 2025 3:47 pm Definitely got a drizzle happening. Glad I am not at Newlands today
Newlands closed 10 years ago.
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Uncle fester wrote: Sat May 10, 2025 5:22 pm Close one in Lansdowne road.
:grin:
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Interesting.

If Sharks win next weekend and Leinster beat Glasgow warriors, Stormers will travel to play against the Warriors. Pity. Would love to take the Stormers out in Durban
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Sards wrote: Sun May 11, 2025 3:33 pm Interesting.

If Sharks win next weekend and Leinster beat Glasgow warriors, Stormers will travel to play against the Warriors. Pity. Would love to take the Stormers out in Durban
Would have love to get that. There is still Cardiff to play.
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The Stormers will have to get past Glasgow and Leinster away to get the Sharks in the final.
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Last round
Leinster (72): Glasgow (H)
Bulls (63): Dragons (H)
Glasgow (59): Leinster (A)
Sharks (58): Scarlets (H)
Stormers (50): Cardiff (H)
Scarlets(48) Sharks (A)
Benetton (46): Munster (A)
Munster (46): Benetton (H)
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Cardiff (46): Stormers (A)
Edinburgh (44): Ulster (H)
Ospreys (38): Lions (A)
Ulster (38): Edinburgh (A)
Lions (35): Ospreys (H)
Connacht (35): Zebre (A)
Zebre (29): Connacht (H)
Dragons (9): Bulls (A)
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Glasgow to drop another match will see the Sharks move into 3rd. One of Munster or Benneton to lose and Stormers to knock over Cardiff can see Embra move in the top 8.
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Good crowd in Cape Town
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Ball had reached the plane of touch therefore the kick from Zas doesn't keep it in play. Third try shouldn't have stood for the Stormers.
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I can't quite put my finger on it but there's something.... familiar.. about supporting a SA side
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Stormers will go the high road, Glasgow and Leinster away.
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OomStruisbaai wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 7:25 pm Stormers will go the high road, Glasgow and Leinster away.
To be pedantic, the high road is the road you want to take. The low road was for dead soldiers "returning home".
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topofthemoon wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 5:44 pm Ball had reached the plane of touch therefore the kick from Zas doesn't keep it in play. Third try shouldn't have stood for the Stormers.
It's not quite as simple as that.

https://www.the42.ie/rugby-laws-touch-k ... 5-Jun2020/
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Uncle fester wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 9:09 pm
topofthemoon wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 5:44 pm Ball had reached the plane of touch therefore the kick from Zas doesn't keep it in play. Third try shouldn't have stood for the Stormers.
It's not quite as simple as that.

https://www.the42.ie/rugby-laws-touch-k ... 5-Jun2020/
Yeah my bad for focusing on the ball and not the player as well. I thought it was going to fall under Law 18.2d:
18.2 The ball is not in touch or touch-in-goal if:

d. A player, who is in touch, kicks or knocks the ball, but does not hold it, provided it has not reached the plane of touch.
But Zas adjusts his feet to stay in and then is in the air when he kicks the ball so it's 18.2c and plane of touch not relevant:
18.2 The ball is not in touch or touch-in-goal if:

c. A player jumps from the playing area and knocks (or catches and releases) the ball back into the playing area, before landing in touch or touch-in-goal, regardless of whether the ball reached the plane of touch.
It's actually an exceptional piece of skill.

I do still think the TMO cleared it remarkably quickly though. I don't think you can be certain on the position of the player and ball without going through the replays extremely slowly and freeze framing.
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Well ..... at least Connacht isn't the worst Irish Province :sad:

Really disappointing season all told, & now a short time to get a lot of things working, so that the nice shiny new stadium gets filled week in, week out !

I've lost count of how many games we've thrown away in the last 20 minutes.
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Sharks intent on throwing the highest number of suicidal short balls in a match.

No intention of going through phases or planned attack
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Difficult to over state how awful the Sharks, particularly the backs, have been.

Masuku going off is probably a blessing
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Understand why Dobson want to play the Sharks.
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Scarlets is n taai toffee
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Does anyone know how I can stop Premier Sports trying to cast? I just want to watch it on my phone but insists on trying to cast and won’t give me another option.

It’s such a shite app
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Little Irish hissy fits are hilarious.

Well done ref, hate players taking the piss with the penalty mark
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Ref then tried to make it up with an utterly bizarre knock on call
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Sharks get this and give Edinburgh an easier, but still impossible, tie
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Slick wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 7:10 pm Ref then tried to make it up with an utterly bizarre knock on call
He touched the ball on the ground in goal, right? How is that a knock on?
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Wow....the legend of Fassi grows
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Leinster vs Scarlets, Bulls vs Embra, Sharks vs Munster, Glasgow vs Stormers
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OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 7:37 pm Leinster vs Scarlets, Bulls vs Embra, Sharks vs Munster, Glasgow vs Stormers
Is this confirmed Oom?
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Slick wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 7:54 pm
OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 7:37 pm Leinster vs Scarlets, Bulls vs Embra, Sharks vs Munster, Glasgow vs Stormers
Is this confirmed Oom?
No?
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TheNatalShark wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 8:01 pm
Slick wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 7:54 pm
OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 7:37 pm Leinster vs Scarlets, Bulls vs Embra, Sharks vs Munster, Glasgow vs Stormers
Is this confirmed Oom?
No?
Yes
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Semi-final bracket:

1. Leinster or 8. Scarlets
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4. Glasgow or 5. Stormers

2. Bulls or 7. Edinburgh
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3. Sharks or 6. Munster

Higher seeded side will have home advantage.
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