2022/23 Champions/Challenge Cup

[Brazil]

Ha! Suck that one up Kay you biased bastard

[Lady P]

Ha! Suck that one up Kay you biased bastard

Cheering on the Welsh is it? Spare room is made up

[Torquemada 1420]

Ha! Suck that one up Kay you biased bastard

Cheering on the Welsh is it? Spare room is made up

Hey, give it another 10 years and you'll both be crying for it!

[SaintK]

Ha! Suck that one up Kay you biased bastard

Cheering on the Welsh is it? Spare room is made up

[Sandstorm]

Lyon 31 - Bulls 7

Ospreys beat Leicester 27-26

You lot are fucking shite at giving final scores!!!

[Chilli]

Look, the Bulls are in trouble.
Their scrum is crap. They need to buy 2 really good props ASAP. They also need a big bruiser at 4 lock.

Paper is terrible behind a weak pack.


Goosen is a spent force. Pity as I really rated him.

[Sards]

Not looking good for the Bulls.
I did predict that they would struggle because they don't travel well. I didn't expect that.
Possibly out of the last 16.
Lets see re the Stormers. I have them to struggle as well because of all the travel involved. And a reasonable day that's not stifling hot today. Which will benefit Clermont. But Stormers to just take it at home

[OomStruisbaai]

Stormers need 5 points minimum. With the help of Munsters and Saints they can get to the top of the B pool.

Ospiss beating Leicester at home, now that's a big surprise.

[OomStruisbaai]

Not looking good for the Bulls.
I did predict that they would struggle because they don't travel well. I didn't expect that.
Possibly out of the last 16.
Lets see re the Stormers. I have them to struggle as well because of all the travel involved. And a reasonable day that's not stifling hot today. Which will benefit Clermont. But Stormers to just take it at home

The $hark$ are in for a game. You should be worried.

[OomStruisbaai]

Harlequins v Sharks
(Twickenham Stoop, London – Kick-off 13.00; 15.00 SA Time; 13.00 GMT)

Harlequins: 15 Nick David, 14 Cadan Murley, 13 Joe Marchant, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Josh Bassett, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Danny Care, 8 Alex Dombrandt (captain), 7 Will Evans, 6 Dino Lamb, 5 Irne Herbst, 4 Stephan Lewies, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Joe Marler
Replacements: 16 George Head, 17 Fin Baxter, 18 Simon Kerrod, 19 Tom Lawday, 20 Luke Wallace, 21 Scott Steele, 22 Tommy Allan, 23 Oscar Beard

Sharks: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Marnus Potgieter, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Ben Tapuai, 11 Thaakir Abrahams, 10 Curwin Bosch, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Phepsi Buthelezi, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Gerbrandt Grobler, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Kerron van Vuuren, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Dan Jooste, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Carlü Sadie, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 21 Grant Williams, 22 Lionel Cronje, 23 Francois Vente

Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Assistant referees: Craig Evans (Wales), Adam Jones (Wales)
TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

[OomStruisbaai]

Northampton v Stade Rochelais
(Franklin’s Gardens – Kick-off: 13.00; 14.00 French time, 13.00 GMT)

Northampton Saints: 15 George Furbank, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Fraser Dingwall, 12 Rory Hutchinson, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Callum Braley, 8 Lewis Ludlam (captain), 7 Aaron Hinkley, 6 Courtney Lawes, 5 David Ribbans, 4 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 3 Ehren Painter, 2 Robbie Smith, 1 Ethan Waller
Replacements: 16 Mike Haywood, 17 Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi, 18 Alfie Petch, 19 Alex Coles, 20 Angus Scott-Young, 21 Tom James, 22 Ollie Sleightholme, 23 James Ramm

La Rochelle: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Dillyn Leyds, 13 UJ Seuteni, 12 Jules Favre, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Antoine Hastoy, 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8 Grégory Alldritt (captain), 7 Remi Bourdeau, 6 Levani Botia, 5 Rémi Picquette, 4 Romain Sazy, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Samuel Lagrange, 1 Reda Wardi
Replacements: 16 Quentin Lespiaucq Brettes, 17 Joel Sclavi, 18 Georges Henri Colombe, 19 Thomas Lavault, 20 Ultan Dillane, 21 Paul Boudehent, 22 Thomas Berjon, 23 Teddy Thomas

Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Assistant Referees: Eoghan Cross (Ireland), Dan Carson (Ireland)
TMO: Joy Neville (Ireland)

[OomStruisbaai]

Stormers v Clermont
(Cape Town Stadium – Kick-off: 19.30; 18.30 French time, 17.30 GMT)

Stormers: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 Kade Wolhuter, 9 Stefan Ungerer, 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Willie Engelbrecht, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Connor Evans, 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Steven Kitshoff (captain)
Replacements: 16 JJ Kotze, 17 Ali Vermaak, 18 Brok Harris, 19 Ben-Jason Dixon, 20 Evan Roos, 21 Herschel Jantjies, 22 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 23 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu

Clermont: 15 Alex Newsome, 14 Marvin O’Connor, 13 Cheik Tiberghien, 12 George Moala, 11 Bautista Delguy, 10 Anthony Belleau, 9 Baptiste Jauneau, 8 Judicaël Cancoriet (c), 7 Killian Tixeront, 6 Alexandre Fischer, 5 Thibaud Lanen, 4 Paul Jedrasiak, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Etienne Fourcade, 1 Giorgi Beria
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Boudou, 17 Daniel Bibi Biziwu, 18 Davit Kubriashvili, 19 Miles Amatosero, 20 Lucas Dessaigne, 21 Sébastien Bézy, 22 Gabin Michet, 23 Francois Mey

Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)
Assistant Referees: Luke Pearce (England), Jamie Leahy (England)
TMO: Tom Foley (England)

[OomStruisbaai]

Toulouse v Munster
(Stade Ernest Wallon – Kick-of: 16.15; 15.15 UK time; 15.15 GMT)

Toulouse: 15 Melvyn Jaminet, 14 Juan Cruz Mallía, 13 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 12 Pita Ahki, 11 Dimitri Delibes, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Antoine Dupont (captain), 8 Alexandre Roumat, 7 Jack Willis, 6 Anthony Jelonch, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Richie Arnold, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Cyril Baille
Replacements: 16 Guillaume Cramont, 17 Rodrigue Neti, 18 David Ainu’u, 19 Thibaud Flament, 20 Joshua Brennan, 21 Francois Cros, 22 Ange Capuozzo, 23 Arthur Retiere

Munster: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Antoine Frisch, 12 Jack Crowley, 11 Shane Daly, 10 Joey Carbery, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Peter O’Mahony (captain), 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 John Ryan, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Dave Kilcoyne
Replacements: 16 Diarmuid Barron, 17 Josh Wycherley, 18 Roman Salanoa, 19 Jack O’Sullivan, 20 Alex Kendellen, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Ben Healy, 23 Malakai Fekitoa

Referee: Karl Dickson (England)
Assistant Referees: Dan Jones (England), Phil Watters (England)
TMO: Rowan Kitt (England)

Edinburgh v Saracens
(DAM Health Stadium, Edinburgh – Kick-off: 17.30; 17.30 GMT)


Edinburgh: 15 Henry Immelman, 14 Jack Blain, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 James Lang, 11 Blair Kinghorn, 10 Charlie Savala, 9 Ben Vellacott, 8 Viliame Mata, 7 Luke Crosbie, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Grant Gilchrist (captain), 4 Sam Skinner, 3 WP Nel, 2 David Cherry, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Adam McBurney, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Lee-Roy Atalifo, 19 Jamie Hodgson, 20 Nick Haining, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Cameron Hutchison, 23 Wes Goosen

Saracens: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Max Malins, 13 Alex Lozowski, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Sean Maitland, 10 Alex Goode, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Ben Earl, 6 Andrew Christie, 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Jamie George (captain), 1 Mako Vunipola
Replacements: 16 Kapeli Pifeleti, 17 Robin Hislop, 18 Christian Judge, 19 Nick Isiekwe, 20 Theo Dan, 21 Aled Davies, 22 Manu Vunipola, 23 Alex Lewington

Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
Assistant Referees: Jonathan Gasnier (France), David Beun (France)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (France)

[Torquemada 1420]

Lyon 31 - Bulls 7

Ospreys beat Leicester 27-26

You lot are fucking shite at giving final scores!!!

I went to bed and assumed the Leicester game was still going

[Torquemada 1420]

Not looking good for the Bulls.
I did predict that they would struggle because they don't travel well. I didn't expect that.
Possibly out of the last 16.
Lets see re the Stormers. I have them to struggle as well because of all the travel involved. And a reasonable day that's not stifling hot today. Which will benefit Clermont. But Stormers to just take it at home

You lot really don't know your Fre sides. I has LOU to win (which was by far a minority pick). Clermont are in collapse and the side they've sent is 1/2 a B team: that matters because it signals they have no intent.

[Torquemada 1420]

Toulouse v Munster
(Stade Ernest Wallon – Kick-of: 16.15; 15.15 UK time; 15.15 GMT)

Toulouse: 15 Melvyn Jaminet, 14 Juan Cruz Mallía, 13 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 12 Pita Ahki, 11 Dimitri Delibes, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Antoine Dupont (captain), 8 Alexandre Roumat, 7 Jack Willis, 6 Anthony Jelonch, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Richie Arnold, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Cyril Baille
Replacements: 16 Guillaume Cramont, 17 Rodrigue Neti, 18 David Ainu’u, 19 Thibaud Flament, 20 Joshua Brennan, 21 Francois Cros, 22 Ange Capuozzo, 23 Arthur Retiere

Munster: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Antoine Frisch, 12 Jack Crowley, 11 Shane Daly, 10 Joey Carbery, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Peter O’Mahony (captain), 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 John Ryan, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Dave Kilcoyne
Replacements: 16 Diarmuid Barron, 17 Josh Wycherley, 18 Roman Salanoa, 19 Jack O’Sullivan, 20 Alex Kendellen, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Ben Healy, 23 Malakai Fekitoa

Toulouse taking no chances here. That's everyone fit to lace a boot on the field or the bench.

[Slick]

Ha! Suck that one up Kay you biased bastard

Cheering on the Welsh is it? Spare room is made up

[OomStruisbaai]

Not looking good for the Bulls.
I did predict that they would struggle because they don't travel well. I didn't expect that.
Possibly out of the last 16.
Lets see re the Stormers. I have them to struggle as well because of all the travel involved. And a reasonable day that's not stifling hot today. Which will benefit Clermont. But Stormers to just take it at home

You lot really don't know your Fre sides. I has LOU to win (which was by far a minority pick). Clermont are in collapse and the side they've sent is 1/2 a B team: that matters because it signals they have no intent.

Sards are obsessed with the Stormers. He hope Clermont beat them with their D team.

[PCPhil]

As well as Ospreys played could be a bit pyrrhic. Just a few more points and it would have been Leicester anxiously hoping for the home tie.

[OomStruisbaai]

https://stormers-matchday.pubhub.studio ... e-41/cover

[Sards]

Not looking good for the Bulls.
I did predict that they would struggle because they don't travel well. I didn't expect that.
Possibly out of the last 16.
Lets see re the Stormers. I have them to struggle as well because of all the travel involved. And a reasonable day that's not stifling hot today. Which will benefit Clermont. But Stormers to just take it at home

You lot really don't know your Fre sides. I has LOU to win (which was by far a minority pick). Clermont are in collapse and the side they've sent is 1/2 a B team: that matters because it signals they have no intent.

Sards are obsessed with the Stormers. He hope Clermont beat them with their D team.

Dude. It worries me how quickly you are sliding into senility. Is this what I have to look forward to?. My kids already think I am a scatter brain

[OomStruisbaai]

That was neatly

[sockwithaticket]

Nice quick strike back from Quins.

[sockwithaticket]

Oh hello, are Quins actually going to play before going 20 points down?

Great score

[OomStruisbaai]

Sharks better defend. Quins backline look impressive

[OomStruisbaai]

Sharks scrum going backwards

[sockwithaticket]

Sharks scrum going backwards

Marler and Louw is a tough pair of props to go up against.

[JM2K6]

I don't quite understand how we are tearing a team this good apart, but I ain't complaining

[Simian]

I don't quite understand how we are tearing a team this good apart, but I ain't complaining

Sharks midfield defence has been absolutely appalling

(and you guys are playing very well)

[Sandstorm]

SA teams are rubbish away from home

[JM2K6]

I don't quite understand how we are tearing a team this good apart, but I ain't complaining

Sharks midfield defence has been absolutely appalling

(and you guys are playing very well)

Yeah they don't seem to be particularly organised today.

[Ovals]

I don't quite understand how we are tearing a team this good apart, but I ain't complaining

Sharks midfield defence has been absolutely appalling

(and you guys are playing very well)

Yeah they don't seem to be particularly organised today.

It's certainly fun to watch - need to make every opportunity pay though.

[OomStruisbaai]

SA teams are rubbish away from home

Sharks look way kakker then the Bulls last night. They could end up 5th.

[JM2K6]

Fun game. Huge carry there by Porkeater through little Danny Care. Warning signs for Quins, this isn't won.

[OomStruisbaai]

Nice run from Potgieter

[SaintK]

So I turn it on and Sharks start scoring!

[JM2K6]

Marcus has added some range to his goal kicking this season. Given his insane success rate in the last year that was the only thing missing.

Now to get those cross kicks and kicks to the corner improved...

[sockwithaticket]

One might say that was cynically stopping Care from taking the quick tap and worth a card...

[JM2K6]

Hendrickson was clearly in touch with the ball in that move, never mind

[OomStruisbaai]

Excellent game this.