Champion's Cup: Covid bowl edition

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JM2K6 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 3:56 pm I don't think the tacklers hand to the head does the damage. His head fucking bouncing off the floor then Afoa rolling over his head might have more to do with it being a legit HIA

Honestly this game has been fucking dull and the officials have not helped that
Agree with all this, would add this ref is nowhere near good enough to officiate at this level
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Appropriate ending. Bristol's passing and decision making has been well below par.
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Bristol have been totally naive, Bordeaux smart and efficient, Racing will i suspect anihilate them in the quarters.
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They're not ready for this competition yet.

It's funny, as an armchair fan I don't see what should be so different about it than league rugby, but so many teams new to flying high domestically seem to take a couple of years to settle into the Champions Cup.
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sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:03 pm They're not ready for this competition yet.

It's funny, as an armchair fan I don't see what should be so different about it than league rugby, but so many teams new to flying high domestically seem to take a couple of years to settle into the Champions Cup.
Exeter being a prime example.

Ref completely ruined the Bristol game - he had a shocker.
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Craig Doyle doing legal damage control while Healy blithely accuses French directors of cheating (not unjustly tbf...) is quite funny.
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There's zero doubt that the French TV directors are a pack of self-serving cunts.
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ASMO wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:02 pm Bristol have been totally naive, Bordeaux smart and efficient, Racing will i suspect anihilate them in the quarters.
Not sure about that, last 2 games were Bor 10 / Rac 15 and R 32/ B 33.
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Scarlets or Sale? Tough one, home team win for me
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Real route 1 stuff from Sale
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Try from the angry warthog, used Gareth Davis as a speedbump
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How did Sale not score that
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Properly butchered
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ASMO wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:02 pm Bristol have been totally naive, Bordeaux smart and efficient, Racing will i suspect anihilate them in the quarters.
Thought this one would be close. Go out for a walk and when I come back, Brizzle have been bummed.
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Marylandolorian wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:17 pm
ASMO wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:02 pm Bristol have been totally naive, Bordeaux smart and efficient, Racing will i suspect anihilate them in the quarters.
Not sure about that, last 2 games were Bor 10 / Rac 15 and R 32/ B 33.
Needs more Finn Russell. :wink:
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:55 pm
Marylandolorian wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:17 pm
ASMO wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:02 pm Bristol have been totally naive, Bordeaux smart and efficient, Racing will i suspect anihilate them in the quarters.
Not sure about that, last 2 games were Bor 10 / Rac 15 and R 32/ B 33.
Needs more Finn Russell. :wink:
He will still be banned you will be pleased to know
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There is Saracens DNA all over this Sale performance
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Second try for the Warthog, Scarlets not at the races at the moment
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Thanks but can't ever get VIPbox to work in Firefox. :¬(
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Welsh domestic rugby looking in rude health. :roll:
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:09 pm Welsh domestic rugby looking in rude health. :roll:
It continues to be bizarre the difference between their National, & Club performances.

I think Wales needs one less team, & Scotland needs one more.
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Scarlets donutted at halftime
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fishfoodie wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:14 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:09 pm Welsh domestic rugby looking in rude health. :roll:
It continues to be bizarre the difference between their National, & Club performances.

I think Wales needs one less team, & Scotland needs one more.
Bizarre indeed. Ospreys put out pretty much 1/2 the Welsh ntl side and still lost at home to Newcastle. Dragons not expected to beat Saints on recent form but nonetheless, they lost to a side playing a man short for much of the game. And now this. Could be a humiliation.
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How was that now reviewed? Smashed him in the head
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:21 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:14 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:09 pm Welsh domestic rugby looking in rude health. :roll:
It continues to be bizarre the difference between their National, & Club performances.

I think Wales needs one less team, & Scotland needs one more.
Bizarre indeed. Ospreys put out pretty much 1/2 the Welsh ntl side and still lost at home to Newcastle. Dragons not expected to beat Saints on recent form but nonetheless, they lost to a side playing a man short for much of the game. And now this. Could be a humiliation.
Ospreys 14-0 after 15 minutes having scored two classy tries and looked like running away with it. I mean no disrespect but all Newcastle had to do to win was be competent, which they were.
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37 - 7 to Sale, never saw that coming
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ASMO wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:45 pm 37 - 7 to Sale, never saw that coming
And that’s a strong Scarlets team, no injury excuses.
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44 - 7 now
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47 - 7 now, humiliation for Scarlets
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The half century up
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57 - 14 now
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Welsh rugby is very strange.
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That's a paddlin'
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JM2K6 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:15 pm Welsh rugby is very strange.
To cap the w/e off for them, their women lost 53-0 to France.
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Quins clearly not giving a shit about this comp, B side against Ulster, should be an easy win for the Nordies
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:40 pm
JM2K6 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:15 pm Welsh rugby is very strange.
To cap the w/e off for them, their women lost 53-0 to France.
Wasn’t it professionals against amateurs?
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GogLais wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:59 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:40 pm
JM2K6 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:15 pm Welsh rugby is very strange.
To cap the w/e off for them, their women lost 53-0 to France.
Wasn’t it professionals against amateurs?
I think the French women are semi pro?
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JM2K6 wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:15 pm Welsh rugby is very strange.
In a way so is English rugby. On the basis of this weekend England should be able to beat Wales comfortably even from 14-0 down. It’s an odd game.
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