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Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 1:23 pm**

petej wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 1:19 pm
Not convinced they would. Leicester didn't brutalise Bordeaux and only did well when they kept the tempo higher and moved Bordeaux around, arguably Leicester struggled once they retreated into more limited/attritional rugby.

Bordeaux has a very good pack! They annihilated Racing a week ago in Paris. And Leicester did have the edge over Bordeaux in the tight: albeit the early yellow assisted that.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 1:27 pm**

Veaniu has been o/s for Paris this season and surprised to see him risked in this game.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 1:35 pm**

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:14 pm Covid strikes again!

Wasps revised team after the last round of testing.

OUT (yet more seasoned Prem players):
Jacob Umaga, Sebastian De Chaves, Tom Willis, Elliott Stooke, Francois Hougaard

IN (recent academy grads with basically no appearances and loaner):
Luke Mehson, Michael Van Vuuren, Kieran Curran, Tommy Mathews, Cameron Anderson

Tim Cardall is now the only second row in the whole squad.

We're totally going to lose this.

It's a wonder how some have caught it and others haven't?

Also, that's some injury list!

Unavailable through injury (17): Charlie Atkinson, Ali Crossdale, Tom Cruse, Malakai Fekitoa, Vaea Fifita, James Gaskell, Ben Harris, Joe Launchbury, Rob Miller, Ryan Mills, Ben Morris, Paolo Odogwu, Dan Robson, Will Simonds, Sam Spink, Theo Vukasinovic, Jack Willis.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 1:35 pm**

12 - 6 now in Galway

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 1:47 pm**

19 - 6 in Galway; 3 tries to none, against the wind.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:11 pm**

Niegs wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 1:35 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:14 pm Covid strikes again!

Wasps revised team after the last round of testing.

OUT (yet more seasoned Prem players):
Jacob Umaga, Sebastian De Chaves, Tom Willis, Elliott Stooke, Francois Hougaard

IN (recent academy grads with basically no appearances and loaner):
Luke Mehson, Michael Van Vuuren, Kieran Curran, Tommy Mathews, Cameron Anderson

Tim Cardall is now the only second row in the whole squad.

We're totally going to lose this.
It's a wonder how some have caught it and others haven't?

Also, that's some injury list!

Unavailable through injury (17): Charlie Atkinson, Ali Crossdale, Tom Cruse, Malakai Fekitoa, Vaea Fifita, James Gaskell, Ben Harris, Joe Launchbury, Rob Miller, Ryan Mills, Ben Morris, Paolo Odogwu, Dan Robson, Will Simonds, Sam Spink, Theo Vukasinovic, Jack Willis.

Plus Alex McHenry simply 'unavailable'. As he's currently on loan with us from Munster I don't know if there are some EPCR regs that mean he can't play against his parent club or perhaps we didn't register him for Europe thinking that by now we'd have some options that wouldn't require moving Bassett to 13.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:15 pm**

That's a typical Sportsground moment

Sanchez kicks from his on 10m, misses touch; & the return kick is a 50-22, inside the Stade 22

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:25 pm**

Sale have consistently dreadful discipline, penalties have done a lot to give Ospreys a lifeline in this game.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:35 pm**

26 - 9 in Galway, BP secured, 9 mins to go

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:37 pm**

and now a 5th try ..

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:47 pm**

36 - 9 FT in Galway

SF made as many mistakes as it's possible to make in 80+ minutes. They had more than enough power, & possession to make a game of it; but somehow never really were.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:50 pm**

Protheroe looks very dangerous, but he goes down quite easy...

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:56 pm**

How can you give so many penalties away and still win? Drosspreys just shite?

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:58 pm**

fishfoodie wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:47 pm 36 - 9 FT in Galway

SF made as many mistakes as it's possible to make in 80+ minutes. They had more than enough power, & possession to make a game of it; but somehow never really were.

Were never interested from the moment the team sheet was announced. Unclear to me how Quesada still has a job. Highest budget in T14 and fighting relegation.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:00 pm**

ASMO wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:56 pm How can you give so many penalties away and still win? Drosspreys just shite?

I watched them beat Ulster a few weeks ago!

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:01 pm**

Thought SS scored. TMO must be blind

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:03 pm**

French teams were shite.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:05 pm**

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:25 pm Sale have consistently dreadful discipline, penalties have done a lot to give Ospreys a lifeline in this game.

Too many thick safas.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:11 pm**

Wasps are going to get pumped.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:13 pm**

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:05 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:25 pm Sale have consistently dreadful discipline, penalties have done a lot to give Ospreys a lifeline in this game.
Too many thick safas.

That certainly doesn't help (goodness knows how they would've fared with Jono Ross on the field today), but its been part of their club DNA since before the influx. It's just gotten even worse with their addition.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:15 pm**

Raggs wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:11 pm Wasps are going to get pumped.

I don't know about pumped, but I'd say it's a 90% chance we lose.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:17 pm**

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:13 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:05 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:25 pm Sale have consistently dreadful discipline, penalties have done a lot to give Ospreys a lifeline in this game.
Too many thick safas.
That certainly doesn't help (goodness knows how they would've fared with Jono Ross on the field today), but its been part of their club DNA since before the influx. It's just gotten even worse with their addition.

Which one is more likely to be a good contest wasps vs munster or La Rochelle vs glasgow?

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:22 pm**

petej wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:17 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:13 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:05 pm

Too many thick safas.
That certainly doesn't help (goodness knows how they would've fared with Jono Ross on the field today), but its been part of their club DNA since before the influx. It's just gotten even worse with their addition.
Which one is more likely to be a good contest wasps vs munster or La Rochelle vs glasgow?

Afraid I couldn't possibly say. I don't know enough about the teams in the latter fixture.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:29 pm**

Looks like West is carrying on with being a beast in the scrum, despite not having a proper lock behind him.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:30 pm**

Same old story for LaR. Until they get a decent pair of 1/2 backs, everything else will be for naught.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:30 pm**

Christ, just turned on the Wasps game. Who on earth is the Wasps scrumhalf, is he a competition winner?

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:32 pm**

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:13 pm
Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:05 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:25 pm Sale have consistently dreadful discipline, penalties have done a lot to give Ospreys a lifeline in this game.
Too many thick safas.
That certainly doesn't help (goodness knows how they would've fared with Jono Ross on the field today), but its been part of their club DNA since before the influx. It's just gotten even worse with their addition.

Scotland have the same problem.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:32 pm**

Not sure how that maul was stopped legally, nor how that was a knock on..

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:33 pm**

And Bourgharit, like Chat, can't throw for sh*t.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:38 pm**

Kawazaki wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:30 pm Christ, just turned on the Wasps game. Who on earth is the Wasps scrumhalf, is he a competition winner?

He and Porter are scrapping to establish 3rd choice at the moment, but in the absence of Hougaard and Robson it's a bit moot.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:39 pm**

Ugh, I hate how messy non-Prem refs allow the breakdown to be.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:39 pm**

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:38 pm
Kawazaki wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:30 pm Christ, just turned on the Wasps game. Who on earth is the Wasps scrumhalf, is he a competition winner?
He and Porter are scrapping to establish 3rd choice at the moment, but in the absence of Hougaard and Robson it's a bit moot.

Is he? I thought he was clearly 4th choice, with Porter and Hougaard fighting over the other two behind robson.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:42 pm**

ROG needs to bugger off back to Ireland.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:42 pm**

Raggs wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:39 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:38 pm
Kawazaki wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:30 pm Christ, just turned on the Wasps game. Who on earth is the Wasps scrumhalf, is he a competition winner?
He and Porter are scrapping to establish 3rd choice at the moment, but in the absence of Hougaard and Robson it's a bit moot.
Is he? I thought he was clearly 4th choice, with Porter and Hougaard fighting over the other two behind robson.

He's been selected ahead of Porter the last couple of games.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:44 pm**

Just give him a YC; & lets get on with the game

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:45 pm**

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:42 pm
Raggs wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:39 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:38 pm

He and Porter are scrapping to establish 3rd choice at the moment, but in the absence of Hougaard and Robson it's a bit moot.
Is he? I thought he was clearly 4th choice, with Porter and Hougaard fighting over the other two behind robson.
He's been selected ahead of Porter the last couple of games.

Last couple of games has Porter starting, Wusty on the bench...

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:46 pm**

Jokeshop decision, it was yelliw all day long

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:47 pm**

Raggs wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:45 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:42 pm
Raggs wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:39 pm

Is he? I thought he was clearly 4th choice, with Porter and Hougaard fighting over the other two behind robson.
He's been selected ahead of Porter the last couple of games.
Last couple of games has Porter starting, Wusty on the bench...

My mistake. I could've sword I'd sene him starting Prem fixtures.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:48 pm**

ASMO wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:46 pm Jokeshop decision, it was yelliw all day long

I wouldn't say it was jokeshop; but it does show the impossible place the laws put refs; when they can't think about intent; but only outcome.

Posted: **Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:48 pm**

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:47 pm
Raggs wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:45 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 12, 2021 3:42 pm

He's been selected ahead of Porter the last couple of games.
Last couple of games has Porter starting, Wusty on the bench...
My mistake. I could've sword I'd sene him starting Prem fixtures.

I think he started the prem cup games.

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