European cup w/c 15th April thread

[Kawazaki]

Very meh game between Sarries and Cardiff, looks like Sarries can't be arsed and Cardiff are just not good enough.

Nice disguised run by Malins. Not sure how you defend that.

[Kawazaki]

If Marcus Smith did the offload that Owen Farrell just did, Stuart Barnes would write a 500-word Times article about it.

[ASMO]

If Marcus Smith did the offload that Owen Farrell just did, Stuart Barnes would write a 500-word Times article about it.

Barnes doesn't have 500 words in his vocabulary

[Torquemada 1420]

Munster quarter final is probably going to have to be in Dublin because of Ed fücking Sheeran.

Wasn't the winner of Munster/Exeter AWAY to Ulster/Toulouse?

[bogbunny]

Munster quarter final is probably going to have to be in Dublin because of Ed fücking Sheeran.

Wasn't the winner of Munster/Exeter AWAY to Ulster/Toulouse?

Don't think so

seeding was:

Leicester
Ulster
Munster
.
.
.
.
Toulouse

So higher seed gets home tie all the way to the final.

[ASMO]

Torq will be happy, Russell screws the pooch royally.

[sockwithaticket]

Very, very sloppy from Russell. He basically stops once he makes the error as well, no urgency to try and make up for it.

[ASMO]

Very, very sloppy from Russell. He basically stops once he makes the error as well, no urgency to try and make up for it.

He is the epitome of being "too posh to push"

[Torquemada 1420]

Munster quarter final is probably going to have to be in Dublin because of Ed fücking Sheeran.

Wasn't the winner of Munster/Exeter AWAY to Ulster/Toulouse?

Don't think so

seeding was:

Leicester
Ulster
Munster
.
.
.
.
Toulouse

So higher seed gets home tie all the way to the final.

Yeah. I didn't see the ranking element.

[Torquemada 1420]

Torq will be happy, Russell screws the pooch royally.

There are 3 FHs at Racing. 2 are the epitome of showpony flake and the other 1 is very good.

[JM2K6]

This might feel like a soft yellow but I'm pretty sure he put the shoulder into the guy's face at the end as well. Cheap shot.

[Torquemada 1420]

T14 Fijian in "moron tackle technique" surprise.

[sockwithaticket]

Yeah, it's on the softer end, but he has put the Racing player through the horizontal. That's always a nailed on yellow.

[Torquemada 1420]

FFS, don't mention meerkat Parra in the same breath as Le Garrec. This kid is going to be very good.

[Torquemada 1420]

French side punished for inability to deal with high ball...

[ASMO]

All Stade so far

[Kawazaki]

That YC was pathetic, there was no danger, no head contact. It was a hard hit but it was safe.

[sockwithaticket]

That YC was pathetic, there was no danger, no head contact. It was a hard hit but it was safe.

It's the sort of thing that's been a regulation yellow for years, we don't see them very often now because players have adjusted not to do it.

[Torquemada 1420]

FM Chat

[Kawazaki]

That YC was pathetic, there was no danger, no head contact. It was a hard hit but it was safe.

It's the sort of thing that's been a regulation yellow for years, we don't see them very often now because players have adjusted not to do it.

Bullshit. That wasn't a spear tackle. It was a safe tackle, no point in reviewing it if you just penalise everything.

[ASMO]

Surely if that hits his foot before it touches the ground or anything else it cannot be a knock on

[ASMO]

I like this ref, no fucking around, get it right or i am gonna card you

[Torquemada 1420]

Surely if that hits his foot before it touches the ground or anything else it cannot be a knock on

Touched Imhof's hand first

[Torquemada 1420]

This ref is great

[sockwithaticket]

That YC was pathetic, there was no danger, no head contact. It was a hard hit but it was safe.

It's the sort of thing that's been a regulation yellow for years, we don't see them very often now because players have adjusted not to do it.

Bullshit. That wasn't a spear tackle. It was a safe tackle, no point in reviewing it if you just penalise everything.

No, it wasn't a spear. That's a very specific sort of tackle and typically a red.

It was, however, a tackle which rotated the tackled players legs past the horizontal as part of the tackle and that, as I said, has been a yellow for years now.

[sockwithaticket]

I like this ref, no fucking around, get it right or i am gonna card you

I don't have a large sample, but every time I've seen him he seems to have a good game.

[Torquemada 1420]

Probably a bit harsh on Gomes Sa that one.

[ASMO]

Amazing that 2 yellow cards and suddenly the scrums are stsying up

[Kawazaki]

It's the sort of thing that's been a regulation yellow for years, we don't see them very often now because players have adjusted not to do it.

Bullshit. That wasn't a spear tackle. It was a safe tackle, no point in reviewing it if you just penalise everything.

No, it wasn't a spear. That's a very specific sort of tackle and typically a red.

It was, however, a tackle which rotated the tackled players legs past the horizontal as part of the tackle and that, as I said, has been a yellow for years now.

It's a YC if the player isn't returned to the ground safely. That's the directive. You could spin a player through 360 like a Catherine Wheel as long as he doesn't land dangerously.

[Torquemada 1420]

F**k off Russell. You are playing v 13. Keep the ball in hand you clown.

[ASMO]

F**k off Russell. You are playing v 13. Keep the ball in hand you clown.

There he is

[sockwithaticket]

Bullshit. That wasn't a spear tackle. It was a safe tackle, no point in reviewing it if you just penalise everything.

No, it wasn't a spear. That's a very specific sort of tackle and typically a red.

It was, however, a tackle which rotated the tackled players legs past the horizontal as part of the tackle and that, as I said, has been a yellow for years now.

It's a YC if the player isn't returned to the ground safely. That's the directive. You could spin a player through 360 like a Catherine Wheel as long as he doesn't land dangerously.

Safely here involves the tackled player's head being above his hips when brought down rather than beneath them with legs sticking up in the air.

[Torquemada 1420]

F**k off Russell. You are playing v 13. Keep the ball in hand you clown.

There he is

Nice knock on Russell

[Torquemada 1420]

Better Flake.

[JM2K6]

Some pretty dangerous tackling in this game

[Torquemada 1420]

So the unbroken series of red cards by Fijians in T14 continues unabated.

[Hal Jordan]

What a fucking idiot. Well deserved second yellow.

[sockwithaticket]

No wrap, head contact, knocked the player out.

[ASMO]

Ref got that spot on

[sockwithaticket]

He goes through the situation with greater clarity than many of the refs for whom English is a first language.