NPR

Im genuinely shocked
Ulster are still absolute pish but wow, how bad are Racing.

Jim Lahey wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:40 pm Im genuinely shocked
Ulster are still absolute pish but wow, how bad are Racing.

Utterly overrated based on last 2 weeks performances

Talent's there but they're not a unit.

Some lads busting a gut, others minding themselves. Focusing on T14?

FSo it's 2 from 3 from Saffer teams. Can be 3 from 4 if the Cheetahs win tomorrow.

You sign a player like Arundell and then decide you are not going to pass him the ball....2 weeks running he has been shovelled a couple of shit passes and thats it.

Cardiff v Bath is a belter of a game

32- 32 with 67 minutes on the clock

Tichtheid wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:29 pm Cardiff v Bath is a belter of a game

32- 32 with 67 minutes on the clock

Tackling optional. Russell is always fun to watch.

A lot of forward passes in this game, some called and some not, do these lads think they're playing NFL?

I enjoyed that Cardiff Bath game. Barbeary looks a force and I've always liked 'signa the winga, who played well tonight.

3/5 for the Prem so far. Won't be scaling the heady heights of success that we saw last weekend.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:07 pm FSo it's 2 from 3 from Saffer teams. Can be 3 from 4 if the Cheetahs win tomorrow.

One thing backing Ruan Pienaar's Cheetahs, another thing to claim the Sharks aren't South African. A typical Oom move.

I'm looking forward to the match.

_Os_ wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 10:09 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:07 pm FSo it's 2 from 3 from Saffer teams. Can be 3 from 4 if the Cheetahs win tomorrow.

One thing backing Ruan Pienaar's Cheetahs, another thing to claim the Sharks aren't South African. A typical Oom move.

I'm looking forward to the match.

forgot they play the Sharks. So it's 3 from 5 then anyway.

Bulls B should never lost last night. They were the better team against Lyon.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 7:44 pm The Scottish flyhalf costing the Bulls an important away win.

It took me a minute to work out who you were meaning.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:34 am

_Os_ wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 10:09 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:07 pm FSo it's 2 from 3 from Saffer teams. Can be 3 from 4 if the Cheetahs win tomorrow.

One thing backing Ruan Pienaar's Cheetahs, another thing to claim the Sharks aren't South African. A typical Oom move.

I'm looking forward to the match.

forgot they play the Sharks. So it's 3 from 5 then anyway.

Bulls B should never lost last night. They were the better team against Lyon.

They could have done Connacht a solid by beating them, but as it stands Connacht probably have no chance of proceeding now.

fishfoodie wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:40 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 3:34 am

_Os_ wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 10:09 pm
One thing backing Ruan Pienaar's Cheetahs, another thing to claim the Sharks aren't South African. A typical Oom move.

I'm looking forward to the match.

forgot they play the Sharks. So it's 3 from 5 then anyway.

Bulls B should never lost last night. They were the better team against Lyon.

They could have done Connacht a solid by beating them, but as it stands Connacht probably have no chance of proceeding now.

Unfortunately the Bulls don't have Manie Libbok, they have the Embra reject, missing right in front to clinch it.

Bulls and Stormers have decent depth . Both B teams went pretty close in the away legs.

Plenty of traveling support for Munster today

ITV haven't a fucking clue how to present Rugby !

It's incredibly irritating how the director keeps flicking between cameras, & going from wide, medium & short distance shots. It's not a french arthouse film you tarts, its a Sport !

10 - 19 HT in Exeter

Ruan Pienaar is doing everything you expect from a scrumhalf, and running sweeper on defence, and running support lines for breaks out wide (had a try cancelled by the TMO), and making cover tackles, and hitting rucks, and kicking goals, and takes a pen quickly to setup a try. The only error I've seen is he went for a gap and didn't have the speed to use it he would've had 20 years ago.

He's the oldest man on the field including the refs I think. He's playing against men who are double world cup winners or half his age. He's dominated everything so far.

Is he human?

Passage of play where Ruan tackled Am, then he tackled Etzebeth, then he was the one in the pocket to kick the clearing kick after the Cheetahs got the turnover. So in under a minute that's the hardest carrying back and forward maybe in SA, and the tactical kicking.

Sharks are being Ruan Pienaar-ed here.

Exeter dumb as rocks, the blitz clearly not working, so what so they do....carry on blitzing....Munster not even having to try hard.

ASMO wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 2:13 pm Exeter dumb as rocks, the blitz clearly not working, so what so they do....carry on blitzing....Munster not even having to try hard.

They've always been pretty 1D, but Munster really have their number today, & any advantage Exeter have in the forwards isn't converting into points

I think Beirne is being held back by the rest of the team, & he could just beat them on his own.

Holy fuck what a try

Munsters plan to beat the blitz has rather been fucked by then insisting on bringing on Murray

He milked that

ASMO wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 2:42 pmHe milked that

Didn't he just. Disgraceful.

Henry Slade game winning interceptions against Irish opposition, iconic

Fucking Murray again

Paddington Bear wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 2:50 pm Henry Slade game winning interceptions against Irish opposition, iconic

Absolute shocker of a play by Murray. It was always getting intercepted

Munster deserved to lose that for the simutalion by their 10 alone.

Blackmac wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 2:52 pm

Paddington Bear wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 2:50 pm Henry Slade game winning interceptions against Irish opposition, iconic

Absolute shocker of a play by Murray. It was always getting intercepted

I think he was trying to hit one of the retreating runners to buy a pen

Sharks lost to the Cheetah chiskop. Good match, but a very concerning result. AJ will be loving this.

Cheetahs worth watching just for Ruan chiskop, ended the match at flyhalf.

Really looking forwards to the Quins v Toulouse game.

Paddington Bear wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 2:55 pm

Blackmac wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 2:52 pm

Paddington Bear wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 2:50 pm Henry Slade game winning interceptions against Irish opposition, iconic

Absolute shocker of a play by Murray. It was always getting intercepted

I think he was trying to hit one of the retreating runners to buy a pen

It was a slow ponderous shovel pass at that. Why not run at the retreating players and use them as blockers - and if you force them to tackle you you get your pen and maybe even a yellow. For a man with so much top class rugby under his belt he can be an awful fucking idiot at times!

Can see why the ref has gone yellow, but felt like a red to me

Felt red to me as he was actually rising into the hit, so not passive.

Aki very lucky. He was clearly rising in the contact and looking to make a dominant hit. He just failed to do so because his victim is considerably bigger than him. Which really is the essence of why the degree of force/dominant or passive hit stuff is bollocks. You tell the prone and about to be stretchered off Lamb that it wasn't a dominant hit, so it's only worth a yellow.

Game's been a bit flat since the card and sight of Lamb being stretchered off.