NPR

Biffer wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:12 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 3:15 am

fishfoodie wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:15 pm

Nice win away by Benetton too !

It all helps to build a squad & a spirit within the whole organization.

Benneton is excellent this season.

Newcastle are dogshit but, so it’s not that much of a surprise.

They must be. Benneton will never put up that score in an away match in the URC.

Newcastle are in a really tight spot. They've had to cut the playing budget back to the bone and are really out on their own as the weakest team in the prem at the moment.

Cant see Glasgow getting a win here

Margin__Walker wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:59 am Newcastle are in a really tight spot. They've had to cut the playing budget back to the bone and are really out on their own as the weakest team in the prem at the moment.

Newcastle are mid table championship level at best. Players like Radwan wont be there next season i suspect

ASMO wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 1:03 pm

Margin__Walker wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:59 am Newcastle are in a really tight spot. They've had to cut the playing budget back to the bone and are really out on their own as the weakest team in the prem at the moment.

Newcastle are mid table championship level at best. Players like Radwan wont be there next season i suspect

He's spoken up about eyeing the Olympic 7s as an immediate target and you'd imagine he's looking to go somewhere and actually earn some money after that. He's not a youngster any more, he's 26 and, as a winger, needs to cash in on his pace while he's still got it.

Carreras is off to France. Without those two I fail to see where Newcastle have any scoring threat.

Lucky boy, that could easily have been red. Where did Exeter find this scrum half? They should send him back, he is awful

Fair play to Glasgow, value for their lead..Exeter are gash.

Glasgow has also been pretty good this year in the URC.

I can't remember if we ever had 3 or 4 matches the Sametime in Soup. Then there are the cricket aswell. Dunno where to watch.

Fuck me that's some dumb stuff from Etsebeth and then the Oyoblahblah player

Glasgow throw it away

Surely Townsend has been taken off the ball???

And the full backrow is off.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 2:54 pm Glasgow throw it away

Not fuck

Raggs wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 2:55 pm Surely Townsend has been taken off the ball???

And the full backrow is off.

Yeah, you can't just throw the scrum half out of the way like that.

Hearing that bellend Ryan Wilson insistin that there's nothing wrong when the whole back row is unbound has never made me want to see a try ruled out more.

This ref has been pretty ordinary at best

Hard luck there to Glasgow.

sockwithaticket wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 2:58 pm Hearing that bellend Ryan Wilson insistin that there's nothing wrong when the whole back row is unbound has never made me want to see a try ruled out more.

I know, the whole Exeter back row disengaged first. It was clearly a Glasgow penalty.

Old Paarl Gim boy Jacques Vermeulen player of the match

Am i seeing things or do Toulon have only 2 French players in their starting lineup?

Bulls B next up

Law 19 Forming a scrum. [media][/media]

7d "All other players in the scrum bind on a lock’s body with at least one arm."

Vintcent having one hand on his flanker is not a legal bind. Ball is out from this point surely?

I don't understand how pulling Townsend off his feet before all that was considered ok...

ASMO wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 3:14 pm Am i seeing things or do Toulon have only 2 French players in their starting lineup?

5 I think. Priso, both Tolofuas, Halagahu and Jaminet.

Why do Bristol left a whole pavilion empty.

Papierkick kak. He got Goosen who can kick the leather off the ball

Is Ibitoye a Nigerian?

Bulls scrum dominate with 7

Raggs wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 3:17 pm I don't understand how pulling Townsend off his feet before all that was considered ok...

Horne is all over Townsend, but Townsend pushing back into Horne is what takes them both off their feet - the Exeter scrum half is never picking that ball up, he's just trying to create space for his number 8. He also throws an elbow which makes fleeting contact with Horne’s jaw.

There's the scrum collapse and 5 out the 6 back rows not being properly bound to consider as well but all the focus went in on one incident.

Brizzle are going to get mullered today. Bulls far too physical for them.

Good to see Sergeal Petersen back inform.

Good try by Bristol.

Not many finer sights in rugby the Simon Zebo sitting on the ground with blood pishing out of his nose.

Cracker of a try from Toulon

Weird one in the Bristol game. If he's lost that ball backwards, he's in the ground and can't play it anymore.

Personally I think he's just scored it.

Brizzle very fortunate to see that one ruled out.

Bulls making it difficult for themselves

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 3:48 pm Bulls making it difficult for themselves

Yep - Bristol hanging in there but they tend to fall away in the 2nd half - and their set piece is all at sea.

Very nice of Toulon to let the pensioner get a try under the sticks

great kick and catch there...c'mon Munster