Not Heineken Cup 23/24

[JM2K6]

Fair play to Itoje, one of the few Saracens to live up to their billing tonight.

[JM2K6]

Ref taking pity on Saracens in the last few minutes, Jesus

[ASMO]

Fair play to Itoje, one of the few Saracens to live up to their billing tonight.

Him, Theo Dan, Ben Earl have all played like they actually want to be out there.

[ASMO]

That was fucking terrible.

[Tichtheid]

Farrell metaphorically kneed himself in the face there

[JM2K6]

Fair play to Itoje, one of the few Saracens to live up to their billing tonight.

Him, Theo Dan, Ben Earl have all played like they actually want to be out there.

Yeah, and Gonzalez.

Since Itoje scored his second, the ref has given some seriously marginal calls in Saracens favour. Getting quite silly now.

Farrell manages to get his kick to touch from 10m charged down. Ref gives Saracens another bullshit penalty from nowhere anyway.

[ASMO]

Gobshite now charged down 4 times...he needs to be hooked, he is broken.

[inactionman]

I'm smelling the scent of far-east betting syndicates, its almost delberate now

We just need a chargedown on a conversion and we've completed the set.

[Tichtheid]

That's a harsh card.

[JM2K6]

Lyon dropping off tackles and not recognising that they can't gamble at ruck time, Saracens in the ascendency now. Largely dragged there by a handful of players.

[JM2K6]

That's a harsh card.

Particularly given at least one of the earlier ones against him was absolute bullshit.

[Margin__Walker]

That's a harsh card.

Nah. They were on a warning and he killed the ball. Clear cut call for me

[sockwithaticket]

They were on a warning.

Sarries have definitely woken up a bit over the last 15 despite Farrell's efforts to sabotage.

[Margin__Walker]

Dan and Gonzales have been superb

[inactionman]

Shoot that fecking stadium announcer

[Tichtheid]

That's a harsh card.

Nah. They were on a warning and he killed the ball. Clear cut call for me

The way the game is refereed is that conceding a try is enough, teams usually escape a card in that case. The card is given if a try is denied

Usually.

edit, except for penalty tries, obviously

[Margin__Walker]

That's a harsh card.

Nah. They were on a warning and he killed the ball. Clear cut call for me

The way the game is refereed is that conceding a try is enough, teams usually escape a card in that case. The card is given if a try is denied

Usually.

Nah. See plenty of cases where a try and a yellow are given. It's hardly unique. It was cynical play too

[JM2K6]

Lyon 21 taken out miles behind the ruck by a player coming in at the side - play on

[JM2K6]

Huge hit by Daly. Eventually possession to Saracens and another powerful run by Segun leads to a try. Aside from the penalties (fair or otherwise) it's been Lyon's lack of bite in defence that has been their downfall in this half. Like they were satisfied with their first half work and didn't fancy it in the second.

[Tichtheid]

Nah. They were on a warning and he killed the ball. Clear cut call for me

The way the game is refereed is that conceding a try is enough, teams usually escape a card in that case. The card is given if a try is denied

Usually.

Nah. See plenty of cases where a try and a yellow are given. It's hardly unique. It was cynical play too

I genuinely haven't seen "plenty" of those, not when the try is scored.

[ASMO]

Theo Dan should be the England starter, so much better than George.

[JM2K6]

Game ends with Farrell kicking to an unmarked Segun and overcooking it straight into touch. Seems about right.

Not sure what to make of either side in this match.

[Margin__Walker]

I genuinely haven't seen "plenty" of those, not when the try is scored.

He's clearly and cynically killed the ball in the red zone when his team are on a warning. If you don't give yellows for them, I'm not sure what you give them for. A try being scored doesn't erase it

[Biffer]

Farrell getting charged down when kicking for the corner is even funnier than him getting charged down twice in five seconds for a try

[OomStruisbaai]

Thanks to Sarries the Bulls will get a home game next joining the Stormers. Both teams need some work.

[inactionman]

POM wellying the balls into his team mate's knackers:



His face

[Tichtheid]

I genuinely haven't seen "plenty" of those, not when the try is scored.

He's clearly and cynically killed the ball in the red zone when his team are on a warning. If you don't give yellows for them, I'm not sure what you give them for. A try being scored doesn't erase it

I agree with you, I'm only saying that I haven't seen them given that way very often.

In fact I'm usually left wondering why someone hasn't been carded, even after a try has been scored.

[Paddington Bear]

Must say that sat in the ground freezing my bollocks off, watching Faz get charged down twice in 5 seconds, thinking we’ve crashed out, my first thought quite genuinely was ‘I bet the bored are pissing themselves laughing’.

Entertaining game, hopefully that second half builds a bit of confidence. Must say at half time I expected us to get pasted

[Tichtheid]

POM wellying the balls into his team mate's knackers:



His face

Right in the family jewels

I was once on a golf course with a mate, he'd lost his ball and we waved the following pair through - the first tee shot caught my mate similarly off guard and he folded like a clapper board

possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen, painful funny

[Biffer]

[Sandstorm]

[OomStruisbaai]

Lots of sport. Supporting both Sharks teams today.

[Paddington Bear]

100% a penalty try - stopped one of the best tries of the weekend

[fishfoodie]

100% a penalty try - stopped one of the best tries of the weekend

YC & Penalty Try for me

[Paddington Bear]

Jeeeeesus

[sockwithaticket]

Sale robbed there.

[fishfoodie]

That's a horrible reverse over a few minutes

[sockwithaticket]

Oof. Enough Sale players got back to Leyds that you'd think he was covered.

[Paddington Bear]

Oof. Enough Sale players got back to Leyds that you'd think he was covered.

They bought the dummies to a ridiculous degree. Harsh on Sale to have a swing like that, clown car refereeing a minute before

[sockwithaticket]

Hill's knee