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Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:17 pm**

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

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:20 pm**

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

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:21 pm**

JM2K6 wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:17 pm 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.

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:26 pm**

That was fucking terrible.

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:26 pm**

Farrell metaphorically kneed himself in the face there

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:27 pm**

ASMO wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:21 pm
JM2K6 wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:17 pm 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.

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:27 pm**

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

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:29 pm**

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.

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:34 pm**

That's a harsh card.

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:35 pm**

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.

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:35 pm**

Tichtheid wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:34 pm That's a harsh card.

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

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:35 pm**

Tichtheid wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:34 pm That's a harsh card.

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

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:35 pm**

They were on a warning.

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

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:36 pm**

Dan and Gonzales have been superb

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:36 pm**

Shoot that fecking stadium announcer

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:37 pm**

Margin__Walker wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:35 pm
Tichtheid wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:34 pm 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

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:38 pm**

Tichtheid wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:37 pm
Margin__Walker wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:35 pm
Tichtheid wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:34 pm 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

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:40 pm**

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

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:43 pm**

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.

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:44 pm**

Margin__Walker wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:38 pm
Tichtheid wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:37 pm
Margin__Walker wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:35 pm

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.

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:46 pm**

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

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:48 pm**

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.

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:48 pm**

Tichtheid wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:44 pm

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

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:51 pm**

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

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:12 pm**

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

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:15 pm**

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

His face

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:52 pm**

Margin__Walker wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:48 pm
Tichtheid wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:44 pm

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.

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:10 pm**

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

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:19 pm**

inactionman wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:15 pm 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

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:57 pm**

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Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2024 12:06 pm**

Lots of sport. Supporting both Sharks teams today.

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:08 pm**

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

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:09 pm**

Paddington Bear wrote: Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:08 pm 100% a penalty try - stopped one of the best tries of the weekend

YC & Penalty Try for me

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:10 pm**

Jeeeeesus

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:13 pm**

Sale robbed there.

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:13 pm**

That's a horrible reverse over a few minutes

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:16 pm**

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

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:17 pm**

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:16 pm 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

Posted: **Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:31 pm**

Hill's knee

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