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[Sandstorm]

Libbok to Swiel is like dropping 5 leagues in quality

Was he definitely injured ?; because otherwise pulling him was a real

Thigh injury, after O’Donnagh dived on him on the ground.

[Slick]

There’s no evidence. Even Bent Irish TV can’t find it.

Do you expect a closeup of it or something ffs. So you are saying that Scannell just made it up?

Yes he made it up.

You haven’t shown a single Munster try grounding on my 4K telly tonight.

Show me the bite please

Irish rugby supporters mate. I’m sure some of the other Saffers will need to get used to it, but you should know better

[de_Selby]

Do you expect a closeup of it or something ffs. So you are saying that Scannell just made it up?

Yes he made it up.

You haven’t shown a single Munster try grounding on my 4K telly tonight.

Show me the bite please

Irish rugby supporters mate. I’m sure some of the other Saffers will need to get used to it, but you should know better

Ah but it's Irish rugby players are the ones who are lying apparently.

[Sandstorm]

Do you expect a closeup of it or something ffs. So you are saying that Scannell just made it up?

Yes he made it up.

You haven’t shown a single Munster try grounding on my 4K telly tonight.

Show me the bite please

Irish rugby supporters mate. I’m sure some of the other Saffers will need to get used to it, but you should know better

I know Biff. Doesn’t mean I have to like it.

I pay £12.99 extra a month to watch these shit officials and stupid Irish fans.

[de_Selby]

Great game anyway, good to see a contest and some decent teams in the league

[fishfoodie]

Bad luck Stormers, just needed to capitalize a bit better on a great 1st 30mins, & keep their discipline, in the 2nd half.

Best performance of any SA side so far; so onward & upwards for them next week

[Uncle fester]

Yes he made it up.

You haven’t shown a single Munster try grounding on my 4K telly tonight.

Show me the bite please

Irish rugby supporters mate. I’m sure some of the other Saffers will need to get used to it, but you should know better

I know Biff. Doesn’t mean I have to like it.

I pay £12.99 extra a month to watch these shit officials and stupid Irish fans.

Never go full taff.

[OomStruisbaai]

Oh well better performance from Stormers. At least try to run it a bit. Hope they can keep it up.

[_Os_]

Yup, review Stormers try you bent cunt!!!!

Someone is frustrated they can't pelt the ref with naartjies.

[Sandstorm]

Bad luck Stormers, just needed to capitalize a bit better on a great 1st 30mins, & keep their discipline, in the 2nd half.

Best performance of any SA side so far; so onward & upwards for them next week

*And breathe*

Thanks mate. Much better performance than against the Fashionistas last week. Shame Libbok went off early.

[Sandstorm]

Yup, review Stormers try you bent cunt!!!!

Someone is frustrated they can't pelt the ref with naartjies.

Or bananas.

[Cartman]

Oh well better performance from Stormers. At least try to run it a bit. Hope they can keep it up.

At least you made a lot of new fans tonight
Not in SA obviously

[sturginho]

Zebre:

15. Junior Laloifi (19)
14. Gabriele Di Giulio (47)
13. Giulio Bisegni (108) (Cap)
12. Tommaso Boni (103)
11. Asaeli Tuivuaka (0)
10. Carlo Canna (105)
9. Alessandro Fusco (4)
8. Giovanni Licata (42)
7. Potu Junior Leavasa (11)
6. Sir Maxime Mbandà (64)
5. Leonard Krumov (65)
4. David Sisi (65)
3. Matteo Nocera (17)
2. Luca Bigi (19)
1.Danilo Fischetti (28)

A disposizione:
16. Oliviero Fabiani (131)
17. Andrea Lovotti (107)
18. Ion Neculai (1)
19. Andrea Zambonin (1)
20. Renato Giammarioli (62)
21. Guglielmo Palazzani (147)
22. Antonio Rizzi (22)
23. Jacopo Trulla (6)


EDIT: Ulster:
Addison, Gilroy, Hume, Moore, McIlroy; Burns, Doak; O'Sullivan, Herring, O'Toole; O'Connor (capt), Kearney; Matty Rea, Timoney, McCann.

Replacements: Roberts, Reid, Moore, Carter, Reidy, Shanahan, Lowry, Moxham

Great name!!!

He was knighted for realsies (well, the italian equivalent)

[fishfoodie]

Bad luck Stormers, just needed to capitalize a bit better on a great 1st 30mins, & keep their discipline, in the 2nd half.

Best performance of any SA side so far; so onward & upwards for them next week

*And breathe*

Thanks mate. Much better performance than against the Fashionistas last week. Shame Libbok went off early.

No worries.

Yeah; he might be a FB; but he had the backline really humming, while he was on; & if the SH could make his passes a little more sympathetic, then the Stormers will be a threat to every side in the League.

[OomStruisbaai]

Roos has been good, google tells me he’s just 21

He has been brilliant all season and scored some great tries.

[Tichtheid]

Zebre:

15. Junior Laloifi (19)
14. Gabriele Di Giulio (47)
13. Giulio Bisegni (108) (Cap)
12. Tommaso Boni (103)
11. Asaeli Tuivuaka (0)
10. Carlo Canna (105)
9. Alessandro Fusco (4)
8. Giovanni Licata (42)
7. Potu Junior Leavasa (11)
6. Sir Maxime Mbandà (64)
5. Leonard Krumov (65)
4. David Sisi (65)
3. Matteo Nocera (17)
2. Luca Bigi (19)
1.Danilo Fischetti (28)

A disposizione:
16. Oliviero Fabiani (131)
17. Andrea Lovotti (107)
18. Ion Neculai (1)
19. Andrea Zambonin (1)
20. Renato Giammarioli (62)
21. Guglielmo Palazzani (147)
22. Antonio Rizzi (22)
23. Jacopo Trulla (6)


EDIT: Ulster:
Addison, Gilroy, Hume, Moore, McIlroy; Burns, Doak; O'Sullivan, Herring, O'Toole; O'Connor (capt), Kearney; Matty Rea, Timoney, McCann.

Replacements: Roberts, Reid, Moore, Carter, Reidy, Shanahan, Lowry, Moxham

Great name!!!

He was knighted for realsies (well, the italian equivalent)

I had to look it up

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, Mbanda volunteered for the Yellow Cross, a humanitarian organization in Parma that transports food and medicine for the elderly.[8] On 3 June 2020 the President of Italy Sergio Mattarella named Mbanda a Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic for his services as a volunteer ambulance driver

Well done him, great stuff

[fishfoodie]

Great name!!!

He was knighted for realsies (well, the italian equivalent)

I had to look it up

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, Mbanda volunteered for the Yellow Cross, a humanitarian organization in Parma that transports food and medicine for the elderly.[8] On 3 June 2020 the President of Italy Sergio Mattarella named Mbanda a Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic for his services as a volunteer ambulance driver

Well done him, great stuff

Top Job , really like that; a bit like the way the French gave citizenship to a load of immigrants who worked in essential services thru the pandemic.

There's no better way to show you belong in a community; than to serve like that in the most trying of circumstances. Respect !

[assfly]

Another rough weekend, but I'm still quite optimistic that the SA teams aren't too far from turning the tide.

[OomStruisbaai]

Stormers surely can get something if they keep playing running rugby.

[Sandstorm]

Big problem for a Saffer coming into this league is the chronic shortage of cameras at the grounds!!

In Munster there were no reverse angles of the try line and at Glasgow there were only two angles of the Jeremy Ward high-shot. TMO and ref just had to guess…..

I can see a lot of fan frustration coming out as this series continues.

[Slick]

Big problem for a Saffer coming into this league is the chronic shortage of cameras at the grounds!!

In Munster there were no reverse angles of the try line and at Glasgow there were only two angles of the Jeremy Ward high-shot. TMO and ref just had to guess…..

I can see a lot of fan frustration coming out as this series continues.

The Super 6 here in Scotland has even fewer cameras and no TMO. It is brilliant. And I think that is a general view from supporters and viewers

[OomStruisbaai]

Round Three

Friday, October 8
Ulster v Benetton | 19:35 UK / 20:35 ITA & SA |
Ospreys v Cell C Sharks | 19:35 UK / 20:35 ITA & SA |

Saturday, October 9
Leinster v Zebre | 13:00 UK / 14:00 ITA & SA |
Glasgow Warriors v Emirates Lions | 15:00 UK / 16:00 ITA & SA |
Connacht v Dragons | 17:15 UK / 18:15 ITA & SA |
Edinburgh v DHL Stormers | 17:15 UK / 18:15 ITA & SA |
Cardiff v Vodacom Bulls | 19:35 UK / 20:35 ITA & SA |

Sunday, October 10
Scarlets v Munster | 14:00 UK / 15:00 ITA & SA |

[Sards]

Another rough weekend, but I'm still quite optimistic that the SA teams aren't too far from turning the tide.

Definitely. Once the refs get over vokking us it will improve

[sorCrer]

This goes on until June 2022

[sunnybanana]

Has any player ever regressed as dramatically as Curwin? He was a far better player as a rookie.

[fishfoodie]

Round Three

Friday, October 8
Ulster v Benetton | 19:35 UK / 20:35 ITA & SA |
Ospreys v Cell C Sharks | 19:35 UK / 20:35 ITA & SA |

Saturday, October 9
Leinster v Zebre | 13:00 UK / 14:00 ITA & SA |
Glasgow Warriors v Emirates Lions | 15:00 UK / 16:00 ITA & SA |
Connacht v Dragons | 17:15 UK / 18:15 ITA & SA |
Edinburgh v DHL Stormers | 17:15 UK / 18:15 ITA & SA |
Cardiff v Vodacom Bulls | 19:35 UK / 20:35 ITA & SA |

Sunday, October 10
Scarlets v Munster | 14:00 UK / 15:00 ITA & SA |

Kiss the wife & kids goodbye on Friday evening, & let them know you'll see them again Sunday !

[OomStruisbaai]

Has any player ever regressed as dramatically as Curwin? He was a far better player as a rookie.

He need a different environment like Libbok/Roos.

[de_Selby]

Round Three

Friday, October 8
Ulster v Benetton | 19:35 UK / 20:35 ITA & SA |
Ospreys v Cell C Sharks | 19:35 UK / 20:35 ITA & SA |

Saturday, October 9
Leinster v Zebre | 13:00 UK / 14:00 ITA & SA |
Glasgow Warriors v Emirates Lions | 15:00 UK / 16:00 ITA & SA |
Connacht v Dragons | 17:15 UK / 18:15 ITA & SA |
Edinburgh v DHL Stormers | 17:15 UK / 18:15 ITA & SA |
Cardiff v Vodacom Bulls | 19:35 UK / 20:35 ITA & SA |

Sunday, October 10
Scarlets v Munster | 14:00 UK / 15:00 ITA & SA |

Stormers and Bulls should be winning from a SA perspective and Sharks probably too.

[lemonhead]

Stormers definitely good enough, Sharks a possible and Bulls need to pull the finger out.

Cardiff are still pretty tidy at home.

[sorCrer]

So if this goes on until June, The NH sides will lose their best players for the 6 Nations?

[Sards]

So if this goes on until June, The NH sides will lose their best players for the 6 Nations?

Our sides should have smartened up with the reffing by then

[lemonhead]

Thankfully you lads are only playing each other down south through the 6N block so no worries there

[sorCrer]

Thankfully you lads are only playing each other down south through the 6N block so no worries there

FFS. Which useless SARU cunt organised that?

[lemonhead]

All seriousness I expect first URC week after the tournament will see internationals rested and April you're also at home to some of the teams contesting for European Cup knockouts.

[Slick]

All seriousness I expect first URC week after the tournament will see internationals rested and April you're also at home to some of the teams contesting for European Cup knockouts.

It’s not too much concern for the Irish sides but remember the Scottish ones have been playing without their Lions test players so far

[lemonhead]

Thought we all were?

[handyman]

Big problem for a Saffer coming into this league is the chronic shortage of cameras at the grounds!!

In Munster there were no reverse angles of the try line and at Glasgow there were only two angles of the Jeremy Ward high-shot. TMO and ref just had to guess…..

I can see a lot of fan frustration coming out as this series continues.

Can't see this happening playing at home with Supersport as the broadcaster.

[Uncle fester]

Have we talked about what a cock Jake White is?

[OomStruisbaai]

Have we talked about what a cock Jake White is?

Uncle what did he done?

[average joe]

He suffer from school teacher syndrome.