More like Clermont v Toulon
More like Clermont v Toulon
Con Artist
No Ferris and Nick Williams and Ruan Pienaar have been included in Ulster’s XV for Friday’s match v Glasgow at Scotstoun (kick off 8.00pm):
(15-9): J Payne; T Bowe, D Cave, P Wallace, A Trimble; P Jackson, R Pienaar;
(1-8): T Court, R Best, J Afoa, J Muller (c), D Tuohy, I Henderson, C Henry, N Williams;
Replacements (16-23): R Herring, C Black, A Macklin, L Stevenson, M McComish, P Marshall, L Marshall, C Gilroy.
He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
Youd have to fancy Ulster with Peinaar back pulling the strings even though Marshall was doing well..
Anyone know what kinda team R Metro will play??, Saracens -7 looks like a massive error by the bookies!!!
15 Scott Hamilton
14 Niall Morris
13 Manusamoa Tuilagi
12 Anthony Allen
11 Vereniki Goneva
10 Toby Flood
9 Ben Youngs
1 Logovi'i Mulipola
2 Tom Youngs
3 Dan Cole
4 Graham Kitchener
5 Geoff Parling
6 Steve Mafi
7 Thomas Waldrom
8 Jordan Crane (c)
Replacements
16 George Chuter
17 Marcos Ayerza
18 Martin Castrogiovanni
19 Louis Deacon
20 Richard Thorpe
21 Sam Harrison
22 George Ford
23 Matt Smith
Ospreys....
15 Richard Fussell
14 Hanno Dirksen
13 Andrew Bishop
12 Ashley Beck
11 Eli Walker
10 Dan Biggar
9 Kahn Fotuali'i
1 Ryan Bevington
2 Richard Hibbard
3 Adam Jones
4 Alun Wyn Jones (Capt)
5 Ian Evans
6 Ryan Jones
7 Justin Tipuric
8 Jonathan Thomas
REPLACEMENTS
16 Matthew Dwyer
17 Duncan Jones
18 Aaron Jarvis
19 George Stowers
20 Joe Bearman
21 Rhys Webb
22 Matthew Morgan
23 Tom Isaacs
He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
Heineken Cup: Cardiff Blues v Toulon (Sun)
Cardiff Blues : Leigh Halfpenny; Alex Cuthbert, Gavin Evans, Jamie Roberts, Tom James; Ceri Sweeney, Lloyd Williams; Tafa'ao Filise, Marc Breeze, Benoit Bourrust, Bradley Davies, Lou Reed, Josh Navidi, Sam Warburton, Andries Pretorius (capt).
Replacements: Andi Kyriacou, Nathan Trevett, Scott Andrews, James Down, Robin Copeland, Lewis Jones, Jason Tovey, Dafydd Hewitt.
Toulon : Delon Armitage; Vincent Martin, Mathieu Bastareaud, Matt Giteau, David Smith; Jonny Wilkinson, Frederic Michalak; Gethin Jenkins, Mickael Ivaldi, Davit Kubriashvili, Bakkies Botha, Jocelino Suta, Juan Fernandez Lobbe, Steffon Armitage, Chris Masoe.
Replacements: Jean-Charles Orioli, Andrew Sheridan, Carl Hayman, Pierrick Gunther, Maxime Mermoz, Benjamin Lapeyre, Nicolas Durand, Simon Shaw.
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland).
He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
Connacht: Robbie Henshaw; Tiernan O'Halloran, Eoin Griffin, Dave McSharry, Fetu'u Vainikolo; Dan Parks, Kieran Marmion; Denis Buckley, Adrian Flavin, Nathan White (capt); Michael Swift, Mike McCarthy; John Muldoon, Willie Faloon, George Naoupu
Replacements: Jason Harris-Wright, Brett Wilkinson, Ronan Loughney, Dave Gannon, Johnny O'Connor, Dave Moore, Miah Nikora, Mata Fifita.
Harlequins: Mike Brown; Tom Williams, Matt Hopper, Jordan Turner-Hall, Sam Smith; Ben Botica, Danny Care; Joe Marler, Rob Buchanan, James Johnston; Olly Kohn, George Robson; Maurie Fa'asavalu, Chris Robshaw (capt), Nick Easter.
Replacements: Dave Ward, Mark Lambert, Will Collier, Charlie Matthews, Tom Guest, K Dickson, Rory Clegg, Seb Stegmann
He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
13-6 Castres - Northampton ht
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody - Bill Cosby
Glasgow 3-Ulster 6 and if Ulster win there will be a conspiracy theory on whether the missed kick was in fact missed.
...and Mr. Crow comes on for Mr. Magpie.
18-6 to castres. Brian Mujati has also spent 10mins in the bin.
"Now, Say my name?"
"You're Heisenberg."
"You're Goddamn Right."
George pisi gets a handy try. 18-13
"Now, Say my name?"
"You're Heisenberg."
"You're Goddamn Right."
Drop goal from castres. 21-13
"Now, Say my name?"
"You're Heisenberg."
"You're Goddamn Right."
21-16. Saints penalty from a scrum
"Now, Say my name?"
"You're Heisenberg."
"You're Goddamn Right."
All over 21-16 to castres.
"Now, Say my name?"
"You're Heisenberg."
"You're Goddamn Right."
Poor Mal.
...and Mr. Crow comes on for Mr. Magpie.
No way 2 sides getting out of this group.
Having watched about 10 HEC and Amlin games last weekend and three so far this weekend, I conclude that the HEC (and Amlin) are, generally speaking, over-hyped crap. All fur coat and bugger all knickers.
I'm writing that fresh from watching two live NPC knock-out games from New Zealand in the past 12 hours. The skill levels allied to the attacking mindsets on display makes our product look pretty dismal. Roll on next weekend's NPC finals (Canterbury V Auckland and Counties Manukau V Otago). And look out for Auckland's 20 year old Charles Piutau - he's some prospect - New Zealand's very own JJ Hanrahan - except that he gets games for his club.
Hopefully some of the other HEC/Amlin games this weekend will help to change my mind, although frankly, I'm not too optimistic. In fact I reckon that I'll probably be watching the two Currie Cup semis this afternoon/evening rather than the turgid, insipid uninspiring NH product. However, if I'm wrong I'll be back tomorrow with my hands up! Now, back to the Bledisloe Cup game.
PS As an aside, isn't it interesting that most of the good tries that we've seen in the HEC thus far have come from SH imports (Zebo's being an honourable exception!)
I'd think a fairer comparison would be to compare like with like. You may well be right but I'd compare HEC knockout to NPC knockout before coming down on who's better.Originally Posted by Old Dog
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Treviso 18-9 Toulouse at half time. Anyone watching this - looks like an interesting scoreline .....?
"Playing against ROG, your big game plan is to try and pressure him but he’d dump it off to Wally and next thing you’re five metres behind the gain line because he was an absolute freak." Rory Best, Irish Examiner, May 2012
Maddigan sin binned basically for being on the pitch - it would help if referees had the slightest empathy for the game without knee jerk reactions like that, fuelled by the crowd telling him what to do
\"A million monkeys with a million crayons would be hard-pressed in a million years to create anything as cretinous as Battlefield Earth.\"
The 'take out' reminded me of ROG in the second [edit] Lions test V South Africa. Happily. Priestland isn't as lethal as Morne Steyn was that day!
Last edited by Old Dog; 20th-October-2012 at 14:33.
Have you an opinion about the quality of the over-hyped fare being offered in the NH's premier rugby competition this season?
Two good tries in the llanelli game- one scored by a SH mercenary. Two dire NH tries in the Treviso game.
The second game even.
"That's what's difficult. You know that O'Connell is going to be the one that will jump for the ball but you still don't manage to steal it. It's kind of annoying
"I talked about it with the Toulouse players, my final in 2006 and theirs in 2008 against Munster. I was marking Paul O'Connell and they were man-marking him too. We knew he was going to jump. But I remember I was in really good condition, with a good lift, but every time I just missed it."
Harinordoquy
The yellow card was well deserved.
Why are Sarries playing a home game in Brussels?
Goodness knows. Brussels of all places.
do they have supporters or do they care?
Anybody who sees a psychiatrist would want their head examined.*&nb sp;Henry Ford
Wonderful Bruxelles ! I'd love if Munster had to play there.
The camera work is dreadful.
Someone should alert the BBC ....http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/r...97.stm?refresh
Saracens 3 - 3 Racing Metro 92 L Penalties:
HodgsonPenalties:
BarkleyVicarage Road
"Playing against ROG, your big game plan is to try and pressure him but he’d dump it off to Wally and next thing you’re five metres behind the gain line because he was an absolute freak." Rory Best, Irish Examiner, May 2012
Brussels…the city with copious amounts of human excrement on the streets on Saturday mornings. I don't think I've ever seen as much along one street in Brussels as I've seen anywhere else. Anyway, atmosphere looks dead but apparently there are lots of castles in Wales.
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