Worst day of the year, this.
Rugby Union 21/22/23 Discussion | RWC time!
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The Highlanders pulled off the biggest upset of the super rugby Aotearoa season by beating the Crusaders 33-12 in Christchurch. This is only the 2nd home defeat for the Crusaders under Scott Robertson. Both defeats have come off a bye.
Leinster Toulon off due to a Toulon player testing positive for Covid. Do Leinster get a bye now?
Yeah Leinster are through. They would have gone through anyway I suspect. La Rochelle beat Gloucester pretty comfortably tonight, the score line flattered Gloucester.
It's such an inspiration how ROG has built his managerial career. Really impressive here listening to him talk about understanding people to get the best out of them.
Hope he gets a crack at the Ireland role some day. Or more importantly perhaps, that he even wants to considering how he's managed his career moves so well so far.
Hope he gets a crack at the Ireland role some day. Or more importantly perhaps, that he even wants to considering how he's managed his career moves so well so far.
“Fiji time”
Yeah, he sounded really sharp there, no wonder they’re doing so well“Fiji time”
I have no idea what that is, but it's not like Irish people also don't have a reputation for being liberal with punctuality from time to time
As long as the player doesn't mind him sharing this, I take it as him knowing what his players need on an emotional level and having the ability to cater for it. Great to see the results of it.
Leinster are though to the quarter finals of the Champions Cup without needing to kick a ball.
Thought about saying that but didn’t want to offend half this threadI have no idea what that is, but it's not like Irish people also don't have a reputation for being liberal with punctuality from time to time
As long as the player doesn't mind him sharing this, I take it as him knowing what his players need on an emotional level and having the ability to cater for it. Great to see the results of it.
I was impressed by La Rochelle's play last night particularly in the first half. I will temper that by saying Gloucester are 11th in the Premiership and if there was relegation the cherry and whites would be looking over their shoulder.
Thought about saying that but didn’t want to offend half this thread
Yeah, the kind of thing that's ok to say about yourself, but not so good when you hear it from others
I know we've said it before, but it's so wonderful to see crowds at games.
Really enjoyed the determination to finish for the first Highlanders try
Has it been a bit of a season of upsets in general then? I haven't gotten around to watching any matches yet.
I know we've said it before, but it's so wonderful to see crowds at games.
Really enjoyed the determination to finish for the first Highlanders try
Has it been a bit of a season of upsets in general then? I haven't gotten around to watching any matches yet.
The season had a pretty predictable start. The Chiefs win over the Hurricanes in round 4 (two weeks ago) was the first upset of the season. The Chiefs backed that up by producing another upset when they beat the Blues in the last minute last week.
In the upset stakes, both Chiefs wins were gazumped by what the Highlanders acheived yestderday. One would exect the Crusaders to bounce back when they head to Wellington next week to play the Hurricanes.
Wasps leading Clermont at half time, had 2 tries disallowed as well. Waiting for it to all come tumbling down in the second half
That last try was unlucky. I think his toe did just touch the line but it was a hell of an effort to beat 2 tackles with zero space on the touchline.
La Rochelle were brilliant last night. The TMO who struck off that last try for the worst offside call I've ever seen should be struck off. They were batshit crazy at times but it was scintillating to watch.
A different sport to the game we're watching in Ireland.
That's such a terrible loss for Wasps . Absolutely embarrassing at the end with the line-out
How have Wasps lost that game?
The end is all on them but the first 75 minutes they will have serious questions about Frank Murphy's performance.
The end is all on them but the first 75 minutes they will have serious questions about Frank Murphy's performance.
I've just got home after being out in the sun, what happened?
I saw some rugby folks I follow on Twitter saying they'd be watching 9hrs of rugby today
I'm interested in this Munster match, but absolutely dying for Connacht to beat Leicester this evening.
I saw some rugby folks I follow on Twitter saying they'd be watching 9hrs of rugby today
I'm interested in this Munster match, but absolutely dying for Connacht to beat Leicester this evening.
That was so frustrating. Honestly, if you’d been in my house the last 10 minutes....you’d have thought it was the football forum after a United match
Fecking hell, Craig Doyle shut up
That was so frustrating. Honestly, if you’d been in my house the last 10 minutes....you’d have thought it was the football forum after a United match
Your lineout was bulletproof for 70 minutes. Whose decision was it to bring the work experience kid on at replacement hooker?
“Fiji time”
“Fiji time” is a phrase often used in Fiji. I actually saw Jonah Lomu play a match when I went to Fiji on holiday. Feck me they like their rugby there.
Great start Toulouse. Penalty after penalty and already a card. Very ominous.
Fair play Munster getting through that without conceding.
I'd say hopefully we learned our lesson about kicking to their back 3 but I know better. It should've been obvious from the moment anyone drew back their curtains this morning.
We were very lucky not to receive another yellow after that break.
We were very lucky not to receive another yellow after that break.
Savage. One of those ‘he’ll learn from it’ momentsYeah, most fun rugby nation in the world. What was the holiday like? Would you recommend?
Munster playing really well here, weathered the storm and they seem to have a great game plan in place
Munster should be delighted with that. A converted try up after not seeing the ball for the first fifteen mins. Both looking pretty evenly matched now.
Things look a bit better now
My sarcasm was premature. We've been really good.
De Allende has woken up from his winter hibernation and is making ground for fun. Earls has been his electric best and Beirne, Coombes, Kilcoyne and O'Donoghue have all been superb.
Shows what we can do when we let the ball out past our halfbacks feet.
Stop giving CJ the ball and tell him to focus on hitting tackles and rucks and we'll be in good shape for the second half.
On seeing the replays, the amount of space that Toulouse gave De Allende for his break was hilarious. They left him a huge gap.
I think this one will still go down to the wire. Fingers crossed for a great second half.
It was but I actually thought he did even better up the left for the first try and the bit of play in between.
Can't see Munster winning this
I swear I spoke before the penalty
I think Earls is very lucky there. Extremely cynical stuff.
On BT, they've repeatedly said Munster are fitter. This'll go right down to the wire.
He is, but Barnes has missed another massive forward pass before the kick was ever made.
We've lost 2 tries and Tadgh Beirne to his refusal to call obvious forward passes.
Ah, I missed them too to be honest, I dont think they mentioned them in replays.
So finely balanced now.
Can't wait til we have crowds back at matches like this. The atmosphere would be amazing, glorious weather too.
Someone call a doctor. 2 broken ankles there
Oof. Left for dead.
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