Not Heineken Cup 23/24

[Jim Lahey]

That last Toulouse try

Fuck they know how to play good rugby when a lot of other teams play dire box-kick ball.

[sockwithaticket]

Things are getting very loose. A lot of fun to watch.

[sockwithaticket]

J. Evans has been a bit meh since coming on.

[Slick]

Has Kinghorn been playing?

[sockwithaticket]

Has Kinghorn been playing?

He's on the pitch.

[sockwithaticket]

Cruel end for Quins, but Toulouse are just irresistible at times.

[OomStruisbaai]

Sharks lost to the Cheetah chiskop. Good match, but a very concerning result. AJ will be loving this.

Cheetahs worth watching just for Ruan chiskop, ended the match at flyhalf.

The Cheetahs should replace the Sharks in the URC.

[ASMO]

Just 1 word for Toulouse....Imperious.

[petej]

Are stade any good this year?

[ASMO]

Are stade any good this year?

7 down at home against a largely second string Leicester sorta answers your question.

[petej]

Are stade any good this year?

7 down at home against a largely second string Leicester sorta answers your question.

Tigers could have just had a lucky start.

[sockwithaticket]

Stade scrum is looking ominous.

[petej]

Stade player has to go for HIA probably not needed but if you are going to go down like that.

[petej]

Stade Tigers is a low quality game.

[petej]

Stade 10 Tigers 2nds 14 at halftime. Still a low quality game.

[fishfoodie]

Stade 10 Tigers 2nds 14 at halftime. Still a low quality game.

It's a real step down in quality from some of the previous games.

[petej]

That should be game over.

[sockwithaticket]

Who the fuck threw a second ball in there?

[OomStruisbaai]

Great win by Tigers.

[sockwithaticket]

Not a vintage game by any means, but that was a compelling finish and a valuable away win for the Tigs.

[petej]

Not a vintage game by any means, but that was a compelling finish and a valuable away win for the Tigs.

Astonishing considering the team tigers put out. The gap between seconds and Firsts is not so big considering the stormers performance at tigers last week and tigers performance here.

[Paddington Bear]

Another pretty impressive weekend for the English teams

[Slick]

Has Kinghorn been playing?

He's on the pitch.

thank you

[OomStruisbaai]

Not a vintage game by any means, but that was a compelling finish and a valuable away win for the Tigs.

Astonishing considering the team tigers put out. The gap between seconds and Firsts is not so big considering the stormers performance at tigers last week and tigers performance here.

and that was a Stormers B team. The B team play much more as a unit compare to the A team who struggled against La Rochelle. The Bulls have the same depth as the Stormers at the moment, so we are in for a massive match coming on saturday when this two meet in Cape Town. Its our biggest Saffer rivalry, north vs south.

[PCPhil]

Another pretty impressive weekend for the English teams

Yep, roll on the 6Ns. We'll be magnificent!

[Tichtheid]

Just catching up with Quins v Toulouse. There was a tackle in the Edinburgh v Castres game that was similar to the Aki one and it resulted in a red. The referee went through the exact same process and protocols but ended up with a different result.

It shows the we are still some way off a satisfactory solution to the high tackle problem.

For the record I thought both tackles should have been red, the Aki tackle was worse that that of Andrea Cocagi from Castres.

Also for the record, referee Adam Jones was very good in that Edinburgh Castres game.

[Simian]

Just catching up with Quins v Toulouse. There was a tackle in the Edinburgh v Castres game that was similar to the Aki one and it resulted in a red. The referee went through the exact same process and protocols but ended up with a different result.

It shows the we are still some way off a satisfactory solution to the high tackle problem.

For the record I thought both tackles should have been red, the Aki tackle was worse that that of Andrea Cocagi from Castres.

Also for the record, referee Adam Jones was very good in that Edinburgh Castres game.

Yeah. I thought the difference in the sanctions given for those two was curious too. Given the rescinded reds in the competition so far, I wondered if there’d been a shift in how refs have been told to deal with head contacts, tbh.

[Chilli]

Money buys you players, but not a team.
Eben and Am's salaries combined are probably more than what the VRYSTAAT match day 23 earn.

The $harks need a coach, captain and a mighty kick up the arse.

[OomStruisbaai]

Champions Cup
Round 3

Fri 12 Jan Northampton Saints v Bayonne (8pm) Live on TNT Sports

Sat 13 Jan Exeter Chiefs v Glasgow (1pm) Live on ITV & TNT Sports

Sat 13 Jan Lyon v Connacht (1pm) Live on TNT Sports

Sat 13 Jan Bristol Bears v Bulls (3.15pm) Live on TNT Sports

Sat 13 Jan Toulon v Munster (3.15pm) Live on TNT Sports

Sat 13 Jan Leinster v Stade Français (5.30pm) Live on TNT Sports & RTÈ

Sat 13 Jan Stormers v Sale Sharks (5.30pm) Live on TNT Sports

Sat 13 Jan Cardiff v Harlequins (8pm) Live on TNT Sports & S4C

Sat 13 Jan Ulster v Toulouse (8pm) Live on TNT Sports

Sun 14 Jan Bath v Racing 92 (1pm) Live on TNT Sports

Sun 14 Jan La Rochelle v Leicester (3.15pm) Live on TNT Sports

Sun 14 Jan Bordeaux-Bègles v Saracens (5.30pm) Live on TNT Sports

Round 4

Fri 19 Jan Connacht v Bristol Bears (8pm) Live on TNT Sports

Fri 19 Jan Glasgow Warriors v Toulon (8pm) Live on TNT Sports

Sat 20 Jan Bulls v Bordeaux-Bègles (1pm) Live on TNT Sports

Sat 20 Jan Harlequins v Ulster (1pm) Live on TNT Sports

Sat 20 Jan Leicester Tigers v Leinster (3.15pm) Live on TNT Sports

Sat 20 Jan Racing 92 v Cardiff (3.15pm) Live on TNT Sports & S4C

Sat 20 Jan Munster v Northampton (5.30pm) Live on TNT Sports & RTÈ

Sat 20 Jan Stade Français v Stormers (5.30pm) Live on TNT Sports & S4C

Sat 20 Jan Saracens v Lyon (8pm) Live on TNT Sports

Sun 21 Jan Sale Sharks v La Rochelle (1pm) Live on ITV & TNT Sports

Sun 21 Jan Toulouse v Bath (3.15pm) Live on TNT Sports

Sun 21 Jan Bayonne v Exeter Chiefs (5.30pm) Live on TNT Sports

[OomStruisbaai]

Challenge Cup

Round 3

Fri 12 Jan Newcastle v Benetton (8pm) Live on Viaplay & Premier Sports

Fri 12 Jan Ospreys v Perpignan (8pm) Live on S4C

Sat 13 Jan Clermont v Scarlets (1pm) Live on Viaplay & Premier Sports

Sat 13 Jan Sharks v Oyonnax (1pm) Live on Viaplay & Premier Sports

Sat 13 Jan Zebre Parma v Dragons (3.15pm)

Sat 13 Jan Castres v Black Lion (3.15pm)

Sat 13 Jan Edinburgh v Gloucester (5.30pm) Live on Viaplay & Premier Sports

Sat 13 Jan Montpellier v Lions (8pm) Live on Viaplay & Premier Sports

Sun 14 Jan Cheetahs v Pau (1pm, Amsterdam)

Round 4

Fri 19 Jan Gloucester v Castres (8pm) Live on Viaplay & Premier Sports

Fri 19 Jan Scarlets v Edinburgh (8pm) Live on S4C

Sat 20 Jan Black Lion v Clermont (noon)

Sat 20 Jan Pau v Zebre Parma (1pm)

Sat 20 Jan Benetton v Montpellier (3.15pm)

Sat 20 Jan Oyonnax v Cheetahs (3.15pm)

Sun 21 Jan Lions v Ospreys (1pm) Live on Viaplay & Premier Sports

Sun 21 Jan Perpignan v Newcastle (1pm) Live on Viaplay & Premier Sports

Sun 21 Jan Dragons v Sharks (5.30pm) Live on Viaplay & Premier Sports

[OomStruisbaai]

ROUND 3

Date Fixture Referee
12.01.2024 Northampton Saints v Aviron Bayonnais Mike Adamson (Sco)
13.01.2024 Lyon v Connacht Rugby Craig Evans (Wal)
13.01.2024 Exeter Chiefs v Glasgow Warriors Pierre Brousset (Fra)
13.01.2024 Bristol Bears v Vodacom Bulls Mathieu Raynal (Fra)
13.01.2024 RC Toulon v Munster Rugby Nika Amashukeli (Geo)
13.01.2024 Leinster Rugby v Stade Français Paris Christophe Ridley (Eng)
13.01.2024 DHL Stormers v Sale Sharks Luc Ramos (Fra)
13.01.2024 Cardiff Rugby v Harlequins Frank Murphy (Ire)
13.01.2024 Ulster Rugby v Stade Toulousain Matthew Carley (Eng)
14.01.2024 Bath Rugby v Racing 92 Andrea Piardi (Ita)
14.01.2024 Stade Rochelais v Leicester Tigers Andrew Brace (Ire)
14.01.2024 Union Bordeaux-Bègles v Saracens Chris Busby (Ire)

ROUND 4

Date Fixture Referee
19.01.2024 Glasgow Warriors v RC Toulon Matthew Carley (Eng)
19.01.2024 Connacht Rugby v Bristol Bears Pierre Brousset (Fra)
20.01.2024 Harlequins v Ulster Rugby Mathieu Raynal (Fra)
20.01.2024 Vodacom Bulls v Union Bordeaux-Bègles Karl Dickson (Eng)
20.01.2024 Leicester Tigers v Leinster Rugby Andrea Piardi (Ita)
20.01.2024 Racing 92 v Cardiff Rugby Christophe Ridley (Eng)
20.01.2024 Munster Rugby v Northampton Saints Tual Trainini (Fra)
20.01.2024 Stade Français Paris v DHL Stormers Luke Pearce (Eng)
20.01.2024 Saracens v Lyon Sam Grove-White (Sco)
21.01.2024 Sale Sharks v Stade Rochelais Chris Busby (Ire)
21.01.2024 Stade Toulousain v Bath Rugby Andrew Brace (Ire)
21.01.2024 Aviron Bayonnais v Exeter Chiefs Nika Amashukeli (Geo)

[OomStruisbaai]

SA Fixtures and Times

Saturday 13 Jan
Sharks vs Oyonnax (3pm)
Bristol Bears vs Bulls (5.15pm).
Stormers vs Sale Sharks (7.30pm),
Montpellier vs Lions (10pm)

Sunday,
Cheetahs vs Pau (3pm) in Amsterdam

[OomStruisbaai]

Bulls going to Bristol without their Springboks.
R365

“Some coaches, and I have been reading between the lines, are doing it at different times. I could quite easily have kept Canan Moodie and say Kurt-Lee Arendse for these two games and then given them their time off.

“I’ve just decided, en masse, I would rather do it all together and bring them back. It doesn’t downplay one or the other,” White said.

[OomStruisbaai]

Lions B team for Montpellier

Lions squad for Montpellier
Backs: Andries Coetzee, Erich Cronje, Baldwin Hansen, Jordan Hendrikse, Rynhardt Jonker, Gianni Lombard, Johan Mulder, Stean Pienaar, Manuel Rass, Nico Steyn, Kade Wolhuter

Forwards: Morné Brandon, Izan Esterhuizen, Corne Fourie, Travis Gordon, Darrien-Lane Landsberg, Morgan Naudé, Etienne Oosthuizen, Heiko Pohlmann, JC Pretorius, Raynard Roets, Hanru Sirgel, Ruan Smith, Ruhan Straeuli, Conrad van Vuuren, Jaco Visagie

[OomStruisbaai]

French teams taking a hammering

[fishfoodie]

French teams taking a hammering

Nice win away by Benetton too !

It all helps to build a squad & a spirit within the whole organization.

[OomStruisbaai]

French teams taking a hammering

Nice win away by Benetton too !

It all helps to build a squad & a spirit within the whole organization.

Benneton is excellent this season.

[Biffer]

French teams taking a hammering

Nice win away by Benetton too !

It all helps to build a squad & a spirit within the whole organization.

Benneton is excellent this season.

Newcastle are dogshit but, so it’s not that much of a surprise.

[OomStruisbaai]

Nice win away by Benetton too !

It all helps to build a squad & a spirit within the whole organization.

Benneton is excellent this season.

Newcastle are dogshit but, so it’s not that much of a surprise.

They must be. Benneton will never put up that score in an away match in the URC.

[Margin__Walker]

Newcastle are in a really tight spot. They've had to cut the playing budget back to the bone and are really out on their own as the weakest team in the prem at the moment.