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Brace sees the offside but not the deliberate knock on 

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Now he sees the deliberate knock on but not Quins 3 yards offside at an earlier ruck.
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Quoted for posterity re the recent discussion on refs.Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 1:07 pm Toulon have the pleasure of being officiated by the cheat Brace![]()
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Sucker punch given Quins' normally watertight defence.
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Cheat should never be allowed near a professional game. And certainly none involving French sides.Uncle fester wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 1:28 pmQuoted for posterity re the recent discussion on refs.Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 1:07 pm Toulon have the pleasure of being officiated by the cheat Brace![]()
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Plenty of possession, side steps and offloads but a real absence of direct runners.ASMO wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 1:31 pm Quins gonna get humped, they have completely lost their attacking mojo
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Commentators talking usual sh*t about Fre SHs. The 2nd best behind Dupont not even mentioned: Jauneau playing later against Barf.
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Garbisi you f**kwit.
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Not the streams. The proper transmission has gone.
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Not sure this is done and dusted. Saints game shows things can turn unexpectedly.ASMO wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 1:49 pm Could be a 50 pointer, completely highlights the gap in quality between the prem and T14
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Premier in the UK and they are sh*te. Not for the 1st time. Nor the 2nd, 3rd...... which is why I dumped my subscription.
Difference being Quins have shown absolutrly nothing with all the posession they have had.Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:05 pmNot sure this is done and dusted. Saints game shows things can turn unexpectedly.ASMO wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 1:49 pm Could be a 50 pointer, completely highlights the gap in quality between the prem and T14
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Quins are like Saints. Easy on the eye and you want to see their endeavours rewarded but they are powder puff when it comes to the grunt work.
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Domon is a player who has gradually improved every game.
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Cheetahs losing at home to Parma 

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Someone like Itoje who seems to have gone backwards faster than American politics.ASMO wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:14 pm Dombrandt having a mare, got melted by Isa in the tackle and just shit the bed on a certain try
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Brace special: Quins player has been running around with clear blood injury for probably 20 mins now.
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:05 pmNot sure this is done and dusted. Saints game shows things can turn unexpectedly.ASMO wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 1:49 pm Could be a 50 pointer, completely highlights the gap in quality between the prem and T14

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Quins' legendary defence ... 

Losing every single collision, powderpuff tackling
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Prem sides' points concession this round has been nothing short of an avalanche.
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Spot on. Ribbans has a shout for RCT's best player this season.
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Yeah: the reason Toulon can stand off is Quins spend too much time running sideways and just shipping the ball on.
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2 abject kicking away of possession there in 2 mins: 1 from each side.
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I guess I see now why Quins miss Esterhuizen. They have nobody else who will run a straight line in an attempt to break it.
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Raises an interesting speculation: which Sale turns out next week both in terms of squad and performance?
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Yeah: that pool is by far the weakest.ASMO wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:53 pm It is an indictment to the Prem that its likely only Northampton will make it out of the group stages
With nothing to play for, i wouldn't bet against it being an "inexperienced" sideTorquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:53 pm Raises an interesting speculation: which Sale turns out next week both in terms of squad and performance?
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Will make for an interesting atmosphere in the Braz householdASMO wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:57 pmWith nothing to play for, i wouldn't bet against it being an "inexperienced" sideTorquemada 1420 wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:53 pm Raises an interesting speculation: which Sale turns out next week both in terms of squad and performance?

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Depends what Saints' backline ends up like with their injuries.ASMO wrote: Sun Jan 12, 2025 2:59 pm Maybe Sarries to squeak through at home to Castres, Munster will likely lose to Northampton away would see Sarries qualify.
Toulon were well worth the bonus point win, won the physical battle and showed some razor sharp attacking too. Good to watch and they look extremely difficult to beat at home.
Annoyed by us bombing multiple tries, probably one of our better attacking performances this season but the error count continues to kill us. Ultimately that's the biggest indictment of this team, the skills are way below where they used to be.
We know that English clubs aren't going to match too many French sides in terms of size and power, but for Quins it's made harder because our only natural 12 has completely failed to step up, so we're shoehorning a 13 in that position and hoping for the best. Result: we can't stop midfield runners at source, which is lethal. Lovely to see Waghorn come on and absolutely melt a couple of people, but it'd be a big ask for him to make the step up this season.
Shame we were missing most of our locks and Isgro, but the errors aren't going to magically go away when they return.
Annoyed by us bombing multiple tries, probably one of our better attacking performances this season but the error count continues to kill us. Ultimately that's the biggest indictment of this team, the skills are way below where they used to be.
We know that English clubs aren't going to match too many French sides in terms of size and power, but for Quins it's made harder because our only natural 12 has completely failed to step up, so we're shoehorning a 13 in that position and hoping for the best. Result: we can't stop midfield runners at source, which is lethal. Lovely to see Waghorn come on and absolutely melt a couple of people, but it'd be a big ask for him to make the step up this season.
Shame we were missing most of our locks and Isgro, but the errors aren't going to magically go away when they return.