Euro Rugby Match Thread, Dec 18th

[fishfoodie]

Friday:

European Champions Cup
Pool 1
Scarlets 17:30 Toulon
Wasps 20:00 Montpellier

European Challenge Cup

Castres 17:30 Newcastle Falcons
Brive 20:00 Zebre

[Margin__Walker]

Scarlets v Toulon now off apparently

[ASMO]

Scarlets v Toulon now off apparently

If thats true, they should play this wekeends games as scheduled then just bin the competition for this season, it will be meaningless as undoubtedly more and more games are gonna be canned due to the rona.

[fishfoodie]

Scarlets v Toulon now off apparently

If thats true, they should play this wekeends games as scheduled then just bin the competition for this season, it will be meaningless as undoubtedly more and more games are gonna be canned due to the rona.

FFS, doesn't bode well for the 6N

[Margin__Walker]

Toulon left it very late to pull the plug as EPCR had said it should go ahead.

Has been pointed out, that it was odd that the game was going ahead against Scarlets in the first place, given that the Bath game was cancelled as they had come into contact with a Covid + Scarlets player.

[sockwithaticket]

Assuming no changes I've missed:

There are five changes to the starting 15 that beat Dragons last time out.

Wasps’ international quartet of Dan Robson, Will Rowlands, Jack Willis and Joe Launchbury are rested. In their places come Will Porter, Tim Cardall, Ben Morris and James Gaskell respectively.

The only other change sees Ben Harris return from injury to start at loosehead prop.

Tom Willis also makes his way back from the injury he picked up against Gloucester in November, to take his place amongst the replacements.

Montpellier : Immelman; Martin, Lozowski, Vincent, Vallee; Foursans, Paillaugue; Forletta, du Plessis, Lamositele, Van Rensburg, Chalureau, Ouedraogo, Becognee, Picamoles

Replacements: Delhommel, Nariashvili, Chilachava, Camara, Reinach, Timu, Reilhac, Ngandebe.

[sturginho]

Zebre: 15 Michelangelo Biondelli, 14 Pierre Bruno, 13 Giulio Bisegni (c), 12 Federico Mori, 11 Jamie Elliott, 10 Carlo Canna, 9 Marcello Violi, 8 Renato Giammarioli, 7 Maxime Mbanda, 6 Jimmy Tuivaiti, 5 Mick Kearney, 4 Samuele Ortis, 3 Giosué Zilocchi, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Danilo Fischetti.
A disposizione: 16 Oliviero Fabiani, 17 Andrea Lovotti, 18 Eduardo Bello, 19 Leonard Krumov, 20 Lorenzo Masselli, 21 Nicolò Casilio, 22 Antonio Rizzi, 23 Enrico Lucchin

Brive: 15 Setariki Tuicuvu, 14 Joris Jurand, 13 Guillaume Galletier, 12 Sevanaia Gaiala, 11 Valentin Tirefort, 10 Tedo Abzhandadze, 9 David Delarue, 8 Kitione Kamikamica, 7 Esteban Abadie (c), 6 Irakli Tskhadadze, 5 Stan South, 4 Renger van Eerten, 3 Mesake Doge, 2 Badri Alkhazashvili, 1 Wesley Tapueluelu
A disposizione: 16 Enzo Jouannet, 17 Daniel Brennan, 18 Luka Japaridze, 19 Steevy Cerqueira, 20 Otar Giorgadze, 21 Quentin Delord, 22 Fouad Boulaghrifa, 23 Maxence Darthou

Zebre let a potential win against French opponents slip away last weekend, Brive are bottom of the table (I think) so might not be taking this too seriously

[Oxbow]

Is that Jamie Elliott the former Saints wing in the Zebre side?

[SaintK]

Scarlets v Toulon now off apparently

And La Rochelle v Bath

[JM2K6]

It would be terrible if a Quins substitute coughed at the wrong time and the impending slaughter at the hands of Racing92 was called off

[sturginho]

Is that Jamie Elliott the former Saints wing in the Zebre side?

Yes

[Torquemada 1420]

It would be terrible if a Quins substitute coughed at the wrong time and the impending slaughter at the hands of Racing92 was called off

Easier to fake a cough than blood.

Should explain that RCT were unhappy with some of Scarlets' testing and reported to Eurofools. Now, the game could have been pp'd to Sunday to allow Scarlets to be tested again for fever but........... RCT would still have refused to play because the players have 3 mandatory rest days and they feel that would not allow enough prep for their next T14 match (ASM).

http://www.rctoulon.com/news/article/sc ... -du-match/

So, this is new. A side refusing to play. Let's see how this pans out.

[Torquemada 1420]

Zebre: 15 Michelangelo Biondelli, 14 Pierre Bruno, 13 Giulio Bisegni (c), 12 Federico Mori, 11 Jamie Elliott, 10 Carlo Canna, 9 Marcello Violi, 8 Renato Giammarioli, 7 Maxime Mbanda, 6 Jimmy Tuivaiti, 5 Mick Kearney, 4 Samuele Ortis, 3 Giosué Zilocchi, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Danilo Fischetti.
A disposizione: 16 Oliviero Fabiani, 17 Andrea Lovotti, 18 Eduardo Bello, 19 Leonard Krumov, 20 Lorenzo Masselli, 21 Nicolò Casilio, 22 Antonio Rizzi, 23 Enrico Lucchin

Brive: 15 Setariki Tuicuvu, 14 Joris Jurand, 13 Guillaume Galletier, 12 Sevanaia Gaiala, 11 Valentin Tirefort, 10 Tedo Abzhandadze, 9 David Delarue, 8 Kitione Kamikamica, 7 Esteban Abadie (c), 6 Irakli Tskhadadze, 5 Stan South, 4 Renger van Eerten, 3 Mesake Doge, 2 Badri Alkhazashvili, 1 Wesley Tapueluelu
A disposizione: 16 Enzo Jouannet, 17 Daniel Brennan, 18 Luka Japaridze, 19 Steevy Cerqueira, 20 Otar Giorgadze, 21 Quentin Delord, 22 Fouad Boulaghrifa, 23 Maxence Darthou

Zebre let a potential win against French opponents slip away last weekend, Brive are bottom of the table (I think) so might not be taking this too seriously

It's a 3rd team. I don't even recognise some of the players. If you take it seriously, you should win.

[JM2K6]

Brive are taking the piss with an internet name generator, surely

Mesake Doge was the real giveaway



(I see ex Quin Stan South is getting a game. Lucky boy.)

[Oxbow]

Is that Jamie Elliott the former Saints wing in the Zebre side?

Yes

I didn't know he was still playing, he seems to have been around for ages but I looked him up and he's still only 28.

[Torquemada 1420]

Brive are taking the piss with an internet name generator, surely

Mesake Doge was the real giveaway



(I see ex Quin Stan South is getting a game. Lucky boy.)

121st.

[fishfoodie]

Trev Brennans sprog is on the bench.

[JM2K6]

Brive are taking the piss with an internet name generator, surely

Mesake Doge was the real giveaway



(I see ex Quin Stan South is getting a game. Lucky boy.)

121st.

A normal healthy sport, this

[Paddington Bear]

The broadcasters are very fortunate that it’s December, the weather is awful, and there is a lockdown. Unappetising match ups everywhere deliberately created by a crap format. Should have just gone knockout

[GogLais]

Toulon left it very late to pull the plug as EPCR had said it should go ahead.

Has been pointed out, that it was odd that the game was going ahead against Scarlets in the first place, given that the Bath game was cancelled as they had come into contact with a Covid + Scarlets player.

Is it 28-0 to the Scarlets then?

[Torquemada 1420]

The broadcasters are very fortunate that it’s December, the weather is awful, and there is a lockdown. Unappetising match ups everywhere deliberately created by a crap format. Should have just gone knockout

Exactly. FA Cup KO. Best thing give the congestion.

[Torquemada 1420]

Toulon left it very late to pull the plug as EPCR had said it should go ahead.

Has been pointed out, that it was odd that the game was going ahead against Scarlets in the first place, given that the Bath game was cancelled as they had come into contact with a Covid + Scarlets player.

Is it 28-0 to the Scarlets then?

This might be that + i.e. maybe RCT will get fined and a ban.

[Glaston]

Brive are taking the piss with an internet name generator, surely

Mesake Doge was the real giveaway



(I see ex Quin Stan South is getting a game. Lucky boy.)

Mesake's highlight reel

[sockwithaticket]

Amazing brake from Will Porter to take Wasps from inside their 22 to a 10m attacking lineout.

[sockwithaticket]

That has to be yellow as a minimum against Immelman.

[Lemoentjie]

Found a stream. Surely a red card?

[sockwithaticket]

Another week another dull Saffa with a red card...

[Torquemada 1420]

Found a stream. Surely a red card?

It's Brace. He needs to check if it's an English team before deciding.

[Raggs]

Ref could have dropped it to yellow if he really wanted to, but I'm not going to complain about a red there (that's without a Wasps hat on).

[sockwithaticket]

Should've been a pen there for going high on Ben Harris too...

[Lemoentjie]

Ref could have dropped it to yellow if he really wanted to, but I'm not going to complain about a red there (that's without a Wasps hat on).

Really? Clear red to me. Immelman lined him up. No care. Shoulder to head.

[Torquemada 1420]

You wonder at what point the message will sink in to these morons on keeping the tackles down.

[Raggs]

Looked like a couple of highs there?

[notfatcat]

Definite red, well done ref for not bottling it.

[Raggs]

Ref could have dropped it to yellow if he really wanted to, but I'm not going to complain about a red there (that's without a Wasps hat on).

Really? Clear red to me. Immelman lined him up. No care. Shoulder to head.

Oh I'm not arguing, just wouldn't have been surprised to see yellow there either from some refs. It's red for me.

[Torquemada 1420]

Definite red, well done ref for not bottling it.

It wasn't hard: quick check... is it England.... nope.... red.

[Raggs]

Definite red, well done ref for not bottling it.

It wasn't hard: quick check... is it England.... nope.... red.

Colour me surprised that Torq is bitching about a ref... even in a decision he agrees with

[Torquemada 1420]

Pests must be close to yellow for repeateds.

[Torquemada 1420]

Definite red, well done ref for not bottling it.

It wasn't hard: quick check... is it England.... nope.... red.

Colour me surprised that Torq is bitching about a ref... even in a decision he agrees with

It's Brace.

[sockwithaticket]

Jeez, how'd he miss that?