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Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:22 pm
by Sards
These long stops must be a nightmare for the players getting cold. Especially with the wind
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:36 pm
by Sards
Great Sharks scrum.
Shit Sharks lineout
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:42 pm
by Sards
The ref refuses to penalize the Connaught scrum
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:52 pm
by Sards
Cameron Wright and Penxe....eisch
If they carry on like that they must look for another union
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:56 pm
by OomStruisbaai
Wright should just stop kicking. Doos
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:59 pm
by Sards
Please get Wright off
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:00 pm
by OomStruisbaai
Sards wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:42 pm
The ref refuses to penalize the Connaught scrum
No ref bashing allowed for you.
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:03 pm
by TheNatalShark
Can the ref please red card Wright.
Worse than a player down, fucking awful
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:04 pm
by Sards
Oh well. Huge difference between first and second side in the backline.
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:04 pm
by fishfoodie
Sards wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:42 pm
The ref refuses to penalize the Connaught scrum
It's Connacht; Connaught is a nice hotel in London
I think the scrum blindness, is leveled out by him letting Sharks away with a lot of time wasting.
Three tries on the board, & Sharks yet to score; I'll take that.
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:12 pm
by Sards
fishfoodie wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:04 pm
Sards wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:42 pm
The ref refuses to penalize the Connaught scrum
It's Connacht; Connaught is a nice hotel in London
I think the scrum blindness, is leveled out by him letting Sharks away with a lot of time wasting.
Three tries on the board, & Sharks yet to score; I'll take that.
Apologies.
The ref should have sorted it ages ago. We are not enjoying it either. We want him off. Connacht must be thrilled he is there
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:24 pm
by fishfoodie
No worries
Sharks must have got the hairdryer at half time, as they're looking a lot livelier.
Wright is still a liability though. His passes are are always "too" ... low, high, slow, far ahead, etc, etc
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:27 pm
by Sards
fishfoodie wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:24 pm
No worries
Sharks must have got the hairdryer at half time, as they're looking a lot livelier.
Wright is still a liability though. His passes are are always "too" ... low, high, slow, far ahead, etc, etc
Oh my word he is bad......
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:28 pm
by Sards
Williams on too late
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:34 pm
by fishfoodie
and that's why you always chase kicks !
That's the TBP secured at least
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:35 pm
by Sards
Ag......
Well done Connacht.
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:37 pm
by fishfoodie
Sards wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:35 pm
Ag......
Well done Connacht.
and again, Sharks play with some pace, & rumble up to Connachts 22; which makes the deliberate slowness, of the rest of the game so baffling

Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:39 pm
by fishfoodie
I thought he'd taken too much out of that, but thats Sharks on the scoreboard
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:46 pm
by fishfoodie
Feck sake; all momentum with Sharks now 24 - 14
[Edit] Try scratched off because try scorer was offside at blockdown
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:51 pm
by TheNatalShark
Have they changed the law that they can't review after kick has been completed and awarded?
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:53 pm
by fishfoodie
TheNatalShark wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:51 pm
Have they changed the law that they can't review after kick has been completed and awarded?
Yeah, I think everyone saw OHs rushing to take the conversion quick, to game the system, & they decided to drop that clause.
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:57 pm
by fishfoodie
Sharks coaches must have to use a logarithmic scale when they rate Wright against Williams
Williams is a million times better at using the players around him, & adjusted to the conditions the minute he got on the pitch
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 7:01 pm
by Sards
Not bad effort. For a second side. Our scrum depth is fantastic.
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 7:03 pm
by fishfoodie
24 - 12 FT
Hopefully the Sharks guys have a number of large whiskeys in the dressing room to defrost the players .
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 7:23 pm
by fishfoodie
A lot of favors being done this weekend; with Connacht beating Sharks, now Scarlets have beaten Cardiff.
There are a lot of teams capable of securing positions 4-8
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:15 pm
by OomStruisbaai
fishfoodie wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 7:23 pm
A lot of favors being done this weekend; with Connacht beating Sharks, now Scarlets have beaten Cardiff.
There are a lot of teams capable of securing positions 4-8
Ulster losing and Leinster struggling against Ospreys weekend of surprises.
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:16 pm
by Sandstorm
OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:15 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 7:23 pm
A lot of favors being done this weekend; with Connacht beating Sharks, now Scarlets have beaten Cardiff.
There are a lot of teams capable of securing positions 4-8
Ulster losing and Leinster struggling against Ospreys weekend of surprises.
Bad weather is a great leveller
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:23 pm
by fishfoodie
Sandstorm wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:16 pm
OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:15 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 7:23 pm
A lot of favors being done this weekend; with Connacht beating Sharks, now Scarlets have beaten Cardiff.
There are a lot of teams capable of securing positions 4-8
Ulster losing and Leinster struggling against Ospreys weekend of surprises.
Bad weather is a great leveller
Benetton aren't to be underestimated this season; & Ulster won't be their only scalp I think.
Leinster don't look themselves so far, but are still 10 - 10 at HT, despite being down 10 - 0 at one point; but they've a very experimental SH/OH combination in Foley, & Harry Byrne
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:26 pm
by OomStruisbaai
All the Irish teams scrumming struggled. Even the Lions gave Munster a scrum lesson.
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:29 pm
by fishfoodie
OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:26 pm
All the Irish teams scrumming struggled. Even the Lions gave Munster a scrum lesson.
We just don't have enough big guys going into the game; it's been a problem for as long as I've been watching Irish teams.
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:00 pm
by fishfoodie
16 - 10 with 20 mins to go
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:11 pm
by fishfoodie
And just like that, Leinster run in two lovely backs tries, & now it's 16 - 24, & you'd fancy them to get the TBP in the last 10 minutes
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:21 pm
by Tichtheid
Big defence from Leinster
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:25 pm
by fishfoodie
19 - 24 FT
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:29 pm
by OomStruisbaai
Good game from Ospreys.
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:35 pm
by GogLais
fishfoodie wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:29 pm
OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:26 pm
All the Irish teams scrumming struggled. Even the Lions gave Munster a scrum lesson.
We just don't have enough big guys going into the game
Funny you should say that, I was wondering whether Healy has shrunk.
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:46 pm
by fishfoodie
OomStruisbaai wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:29 pm
Good game from Ospreys.
They were in it all the way, & just that failure to draw in the defender in their last attack, meant they never got the space to draw level.
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2023 7:52 am
by assfly
That went about as well as expected for the $harks B team. Congrats Connacht on being the better team by far.
Mchunu probably the pick of our players, our scrum looked very dominant. But our lineout was utter shit. We looked like we hadn't played together before, which was obviously the case. Our backline players had no idea what each were doing.
That combo of Wright/Fleurs was a disaster, it's a pity we didn't start with Williams/Cronje.
Despite the loss, I think there are some scraps of hope in that team. Given the travelling issue, SA teams will need a strong B team for matches like this. A couple of player changes and some more game time, I think this team could click and throw up a couple of surprises.
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2023 1:40 pm
by GogLais
EnergiseR2 wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:51 pm
GogLais wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:35 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:29 pm
We just don't have enough big guys going into the game
Funny you should say that, I was wondering whether Healy has shrunk.
Healy is trying to stay mobile. Last legs time
Makes sense, ta.
Re: Official United Rugby Championship (PRO16) thread
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2023 2:27 pm
by Tichtheid
GogLais wrote: Sun Jan 08, 2023 1:40 pm
EnergiseR2 wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:51 pm
GogLais wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:35 pm
Funny you should say that, I was wondering whether Healy has shrunk.
Healy is trying to stay mobile. Last legs time
Makes sense, ta.
It's odd to play him on the tighthead if he's trying keep his weight down and become more mobile