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The Irish derby looked like one for the purists.

fishfoodie wrote: Tue Dec 26, 2023 9:37 pm
Bit worried about Edogbo; he was the best Munster player with Ahern, & now he's injured again, & could be out for months

Am hearing achillies which he's done before so hopefully that's not true.

assfly wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 8:54 am The Irish derby looked like one for the purists.

I really enjoy it. All our teams will struggle against that two teams in that conditions. The crowd was fantastic

Uncle fester wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:01 am

fishfoodie wrote: Tue Dec 26, 2023 9:37 pm
Bit worried about Edogbo; he was the best Munster player with Ahern, & now he's injured again, & could be out for months

Am hearing achillies which he's done before so hopefully that's not true.

Would be a shame, been impressed with him so far this season.

Scottish Derby at 15:00 tomorrow, than Stomps v Sharks at 17:00.

Edinburgh v Glasgow Warriors
(Murrayfield, Edinburgh – Kick-off: 15.00; 15.00 GMT)

Teams:

Edinburgh: 15 Wes Goosen, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Matt Currie, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Ben Healy, 9 Ali Price, 8 Viliame Mata, 7 Jamie Ritchie, 6 Luke Crosbie, 5 Grant Gilchrist (captain), 4 Glen Young, 3 WP Nel, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Pierre Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 Dave Cherry, 17 Boan Venter, 18 D’Arcy Rae, 19 Marshall Sykes, 20 Hamish Watson, 21 Ben Vellacott, 22 Cammy Scott, 22 Emiliano Boffelli.

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Huw Jones, 13 Sione Tuipulotu (captain), 12 Stafford McDowall, 11 Kyle Rowe, 10 Tom Jordan, 9 George Horne,8 Ally Miller, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Thomas Gordon, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Johnny Matthews, 1 Jamie Bhatti
Replacements: 16 George Turner, 17 Nathan McBeth, 18 Oli Kebble, 19 Greg Peterson, 20 Max Williamson, 21 Henco Venter, 22 Ben Afshar, 23 Ross Thompson.

Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Assistant Referees: Jonny Perriam (Scotland) and Finlay Brown (Scotland)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)

Sandstorm wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2023 1:36 pm Scottish Derby at 15:00 tomorrow, than Stomps v Sharks at 17:00.

Supersport has the Stomps game kick off at 7pm SA time, and the Scots game at 5pm?

assfly wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:54 am

Sandstorm wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2023 1:36 pm Scottish Derby at 15:00 tomorrow, than Stomps v Sharks at 17:00.

Supersport has the Stomps game kick off at 7pm SA time, and the Scots game at 5pm?

5 & 7pm SA time

Glasgow look much better coached.

Schoeman lost his power with the hair cut

Great win by Embra. Great try by Duhan

Good crowd in. Etzebeth out

SA game is not on Viaplay. WTF?????

Sandstorm wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 5:16 pm SA game is not on Viaplay. WTF?????

It’s on Sky 420

13-5 Stormers
45 mins

Stormers move up nicely on the log. Looking ahead and all teams without their international players. Going to be a different ball game in February and March.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:04 pm Stormers move up nicely on the log. Looking ahead and all teams without their international players. Going to be a different ball game in February and March.

There are only two or three rounds without international players.

Biffer wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:01 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:04 pm Stormers move up nicely on the log. Looking ahead and all teams without their international players. Going to be a different ball game in February and March.

There are only two or three rounds without international players.

Saffer teams 4 rounds without the Springboks. Then our other players also need an 8 weeks break. CC starts in June to September.

Those are very interesting and equally depressing statistics, as a $harks fan

The official attendance for the Stormers vs Sharks URC match was 37,426 after the 39,925 vs the Bulls.

Munster think its still Xmast

Don't know if Tinus de Beer is enjoying the Brewery Field pitch

And another forward injury for Munster.

That was a lovely mudbath try there

Great win for Connacht.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2024 5:07 pm Great win for Connacht.

and badly needed to keep in touch with the top 8

No complaints there. Needed more from the first half to have any chance of getting anything from the game.

I don't like this razzle dazzle rugby, with all these tries; I want to go back to the shite we had last week

fishfoodie wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2024 5:58 pm I don't like this razzle dazzle rugby, with all these tries; I want to go back to the shite we had last week

I reckon Timoney must have had the Robbie Diack gif in his head as he dived good and early for his second try.

If I didn’t know better it’d look like the Irish were sharing round the points to try to get all their teams into the champions cup next season. But they’d never do that, obviously.

Nope, we really are that bad at the minute.

If Munster tried to throw a game we'd find some way to f@ck it up. With multiple horrible injuries in the process.

fishfoodie wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2024 5:23 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2024 5:07 pm Great win for Connacht.

and badly needed to keep in touch with the top 8

The URC is very close this year, on half way and only 12 points between the top 12. Lions have two difficult matches in hand.

Will be interesting feb-mrch with no international players available

OomStruisbaai wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2024 8:55 pm

fishfoodie wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2024 5:23 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2024 5:07 pm Great win for Connacht.

and badly needed to keep in touch with the top 8

The URC is very close this year, on half way and only 12 points between the top 12. Lions have two difficult matches in hand.

And only two points covering the six teams between fifth and tenth

That Connaught Munster game was ridiculous. I know the conditions were bad, but the amount of head contact, dodgy tackles and dangerous clear-outs was incredible. There should have been several red cards.

Not sure what to make of Ulster atm.

We are more Spursy than Spurs themselves. Utter shite for the best part of the season. Even hammering Racing a few weeks ago felt like a false dawn as Racing were embarrassingly shit. They stumbled over the line against Connacht.

But last night, jesus, they actually showed maturity and put in an incredibly gutsy performance. Our forwards put in a huge shift (apart from the lineout which has been pish all season). Billy Burns exploited Leinster's defence perfectly for the 3 tries. And most amazingly, despite having ample opportunities to do so, we didn't actually shit the bed!

I still don't think we are good enough to challenge for anything at the business end of the season but fair play to the lads, always nice to stick one up to the private schoolboys in their own backyard.

Jim Lahey wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2024 7:10 am Not sure what to make of Ulster atm.

We are more Spursy than Spurs themselves. Utter shite for the best part of the season. Even hammering Racing a few weeks ago felt like a false dawn as Racing were embarrassingly shit. They stumbled over the line against Connacht.

But last night, jesus, they actually showed maturity and put in an incredibly gutsy performance. Our forwards put in a huge shift (apart from the lineout which has been pish all season). Billy Burns exploited Leinster's defence perfectly for the 3 tries. And most amazingly, despite having ample opportunities to do so, we didn't actually shit the bed!

I still don't think we are good enough to challenge for anything at the business end of the season but fair play to the lads, always nice to stick one up to the private schoolboys in their own backyard.

Great performance by Ulster. I know I have ony one eye but vok knows Kitshoff was at his best scrumtime and leadership. I always like Henderson but your 10s foot passes was top class. This is a massive boost for Ulster, make no mistake.

This is why the Irish rugby is in such a good state. Their 4 teams is evenly strong. any team can beat each other on a given day. our teams would have struggle with the conditions and the refs.

Scots not far behind, unfortunately only 2 teams. Wales and Italy teams are catching up quickly.