Leicester v Ospreys

dreamer_ire

Only watching the end of this and Ospreys 6 points down by they are looking very very strong. The new signings if Bowe and Tiatia are proving very influential. Anyone else watching?

Didn't see any of the first half but from what I've seen Geordan Murphy is also staking a very stong claim for the Irish FB jersey

Inquitus

dreamer_ire wrote: »

Only watching the end of this and Ospreys 6 points down by they are looking very very strong. The new signings if Bowe and Tiatia are proving very influential. Anyone else watching?

Didn't see any of the first half but from what I've seen Geordan Murphy is also staking a very stong claim for the Irish FB jersey

Murphy always stakes a good claim for Leicester, then plays like rubbish when he pulls on the green, possibly one of the most infuriating things as an Ireland supporter.

JWAD

Bowe played better when he moved out to the Ospreys wing.

Thought the match was terrible to watch. Well the second half at least. Cynical negative rugby from two sides too nervous to take up the attack from the first 40.
And what is it with Welsh players and sunbeds???? Cancer rate too low in Wales or something?

Inquitus

JWAD wrote: »

Cynical negative rugby from two sides too nervous to take up the attack from the first 40.

Same could be said for Glaws v Biarritz yesterday evening, awful fare.

Erin Go Brath

Toulouse v Bath is a cracker, anyone watching? Hard to say whos going to win this with 15 mins left.

Erin Go Brath

What a kick by Skrela. The most dramatic finish ever!

Trojan

Shocking, stupidly didn't kill off the game - same as Montauban on Friday.

Inquitus

Trojan wrote: »

Shocking, stupidly didn't kill off the game - same as Montauban on Friday.

It's hard to kill off the game round the fringes with the re-enforced interpretation of the ruck laws. Much better to play the territory and kick it downfield, 2 games this weekend where teams tried it, and 2 last minute reverses. Bad call from Bath.

dreamer_ire

Bath played a very attacking and exciting game but threw it away in the end... Toulouse lucky to get away with the win imo

Erin Go Brath

I enjoyed watching Bath and their constant attacking from deep, but they are no Munster when it comes to closing out games. Great finish to a great game, well done Skrela for the pressure kick.

[Jackass]

wow, what a game!! Bath were desperately unlucky. They actually had the game killed off, on the very last ruck it was superb play by Tolouse to turn over the ball rather than Bath giving away a stupid penalty.

The penalty was given away with Tolouse 5 meteres from the line and desperate last gasp defence from Bath.

Superb kick also.

Inquitus

[Jackass] wrote: »

wow, what a game!! Bath were desperately unlucky. They actually had the game killed off, on the very last ruck it was superb play by Tolouse to turn over the ball rather than Bath giving away a stupid penalty.

The penalty was given away with Tolouse 5 meteres from the line and desperate last gasp defence from Bath.

Superb kick also.

Yes but in trying to kill the game they left themselves open to the turnover, the re-enforcement of the ruck laws dictated they could not seal off, which in turn allowed Toulouse to counter-ruck and turn the ball over, this would not have happened last year. From the turnover Toulouse were always likely to have a chance at a drop or a penalty. It was a bad call, they should have put the ball deep in the Toulouse 22 and let them try and score from there.

2 teams tried to kill off the last 2-3 mins this weekend, and 2 teams failed, last yearr both would have succeeded. The only team I have seen kill a game off like that this year was Connacht and that was mainly due to how **** the Magner's Refs are at dealing with the sealing off issue.