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ScrubsfanChris

ongarite wrote: »

Para, that was pretty great, and the penalty could win the match

If he kicks it before the clock runs out
He uses up all the time usually

Buer

Not a fan of Parra but that was a serious 2 minutes of rugby from him. Fair play.

Buer

That is the utter height of stupidity. Shag off and take a yellow for that.

thomond2006

Gorgodze is a penalty machine.

thomond2006

Crazy to go for a DG.

Buer

Couldn't have hit your drop goal like that against us, could you?

LuckyGent88

Clermont are going to guck this up aren't they

ongarite

OMG, this is it.
1 more go

thomond2006

Down to the wire!

razorblunt

That advantage is mad, lot of ground made, should have been over.


Dewi Morris, is incredibly annoying, zero insight offered.

ongarite

Para down with looks like broken ribs

ScrubsfanChris

How do Clermont always fine themselves in these positions?

ongarite

YES

LuckyGent88

razorblunt

Parra with turnover penalty to win it, incredible!

pickarooney

Woohoo!

that was incredible !

corny

Great way to win it.

swiwi_

Well done to clermont. Man that last 25 minutes was stop start though. Like gridiron.

OldRio

Well that was rather good.

vetinari

Fair play to Clermont for holding on, thought Toulon would sneak it.
That was some long advantage from Poite at the end. Would have been a shame if that had decided the game.

ScrubsfanChris

Two great domestic finals....... pro12 not so much :P

Buer

That was the best domestic final of the season, by a distance. Fantastic match and as full blooded a game as you'll see.

Clermont have an unreal ability to try and f*ck things up for themselves. Collar tackle which gave Toulon a way back into the game and then Chouly taking a man out off the ball in the dying minutes when it looks done and dusted.

Thought it was a terrible kick to touch at the end. Needs to get it to the 5m line but the line out was twice that from the try line. If Toulon had been on the 5m line, I think they'd have eked it out with pick and go rugby.

I don't think Toulon will be letting anyone ever go on a Lions tour again. Leigh Halfpenny plays and, at the very least, Toulon are 3 points down when they get those penalties in the 22 to tie the game late on and aren't forced to go for a 7 pointer.

Main thing though....cracking game of rugby. So long 2016/17 season, you've been a good one.

ScrubsfanChris

Looking at the Clermont try again, if Basteraud actually gave a f*ck and chased back he could have made a tackle. Barely broke into a jog "chasing"

vetinari

One thing I noticed in the game was that a few Toulon players led with the arm a fair bit when taking a tackle.
Are they any rules around that? A few of their bigger guys pretty much smashed an arm into the tackler on multiple occasions.

iroced

Based on the entire season. Attacking, creative and entertaining rugby won it. Destructive and violent rugby lost. Mid to long term management won. Impulsive and messy one lost. A bit reductive admittedly but not that far off from reality. And I'm very happy about it .

Parra was immense. 100% kicking and made 2 absolutely vital turnovers in the dying min of the game. I found Zirakashvili huge too. He notably made quite a number of runs to bring support upfront. Credit to the Clermont youngsters too. Damian Penaud was very good, both in attack and defense. Iturria & Cancoriet too. They managed to counter Toulon on their strongest point, "la conquête" (I can never remember how you say this in English).

Quintis

Parra was immense, he should not be allowed turnover any ball against Toulon

pickarooney

Ashton with two tries on his debut for Toulon.
Montpellier with a bagful of scores and Cruden-Pienaar looking comfortable already.

Great news all round.

vienne86

I watched some of the Bordeaux v Clermont match. Clermont looked to be cruising but Bordeaux then put up a great fight to get the win. As always, the Bordeaux crowd were great.

pickarooney

vienne86 wrote: »

I watched some of the Bordeaux v Clermont match. Clermont looked to be cruising but Bordeaux then put up a great fight to get the win. As always, the Bordeaux crowd were great.

I feel they often just need one or two intelligent signings to really challenge. Who did they bring in this year?

Burkie1203

pickarooney wrote: »

I feel they often just need one or two intelligent signings to really challenge. Who did they bring in this year?

Clermont signed Laidlaw

pickarooney

I meant Bordeaux!
They've signed a ****ton of D2 players and no big names. Interested to see if any make the step up.

roundymac

Racing lose to Agen. Ronan won't be a happy person.

vienne86

roundymac wrote: »

Racing lose to Agen. Ronan won't be a happy person.

Racing were away from home.....this is the Top 14, where away wins are rare enough. And they managed to pick up the LBP.

matthew8

They were 2/5 favourites it's a game they should have been winning.

thomond2006

matthew8 wrote: »

They were 2/5 favourites it's a game they should have been winning.

Tuitavake was sent off in the first half for a dangerous tackle.

roundymac

The reporter said it was like Chelsea being beaten by Cheltenham.

pickarooney

roundymac wrote: »

The reporter said it was like Chelsea being beaten by Cheltenham.

Are Cheltenham in the premier league?

roundymac

pickarooney wrote: »

Are Cheltenham in the premier league?

You know exactly what I mean.

swiwi_

Nice to see Christian Cullen's son playing French club rugby.

pickarooney

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-fzRm4XGYE

Ashton getting to grips with French rugby there.

Buer

swiwi_ wrote:

Nice to see Christian Cullen's son playing French club rugby.

Those sidesteps were a bit familiar.

shrapnel222

Buer wrote: »

Those sidesteps were a bit familiar.

i'm guessing that's what he meant. That's Gervais Cordin. a young frenchy :P

thomond2006

He won't be in ProD2 for long.

nc6000

shrapnel222 wrote: »

i'm guessing that's what he meant. That's Gervais Cordin. a young frenchy :P

I know I'm getting old but I'm not old enough that players I remember from when I was younger now have sons playing.

errlloyd

nc6000 wrote: »

shrapnel222 wrote: »

i'm guessing that's what he meant. That's Gervais Cordin. a young frenchy :P

I know I'm getting old but I'm not old enough that players I remember from when I was younger now have sons playing.

Well unless you started watching rugby very recently, there are a few examples. For instance Regan King who only retired a year ago has a son playing for the Scarlets. Any Farrell who is only a year older than Cullen has a son who was arguably the best player in the Northern hemisphere pre lions tour.

nc6000

errlloyd wrote: »

Well unless you started watching rugby very recently, there are a few examples. For instance Regan King who only retired a year ago has a son playing for the Scarlets. Any Farrell who is only a year older than Cullen has a son who was arguably the best player in the Northern hemisphere pre lions tour.

Nope, my first international in Lansdowne would have been 30 years ago on a schoolboy ticket that cost about £2.50.

shrapnel222

errlloyd wrote: »

Well unless you started watching rugby very recently, there are a few examples. For instance Regan King who only retired a year ago has a son playing for the Scarlets. Any Farrell who is only a year older than Cullen has a son who was arguably the best player in the Northern hemisphere pre lions tour.

was watching rugby league the other day and was surprised to find out Lewis Tierney who plays for Wigan is Jason Robinson's son!! exciting prospect

ScrubsfanChris

Clermont no8 has just commited the howler of the season. Drops the ball over the line with no one within 5 yards of him.

Burkie1203

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Clermont no8 has just commited the howler of the season. Drops the ball over the line with no one within 5 yards of him.

Willie le roux did that 8n april in euro qf