French rugby Updates : Le café du Rugby.

crisco10

Clermont did well to hold out there. But why didn't rouguerIe kick it off the field?!?!

crisco10

Not surprisingly, game has gotten nervy. Game between 10 yard lines mainly as both teams wait for the other blink.

irishbucsfan

Not the nicest time to be playing this amount of rugby...

LuckyGent88

What a drop goal

Dave_The_Sheep

Some hit.

vienne86

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

What a drop goal

That looks like it could win it for Clermont. Racing making errors.

crisco10

Outrageous.

vienne86

OMG, what looked awful. Hope he's OK.

crisco10

vienne86 wrote: »

OMG, what looked awful. Hope he's OK.

Hopefully. At first look, look like he had lowered into the contact.

Edit: looks reckless in replay.

vienne86

These errors are unforgivable from Racing.

crisco10

vienne86 wrote: »

These errors are unforgivable from Racing.

Completely. Thats 2 crooked throws and at least one loss for the racing sub hooker.

irishbucsfan

Clermont getting away with murder in defense

crisco10

James will be thanking his lucky stars for that racing fumble.

LuckyGent88

OMG

Dave_The_Sheep

Unbelievable passage of play.
Looked offside for the second interception though.

vienne86

That was just bazare!

irishbucsfan

MADNESS?!

crisco10

Unreal but how was classens onside???

No metro man in that "ruck". Looks fine.

vienne86

That's a try IMO.

LuckyGent88

Don't understand what the ref is saying but God he never shuts up.

Try for me anyway

MarinersBlues

That looks forward to me

vienne86

crisco10 wrote: »

Unreal but how was classens onside???

No metro man in that "ruck". Looks fine.

No ruck!

crisco10

But is it a forward pass???? Insane stuff

vienne86

What a brilliant try and conversion.

vienne86

Surely Clermont were off side there.

matthew8

That's the worst choke I've ever seen.

vienne86

I have never ever seen a finish like that. Incredible stuff.

LuckyGent88

That was nuts

crisco10

What a game. Clermont threw it away though chasing the try they didn't need off fofanas intercept.

That game made my Friday evening.

scott1974

Brock James hero and villan within a few minutes. Great dg then misses touch from a penalty. Exciting stuff all the same.

LuckyGent88

Montpellier just got back into this second semi final with an intercept try.

24-18 to Toulon with 19 mins left

phog

Highlights from the Clermont v Racing game

Digifriendly

phog wrote: »

Highlights from the Clermont v Racing game

Many thanks for this link. Great match to watch.

iroced

phog wrote: »

Highlights from the Clermont v Racing game

A brilliant game.

Can't say the same about the other semi. Toulon dominated us and controlled the game. We had 5 min of "rebellion" but White management showed its limitations and we physically lost the battle. So the whole Trinh-Duc affair and "cheap" farewell for that season ending :rolleyes:?

On paper, it's a great season. Back to the top14 semis and winner of the European Challenge. But when I look at it in detail, there's a couple of things that make me nauseous...

thomond2006

Racing:

Dulin ; Rokocoko, Goosen, Chavancy, Imhoff ; (o) Carter, (m) Machenaud ;
Nyanga, Masoe, Lauret ; Carizza, Le Roux ; Tameifuna, Szarzewski (cap), Ben Arous.

Chat, Vartanov, Kruger, Claassen, Chauveau, Andreu, Vulivuli, Ducalcon.

Toulon:

Halfpenny ; Tuisova, Bastareaud, Mermoz, Habana ; (o) Giteau, (m) Pelissié;
Fernandez Lobbe, S. Armitage, Gorgodze ; Mikautadze, Manoa ; Chilachava, Guirado, Chiocci.

Orioli, Fresia, R. Taofifénua, Bruni, Belan, D. Armitage, Michalak, Saulo.

This should be a bone cruncher as the Top14 final will break the rugby attendance record in Barcelona.
Fun fact: 4 of Toulon benchers will be playing for Lyon next season.

OldRio

If, like myself you do not have Sky TV. the final is being shown on TV5 MONDE free to view.
Go to your international section. Should be channel 796. (Although that might be different on your type of freesat box.)

Kiwi_knock

Nou Camp looks great.

Kiwi_knock

Blazers looking good.

former total

For those without Sky Sports this is on TV5.

Buer

Machenaud could be in real trouble here. Possible red card if he came down on shoulder.

EDIT: Lifts him, inverts him and brings him down on upper body. I expect a yellow but definitely see reds for this.

LuckyGent88

Personally think that's a terrible decision.

Yellow max. I actually think giteax Ducks into it at the very last moment

Kiwi_knock

Agree with that. Hard to see Racing having much of a chance.

errlloyd

Game over.

Buer

Red card. Totally fair enough.

Game over. Racing's season done at the last hurdle by a completely sloppy and reckless tackle.

Brave and correct decision by the referee. Giteau came down on the top of his spine.

matthew8

errlloyd wrote: »

Game over.

Buer wrote: »

Red card. Totally fair enough.

Game over. Racing's season done at the last hurdle by a completely sloppy and reckless tackle.

Brave and correct decision by the referee. Giteau came down on the top of his spine.

How many teams have to win (or at least go close) with 14 men before people stop saying a red is game over?

errlloyd

matthew8 wrote: »

How many teams have to win (or at least go close) with 14 men before people stop saying a red is game over?

Statistically it's 5 points for every 10 mins on the clock.


But they're also getting destroyed in the scrum. And toulon have HP

Buer

matthew8 wrote: »

How many teams have to win (or at least go close) with 14 men before people stop saying a red is game over?

:rolleyes:

It's a turn of phrase. The referee hardly blows the final whistle but it's undeniable that it puts the team at a massive disadvantage that usually causes the team to lose.

matthew8

errlloyd wrote: »

Statistically it's 5 points for every 10 mins on the clock.


But they're also getting destroyed in the scrum. And toulon have HP

It's a big blow but you see teams with an early red win or go close all the time. Even underdogs.

Buer

Can't believe that Racing haven't brought on a scrum half.

thomond2006

Scrum eaten alive there.