Ulster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread.

jacothelad

18 - 20 PEN NOC. Still playing like sewage.

goreyguy

Ulster all over the place

jacothelad

Dreadful shyte by Ulster. O'Connor is just too poor for this level of Ulster. Passes the ball straight to an Italian in his own 22.

jacothelad

4th try for Zebre under the posts. McComish opens the door.

jacothelad

25 - 20

irishbucsfan

David Humphreys would be better than NOC

jacothelad

U;Connor has kicked really wel, it;s just that he is useless in everything else.
Ulster knock on in front of Zebre post. Awful.

awec

Missing this game but it sounds brutal .

jacothelad

Penalty try to Ulster.
25 - 27

Undeserved so far.

durkadurka

Welcome to 'having a massive chunk of your team away on international duty' ulster...

jacothelad

3 minutes to go.

awec

jacothelad wrote: »

Penalty try to Ulster.
25 - 27

Undeserved so far.

Come on to fcuk ulster!!!

OldRio

27-25 to Ulster 3mins left

jacothelad

Pen to Zebre 20 secs

awec

jacothelad wrote: »

Pen to Zebre 20 secs

Noooooo

Grimebox

This on TV? Can someone PM a stream maybe? Can't find it

jacothelad

All over. Dreadful. Undeserved victory

awec

jacothelad wrote: »

All over. Dreadful. Undeserved victory

Did zebre miss the pen?

irishbucsfan

Zebre literally went from Ulsters 10m line to their own 10m line on a single phase to lose the game. Out half could not have possibly been any deeper. He must have been that Italian fella Nialli Di Connorio

ScissorPaperRock

It wasn't a shot at the posts, was not in kickable range

thomond2006

jacothelad wrote: »

All over. Dreadful. Undeserved victory

yet the 100% record goes on, well done.

Not exactly a bad result for Zebre either, 2 points secured against the league leaders is something is decent considering they haven't won yet.

awec

Thank goodness for that. Keeps the win streak going.

Redsock

That was the worst ulster performance I have seen in years and yet it is another win. Restarts were embarrassing.

Banbridgeman2

Shockingly poor

Sinbad_NI

Difficult watching that one...very sloppy and oh so Lucky to get the win.... huge step up required for next week or result will be very different.

Brendan97

score?

mfceiling

27-25 ulster

bilston

Well we won...lets move on and forget it ever happened...as for NOC say what you like but his goalkicking won that for us.

Next week we'll hopefully get a few guys back from Ireland...not too many mind with my Ireland hat on!!!...and we'll raise the standards.

Harsh luck Zebre, if it hadn't been us I'd be gutted for them. At least they got a couple of points.

Banbridgeman2

100% record upheld I suppose onwards and upwards!

awec

Sign of a good team apparently, to play sh!te and still win

awec

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport/rugby/ulster-await-clearance-on-potential-muller-contract-extension-1-4501136

Awaiting clearance on a new 1 year deal for Muller.

the_doctor199

Provisional 24 man squad for Treviso has been named (Friday 23rd Nov, 6.05pm GMT, BBC NI red button). Academy back row Conor Joyce has been added to the panel:

FORWARDS (14)
Herring, Brady, Black, Fitzpatrick, Court, Afoa, McComb, Simpson, Diack, Joyce, McComish, Birch, Wilson, Williams.

BACKS (10)
Heaney, McIlroy, O’Connor, Olding, Wallace, Payne, Allen, Cochrane, Andrew, Nelson.

bilston

the_doctor199 wrote: »

Provisional 24 man squad for Treviso has been named (Friday 23rd Nov, 6.05pm GMT, BBC NI red button). Academy back row Conor Joyce has been added to the panel:

FORWARDS (14)
Herring, Brady, Black, Fitzpatrick, Court, Afoa, McComb, Simpson, Diack, Joyce, McComish, Birch, Wilson, Williams.

BACKS (10)
Heaney, McIlroy, O’Connor, Olding, Wallace, Payne, Allen, Cochrane, Andrew, Nelson.

I was hoping we'd get at least two or three Ireland guys for this one but I suppose flying them out to Italy was always going to be an ask, in saying that Deccie will know his team already and will know he needs and who he doesn't, it just can't be publicised yet so maybe the forementioned players are winging themselves out to Italy as we speak!

Good to see Joyce involved as he is a promising prospect. This week I'd start Nelson at 15 and even though he's currently skipper I'd be very tempted to bring Herring in at 2 and maybe give Afoa or Wallace the captaincy. I think we'll do very well to get the win.

Also note the KO time....6.05pm...

the_doctor199

bilston wrote: »

I was hoping we'd get at least two or three Ireland guys for this one but I suppose flying them out to Italy was always going to be an ask, in saying that Deccie will know his team already and will know he needs and who he doesn't, it just can't be publicised yet so maybe the forementioned players are winging themselves out to Italy as we speak!

I was thinking that too, could well be on their way out today. A sports journo has said on Twitter that Marshall and Trimble will be released for the game, so we'll see..

bilston

the_doctor199 wrote: »

I was thinking that too, could well be on their way out today. A sports journo has said on Twitter that Marshall and Trimble will be released for the game, so we'll see..

Which Marshall?

Getting Paul would be crucial and actually Trimble would be good to bring in as it would mean Allen could move to 13 allowing Jared to go to 15 which would help us from an experience point of view.

the_doctor199

bilston wrote: »

Which Marshall?

Getting Paul would be crucial and actually Trimble would be good to bring in as it would mean Allen could move to 13 allowing Jared to go to 15 which would help us from an experience point of view.

Sorry, always forget there's two Marshall's! It's Paul Marshall apparently coming back.

the_doctor199

Ulster Rugby today announced that winger Craig Gilroy will remain at the club until the summer of 2016 having signed a three year contract extension.

Link

Higher

I'd assume he got a hefty pay increase.

bilston

Ulster team for Treviso

15 Peter Nelson
14 Andrew Trimble
13 Jared Payne
12 Paddy Wallace
11 Michael Allen
10 Niall O'Connor
9 Paul Marshall
1 Tom Court
2 Rob Herring
3 Declan Fitzpatrick
4 Robbie Diack
5 Neil McComb
6 Nick Williams
7 Mike McComish
8 Roger Wilson (c)

Bench
N Brady, C Black, J Afoa, J Simpson, A Birch, M Heaney, S Olding, C Cochrane

That backline looks so much better than last weeks. Happy with that team.

Stanza2

Team looks very good, can't help but feel for Trimble tho............ he must be gutted to lose his place in the Irish squad. I think that he has so much to offer and it must get him thinking about the future

Fooker

Stanza2 wrote: »

Team looks very good, can't help but feel for Trimble tho............ he must be gutted to lose his place in the Irish squad. I think that he has so much to offer and it must get him thinking about the future

Yes, It'll be interesting who gets the nod for Europe. Trimble could have a big decision to make at the end of the season.. He still has plenty of years ahead of him, but may need to move to get to play the big games,

CatFromHue

Best place for Trimble is playing for Ulster. Unfortunate not to be with Ireland but better to be playing all the same.

I didn't know Diack played in the second row last week!

sjwpjw

i think the trimble decision is a poor one - as another poster put it. the problem in the SA game was the left wing - nonsense.

on the positive side at least he can do plenty of good here where he is appreciated big time.

thomond2006

Hopefully Trimble will rip it up in this game and the games to come!

CatFromHue

I don't think Trimble did anything wrong either but Gilroy forced Kidney's hand to a degree.

jacothelad

CatFromHue wrote: »

I don't think Trimble did anything wrong either but Gilroy forced Kidney's hand to a degree.

What Trimble did wrong was being Trimble. Don't give a winger the ball and then blame him for not saving the teams face so boot him out. Deflect the blame from where it squarely lies - on a man who wouldn't know a good rugby player these days if he fell on him. It's of a parcel with the shameful treatment of Tom Court.

CatFromHue

When did Kidney or the Irish management blame Trimble?

Beery Eyed

The last few comments have been very, very odd. Since when does a player being dropped have to be a sign that the management are "blaming" him?

If we took that approach nobody would ever be dropped, until they had an absolute stinker. Hardly best practice when it comes to team selection.

Gilroy was picked because he performed very well in the only chance he was given and therefore deserves a chance again. Trimble has been solid if unspectacular, so they've decided to reward the man with some momentum. It's not the end of the road for Trimble, it's just one Autumn international where a selection was made on form in a fairly 50/50 call

Interesting Article that I just found again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/16621252

Shows just how long it takes to get a look in from El Kidders.

Note the players named.

irishbucsfan

Deleted User wrote: »

Interesting Article that I just found again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/16621252

Shows just how long it takes to get a look in from El Kidders.

Note the players named.

This needs a bit of context though.

You have to remember that was when they announced that weird initial squad that was just the world cup squad copied and pasted. It was very confusing and didn't turn out to actually be the squad in the end.

Gilroy should have been in that Wolfhounds squad, but Dave Kearney and Zebo were the two starting wingers and they were forced to use the bench spot to test depth at 15, so it's not like he was behind an Ian Dowling type either! And Dave Kearney ended up in the 22 against Wales.