Saracens v Ulster Rugby 18:30 Saturday April 6th Sky Sports

ktulu123

It is the worst thing ever!!

Pudsy33

Lets make it 2/2 so far, SUFTUM

thomond2006

Ulster are sloppy so far

Taco Corp

ugh, "wolf-pack mentality". they're like Alan from The Hangover

thomond2006

Vunipola is everywhere!

Taco Corp

thomond2006 wrote: »

Vunipola is everywhere!

how is he only 22? looks at least 40!

thomond2006

Jesus Nick, pass it to one of your own players.

Heroditas

What the hell were they playing at there??

thomond2006

bad miss

I am pie

thomond2006 wrote: »

bad miss

and again !

thomond2006

Pienaar gets the third one: 3-3

and Ulster hand three straight back

captbarnacles

I am pie wrote: »

and again !

That was a good miss

A-Train

He finally got one, 3-3!

Tox56

First two Saracens players (quite blatantly) came flying in off their feet before Tuohy did anything

thomond2006

6-6

toomevara

Afoa is absolutely destroying Vunipola...lovely.

ScrubsfanChris

Mistakes from both teams all over the place...

ray jay

The scrum is looking great for Ulster.

ongarite

Try

lologram

Ulster need to be much more professional here. They haven't been clinical in the slightest. They're like wheels spinning in the mud.

CatFromHue

It was more than likely a try but I couldn't see the ball, let alone the ball being grounded.

At the lineout where the maul formed you could see Ulster standing off the Saracens maul as it was being formed only for one Ulster player to engage it thus making it a legal maul, as opposed to all the Saracens players being off side!!

ScrubsfanChris

Very quiet in here for a match thread, are all the boards.ie Ulster fans at the game?

thomond2006

Saracens kick chase is excellent

awec

Need a massive boot up the arse.

ongarite

Saracens just too clinical so far. Playing safe rugby, winning penalties and stretching the lead.

Benny Cake

Sky's hard-on for Farrell is vomit inducing....

thomond2006

Very poor half from an Ulster perspective, Saracens' defence is dominant.

ongarite

Jaysus, all going wrong for Ulster so far.

awec

This is infuriating.

jamiedav2011

Ulster pack is getting beaten up, not much urgency at all.
Jackson way too deep too.

I am pie

balls, ...cant cough up penalties like that.

lologram

Frankly, Ulster look amateurish. Knock-ons, turnovers, holding-on penalties abound.

There's not nearly enough energy in their play and too frequently they're allowing runners to be isolated. No support runners or people to win the ball at the breakdown. Ulster need to cop on.

Aidric

Benny Cake wrote: »

Sky's hard-on for Farrell is vomit inducing....

He is a brilliant player though and only getting better.

thomond2006

I don't understand why Nick Williams is back with the back three in defence, surely they need his bulk at the breakdown?

mfceiling

Listening to this on newstalk...sounds like tuohy is having a nightmare.

Basic handling errors must be killing them.

awec

No point talking about the line out that never was, we've missed 2 penalties and given away too much ball.

shuffol

Ulster so frustrating, talented side but lack smarts, have shot themselves in the foot so many times this campaign, saracens very efficient.

JustinDee

Ulster's forwards' protection of the ball when taking it into contact needs urgent improving.
Kicking game should also receive a tweak. Aside from one dart out too far from line, Marshall pretty good in backs. Need to keep within touching distance, as a team led by Borthwick will yield more penalties than most. Keep it in hand more and in play. Saracens depend a lot on lineout. Instead of focusing on he halfback, we might see more attention from bacrowers on their ten instead.

shuffol

Bring on diack for tuohy and move Henderson into the row, tuohy's having a mare

awec

We need to get the next score.

For Paws

At last penalty awarded to Saracens. Over a minute goes by from the time the kicking tee arrives to Farrell and the time kick is actually taken. During this time Borthwick is talking to Ref about possible foul play at the previous breakdown. At no time does the clock stop. WTF ?

.ak

Are ulster knackered from the Leinster game last week? They need a big half time talk.

Poite is having his usual mare game.

Sinbad_NI

Decided to head to bar early. Not great rugby out there.

Benny Cake

Sinbad_NI wrote: »

Decided to head to bar early. Not great rugby out there.

Just the type of support ulster will need in the second half. Fair play....

Hagz

Just my opinion and I'm not directing it to either side, but I feel like Poite is quite easy to fool when it comes to competing for the ball on the ground. I frequently see him awarding penalties to players who are mainly supporting their weight with their elbows.

Tigerandahalf

Time to bring on Bowe. Saracens winning the breakdown. Ulster seem afraid of the Saracens lineout, running the ball too much. Not their game.

Tox56

Aidric wrote: »

He is a brilliant player though and only getting better.

Most if not all of his kicks have been pretty straightforward for a pro kicker, the way they're going on you'd think he's put on a kicking masterclass.

phog

Too many errors from Ulster, their scrum is on top but the pack seems to be getting beaten up tho' Afoa did very well to disrupt that last maul at the stroke of halftime.

I didn't think Sarries try was a try but ref asked any reason why he couldn't award it so I presume he saw the grounding of the ball.

Ulster really need to score next and hopefully a 7 pointer. Sarries are brilliant at the chase down, caught Jackson excellently immediately after ko from Ulster's first pen.

C'mon Ulster

JustinDee

.ak wrote: »

Are ulster knackered from the Leinster game last week? They need a big half time talk.

Poite is having his usual mare game.

I've seen one scrum where South Afracens popped up when going backwards not pinged and their 7 not dealt with for the cynical play at ruck under posts but where else is Romain Poite faltering (examples)?

Tox56

JustinDee wrote: »

I've seen one scrum where South Afracens popped up when going backwards not pinged and their 7 not dealt with for the cynical play at ruck under posts but where else is Romain Poite faltering (examples)?

Missed the forward pass in the build-up for the first Saracens pen, very poor decision for another Saracens pen where he said Tuohy was off his feet when the first two Sarries players went flying in off their feet before Tuohy did anything. There's also the wrongly awarded lineout but I suppose that was more the TJs responsibility.