Heineken Cup Final 2014: Toulon vs Saracens, Sat 24 May 5pm; Sky Sports

Buer

Can they both lose?

Nice from Giteau! Goode slow off the mark.

DDC1990

Saracens

Try of the Season. Unreal from Giteau

Tox56

Why on earth is Giteau in France and not playing for Australia

Aidric

Delightful kick.

Hagz

Can they both lose?

DDC1990 wrote: »

Try of the Season. Unreal from Giteau

Where's the raised eyebrow smilie.

Tox56

Toulon really arent making this easy on themselves, what the hell was that??

ScrubsfanChris

Tox56 wrote: »

Why on earth is Giteau in France and not playing for Australia

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razorblunt

Fortuitous bounce my arse, Mitchell attacked the ball, Goode went for the tackle instead.

Fortune favours the brave Barnesy.

Davei141

I think Burger just killed Bakies Botha!

Aidric

OOH, crunching hit.

thomond2006

Saracens

Bakkies smashed! :eek:

shuffol

Always found Goode very indecisive in moments like that.

Swiwi.

Can they both lose?

Tox56 wrote: »

Why on earth is Giteau in France and not playing for Australia

Snubbed by Deans, now on mega bikkies from Toulon.

matthew8

Saracens

Botha and Burger have smashed each other a few times so far.

Grandpa Hassan

This game is hotting up!

corny

CRUNCH

Tox56

I am waiting for a Burger - Burden collision, there will be fatalities

Tox56

Why are Sky so obsessed that the move was pre-planned? If anything it would be more impressive if it was completely improvised

DDC1990

Saracens

Hagz wrote: »

Where's the raised eyebrow smilie.

Why not? It had it all.

A set play.
Inside pass from Wilkinson.
The kick from Giteau.
The chase catch and offload from Mitchell
The support hand off and finish from Giteau again.

For me that is the try of the season. Better then the IRFU tries picked certainly.

Diabhal Beag

Habana doesn't half arse his leaps

thomond2006

Saracens

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Habana doesn't half arse his leaps

Saved three points I reckon!

Buer

Can they both lose?

DDC1990 wrote: »

Why not? It had it all.

A set play.
Inside pass from Wilkinson.
The kick from Giteau.
The chase catch and offload from Mitchell
The support hand off and finish from Giteau again.

For me that is the try of the season. Better then the IRFU tries picked certainly.

Listing every component of a try doesn't make it the best try of the season. It was a good try and a little spark of magic from Giteau. Nothing more.

RuggieBear

nice drive. nice drop goal

awec

Jonny schools Farrell on how to score a drop goal. Again.

Grandpa Hassan

Wilko!

Buer

Can they both lose?

That's a huge 3 points given the timing. Can't see Saracens coming back into it from here. Is Farrell playing?

thomond2006

Saracens

Huge three points. Toulon getting into the game.

ScrubsfanChris

I can't kick a ball 20ft off my bad foot

RuggieBear

Buer wrote: »

That's a huge 3 points given the timing. Can't see Saracens coming back into it from here. Is Farrell playing?

some mockers bait that
:eek:

Swiwi.

Can they both lose?

DDC1990 wrote: »

Why not? It had it all.

A set play.
Inside pass from Wilkinson.
The kick from Giteau.
The chase catch and offload from Mitchell
The support hand off and finish from Giteau again.

For me that is the try of the season. Better then the IRFU tries picked certainly.

Far too easily impressed or don't watch too many games?? Good try, but not even in the top 20 for the season.

Tox56

DDC1990 wrote: »

Why not? It had it all.

A set play.
Inside pass from Wilkinson.
The kick from Giteau.
The chase catch and offload from Mitchell
The support hand off and finish from Giteau again.

For me that is the try of the season. Better then the IRFU tries picked certainly.

There were better Irish tries than the tries the IRFU picked

corny

Thats just stupid from Wigglesworth going down a stacked short side.

thomond2006

Saracens

Swiwi. wrote: »

Far too easily impressed or don't watch too many games?? Good try, but not even in the top 20 for the season.

In the match it is to pull that kick out the bag puts it up there!

DDC1990

Saracens

Buer wrote: »

Listing every component of a try doesn't make it the best try of the season. It was a good try and a little spark of magic from Giteau. Nothing more.

It was far more then that but you have your opinion set so we'll leave it at that.

It was an excellently executed play in the biggest club game in the NH .

Buer

Can they both lose?

Goode is having a stinker. That was utterly dense and could have been curtains if he was taken down a little quicker.

Tox56

Not the greatest quality so far but maybe Toulon will relax in the second half and put some phases together

Diabhal Beag

Thought the break was on once Barritt dummied there. Pretty enjoyable stuff.

thomond2006

Saracens

Ah Brits, why didn't you overcook that a bit more to be penalised for throwing the ball out?

I was concerned after the first 20 but the try has changed everything.

pickarooney

Goode and wigglesworth have been ****house.

shuffol

I thought it was an excellent try given the context and general superiority of the defences in this game.

Saracens look clueless when their physicality is matched. Real rabbit in headlights stuff at the end there.

Grandpa Hassan

Swiwi. wrote: »

Far too easily impressed or don't watch too many games?? Good try, but not even in the top 20 for the season.

One of the top tries in the context of the impenetrable Saracens defence. Had to be imaginative to get past it. Sure there are prettier tries, but the opposition defence has to be taken into account.

Swiwi.

Can they both lose?

Buer wrote: »

Goode is having a stinker. That was utterly dense and could have been curtains if he was taken down a little quicker.

Good reminder of the class of Brown who is a much better 15 for England.

Emperor1989

Tour de force by Craig Burden.

He seems to be fired up......no doubt the Toulon Boks are out to inflict pain on there countrymen from the opposite team.

Swiwi.

Can they both lose?

Grandpa Hassan wrote: »

One of the top tries in the context of the impenetrable Saracens defence. Had to be imaginative to get past it. Sure there are prettier tries, but the opposition defence has to be taken into account.

Yeah, OK. Great try, I agree. But try of the season? Anyway, I'm not going to split hairs over it. Bit of an underwhelming game so far, and Saracens need to score next. Buer you shouldn't put the mockers on, given NH v Leinster...

eyeball kid

In a pub in Naas watching this. You swear Heaslip scored for Leinster the way the crowd cheered the Toulan try!

Buer

Can they both lose?

Swiwi. wrote: »

Yeah, OK. Great try, I agree. But try of the season? Anyway, I'm not going to split hairs over it. Bit of an underwhelming game so far, and Saracens need to score next. Buer you shouldn't put the mockers on, given NH v Leinster...

Yeah but Toulon aren't Northampton and Saracens ain't Leinster!

I hope they come back into it but Toulon generally have their strongest spell after the break and they've a serious bench to come on also. It will take a massive showing from Saracens to get back in front from here. They need to get Ashton coming onto the ball in midfield.

Farrell has created the square root of f*ck all thus far and Wigglesworth has looked pedestrian in his direction. Strettle getting bundled into touch was a result of Wigglesworth skipping two men in a tight space with multiple defenders available to cover. Stupid direction.

pc7

Saracens

eyeball kid wrote: »

In a pub in Naas watching this. You swear Heaslip scored for Leinster the way the crowd cheered the Toulan try!

The enemy of my enemy is my friend!

Swiwi.

Can they both lose?

Buer wrote: »

Yeah but Toulon aren't Northampton and Saracens ain't Leinster!

I hope they come back into it but Toulon generally have their strongest spell after the break and they've a serious bench to come on also. It will take a massive showing from Saracens to get back in front from here. They need to get Ashton coming onto the ball in midfield.

Farrell has created the square root of f*ck all thus far and Wigglesworth has looked pedestrian in his direction. Strettle getting bundled into touch was a result of Wigglesworth skipping two men in a tight space with multiple defenders available to cover. Stupid direction.

Yeah, Wigglesworth is a pretty predestrian SH. I agree more ball needed for Ashton. I think Saracens should largely shelve the boxkick too, and keep more ball in hand.

thomond2006

Saracens

Burden gone off. ****..

Buer

Can they both lose?

There was a massive gap between 12 and 13 for Toulon if someone had the smarts to go on a short ball. Barritt ended up having to truck it up but a short pop would have had someone clean through.