Connacht Rugby Thread - Part III - The Violence of the Lams

yosser hughes

Did the ref reverse the penalty that led to the Cardiff try? Why? Was there afters? I missed it.I just saw the replay of the Cardiff player taking the Connaught player out.

Zzippy

Feels like this isn't going to be our night. Nothing going right now...

aimee1

why is that not a penalty, where is the TMO?

vienne86

Bazzo wrote: »

Didn't look forward in any way. I don't like whining about refereeing so I'll just keep my mouth shut going forward I think.

Even the BBC Wales guys are whining about him.

vienne86

Zzippy wrote: »

Feels like this isn't going to be our night. Nothing going right now...

Very very hard without a SH. Porter was having a good game.

ClanofLams

We've lost all our shape which is unsurprising given the injuries, need a bit of individual brilliance to win this

Utopia Parkway

Really coming off second best in the refs decisions ever since half-time.

ClanofLams

Bundee is phenomenal

vienne86

Well there's another questionable call from the ref, but in Connacht's favour!

3 points Jack Carty.

aimee1

cardiff 28 missed tackles. thats horrific

DDC1990

Lads whats the score? TG4 player gone down for me!

Bazzo

DDC1990 wrote: »

Lads whats the score? TG4 player gone down for me!

Cardiff 20 - 16 Connacht just over 10 mins to go

vienne86

Aki is phenomenal. He really is.

Zzippy

He's a turnover machine (in the good way!)

aimee1

vienne86 wrote: »

Aki is phenomenal. He really is.

the way the blues are tackling id fancy my own chance of making a few line breaks

vienne86

Injured......NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Please!

Edit. He's up TG!

ClanofLams

Aki down now?! I f..kin hate Cardiff away

vienne86

So Connacth get a scrum ATH with a 19 year old in the front row.

Funk It

Aki is a beast!

O'Donnell doing very well in the scrums.

C'mon Connacht, big finish needed.

.ak

Muldoon not happy there. Not sure the onfield bollocking was the best choice of leadership tho...

Utopia Parkway

Looks like ball was lost right on the line there. Dammit.

vienne86

Big scrum here for Connacht. Repeat and rinse from last one please.

.ak

For me that was held up before knocked on. Or else it was holding on. But if it's over the line it's held up, scrum green ball.

aimee1

this ref is a disgrace, or else needs glasses

yosser hughes

That's nonsense by the ref.

vienne86

Travesty! Ref is a prat for that. And that's what the Welsh guys on BBC are saying.

Utopia Parkway

This ref hasn't a scooby. Arm clearly wrapped around his leg.

Zzippy

No arms? WTF was that around the Cardiff player's leg then???

Funk It

Joke of a ref. Didn't want to complain about him, but this is another farce in Cardiff.

MayoForSam

Ref is a muppet, even BBC lads are amazed at that decision.

BrokenMan

Two terrible call in a row there.

its_phil

What a dreadful excuse of a ref

aimee1

vienne86 wrote: »

Travesty! Ref is a prat. And that's what the Welsh guys on BBC are saying.

yeah they are not impressed at all. thats the single worst decision ive ever seen in rugby. he wrapped his arm around his leg and its crystal clear. thats the 2nd or 3rd really dreadful call against connacht tonight

hogandrew

Worst ref I've seen in a long time. Disgrace

Funk It

Biggest robbery is Aki not winning Man of the Match!

.ak

Eh.... What? He clearly wrapped his arms? The guy is a tiny fly half getting run over by an 8, what else is he supposed to do? Ridiculous.

vienne86

And there's another strange call.....in Connacht's favour. It's random.

case885

Is Connolly a natural openside? Hes been great over the ball

Utopia Parkway

That should be that. A bonus point given the injuries and this ref is not the worst I guess. Another farce in Cardiff though.

.ak

No abuse of refs or players tolerated.

Zzippy

Balls. Deserved more from that game, especially with all the injuries and bad decisions. Hopefully injuries are not too serious. Feck the Challenge Cup, give lads a rest next 2 weeks and go again for the interpros

Bridge93

Cardiff really do try everything to lose games. Poor side. Connacht pretty unfortunate there.

Bazzo

Another disastrous night for injuries. I'll take the point though I think we could easily have come away with 4. Robb, Connolly, Aki all had huge games tonight and fair play to the O'Donnell and Bealham coming off the bench who gave us a period of dominance in the scrum.

freyners

I read on twitter (tg4 went down) there was a load of knock ons by us so we goosed ourselves as well it seems.

Utopia Parkway

Should have been further ahead at half time really. Numerous breaks but kept knocking on and losing possession inside the Cardiff 22. Lost a bit of shape with all the injuries.

oneofakind32

Loosing a tight game we could / should have won. Dodgy ref decisions, lots of knock - ons, a heap of injuries. Normal service resumes.

ClanofLams

Robbo wrote: »

One of ours, in his 6th pro game ever.

I'd say it's sixth game ever never mind pro, good god he was horrific and whoever was tmo was as bad. The ref should be back to junior club rugby at best

vienne86

I'm gutted for Connacht. Very hard when you get so many injuries and particularly when you lose BOTH your scrum halves, and to come away with a losing bonus point is not much consolation.

seanin4711

knock ons at critical times cost us.
Cardiff are poor and we should have been well out of sight.

freyners

Refereeing, from here and elsewhere, seemed pretty inconsistent and down right abysmal in places. Lots of bad luck combined on a night with the injuries, poor form and luck just not being with us. How we approach the newscastle games will be interesting