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

CMOTDibbler

connachta wrote: »

We have + 24 on Glasgow + 34 on Ospreys our 2 main rivals

For the moment :pac:

connachta

CMOTDibbler wrote: »

For the moment :pac:

Doesn't matter at first anyway

. If two or more Teams finish with the same number of league points, their placings will be determined by the following criteria in descending order:

• number of matches won

CMOTDibbler

connachta wrote: »

Doesn't matter at first anyway

. If two or more Teams finish with the same number of league points, their placings will be determined by the following criteria in descending order:

• number of matches won

Yep. And with 6 bonus points, Connacht are already in danger of falling at that hurdle.

connachta

CMOTDibbler wrote: »

Yep. And with 6 bonus points, Connacht are already in danger of falling at that hurdle.

Glasgow is two wins behind. If They win two more than Connacht, they'll be ahead by points anyway. VERY few chances we have the same total of points and victories. Difference doesn't matter, then, IMO

Connacht play its season starting Scarlets home. This game + 6 nation period have to be 5 wins in the end of March. Then one last effort and HCup is in the pocket

Losty Dublin

TG4 are covering today's game live. Coverage begins at 2PM.

Bazzo

Losty Dublin wrote: »

TG4 are covering today's game live. Coverage begins at 2PM.

Is tg4 player region locked? I can never remember.

Losty Dublin

Bazzo wrote: »

Is tg4 player region locked? I can never remember.

Unsure but you'll know come 2PM If not then the game is on S4C (Which is on Sky TV) and on the BBC iPlayer as well.

Bazzo

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Unsure but you'll know come 2PM If not then the game is on S4C (Which is on Sky TV) and on the BBC iPlayer as well.

Yeah I can get it on S4C but I'd rather listen to the commentary I can make some sense of

Losty Dublin

Bazzo wrote: »

Yeah I can get it on S4C but I'd rather listen to the commentary I can make some sense of

Have they not got the English feed on the red button?

Bazzo

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Have they not got the English feed on the red button?

I don't have sky but I'm in the UK so I can use the s4c player, no red button on it unfortunately.

Losty Dublin

Bazzo wrote: »

I don't have sky but I'm in the UK so I can use the s4c player, no red button on it unfortunately.

Try BBC Radio Wales or the iPlayer; they may have commentary.

Bazzo

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Try BBC Radio Wales or the iPlayer; they may have commentary.

Watching it & listening out of sync drives me mad. Don't think you can get the English commentary on any player unfortunately.

Just taking a look now and it looks like tg4 might not be region locked so I could be in luck.

wp_rathead

HONNNNNNNNTAAAAAAAAAAAAAFUQQQQQQQQQ

(Ive the Ulster game on the mobile now aswell, big scrum for them in the 67th min)

wp_rathead

silly from dillane

wp_rathead

Jake ya ligind

connachta

Jake's a legend

EDIT WP I hate you, you've stolen my words

Funk It

Class by Heenan there. Great to have him back.

Bazzo

Jaysus our pack has 40 kilos on them, that's some difference.

The Rape of Lucretia

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Have they not got the English feed on the red button?

They do.


Rules query from a ruck there : 'supporting your own weight' when on your feet and reaching for the ball : is one of your own team mates holding you so that you dont tip forward off your feet legal ?

That pass was thrown about 5 yards before the line and basically caught on it.

A penalty then immediately after.

wp_rathead

panto Welsh crowd

if he hits him they'll be screaming "he had time to pull out"

Diabhal Beag

Bundee loves the aul cárta buí

connachta

What about the Yellow for no arm and late tackle on Ronaldson?

Bazzo

Fuuuuuck Bundee. Bit brainless.

wp_rathead

jesus we got lucky there- sloppy by Marmion

wp_rathead

we're lucky to have this throw in
doing well since Bundee went in the bin

wp_rathead

brilliant chase by TOH but Ronaldson needs to find his fecking touch

aimee1

thats a try ......

Stheno

What's the score?

Have just switched over from the Ulster game

freyners

Try

wp_rathead

hands in the ruck so arguably a pen try if not given for Masterson!!!!!

freyners

Tough call

vienne86

KO - ah I don't believe that.

aimee1

wtf? he grounded that, twice

Bazzo

Should be a try surely

Diabhal Beag

LuckyGent88

Downward pressure IMO. Should and could have been given as a try

Comical

Inspector Coptoor

aimee1 wrote: »

wtf? he grounded that, twice

First "grounding" was a knock on unfortunately. Therefore second grounding didn't matter.

That's an awful pity as a try and conversion with a man in the bin would have been fantastic

Hagz

I was just about to comment how Connacht were getting the rub of the green with the touch call and the knock on call, but then they get a try robbed from them. That was a try, and even if it wasn't grounded it went back and he grounded it again. Even the touch judge who was watching the screen was saying the same thing. Poor call from the TMO.

Even if the TMO thought it was a knock on it still should have been Connacht's scrum from the original Scarlets knock on.

The Rape of Lucretia

aimee1 wrote: »

wtf? he grounded that, twice

He certainly cant have grounded it twice. The second time, since he did touch it before that, would have to be a knock on. The first one is the debatable knock on or try.

No try for me overall. Giving that would be just too loose.

spiritcrusher

Listening on Galway Bay. Commentator sounded like he had just inhaled a load of helium after the decision.

MarinersBlues

Even if he didn't touch it down the first time it didn't go forward so the second touch down was good.

Sickened.

They are playing great stuff though.

Bazzo

Even if he didn't ground it the first time he knocked it backward, then grounded it.

The Rape of Lucretia

gilberto_eire wrote: »

Comical

Why ?

A close call. Due a TMO. Reviewed. Correct decision made by TMO.

wp_rathead

Scarlets hands in ruck then downward pressure by Masterson then ball went back and downward pressure again
Decision = No Try

Zzippy

Hagz wrote: »

I was just about to comment how Connacht were getting the rub of the green with the touch call and the knock on call, but then they get a try robbed from them. That was a try, and even if it wasn't grounded it went back and he grounded it again. Even the touch judge who was watching the screen was saying the same thing. Poor call from the TMO.

Even if the TMO thought it was a knock on it still should have been Connacht's scrum from the original Scarlets knock on.

Welsh TMO

freyners

The Rape of Lucretia wrote:

No try for me overall. Giving that would be just too loose.

Correct me if I'm wrong but it's any downward pressure? It's a sickening call and the wrong one imo

Funk It

Shocked, cant believe these officials. Some strange calls did go our way earlier, but not sure what highlights they were watching there.

Bridge93

In glorious HD that looked a knock on to me