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Match thread - Ulster v Leinster, RavenSpan, 15:00, Sky Sports 1

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  • #252
    bilston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,876 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    swiwi_ wrote: »
    I thought Pienaar milked it a tad. However, it was already a definite YC, so it had no influence.

    NB: for PT the law is "probably" (not "definitely") would have been scored.

    Why do you think Pienaar milked it? I really don't get this. He got clattered in the head by Kearney!


  • #253
    swiwi_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,515 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    bilston wrote: »
    Why do you think Pienaar milked it? I really don't get this. He got clattered in the head by Kearney!

    Exaggerated his dive then.

    Maybe I'm being harsh. It was just my impression that he flailed a bit more than I might have expected.

    As I already said it was a clear penalty/YC, and probably PT.

    He's not in the Habana-camp yet...


  • #254
    jacothelad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,941 ✭✭✭jacothelad


    There is also the fact that Trimble was also simultaneously taken out off the ball. He was on Pienaar's left shoulder. Without the foul play he would have been right there and is quicker than Ruan and would have been closer to the ball than any cover tackler and travelling flat out. I.m.o. whoever took Trimble out should also have been carded. It was a penalty try when all facts are considered. I initially thought otherwise.


  • #255
    ArmchairQB
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    rsh118 wrote: »
    I've watched the match back a couple of times now and what I think hampered Leinster a lot was the head on Nacewa, he lost his cool after the penalty try and seemed a bit headless for a long time after that.

    Think we've all felt that though, when you feel like everything is going against you and nothing is fair.

    Mmmm what lost that game was our preparation or lack of it, find out where most of the squad were last weekend for 3 days and then you begin to understand the reason. Would not have been tolerated by Chekia or Joe!


  • #256
    rsh118
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 697 ✭✭✭rsh118


    You couldn't possibly be suggesting that Nacewa's headache had its origins a few days earlier could you? Don't tell me they forsook Mexico for actual Mexico or something similar? Been hanging out with Castrogiovanni?


  • #257
    molloyjh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,767 ✭✭✭✭molloyjh


    I thought the PT was harsh at the time and haven't watched it back to comment further. But I really don't think there's any point in going on about it. The most important thing to take away from the game is that once again when faced with a decent defence Leinster could not create a score. We didn't deserve a LBP, let alone the win, so there's feck all point in looking at the officials regardless of their performance. It's done and it's not something that Leinster can fix. Their own performance is far more in their control and should be the sole focus from the moment the final whistle went. If there's an issue with an official there are channels to go through to raise that without flagging it in the media.

    For me though it wasn't all negative. I thought Sexton went well in the first half and actually started to link up well with Te'o at times. I also like that we're using both McGrath and Sexton on the wrap around. There are ways that we can be looking to utilise that to overcome Te'os distribution issues and maybe bring Ringrose into things a bit better.

    One thing that I can't really recall was whether Ringrose was looking to run lines off Te'o to receive the offload. We really need a guy on each shoulder when he takes the ball up because he does draw in defenders and needs options for the offload. Too often guys who make a bust are left going to deck and recycling because the support just isn't there to take advantage.


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