Wasps vs Connacht 11/12/2016 1pm on Sky Sports 2

.ak

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Shambolic lineout

In fairness they were played in the air there.

FellasFellas

Looks like an U11's lineout where you aren't allowed lift, throw the ball in and hope for the best.

aled

come on tom, get the lineout sorted. you're delaying it too long

pickarooney

Penalty, kick five metres to touch, screw up the lineout, scrum...

Just run the thing

swiwi_

.ak wrote: »

A bit of common sense from officials wouldn't go amiss.

Ah you can't have it both ways. Common sense is subjective.

Connacht lineout is a disaster.

Bridge93

Wasps have been poor Nathan Hughes and Beale aside. If Connacht had a lineout they'd be comfortable. All wasps territory and points coming from Connacht errors

Won't be beating one of the best teams in Europe with lineouts like and a 10 who's one of the worst kickers in the Pro12.

irishbucsfan

swiwi_ wrote: »

Ah you can't have it both ways. Common sense is subjective.

Connacht lineout is a disaster.

Noone wants it both ways. They want dangerous tackles to result in cards and marginal tackles to result in penalties. It's consistent. For all your complaints about us you seem unable to stop whining about that though.

Bridge93

Big scrum again and knock the penalty over

Bridge93

Yes!

Stheno

Marmion try!

Clegg

Get in ya dancer.

aled

.ak wrote: »

The ref is going to need an escort out of here afterwards...

after that marmion try you could be very right

pickarooney

Well now...

LuckyGent88

Lovely stuff. Nice offload to set Marmion away.

Much better from carty too

.ak

swiwi_ wrote: »

Ah you can't have it both ways. Common sense is subjective.

Connacht lineout is a disaster.

Yes, you can have it both ways. Dangerous high tackles should be penalized, what Beale did was a bit high on a player dipping into it. No way near a yellow.

Rugby isn't a black and white, you need interpretation to come into it - you can't just apply YC to every player that makes contact with the shoulder/neck with their arm. Otherwise there'd be 50 yellow cards a game.

.ak

Super try.

.ak

Wow amateur hour at ruck defence there.

Korat

Brilliant try!

Connacht playing with one arm tied by behind their back still bloody lethal

Bridge93

Poor defence, bit of luck with the bind and wheel and a brilliant offload

aled

conor carey. what speed

eyeball kid

Lovely little break from Marmion.

pickarooney

Beale looks about 45

Barnes on about Ireland's riches at scrum half

LuckyGent88

Another chance for points missed. Aki looks goosed.

Edit: or maybe not

Stheno

Aki in trouble?

Bridge93

So many visits to the 22 getting nothing

razorblunt

Lovely Connacht try, shut the Sky lads up as they were talking waffle too, should be a 6 point try for that alone!

.ak

TOH could've gotten that away imo.

swiwi_

Furlong has surged in recent times. Marty Moore having a bit of a struggle at the scrum. Worked out alright for Leinster in the end.

Stheno

Is the ref laughing at the wasps bacrow who smacked hs colleague on the ass?

LuckyGent88

Ah ffs Connacht. More opportunities thrown away.

Clegg

A backrow shouldn't be stripped if a ball like that by a back. Very, very poor from Heenan.

.ak

Connacht not clinical enough. Playing heads up rugby is all well and good but you still have to be smart.

Clegg

Heenan should've passed too for a walk in try. Awful stuff.

Bridge93

Should be out of sight. Wasps not shown up yet still in it

Lake1989

gopperth/carty could be decisive here

aled

go rory parata. exciting player

.ak

Connacht just don't seem to be with it... I wonder if the Lam news has been a bit of disruption to the camp.

Bridge93

Did Parata not go to school in Ireland? Said he's from Sydney and joined the Connacht academy

swiwi_

aled wrote: »

go rory parata. exciting player

Isn't this maoriincork's son?

LuckyGent88

Very good defence off that scrum. Important to only stay 3 points down considering all the ball they have had.

aled

.ak wrote: »

Connacht just don't seem to be with it... I wonder if the Lam news has been a bit of disruption to the camp.

thats a bit harsh. jack isnt kicking well, the lineout isn't functioning and yet connacht are very much in this game. and wasps are full of stars.

johnnyryan89

Bridge93 wrote: »

Did Parata not go to school in Ireland? Said he's from Sydney and joined the Connacht academy

Going by wiki he went to Rockwell College.

connachta

Our scrum is absolutely magnificent

Clegg

Basic skills letting Connacht down.

.ak

.ak wrote: »

Connacht just don't seem to be with it... I wonder if the Lam news has been a bit of disruption to the camp.

The main issues have been there all season, and beyond.

Cartys always been a poor kicker.

We've been poor in the 21 all season, conversion rate there is very poor.

Lineout was equally as bad againat Leinster and has been poor for a while now.

Korat

If Connacht win today it will be the most impressive result of the weekend.

Tigerandahalf

Muldowney is such a loss to the lineout and the restarts too.

Dillane I am not sure about long term. Explosive but not sure if the basics are good enough. Same with Roux. They are too similar a pairing. Need someone to fetch in the lineout.

Scrum is a great contest. Buckley v Moore is worth watching alone.

Conor Carey looks a great prospect. Was Bealham rested?

Zzippy

Starving Wasps of possession is the way to beat them, but for all our possession their defence has been fairly impenetrable, and we haven't made the right decisions when we got into good positions. When Wasps get the ball they look dangerous, whether we can starve them of it again in the second half remains to be seen. Scrum going well, but they've disrupted out lineout well. Hold on to the ball and we have a great chance of winning this

.ak

aled wrote: »

thats a bit harsh. jack isnt kicking well, the lineout isn't functioning and yet connacht are very much in this game. and wasps are full of stars.

I don't think it's harsh at all. TOH has been off, his head doesn't look in it. Same with Aki. Carter's missing sitters. Heenan's been fairly static. These are usually the guys who step up and lead the team. The lineout is a big worry too - there's something up here.

Marmion is playing brilliantly, back to his best, literally keeping his side in the fight. Carey is having a fine game too.

Connacht have all the assets to win here, Wasps looking out of shape quite a bit and are getting frustrated, but Connacht need to look a bit sharper.