2018-2019 Champions Cup

Eod100

Do Ulster want a tbp today? Could be decider in going to Paris or Dublin!

Jump_In_Jack

Leinster and Racing will likely pick up 5 points.

Top 4 should be:

1) Saracens, 28 points
2) Racing, 26 points
3) Leinster, 25 points
4) Edinburgh, 23 points

5) Munster or Exeter

Best guess, Ulster and Toulouse win with a bonus:

6) Ulster, 23 points
7) Toulouse, 22 points
8) Glasgow, 19 points

Eod100

Jump_In_Jack wrote: »

Leinster and Racing will likely pick up 5 points.

Top 4 should be:

1) Saracens, 28 points
2) Racing, 26 points
3) Leinster, 25 points
4) Edinburgh, 23 points

5) Munster or Exeter

Best guess, Ulster and Toulouse win with a bonus and assuming Munster don’t end on 19 points:

6) Ulster, 23 points
7) Toulouse, 22 points
8) Glasgow, 19 points

19 would keep Munster 5th. Exeter can only get 18 max.

Eod100

1st try for Racing. Surely get tbp

Bridge93

Scarlets giving it a good go here

coco0981

Scarlets leading 13-5

Eod100

Scarlets making things interesting!

Synode

Mon the Scarlets. Watching the Ulster match though

Eod100

Is Donnacha Ryan injured? Or dropped down pecking order?

troyzer

Scarlets looking fired up for this. Might do us a favour here.

thomond2006

Scarlets could do us a major favour but worryingly Racing already have two tries in the bag.

cameramonkey

Ulster look like they are a bit hesitant.

troyzer

Scarlets don't give a rats. Just throwing the ball all over the place with nothing to lose.

But they might just do it.

mangobob

Great finish.

thomond2006

Zebo almost immediately responds. Feck.

troyzer

That's a sickener.

McNicoll is an outstanding player

thomond2006

That's it anyway.

troyzer

Racing with the bonus now so the only chance of a home semi for Leinster is for Scarlets to win outright.

Which might happen

mangobob

FFS!

troyzer

I still fancy Scarlets to do it. They've been far more dangerous and Racing will probably get carded with their next bull**** at the breakdown so they have to be careful. Defense is playing very narrow as well.

There's another try in this for Scarlets and they've had 70% possession this half

Jump_In_Jack

Racing have the TBP.

Jump_In_Jack

Ulster take the lead!!

Bridge93

Another 100 pointer in the Challenge Cup?

troyzer

There goes the home semi.

Bollocks.

munsterlegend

Good to see Zebo bouncing back after last week.

Former Former

troyzer wrote: »

There goes the home semi.

Bollocks.

That Racing team are very, very beatable.

A BP win for Toulouse tomorrow means they will come to Dublin and Ulster will go to Racing in the QFs. Assuming Leinster beat Wasps.

A full strength Ulster team could beat them.

Toulouse might actually prefer not to get the bp and play Racing in Paris rather than Leinster in Dublin. Discuss.

Burkie1203

Former Former wrote: »

That Racing team are very, very beatable.

A BP win for Toulouse tomorrow means they will come to Dublin and Ulster will go to Racing in the QFs. Assuming Leinster beat Wasps.

A full strength Ulster team could beat them.

Toulouse might actually prefer not to get the bp and play Racing in Paris rather than Leinster in Dublin. Discuss.

Toulouse will be hoping Wasps beat Leinster so they can top the pool

Burkie1203

https://twitter.com/EdinburghRugby/status/1086393155287728129?s=19

Muligatawney

troyzer wrote: »

There goes the home semi.

Bollocks.

Only if Saracens and Racing both win their QF. Leinster still look like the best team in Europe I think.

ironingbored

If Leinster and Toulouse win tomorrow with 4 points, what will the quarters looks like?

Hurrache

Castre looks like they nabbed the win well into the death, with their flanker attempting the conversion.

DGRulz

ironingbored wrote: »

If Leinster and Toulouse win tomorrow with 4 points, what will the quarters looks like?

Any win will see Leinster take 3rd seed, a BP win for Toulouse will see the following


Racing v Ulster

Leinster v Toulouse



A non BP win will see


Racing v Toulouse

Leinster v Ulster


The other two quarter-finals aren't effected.

ironingbored

Bit sh1t that teams in the same group could meet in the QF.

Tigerandahalf

Has the semi draw been made?

Dave_The_Sheep

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

Has the semi draw been made?

There's no draw. Just about the seeds.

prawnsambo

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

Has the semi draw been made?

There is no draw any more. Ir's a set formula for who plays who.

joseywhales

Muligatawney wrote: »

Only if Saracens and Racing both win their QF. Leinster still look like the best team in Europe I think.

Wait though isn't there a rule that if you have an away if you get a home country SF if the other team had a home qf? Did I dream that?

My chances of getting through 2019 without being carded by awec are shot if Leinster and Ulster meet at any point in the knock outs!

MikeCork2009

When are tickets likely to go on sale for the QFs?

Tigerandahalf

So is the semi going to be Racing v Leinster if all goes to plan? Saracens v Munster possibly in Twickenham? Where would Racing play?

Jump_In_Jack

Leinster and Toulouse will likely pick up 5 points tomorrow.

Top 8 are definite now, order should be:

1) Saracens, 28 points
2) Racing, 26 points
3) Leinster, 25 points
4) Edinburgh, 23 points
5) Munster, 21 points
6) Toulouse, 22 points
7) Ulster, 22 points
8) Glasgow, 19 points

4 remarkable pairings.
Three re-matches, would expect Home teams to win,
and Edinburgh v Munster will be 50/50, Munster have a great chance to reach another semi-final.

bilston

DGRulz wrote: »

Any win will see Leinster take 3rd seed, a BP win for Toulouse will see the following


Racing v Ulster

Leinster v Toulouse



A non BP win will see


Racing v Toulouse

Leinster v Ulster


The other two quarter-finals aren't effected.

Would a BP win for Toulouse not take them above Ulster?

Therefore meaning they would travel to Racing and Ulster would go to Dublin.

Just realised the weekend that the Quarter Finals are in! If Ulster have to go to Paris they may have to go via Dublin!

Jump_In_Jack

bilston wrote: »

Would a BP win for Toulouse not take them above Ulster?

Therefore meaning they would travel to Racing and Ulster would go to Dublin.

Just realised the weekend that the Quarter Finals are in! If Ulster have to go to Paris they may have to go via Dublin!

If Toulouse get a bonus point win they will go above Ulster to 6th,
We all expect Leinster to win and get to 3rd.
3rd will play 6th.

troyzer

Waited for my dad to come home from work to watch the Munster match with him so I'm a bit behind time.

They've done absolutely nothing to dispell my belief that they're an awful attacking team. They are absolutely incapable of moving the ball other than one out runners when playing decent opposition.

Can't see them getting past the semis and they'll be doing well to beat Edinburgh as well.

Jump_In_Jack

Ireland providing 3 teams to the last 8.

Synode

I think Edinburgh will beat Munster at home. Pretty handily

troyzer

Synode wrote: »

I think Edinburgh will beat Munster at home. Pretty handily

If they play like they have the last few weeks, probably

c.p.w.g.w

Synode wrote: »

I think Edinburgh will beat Munster at home. Pretty handily

Agreed, Munster need a big improvement on tonight's showing. If they wish to progress

Quint2010

If Munster beat Edinburgh would they have a home semi?