Connacht Vs Ulster build up thread ( insert smart joke about both provinces here)

Bazzo

Excellent try... Hopefully it's on side

bennyl10

He looked in front from that’s angle...

stephen_n

Very frustrating from an Ulster perspective, kamikaze stuff.

Bazzo

Looked possibly marginally off on the last angle but there was very little in it to be fair. Excellent try and conversion from Jack.

prawnsambo

McPhilips is not having a good day with the boot.

b.gud

I think we got a bit lucky with that one, looked very similar to the Ulster one that was called back in Ravenhill

mfceiling

Well Nelson is on at 10 for Ulster so we can safely say that's the towel thrown in.

Bazzo

Great break from Fainga'a there, maybe should have just gone through the phases but the cross kick very nearly came off to be fair.

Utopia Parkway

Blade has made some great catches from line out ball fired at him.

mangobob

Feck. Speight gone.

Bazzo

Why on earth is Godwin being subbed instead of Kelleher? Kelleher has been a defensive liability tonight...

ionadnapokot

Cooney is a great competitor. Gives his all and never gives up.
Playing at 12 now?

Utopia Parkway

Connacht have stopped playing a bit and just been booting the ball down the pitch. Need to keep playing. A Ulster score has them back in it.

Buer

Referee being very kind to Connacht.

Bazzo

5m lineout defence has been absolutely shambolic. Really up against it to hold on now.

Going to lose this now after all that.

Just like last week, stopped doing what we did good and gifting the ball back.

So infuriating.

Buer

Surely that ball went backwards clearly?

Scythica

aki didnt even put his head in the right space for that scrum there did he?

Utopia Parkway

Connacht butchered a try there. Carty would have scored.

Former Former

Nagle, jeeesus

Buer

Eddie O'Sullivan genuinely wondering if Connacht should go for the posts.

9 points up, 3 tries in the bag and 4 minutes left. Not hard to see why Eddie isn't coaching anyone.

cameramonkey

Worst display of cross field kicking by both teams. A granny could do better.

Buer

Oddly, Connacht were really good last week and lost. They've been very unimpressive tonight and are going to win.

Shocker from Cooney.

Bazzo

Think there was a touch of taking the lifter in the two Ulster defensive lineouts there... wouldn't mention it normally but Mitrea was very strict on Connacht for it earlier in the match.

blackwhite

Referee letting ulster away with murder in last 10. Off feet repeatedly. Grabbing jumper in the air at line outs. Making sure there’s no chance of a bonus point

Former Former

Shut up about the ref

Bazzo

Former Former wrote: »

Shut up about the ref

If that's aimed at me it's literally the first comment I've made about the ref in the entire match, and it was just s comment as the match was already over...

Buer

Bizarre decision to kick it out. Connacht had absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain by keeping it going.

Former Former

Bazzo wrote: »

If that's aimed at me it's literally the first comment I've made about the ref in the entire match, and it was just s comment as the match was already over...

Nah, the comment accusing the ref of deliberately screwing Connacht out of a BP.

mfceiling

blackwhite wrote: »

Referee letting ulster away with murder in last 10. Off feet repeatedly. Grabbing jumper in the air at line outs. Making sure there’s no chance of a bonus point

He also missed a couple of high tackles on Ulster players. Swings and roundabouts.

Ulster nowhere near as good with ball in hand as Connacht. 5 metres out from the line and it's passed back to a static forward...nobody running on to the ball at pace.

wp_rathead

Buer wrote: »

Bizarre decision to kick it out. Connacht had absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain by keeping it going.

Ya
Not like Ulster in Connachts Conference so them getting a LBP not disaster

Some Yoke

Has aki captained connacht much?

Utopia Parkway

Buer wrote: »

Bizarre decision to kick it out. Connacht had absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain by keeping it going.

Bundee didn’t look too happy anyway. Might as well have a shot at the try bonus at that stage when you can’t be beaten.

Blackheath

I thought Thornbury had a decent game.

stephen_n

Carthy’s consistency issues still there, brilliant game followed by a fairly poor outing tonight.

Zzippy

Blackheath wrote: »

I thought Thornbury had a decent game.

He's had a decent season.

thomond2006

Bundee was not happy with Blade at the end. It made no sense to kick it out, it's irrelevant to Connacht if Ulster scored instead.

Former Former

Entertaining game for the neutral.

Ulster set piece was dreadful, poor EOS must have been gutted to have to come back on. The lineout was awful until the last 20 minutes. Herring's exploits in Australia seem a lifetime ago now.

Fair play to Connacht for making them pay, far more clinical with the ball and chances they got. Thornbury looked very good and Leader was decent again. Some players not so hot but you can't have it all.

Connacht in the driving seat for European qualification now.

wp_rathead

Some Yoke wrote: »

Has aki captained connacht much?

I love Bundee but I don't think I'd want him to be the teams communicator to the ref

Blackheath

Zzippy wrote: »

He's had a decent season.

He was the pick of the 2nd rows tonight

Zzippy

thomond2006 wrote: »

Bundee was not happy with Blade at the end. It made no sense to kick it out, it's irrelevant to Connacht if Ulster scored instead.

Mitchell.

Former Former

stephen_n wrote: »

Carthy’s consistency issues still there, brilliant game followed by a fairly poor outing tonight.

Connacht at least need a viable alternative if not an outright replacement. He just isn't a top level out half.

Bazzo

Jaysus Dan "We scrummed well for most the game" really??

Zzippy

Bazzo wrote: »

Jaysus Dan "We scrummed well for most the game" really??

Marty Moore really has gone backwards since moving to Wasps. He was anonymous tonight.

stephen_n

Former Former wrote: »

Connacht at least need a viable alternative if not an outright replacement. He just isn't a top level out half.

On his day he’s brilliant, just not consistent enough to rely on.

Brewster

What did people think of third try? I thought Carty was definitely ahead of the kicker. McFarland seems pretty sure he was offside also. This was a huge moment in the game and I think the TMO rushed the decision. The ref gave him an option to review it further.

bilston

Zzippy wrote: »

Marty Moore really has gone backwards since moving to Wasps. He was anonymous tonight.

He was very good in the two European Champions Cup matches that Ulster played in recently.

connachta

Fainga'a deserved man of the match!

nice_guy80

Carty needs to understand when to kick and when to stuck it up the jumper. Game management
He is a player that didn't play enough rugby as a youngster,
His skill set is predominantly from gaelic football

Zzippy

bilston wrote: »

He was very good in the two European Champions Cup matches that Ulster played in recently.

Fair enough, I didn't see much of them. He was definitely second best to Buckley tonight, but that's something he shares with a lot of Buckley's opponents and no shame in it.