Sale Sharks v Connacht 7.45 29/3/19 on BT Sport 2

Bridge93

its_phil wrote: »

Right except they’re two wins away from qualification in the league?

So they’re two wins away in both and 3 wins from a trophy in one and prioritise the other?

troyzer

its_phil wrote: »

Right except they’re two wins away from qualification in the league?

Yeah. And getting into the Heineken Cup is absolutely the priority.

I imagine Connacht's goal here is to break into Europe and try to cement themselves there. They know they're not going to be competitive to win it anytime soon but if they can become a fixture it would be a huge boost to the province.

This is more important than winning a trophy nobody cares about.

its_phil

Bridge93 wrote: »

its_phil wrote: »

Right except they’re two wins away from qualification in the league?

So they’re two wins away in both and 3 wins from a trophy in one and prioritise the other?

Compare Zebre away and Cardiff home versus Sale Sharks away and La Rochelle away and figure out the probability

its_phil

Sorry but what is D’Arcy talking about. It’s an arm!

mfceiling

This is quite possibly one of the worst games I've ever watched. The handling errors....

Zzippy

mfceiling wrote: »

This is quite possibly one of the worst games I've ever watched. The handling errors....

Wait til tomorrow

its_phil

What was Blade thinking

DDC1990

its_phil wrote:

What was Blade thinking

Crazy. Though De Klerk was never 10m back.

testtech05

Caolin has a habit of doing that from quick taps. Not sure they were back 10m though.
Another thing that annoys me is refs with lads who are obviously off their feet and holding onto the ball to slow it down. Ref tells them 2/3 times to let the ball go then plays on. It give the defence so much time to get set. Just give the bloody pen

Zzippy

Swan Curry wrote: »

it's spring. the days are getting longer, the clocks are going forward, and connacht are getting knocked out of europe, as it always will be

Please read the charter. Specifically the bit about "Don't be a dick".

its_phil

DDC1990 wrote: »

its_phil wrote:

What was Blade thinking

Crazy. Though De Klerk was never 10m back.

Yeah but De Klerk painted enough of a good picture that he had retreated. Got a try anyway

crisco10

its_phil wrote: »

Yeah but De Klerk painted enough of a good picture that he had retreated. Got a try anyway

And blade tapped the ball behind reynals back so it was hard for him to get a full picture of the timing

KBurke85

Andy friend looks like a very angry man. Shot our selves in the foot too many times this evening

Henry Ford III

Good effort by Connaught but it'll fall short it seems.

wp_rathead

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Good effort by Connaught but it'll fall short it seems.

Please don't add insult to injury

Diabhal Beag

Potentially no Carty or Bealham next week is a disaster

Utopia Parkway

Bugger. Finlay injured right at the end of the game.

crisco10

Just blow it up. Lol

MarinersBlues

MarinersBlues wrote: »

No injuries please, thanks.

Sorry lads.
My bad.

Wegians89

Disaster really, carty, bealham McCoy all going off injured

DDC1990

Jesus looks gruesome for Bealham. Nearly getting sick with the pain.

testtech05

That looks nasty whatever happened bealham he was on a bad way going off. Getting sick etc....
What was the ref at letting sale play on before they left the pitch

realhorrorshow

End the game for God's sake. Could be down to one fit senior tighthead.

Utopia Parkway

Ref has been a disaster. Really poor.

MarinersBlues

What is Raynal at?

testtech05

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Ref has been a disaster. Really poor.

Don't think he impacted the result directly but his decisions were baffling a lot of the time.

Zzippy

Not our best game. Not the ref's best game either. Can see how Muldoon hoodwinked him alright. Injuries are a disaster. Finlay looked in a very bad way.

nc6000

testtech05 wrote:

That looks nasty whatever happened bealham he was on a bad way going off. Getting sick etc.... What was the ref at letting sale play on before they left the pitch

Yes, it looks like a bad injury. Hopefully he's OK.

macslash

Lads what happened to Finlay?? There didn't look to be any contact with him? And there was blood when he was going off.

Shocking evening with injuries and performance. Hope it doesn't f up our season

MarinersBlues

Looked like his hand.
Maybe fingers.

Henry Ford III

wp_rathead wrote:

Please don't add insult to injury

Both spellings are good I'm told.

irishgrover

MarinersBlues wrote:

Looked like his hand. Maybe fingers.

He just left in ambulance, he is ok, pain treatment wise, giving thumbs up and chatting, but seems to be a very serious injury..... Not going to say any more cause I'm not reporting on what I saw from looking into an ambulance

its_phil

Raynal wasn’t the difference in result but for the show he put on with Finlay at the end, a demotion to the sideline is more than deserved

Friend said Jacks bicep was the issue but he should be alright.

Wegians89

Friend said post game that Finlay hurt his hand don’t know if it’s fractured or not but it oooked bad Carty hurt his bicep and friend said they’re hopeful he’ll be alright

FACECUTTR

Wegians89 wrote: »

Friend said post game that Finlay hurt his hand don’t know if it’s fractured or not but it oooked bad Carty hurt his bicep and friend said they’re hopeful he’ll be alright

Hopefully it's not too bad. Things can look bad initially and turn out to be less serious after.
If it is bad could we get a medical joker in if McCoy is out for a bit too ?

Zzippy

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Both spellings are good I'm told.

Not in here!

thomond2006

Zzippy wrote: »

Not in here!

Whew, I'll adopt Connaught for the rest of the forum. Many thanks for the clarification.

is_that_so

Zzippy wrote: »

Not our best game. Not the ref's best game either. Can see how Muldoon hoodwinked him alright. Injuries are a disaster. Finlay looked in a very bad way.

Hardly ever watch them but they didn't show up last night and had no answer to anything Sale were doing, and they weren't really three scores better overall. Some shocking decision making at times and some awful kicking errors. Ref wasn't the greatest but that can't be used as an excuse.

Zzippy

is_that_so wrote: »

Hardly ever watch them but they didn't show up last night and had no answer to anything Sale were doing, and they weren't really three scores better overall. Some shocking decision making at times and some awful kicking errors. Ref wasn't the greatest but that can't be used as an excuse.

I wasn't saying the ref had a bearing on the result. He just seemed to have no control