Ulster Team Talk Thread IV... Go On My Henderson...

sydthebeat

Great win for the whites.... Bodes well going forward

Squidgy Black

Faddes looks like the real deal, had a couple of hiccups early on but as the game went on he was a big part in a lot of Ulster's breaks.

Carter was solid too.

launish116

Drunk and abroad watching on the phone. Faddes and Lyttle have a nice wee connection already. Impreased so far!

Locke_Lamora

Hopefully Addison can get over his injury problems. I'd love to have both him and Faddes as options, rather than Faddes ending up being a replacement for him. Thought Hume and Lyttle looked lively, and it was good to see McGrath have a great game.

jacothelad

Locke_Lamora wrote: »

Hopefully Addison can get over his injury problems. I'd love to have both him and Faddes as options, rather than Faddes ending up being a replacement for him. Thought Hume and Lyttle looked lively, and it was good to see McGrath have a great game.

Addison looks like yet another permacrocked player for Ulster. There must be a warehouse somewhere stacked with crippled rugby players from which Ulster are legally obliged to make signings.......

mogwai81

jacothelad wrote: »

Addison looks like yet another permacrocked player for Ulster. There must be a warehouse somewhere stacked with crippled rugby players from which Ulster are legally obliged to make signings.......

Seemed to have a few injury problems during his time at Sale too. It's a pity for him that he can't put a decent run of games together, he's different class when fit.

bilston

Good to see Ulster's new signing perform well on Friday. Faddes made a couple of errors early on but had some real moments of class. Carter looked the part and the lineout was solid. Credit to Herring as well. It could be a big season for him.

Jones went well at No.8 and I was really impressed by Hume. Burns put on a kicking masterclass.

Maybe with a bit more precision we could have racked up another couple of tries...good start though.

launish116

Squad heading to South Africa

Forwards (16):
John Andrew
Sam Carter
Marcell Coetzee
Rob Herring
Greg Jones
Ross Kane
Adam McBurney
Kyle McCall
Jack McGrath
Alan O’Connor
Eric O’Sullivan
Tom O’Toole
Matthew Rea
Sean Reidy
Clive Ross
Kieran Treadwell

Backs (12):
Billy Burns
John Cooney
Angus Curtis
Matt Faddes
Craig Gilroy
James Hume
Bill Johnston
Michael Lowry
Louis Ludik
Rob Lyttle
Luke Marshall
David Shanahan

Scythica

On Premier Marcell was interviewed and he said Kings game was the target, hopefully that comes good!

Locke_Lamora

Didn't think he was due back so soon. With Murphy gone our back row is looking bare, so this is great news if true, Coetzee is our best player both in terms of physicality and breakdown work.

Is McCloskey injured or getting an extended rest?

bilston

Locke_Lamora wrote: »

Didn't think he was due back so soon. With Murphy gone our back row is looking bare, so this is great news if true, Coetzee is our best player both in terms of physicality and breakdown work.

Is McCloskey injured or getting an extended rest?

I think Mark Robson mentioned something about an injury. Can't remember what exactly.

He played a lot last season.

McCloskey is one of the first names on the teamsheet but Hume is going great guns so no bad thing for him to get more gametime.

awec

Herbst back very temporarily.

mogwai81

Any news regarding Baloucoune's injury?

Squidgy Black

McCloskey's injury sounds a bit ominous, "lower limb".

Niallof9

Faddes looks the real deal. Sure he was nearly an All Black.

https://punditarena.com/rugby/thepateam/matt-faddes-surprise-answer-hansens-midfield-quandary/

launish116

Murphy left the field with possible rib injury V Russia. Didn't look great!

bilston

launish116 wrote: »

Murphy left the field with possible rib injury V Russia. Didn't look great!

Yeah, annoying, he had started well enough

Locke_Lamora

Ulster team to play Toyota Cheetahs, Guinness PRO14 Round 2, Saturday 5 October 2019 at Toyota Stadium (kick-off 6.15pm local time / 5.15pm UK/Irish time):

(15-9): Matt Faddes; Craig Gilroy, Luke Marshall, James Hume, Rob Lyttle; Bill Johnston, John Cooney;

(1-8): Jack McGrath, Rob Herring (Capt), Tom O’Toole, Kieran Treadwell, Sam Carter, Matthew Rea, Sean Reidy, Greg Jones.

Replacements: John Andrew, Eric O’Sullivan, Ross Kane, Alan O’Connor, Clive Ross, David Shanahan, Michael Lowry, Louis Ludik.

A win here would be huge but the cheetahs looked very good, so we'll need a more complete performance than last week imo.

sydthebeat

McClosky injured?

Locke_Lamora

sydthebeat wrote: »

McClosky injured?

Yea, hasn't travelled with the squad

bilston

Looking forward to this. Johnston at 10 will be interesting. Hope Burns isn't injured.

I think this will be tough. At altitude, against a team that has plenty of competitive rugby behind them and the maestro that is Ruan Pienaar at scrum half...I reckon the Cheetahs would have to be favourites.

If we take 6 points from these two games I'd say job done.

launish116

bilston wrote: »

Looking forward to this. Johnston at 10 will be interesting. Hope Burns isn't injured.

Twitter stating it’s rotation only.

awec

Complete and utter rubbish so far.

Burkie1203

Ulster lineout going well

sydthebeat

It's a pity cheetahs can't hold this squad for the full season.

realhorrorshow

Ulster are playing terribly, and they won't be the last team to wilt in Bloemfontain. If they can actually hold onto the ball they'll score tries but hard to see that happening. Good to see the Cheetahs going well, they can definitely add something to the competition if they can keep their players, their back 3 are box office.

stephen_n

awec wrote: »

Complete and utter rubbish so far.

At least with the Cheetahs being competitive it’s good for the league

Burkie1203

Ulster going for the Ireland approach of lulling people into a false sense of security

awec

They should be told to make their own way home after this.

Absolute shambles, hope they’re all mortified.

Locke_Lamora

Even the most basic tackles are being missed. Players stopped caring at halftime. Truly embarrassing.