Champions Cup 2019/20 - Round 2

Dave_The_Sheep

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Serious arm wrestle for the next 10

Three points at least from this attack and it should be enough. But we'll see.

Faugheen

VDF - 26m from 5 carries, 3 clean breaks, 3 defenders beaten, 20 tackles, none missed.

It’s mad that people think he isn’t the best Irish 7. He’s incredible.

PhlegmyMoses

Beautiful. Basically did what Lyon could not

Ah ****

LostArt

Well that wasn't pretty but we'll take it

Edit: balls, but still grand

A-Train

Yes get the in. Great score

Edit feck that anyway. However he wasn’t getting to Sexton

Synode

Savage. Needed that big time.

Edit: balls

prawnsambo

Oh well.

crisco10

Thought lyon guy touched thay back last.

FrancieBrady

A-Train wrote: »

Yes get the in. Great score

Edit feck that anyway. However he wasn’t getting to Sexton

Smart play by the Lyon player there.

A-Train

Ah crap! Points straight back to them

Dave_The_Sheep

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Three points at least from this attack and it should be enough. But we'll see.

Shut up Dave.

PhlegmyMoses

Nice to get the win but not a good performance all in. Solid in defence but relied on Lyon making some awful mistakes.

crisco10

Faugheen wrote: »

VDF - 26m from 5 carries, 3 clean breaks, 3 defenders beaten, 20 tackles, none missed.

It’s mad that people think he isn’t the best Irish 7. He’s incredible.

How did he not get man of the match?

A-Train

It wasn’t pretty but I’ll take it all day

Squidgy Black

VdF was robbed of man of the match I think. He was absolutely mincing players in the tackle, driving them back yards, made a couple of crucial turnovers and also a couple of line breaks.

FrancieBrady

Well done..looked ominous at times.

Synode

Job done. Roll on Northampton

Former Former

Seriously scrappy game, no flow of any kind but still, we'll take it.

VDF the best player on the park, titanic performance.

prawnsambo

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Nice to get the win but not a good performance all in. Solid in defence but relied on Lyon making some awful mistakes.

To be fair, we made a fair few ourselves. Conditions probably dictated the shape of the game more than anything, but I suspect it was partly due to re-integration of the internationals as well. But two from two and a win away in France is always a bonus.

kingofthekong

victory away form home against the Top 14 leaders without getting out of 3rd gear is pretty impressive

PhlegmyMoses

prawnsambo wrote: »

To be fair, we made a fair few ourselves. Conditions probably dictated the shape of the game more than anything, but I suspect it was partly due to re-integration of the internationals as well. But two from two and a win away in France is always a bonus.

Yeah we made terrible mistakes and butchered some attacks too. Hence the poor performance part.

RugbyLover123

Very poor attendance at this Sale match

ScrubsfanChris

This game is zzzzzzzzzz

gooch2k9

That was nice.

Great try that.

prawnsambo

This is interesting. Can they cancel this out after the conversion?

Edit: apparently yes.

2smiggy

Forward pass, but they did that the conversion, should not be sales fault if the video ref was too slow IMO

ScrubsfanChris

Don’t think they can overturn that

TMO Protocols 2.1


2. Potential infringement by the team touching the ball down in opposition in-goal
2.1 If, after a team in possession of the ball has touched the ball down in their opponents’ in-goal area (including after a try is awarded and before the conversion is struck), any of the match officials (including the TMO) have a view that there was a potential infringement, within the list of offences (see 2.3) before the ball was carried into in-goal by the team that touched the ball down, they may suggest that the referee refers the matter to the TMO for review.

RugbyLover123

That is one of the most stupid things I’ve seen on a rugby pitch - has to be red and lengthy ban

2smiggy

So silly with cameras everywhere FFS

ScrubsfanChris

Dirt, off with him.

Larbre34

What an unreconstructed t0ssp0t.

Gibbes and ROG incensed.

Larbre34

No point hitting the door you scumsucker, its all you.

Guy:Incognito

How braindead are some professional players nowadays. Every single time you're going to get done for something like that with a tmo.

testtech05

Larbre34 wrote: »

What an unreconstructed t0ssp0t.

Gibbes and ROG incensed.

Looks like it might be lucky for the hooker that the 2 guys are up in the stand and can't get their hands on him for a few minutes.

ScrubsfanChris

Larbre34 wrote: »

What an unreconstructed t0ssp0t.

Gibbes and ROG incensed.

How can you tell? :pac:

2smiggy

Well at least we still have a game after Sale fecking that up

Larbre34

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

How can you tell? :pac:

The dead eyes.

2smiggy

Soft soft high tackle call. Too many of those these days

2smiggy

Looking back at the disallowed try, the best part was that it was after a Chris Ashton 'splash'

eagle eye

I don't remember Bourgarit doing anything like that before. It was stupid but I didn't think it was very bad. I don't think he poked his eye.
It's going to cost LA Rochelle any chance of even a losing bonus point even with Sale's wastage.

ScrubsfanChris

A penalty try and a player yellow card, as is the law.

sydthebeat

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

A penalty try and a player yellow card, as is the law.

When you can clearly identify the culprit

prawnsambo

eagle eye wrote: »

I don't remember Bourgarit doing anything like that before. It was stupid but I didn't think it was very bad. I don't think he poked his eye.
It's going to cost LA Rochelle any chance of even a losing bonus point even with Sale's wastage.

A quick Google search turned up three yellow cards in the last twelve months. And all of them as a sub coming on after 61 minutes at the earliest. Not exactly a stellar disciplinary record.

ScrubsfanChris

sydthebeat wrote: »

When you can clearly identify the culprit

Nothing about that in the laws
Easy to ask TMO if unsure.

sydthebeat

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Nothing about that in the laws
Easy to ask TMO if unsure.

You cannot yellow card a player you are not sure committed the act.

Rugby reffing 101

ScrubsfanChris

sydthebeat wrote: »

You cannot yellow card a player you are not sure committed the act.
Rugby reffing 101

Re Ulster/Clermont match, Ref didn’t even try to find or explain why no card.
Agree with your point, but ref had no intention of implementing the law clearly or just forgot.

Seen before penalty try’s given and ref goes to TMO to find a number.

2smiggy

The ref does not seem to have much of a grasp of what's going on

eagle eye

Referee has been awful in this game.

sydthebeat

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Re Ulster/Clermont match, Ref didn’t even try to find or explain why no card.
Agree with your point, but ref had no intention of implementing the law clearly or just forgot.

Seen before penalty try’s given and ref goes to TMO to find a number.

To be fair it was as a result of a scrum being competely demolished....you could argue that every one of the 8 were at fault, and any one of the from row could have been penalised.
Easy enough for JP Doyle to say he couldn't see any individual at fault