Ulster vs. Leinster, Saturday 6th March, 19.35 (Eir Sport 1)

A-Train

A great response

thomond2006

Good lord Ulster. You had this game.

Exclamation Marc

Beautiful from Leinster. Some turnaround.

hold my beer

What a break and pass by Max O'Reilly

Squidgy Black

Another try now with this yellow and just kill the hope we gave them would be nice.

Clegg

That's a yellow for Warwick.

clsmooth

How many tries like that do Leinster score? It’s slightly concerning as whilst it’s great we can do that at Pro 14 level, it’s not quite as effective at highest level of Champions Cup or internationally.

Clegg

Both sides have been down to 13 in this game.

Mad stuff.

sydthebeat

Oh my god that's not a card either

Clegg

TMO thinks red

So does the assistant

ongarite

Elbow to face, not the most impactful but with some intent

sydthebeat

Jesus

Clegg

Clegg wrote: »

That's a yellow for Warwick.

Warwick had a go at the face of Fardy too when Fardy was on the ground.

yerrahbah

Frank really doesn't want to give a red card tonight

theVersatile

clsmooth wrote: »

I think in fairness when there’s a loose ball, the first reaction isn’t to lower your height. It’s split second stuff which is different to lining up a player and purposely hitting them high or being wreckless. Aki’s defence for the Samoa red was how quick the situation developed. This was even quicker. Yellow was fair for me.

Oh yeah don't get me wrong the yellows fair alright. Just don't buy the "what can he do" argument.

guapos

Ah that should be a yellow not red

Clegg

Sub prop sent off.

Do we go to uncontested scrums?

Akrasia

Munster Leinster Final it is so

Squidgy Black

This isn't so much complaining about Murphy, but more so the directives, but this stuff is absolutely killing the game. Head contact is something that needs to be mitigated as much as possible, but jesus it's ruining games.

I don't want this to be a red.

Exclamation Marc

Ulster must have pre-booked plans for the weekend of the final.

Morathi

Jeeeeesus.

sydthebeat

Great game ruined

hold my beer

Jaysus some amount of cards

launish116

sydthebeat wrote: »

Great game ruined

Uncontested scrums!

Clegg

That's poor play from McGrath.

There was a massive openside for Leinster to attack but he went to the one runner on the short side and turned it over.

theVersatile

Frank should've held his ground - is neck a red? Seemed low enough danger / force.

awec

Absolute fcuking farce.

I dunno.

Bit surprised by some of the cards here but any contact above the chest could now be a red effectively.

Boscoirl

The TMO didn’t sound like he agreed with Murphy for the yellow for OBrien either.

TheAnalyst_

Gone too far with cards. Needs to be a type of black card now. 20 minutes off and forced sub.

You see the six nations games decided by cards.

Clegg

Leinster didn't fare so well when Glasgow had a red last week.

Interesting to see if they'll be more times in this week.

Dave_The_Sheep

That's a very harsh red card.

sydthebeat

Guarantee that's not the last card in the game either

ScissorPaperRock

I hope the 20 minute replacement for a red card rule they're trialling in Super Rugby AU is adopted more broadly.

The number of games ruined by red cards these days is ridiculous.

Clegg

Coetzee's hamstring is gone.

Could be his last appearance for Ulster.

AdamD

Slow motion has taken context out of these situations, for both JOBs yellow and the red. Incredibly harsh decisions

awec

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I dunno.

Bit surprised by some of the cards here but any contact above the chest could now be a red effectively.

Except if you’re Devin Toner. Or Jimmy OBrien.

waynescales1

Yellow or red it’s idiotic from Warwick.

pickarooney

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

Gone too far with cards. Needs to be a type of black card now. 20 minutes off and forced sub.

You see the six nations games decided by cards.

Australia has that this year

awec

awec wrote: »

Except if you’re Devin Toner. Or Jimmy OBrien.

An armchair tackle and an elbow to the face aren't really much of an equivalence.

I'd have had a penalty for Toner and a yellow for Warwick.

Definitely agree with others - can't ruin games because of individual mistakes. Need a card between yellow and red. Red should be for someone doing something intentional.

Clegg

That should be another yellow for Ulster too.

The tackler didn't roll away or release and prevented quick ball on the try line.

sydthebeat

waynescales1 wrote: »

Yellow or red it’s idiotic from Warwick.

If Ed Byrne had have tackled the way he's supposed to ie bend over low, then it would have been a fend

However ed goes high, the fend ends up high and its a red card.

No injury, none hurt, no "strike" to the head, but game unequal now.

Sooner they bring in 20 minute replacements the better to at least counter act some of these harsh cards

crisco10

What a tackle on JOB

Clegg

Stockdale is blessed there.

Clear cut yellow that Murphy has ignored.

sydthebeat

Clegg wrote: »

That should be another yellow for Ulster too.

The tackler didn't roll away or release and prevented quick ball on the try line.

And Dave kearney came in and completely sealed off....

Theres illegality in nearly every phase

This game is just ridiculous now.

Squidgy Black

crisco10 wrote: »

What a tackle on JOB

Great tackle but Stockdale very lucky to get away with not releasing

kmart6

Murphy telling Madigan it would have been a card for him if Leinster hadn't scored. Shouldn't get away with a professional foul just cause you conceded.

Clegg

Ulster will get a score before the end of the half.