[Match Thread]Exeter Chiefs V Leinster - Sat April 10th - K.O. 5.30pm - BT Sport 2

salmocab

Clegg wrote: »

Baxter is very complementary towards Leinster. Says his players made mistakes they almost never make due to the pressure Leinster put them under.

Baxter and Exeter in general are likeable I think.

Dave_The_Sheep

Sangre wrote: »

The biggest downside of this match is that I'm being denied my right to order a round of jaegerbombs followed by obnoxious jumping around.

The biggest downside of this match is that my BT stream cut out after the game finished, so I didn't get to watch them suck the big one that no English teams are left in the competition and their adoptive golden boys just got a kicking.

AbusesToilets

salmocab wrote: »

Baxter and Exeter in general are likeable I think.

Bar the conspiracy theory peddling mind

Richie_Rich89

Garda Kenny wrote: »

Must be sickening for Dalaglio to be graceful about that. Exterior didn’t fire a shot after 10 mins.

No surprises that they're out after that.

Did anyone see the collision that resulted in Sexton going off? I honestly couldn't figure it out, he didn't seem to get any kind of a knock.

Teferi

salmocab wrote: »

Baxter and Exeter in general are likeable I think.

Exeter fans are top class but their players are a bit hard to like with the COVID stuff.

Clegg

Leinster's bench solidified the win. Baird was outstanding in his 30 minutes appearance as was Ross Byrne. Thought Ed Byrne performed well too.

Leinster's bench certainly looked stronger than Exeter's. Leinster dominated the scrum once both sets of replacement props came on.

AbusesToilets

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Did anyone see the collision that resulted in Sexton going off? I honestly couldn't figure it out, he didn't seem to get any kind of a knock.

Thought his leg got taken out

Sangre

When Baxter was being interviewed early in the game it was mentioned that being 14-0 up within ten minutes was the reverse of their previous game against Lyon which they went on to win 47-25. Then he laughed and said he hoped they didn't pull a Lyon so that they ended up losing after being up 14 nil.

Can someone please edit the clip to add the Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia music and title card.


"The Exeter gang lose the match"

Hurrache

AbusesToilets wrote: »

Thought his leg got taken out

At one point though the claim was made he was off for a HIA I thought.

degsie

Deleted User wrote: »

Did anyone see the collision that resulted in Sexton going off? I honestly couldn't figure it out, he didn't seem to get any kind of a knock.

I think he broke a Cadbury's easter egg he had stashed in his pocket

Clegg

Hogg and Sam Simmonds were kept very quiet. A few defensive mishaps aside, Leinster seemed to smother Exeter and gave their game breakers no platform to influence the play.

thegreycity

Ross Byrne is the most under appreciated player in Ireland.

Clegg

thegreycity wrote: »

Ross Byrne is the most under appreciated player in Ireland.

It's a toss up between himself and Luke McGrath.

Rigor Mortis

This pretty much guarantees that Wayne Barnes refs the final. Even if Leinster dont make it, no Irish ref is getting it. Cant see Whitehouse or Adamson getting it.

hahashake

thegreycity wrote: »

Ross Byrne is the most under appreciated player in Ireland.

Heir apparent to Sexton even if he isn't popular.

Garda Kenny

Exeter coasted and let the game pass them by. They drifted through that match. Nobody took initiative on their side. They lost the game rather than Leinster winning it.

razorblunt

kmart6 wrote: »

Well there won't be for the rest of the tournament.

Carful what you wish for ... primed for Adamson!

degsie

Garda Kenny wrote: »

Exeter coasted and let the game pass them by. They drifted through that match. Nobody took initiative on their side. They lost the game rather than Leinster winning it.

OK, if you say to. Thought Leinster played ok meself.

pc7

I’ll enjoy that more tomorrow, will watch it back. I was very worried especially at the start. Brilliant result.

kmart6

razorblunt wrote: »

Carful what you wish for ... primed for Adamson!

Huh? Was responding to a comment about French refs, which we won't see again with the teams left.

Rigor Mortis

Garda Kenny wrote: »

Exeter coasted and let the game pass them by. They drifted through that match. Nobody took initiative on their side. They lost the game rather than Leinster winning it.

Honestly, you could not be more wrong. The defence in the last 70 minutes from Leinster was phenomenal. Hogg was consistently destroyed any time he tried to get going.

razorblunt

kmart6 wrote: »

Huh? Was responding to a comment about French refs, which we won't see again with the teams left.

Look, I sincerely dislike Adamson and I’ll take any chance I can to point that out.

Former Former Former

Garda Kenny wrote: »

Exeter coasted and let the game pass them by. They drifted through that match. Nobody took initiative on their side. They lost the game rather than Leinster winning it.

Ah here. Have you no class?

Garda Kenny

degsie wrote: »

OK, if you say to. Thought Leinster played ok meself.

They did and they took their chances. But Exeter didn’t take initiative to get themselves out of their own half for most of the game. I’d say we won the territory battle and they accepted the picture presented to them.

prawnsambo

Garda Kenny wrote: »

Exeter coasted and let the game pass them by. They drifted through that match. Nobody took initiative on their side. They lost the game rather than Leinster winning it.

Leinster's defence killed them. Made two passes into touch and another to ROL's feet just as examples of what that defensive pressure did to them.

thegreycity

When a post gets quoted that much it just feeds more nonsense

Garda Kenny

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

Honestly, you could not be more wrong. The defence in the last 70 minutes from Leinster was phenomenal. Hogg was consistently destroyed any time he tried to get going.

I take your point here. We won the defensive battle and contained them. They couldn’t break out of the areas we contained them to.

Garda Kenny

thegreycity wrote: »

When a post gets quoted that much it just feeds more nonsense

Apologies. I’m imbibed and passionate about our victory. I’m 4 sheets to the wind!

Pussyhands

You'd really worry about Sexton in the future. The man has been getting smashed all his career. He's constantly getting smashed in the head.

BoardsMember

Disgraceful refereeing on the 2 yellow card calls for high hits. Just can't get my head around them. Seem to be so ill-informed, the video ref needed to make his point more clearly because ref seemed to misunderstand him. Not good enough really. Seemed to be focused on making a decisive and quick decision, rather than listening and making the right call.

irelandrover

BoardsMember wrote: »

Disgraceful refereeing on the 2 yellow card calls for high hits. Just can't get my head around them. Seem to be so ill-informed, the video ref needed to make his point more clearly because ref seemed to misunderstand him. Not good enough really. Seemed to be focused on making a decisive and quick decision, rather than listening and making the right call.

I think when the first isn't given as a card then the second won't be. They were the same tackle more or less.

prawnsambo

BoardsMember wrote: »

Disgraceful refereeing on the 2 yellow card calls for high hits. Just can't get my head around them. Seem to be so ill-informed, the video ref needed to make his point more clearly because ref seemed to misunderstand him. Not good enough really. Seemed to be focused on making a decisive and quick decision, rather than listening and making the right call.

The calls were consistent with the protocols. Initial impacts weren't to the head, so the degree of danger was much reduced. And then there's mitigation for Ross Byrne dipping severely.

First Up

prawnsambo wrote:

The calls were consistent with the protocols. Initial impacts weren't to the head, so the degree of danger was much reduced. And then there's mitigation for Ross Byrne dipping severely.

Hard to reconcile that with Aki's red card against England.

FrannoFan

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

This pretty much guarantees that Wayne Barnes refs the final. Even if Leinster dont make it, no Irish ref is getting it. Cant see Whitehouse or Adamson getting it.

Best ref around right now. Happy to have him.

irelandrover

First Up wrote: »

Hard to reconcile that with Aki's red card against England.

Aki's was a shoulder to the head. They just aren't comparable.

thegreycity

Garda Kenny wrote: »

Apologies. I’m imbibed and passionate about our victory. I’m 4 sheets to the wind!

I respect this response so much 😆

prawnsambo

First Up wrote: »

Hard to reconcile that with Aki's red card against England.

Aki made contact with the head initially. I mean he actually KOd Billy V.

First Up

irelandrover wrote:

Aki's was a shoulder to the head. They just aren't comparable.

Looked pretty similar to me.

irelandrover

First Up wrote: »

Looked pretty similar to me.

Today was an arm to the head while wrapping. Aki was a shoulder direct to the head.

I thought both were yellow today. But once the first wasn't given them the second wasnt going to be either

prawnsambo

First Up wrote: »

Looked pretty similar to me.

Only in that they were tackles.

Rigor Mortis

Garda Kenny wrote: »

Apologies. I’m imbibed and passionate about our victory. I’m 4 sheets to the wind!

Then regardless, you are the winner.

Have a great night!

fonecrusher1

Fair play Leinster. Congrats.

KaneToad

prawnsambo wrote: »

Only in that they were tackles.

And involved two players...

First Up

prawnsambo wrote:

Only in that they were tackles.

Both decisions could have gone either way but that's how it is.

Garda Kenny

Garda Kenny wrote: »

They did and they took their chances. But Exeter didn’t take initiative to get themselves out of their own half for most of the game. I’d say we won the territory battle and they accepted the picture presented to them.

I can see you've been to the metaphor shop but seriously bypass the cliche bin next time unless you can get your work ons up to speed in the downtime.

prawnsambo

First Up wrote: »

Both decisions could have gone either way but that's how it is.

To be fair, the protocols are pretty easy to follow and are clear. Starts at red and works down depending on degree of danger and mitigation. You can pretty well work it out yourself when you see the replays. I had no cause to argue with the decision. Was a yellow at worst and that would have been marginally unfair.

swiwi_

A very good win for Leinster. Thought Exeter tactics were poor in the first half. With VDF in particular winning penalties for fun they should have played more territory.

That was the best game I’ve seen ross Byrne play. Apart from an early defensive howler, Keenan was once again very good. Think motm should have gone to VDF myself.

Garda Kenny

There were several possible MOTMs. Keenan, Kelleher and VDF the standouts for me. Cant argue with Robbie getting plaudits. Marshalled midfield like a pro in the absence of Ringrose.

First Up

prawnsambo wrote:

To be fair, the protocols are pretty easy to follow and are clear. Starts at red and works down depending on degree of danger and mitigation. You can pretty well work it out yourself when you see the replays. I had no cause to argie with the decision. Was a yellow at worst and that would have been marginally unfair.

Yes but there still seems to be inconsistency in the interpretations.

Were they so different as to justify a red for Aki and no card for Northampton?
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