Leinster V Ulster: Friday 14th May Care Bear Cup

ongarite

Hair dye for Henshaw?

KaneToad

Hit the ball...?

Clegg

That's not high imo.

Just a big tackle.

clsmooth

Why have a captains challenge on that? Surely the TMO is already looking?

razorblunt

Surely TMO should be reviewing that independently and not relying on a captains challenge

ongarite

Head to head, that will hurt!

yerrahbah

Henshaw has to go lower

"Lads, who got high tackled from Robbie"

Great bit of captaincy from Hendo!

A-Train

That’s just a monster tackle

KaneToad

Just ends up high...pen only

Squidgy Black

Clegg wrote: »

That's not high imo.

Just a big tackle.

Yeah the head on head contact is after he hits the ball in my extremely biased opinion.

Clegg

So it isn't even a penalty for Ulster then?

That's just a superb tackle from Henshaw.

razorblunt

Adamson isn’t the guy you’d want overseeing this

Unless there are other angles, really all Henshaw did was hit his own jaw on the player - can't see any contact with head otherwise.

Clegg

That's poor form from Henderson.

thegreycity

Toland such a gob****e

kmart6

That's very bad from Henderson.

clsmooth

Shoulder from Baloucoune to Henshaws head. Be some outcome if Henderson’s captains challenge ended in a red for his own player

crisco10

Clegg wrote: »

That's poor form from Henderson.

What he do?

Squidgy Black

So it looks like Henshaw just absolutely smashed Balacoune to the point that his head nearly popped off.

Phenomenal tackle.

Clegg

crisco10 wrote: »

What he do?

Begging for Henshaw to get sent off.

KaneToad

crisco10 wrote: »

What he do?

Complain about the TMO outcome

Henderson: "Robbie is a big meanie and I'm not his friend anymore"

BionicRasher

That’s why many parents don’t want their kids playing rugby
That is such a dangerous tackle and should not be allowed
Mid chest at tops should be the limit
That’s shoulder to neck

irishbucsfan

How is Henshaw still on the pitch?

Outrageous they have seen that and not pulled him


Edit: oh did he go off? I remove my outrage

A-Train

Great defence and turn over by Leinster

Clegg

Can't see Henshaw coming back on.

Need to keep him safe for the Lions.

kmart6

Jesus Toland needs to shut the fcuk up.

regardless of the fact there was no pen given, Henshaw should have been lower in the tackle. going that high was always a huge risk

Ectoplasm

Jesus, the commentary is ruining this for me.

KaneToad

irishbucsfan wrote: »

How is Henshaw still on the pitch?

Outrageous they have seen that and not pulled him

He's off

Buer

Clegg wrote: »

That's poor form from Henderson.

Embarrassing pearl clutching after he lost the challenge.

Clegg

ROL came on for Henshaw.

Tommy O'Brien on for Kearney.

crisco10

KaneToad wrote: »

Complain about the TMO outcome

Thanks. Watching on mute

I thought the tackle was just low enough tbh

Ectoplasm

crisco10 wrote: »

Thanks. Watching on mute

Good choice.

Squidgy Black

BionicRasher wrote: »

That’s why many parents don’t want their kids playing rugby
That is such a dangerous tackle and should not be allowed
Mid chest at tops should be the limit
That’s shoulder to neck

It clearly wasn't shoulder to neck, unless you've seen something that the TMO and the ref haven't seen despite them replaying it in slow motion from multiple angles?

Don't get me wrong it's a dangerous tackle technique but it's legal and it was done perfectly in terms of the legal tackle zone.

KaneToad

Jeffery Short Padlock wrote: »

regardless of the fact there was no pen given, Henshaw should have been lower in the tackle. going that high was always a huge risk

But he executed it perfectly. He didn't give away a pen. He hit hard and won the collision. He did injure himself, granted ..

clsmooth

Great opportunity for TOB. Was playing super before he got injured earlier this year.

razorblunt

Is Toland suggesting that Henshaw gets punished for the tackle because there’s kids at home that might copy him tomorrow?

Kearney off ?

razorblunt

kmart6 wrote: »

Jesus Toland needs to shut the fcuk up.

“Isn’t it great to see...”


He’s worse when there’s 3 on comms as there’s another person to talk over.

Thrashssacre

razorblunt wrote: »

Is Toland suggesting that Henshaw gets punished for the tackle because there’s kids at home that might copy him tomorrow?

Kids would do well to copy him was a fantastic hit bar him hitting his head off balacoones shoulder, real momentum shifting tackle.

hold my beer

That was never forward

Squidgy Black

razorblunt wrote: »

Is Toland suggesting that Henshaw gets punished for the tackle because there’s kids at home that might copy him tomorrow?

Ah it's Toland to a tee. If it was given as a red he'd probably be saying something about how 5 years ago that was a textbook perfect tackle.

Akrasia

razorblunt wrote: »

Is Toland suggesting that Henshaw gets punished for the tackle because there’s kids at home that might copy him tomorrow?

No he’s saying the Mammys won’t let their kids play rugby in case they come home from training with their head dragging on the ground behind them

KaneToad

Henshaw hit Balacoune's shoulder with his own jaw. He wrapped in the tackle. Because they were both moving at pace the outcome was Balacoune's head whipping back.

No laws were broken.

Squidgy Black

Pillar defense is all over the place, the antithesis of a Leinster defensive setup.

razorblunt

razorblunt wrote: »

Is Toland suggesting that Henshaw gets punished for the tackle because there’s kids at home that might copy him tomorrow?

KaneToad

Strange to hear the Leinster extended squad roaring in the crowd. You can nearly pick out the individual voices