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

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    #6002
    launish116
    Registered Users Posts: 2,443 ✭✭✭launish116


    Same back row how many weeks in a row? Unheard of at Ulster



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    #6003
    Paul Smeenus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,466 ✭✭✭Paul Smeenus


    https://www.the42.ie/ulster-rugby-5-5581757-Oct2021/


    Genuinely excellent article about the 80s Ulster team.



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    #6004
    jacothelad
    Registered Users Posts: 5,931 ✭✭✭jacothelad


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118061644#Comment_118061644

    I was going to post the link. This was the last few years of my era. I played with and against many of the guys and others like Ian McIlwrath, Roger Clegg, Stuart McKinney. It was a very emotional read and took me back instantly to that time. Fantastic team and super guys. Keith Crossan also worked in the Bank of Ireland on University Road which was my branch up to ...well...recently. He was a great and friendly guy. It is hard to believe that it was almost 40 years in the past.

    Guys, don't waste time. There isn't enough of it.



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    #6005
    shinana abu
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭shinana abu


    Mckinney,some flanker, fondly remember his address to an Irish team before playing at Twickenham



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    #6006
    stephen_n
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    I remember watching that Ulster team in Donnybrook against Leinster. With a air of resignation I’m sure a lot of supporters now feel when their team plays Leinster. It was amazing they produced so many top players in one decade.



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    #6007
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,759 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    What’s this “inside the 10” law?



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    #6008
    awec
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    Thornley can shove his hard done by Connacht trope up his bangle.

    Brace is riding us raw here.



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    #6009
    Locke_Lamora
    Registered Users Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭Locke_Lamora


    Porch's tackle on hume and doak being taken out were two huge decisions that Brace decided not to bother officiating for.



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    #6010
    Akrasia
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    How the hell did the TMO not see that and award a penalty try and a YC. That was so blatant



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    #6011
    lawrencesummers
    Registered Users Posts: 8,571 ✭✭✭lawrencesummers


    vermullen isnt going to fix all of these problems.



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    #6012
    Clegg
    Registered Users Posts: 17,139 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    McCloskey butchered that overlap.



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    #6013
    awec
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    Pass the damn ball.



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    #6014
    lawrencesummers
    Registered Users Posts: 8,571 ✭✭✭lawrencesummers


    Burns gives a bad pass to mccloskey off hendersons turnover, and then starts to stroll forward, he should have been sprinting his balls off and ready to him the ruck or looking for an offload.


    Sums him up perfectly for me.



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    #6015
    lawrencesummers
    Registered Users Posts: 8,571 ✭✭✭lawrencesummers


    That no arms tackle from burns has not only injured himself but the player he tackled. Should have been a YC and penalty.



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    #6016
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,169 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    Connacht a good team lately. Could have beaten Munster last week. Expected them to win this match.



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    #6017
    awec
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    Well and truly humped by the far better team.

    Disgraceful Ulster performance.



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    #6018
    Clegg
    Registered Users Posts: 17,139 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    Great try from Conn, but it's also poor Ulster defence. They didn't want to commit to a tackle and allowed Conn far too much space to run into. Then a poor enough missed tackle from McIlroy(?) on Porch.



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    #6019
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 6,169 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    Ulster a shambles. So easy to read.



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    #6020
    Clegg
    Registered Users Posts: 17,139 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    Burns is a disaster this evening.



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    #6021
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,759 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Billy Burns playing like a drain



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    #6022
    TomsOnTheRoof
    Registered Users Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭TomsOnTheRoof


    Surely Farrell has to be rethinking Carty's omission.



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    #6023
    lawrencesummers
    Registered Users Posts: 8,571 ✭✭✭lawrencesummers


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118063533#Comment_118063533

    Hes never been a great OH.

    He just looks worse here because Ulster are getting man handled and outplayed all over the pitch by a more physical better coached and much more motivated team here.



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    #6024
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118063538#Comment_118063538

    No, this is what Carty does. He'll be great one week and terrible the next.



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    #6025
    lawrencesummers
    Registered Users Posts: 8,571 ✭✭✭lawrencesummers


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118063542#Comment_118063542

    This is two weeks in a row he has been great, and in fairness he has had an excellent start to the season.

    He is the form 10 so far no question.



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    #6026
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118063551#Comment_118063551

    He might be the form 10 but we've been here before. It's difficult to buy into the Carty experience.



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    #6027
    lawrencesummers
    Registered Users Posts: 8,571 ✭✭✭lawrencesummers


    Dont forget this in a Connacht team without Aki who makes them a much much better side.



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    #6028
    TomsOnTheRoof
    Registered Users Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭TomsOnTheRoof


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118063542#Comment_118063542

    I think he deserves the opportunity to be honest. He's shown more than most of our fly halves so far this season.



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    #6029
    lawrencesummers
    Registered Users Posts: 8,571 ✭✭✭lawrencesummers


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118063556#Comment_118063556

    he has done enough to earn a second chance IMo



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    #6030
    Clegg
    Registered Users Posts: 17,139 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    Not been a good performance especially up front. Far too many collisions lost.



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    #6031
    Locke_Lamora
    Registered Users Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭Locke_Lamora


    Connacht aren't a great side tbh, which speaks volumes about where we're at right now. We've been pathetic upfront and when we're chasing a game we bring on warwick, shanahan, and greg jones, I lost all hope there and then. Hendy went very well which is the only positive. Vermulen and Marty Moore coming into the pack changes things a little, but I'm still very worried.

    The backs can't defend a team going wide and imo it starts with McCloskey - he bites in every time and i slow at recovering which affects everyone else. Hume isn't the quickest so he can't cover and get across in time. In attack everything seems to rely on McCloskey making metres, and I understand why he's gets so much of the ball given the state of our pack, but it's easy for defences to figure out. Stockdale coming back might give us another edge.

    Beaten out of the gates tonight, some ugly ref decisions in the first half but connacht put us away in the second and we never fired a shot. Tough one to take.



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