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

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    #7142
    vienne86
    Registered Users Posts: 17,075 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    Didn't capitalise on man advantage and didn't use the bnch well. But gutted for Ulster.



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    #7143
    moycullen14
    Registered Users Posts: 882 ✭✭✭moycullen14


    Awful. Cracking game.



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    #7144
    clsmooth
    Registered Users Posts: 3,679 ✭✭✭clsmooth


    The kick looked close enough to review it. Not convinced it was wide but not convinced it wasn’t either so no idea how the touch judges could be that confident to call it



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    #7145
    c.p.w.g.w
    Registered Users Posts: 4,994 ✭✭✭c.p.w.g.w


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119188466#Comment_119188466

    It looked wide to me too...

    Was there not a forward pass Infront of ref missed around the 78min too...

    But ultimately, Ulster had a man advantage and failed to utilize it



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    #7146
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    Great game again. Good crowd in Cape Town. Pitch must have been heavily watered beforehand as a lot of players slipping especially the Ulster lads. Ulster bench just not strong enough. Tom O'Toole and Warwick should go to NZ and Herring should start at 2 for Ireland.



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    #7147
    clsmooth
    Registered Users Posts: 3,679 ✭✭✭clsmooth


    Link to kick. Still no idea. Maybe an in off the imaginary post job 😵

    https://twitter.com/premiersportstv/status/1535638892707057665?s=21&t=BJrMhXOTdasi5R5gehpSPw




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    #7148
    StevenToast
    Registered Users Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    2 superb semi finals....better than anything from the heineken cup...

    Brilliant crowd and atmosphere aswell in cape town....

    Really good advert for the URC.....

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



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    #7149
    cuttingtimber22
    Registered Users Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭cuttingtimber22


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119188512#Comment_119188512

    i think there was also a forward pass in the move that led to the try and Ulster should have got a scrum penalty in the scrum Tom O’Toole went off after.



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    #7150
    TRC10
    Registered Users Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭TRC10


    Thought Billy Burns had a very good game



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    #7151
    Brewster
    Registered Users Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭Brewster


    Ulster got sucked in in that last play. They shouldn’t have been exposed the way they were, with an extra man in backs. A little bit of inexperience there. Absolutely gutted for them, they got 99% of the game right, but just came up short. Will be a long summer for some of the players, especially those that don’t go to NZ.



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    #7152
    Brewster
    Registered Users Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭Brewster


    Hard to tell on kick. It’s over the post. If the post is longer it probably hits it.



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    #7153
    thecretinhop
    Registered Users Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭thecretinhop


    Connacht fan here gutted for ye. I have no idea how that kick was given...



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    #7154
    Madeoface
    Registered Users Posts: 428 ✭✭Madeoface


    Ian Henderbum.

    Cruel finish. Glad the ref got the red out for gauging. I thought that shti was finally dying in SA...moron.



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    #7155
    TRC10
    Registered Users Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭TRC10


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119188603#Comment_119188603

    If that went to extra time, I think Ulster would have lost by 10 points. They were spent at the end there.



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    #7156
    RichieRich_89
    Registered Users Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭RichieRich_89


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119188591#Comment_119188591

    You can afford to defend narrow against Leinster or Munster, who just go for one-out pick and goes near the line, but these South African teams play it a bit wider.



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    #7157
    Paul Smeenus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,471 ✭✭✭Paul Smeenus


    Bitterly disappointing.


    Big issue is how little Dan trusts some of our bench players - after all the travel, we need subs on earlier, not later. The players were out on their feet. You can't be afraid to bring your bench front row on.


    I'll be interested to see how the SA teams adapt to playing across two comps during the season.



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    #7158
    AbusesToilets
    Registered Users Posts: 10,449 ✭✭✭✭AbusesToilets


    Pretty mad the front row played as long as they did



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    #7159
    Locke_Lamora
    Registered Users Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭Locke_Lamora


    You know what, I was furious at the end there and I've been in piss poor mood ever since. Can't be arsed dwelling on the game and I really don't want to begin thinking about next year so there I was pacing the house looking for some semblance of a silver lining when it hit me..

    ...awec's probably worse off than me.



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    #7160
    Locke_Lamora
    Registered Users Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭Locke_Lamora


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119188693#Comment_119188693

    The bench front row actually managed to hold up which I found unbelievable, but to be fair to Dan they haven't really given him a reason to trust him for most of the year. I'll admit I haven't watched wasps this year, but from reading other forums Toomaga-Allen is a fairly poor scrummager which doesn't really solve much. Getting Tom Stewart fit will be key next year.

    Treadwell has bench fantastic coming off the bench but he can be headless at times and a penalty magnet - and he gave one away in the lineout after we just cleared our lines in the final two minutes. Does frank bradshaw ryan coming in solve much? Ideally we'd look for an improvement on AOC (as good as he's been for us), but that doesn't look doable as Carter is taking up an NIQ spot.

    Backrow depth is shocking an devoid of any impact off the bench, which will be especially concerning as father time catches up with Vermuelen. Hopefully Sean Raffell is an improvement of the other Rea, but yea, nothing to be assuredly excited about.

    So to be honest, I expect much of the same again next year with regards to our pack and bench.



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    #7161
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,828 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    another year, another let down. Same old Ulster.



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    #7162
    AbusesToilets
    Registered Users Posts: 10,449 ✭✭✭✭AbusesToilets


    That period between the ref not giving a penalty from the attacking maul, and Herring losing the ball in the tackle was the decider imo. Any score there and Ulster see it out.



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    #7163
    Zeugnis
    Registered Users Posts: 755 ✭✭✭Zeugnis


    Hold your heads up Ulster fans, it's been a good season and the silverware is within sniffing distance. Unlucky today, I hoped you'd right the injustice of the TMO theft during the last trip to Cape Town. Loved Baloucoune's offload for the second try, you need to bring him more into the game. You will rise again.



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    #7164
    Akrasia
    Registered Users Posts: 22,420 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    It was always going to be a huge ask to travel to SA and beat the Stormers on their home turf. It's a difficult way to lose but there's no shame in that performance

    The Referee and TMO were an absolute wild card throughout the match.

    The URC really need to do something about this. Can we poach some refs from other leagues even just for the knockout games?



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    #7165
    Itxa
    Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭Itxa


    The ref needs to stand behind a decision if he gives it. The penalty try and then then reneging on that decision was unacceptable. He also gave knock ons where the other team made them and awarded penalty against Ulster when he said the ball was out of the ruck and Ulster tackled the scrum half. The part where he said “I didn’t see that, don’t let me see that again” made it even more ridiculous. It kind of balanced out but you don’t want to see bad decisions given either way. It was poor officiating and had an affect on the outcome of the game. And I have sworn all my life never to give out about a ref!



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    #7166
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,828 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    I don't really care whether the kick went over or not tbh, they would have pumped us in extra time. Ulster just do not have the mental strength to win games like this.



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    #7167
    Itxa
    Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭Itxa


    Also, I think the Roos try could possibly have had two forward passes (he didn’t even check it - very Blasé) and the Balacoune try was definitely forward. The ref had a poor game and seemed to get sucked into the revelry of being on tour which is speculation but he was all over the place. The crowd being in a stunned silence by some of the decisions for most of the second half sapped the life out of the game.

    And then there was the blatant spear tackle at ruck even more blasé and the kick at the end which I thought was wide. Might just have been the camera angle though. He didn’t check anything!

    I am reluctant to criticise the referees as I think they have a thankless job and it’s very difficult to get it right on every occasion but Adamson needs to review this game and get better.



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    #7168
    Rugbymad2020
    Registered Users Posts: 336 ✭✭Rugbymad2020


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119188603#Comment_119188603

    How,every single stormers player celebrated after watching it,the ulster players dropped their heads too.flags went up aswell as the fans reacting.



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    #7169
    launish116
    Registered Users Posts: 2,444 ✭✭✭launish116


    Ref aside….

    Same old issues, we don’t have a 23 let alone a squad capable of playing for silverware.

    We need a loose head & Blindside and have for several years.

    We just can’t compete with the physicality and that gets even harder when we can’t trust our bench! I said this last year but Ulster need to go backwards to go forwards! We rely to much on same flogged players! We have the one of lowest player usage in the URC also.

    Albeit thank you SA teams, I have really enjoyed your involvement and new grudges forming!



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    #7170
    Ardillaun
    Registered Users Posts: 2,558 ✭✭✭Ardillaun


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119188471#Comment_119188471

    Has there been any bells and whistles technological review of the footage to confirm it? Not that it matters now.



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    #7171
    Ardillaun
    Registered Users Posts: 2,558 ✭✭✭Ardillaun


    That result must be bitterly disappointing for Ulster fans but the team were competitive in every aspect of play for most of the match. I wrongly wrote them off after the first two tries. Let’s hope Baloucoune’s injury isn’t too serious.



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