Heineken Cup - General Discussion Thread

circos · 13-11-2011 3:31pm

Great stuff. Leinsters pool to lose already and we haven't even got a win on the board...

.ak · 13-11-2011 3:31pm

Omg... 80 of no rugby .. then 30 seconds of sheer intense rugby lol... That's three games that have had stoppage time dramas.

wixfjord · 13-11-2011 3:32pm

Good for Leinster too imo.

Stev_o · 13-11-2011 3:32pm

Nick Abendadon better find a way home doubt he ll be let on the plane back home.

Risteard · 13-11-2011 3:32pm

This must be one of the best opening rounds so far. Plenty of last minute drama.

DDC1990 · 13-11-2011 3:33pm

Puts ROG's kick in perspective seeing how far away Weir's attempt was!

Unreal bounce for Glasgow!

13-11-2011 3:33pm

Risteard wrote: »

This must be one of the best opening rounds so far. Plenty of last minute drama.

absolutely nothing else to talk about in the other 79 minutes today though!

Phonehead · 13-11-2011 3:34pm

Thomond would you say it's fair to say - Richie Grey dragged 14 donkeys across the finishing line?;)

wixfjord · 13-11-2011 3:34pm

DDC1990 wrote: »

Puts ROG's kick in perspective seeing how far away Weir's attempt was!

Unreal bounce for Glasgow!

Got blocked though didn't it?

circos · 13-11-2011 3:34pm

Great Result for the Pro 12, domination of Europe

Risteard · 13-11-2011 3:35pm

Deleted User wrote: »

absolutely nothing else to talk about in the other 79 minutes today though!

True.

YouTookMyName · 13-11-2011 3:35pm

Balls.

DDC1990 · 13-11-2011 3:36pm

wixfjord wrote: »

Got blocked though didn't it?

Was it, watching on a dodgy stream, thought he just f-ed up, and then Abendanon touched it to play everyone onside.

Shows that NH should have charged up really, then.

EDIT: Watched the Replay there. You're right.

Stev_o · 13-11-2011 3:43pm

circos wrote: »

Great Result for the Pro 12, domination of Europe

The funny thing is that if half of these fixtures were the other way around we'd see in the media how 'X' team preformed a miracle to return with a bonus point. I wouldn't exactly call it a domination of Europe if all the teams had denied the others BP then yeah it would count then.

matthew8 · 13-11-2011 3:44pm

Abendanon is terrible, Bath need a new full back. They also need to figure out how to play rugby.

ongarite · 13-11-2011 3:45pm

Don't see anything for Leinster to fear with the way Bath played today.

Nukem · 13-11-2011 3:47pm

thomond2006 wrote: »

Edinburgh win it. Delighted for them and Bradley

Only just saw this - great result, delighted for Bradley

Teferi · 13-11-2011 3:47pm

Cracking weekend for drama in the HC. Leinster, Ulster, Munster and Glasgow all go until the death. Such a good competition.

circos · 13-11-2011 3:49pm

Stev_o wrote: »

The funny thing is that if half of these fixtures were the other way around we'd see in the media how 'X' team preformed a miracle to return with a bonus point. I wouldn't exactly call it a domination of Europe if all the teams had denied the others BP then yeah it would count then.

Domination was a tongue in cheek comment obviously but there's no doubt the pro12 teams have done great this weekend.

13-11-2011 3:50pm

Would like Toulouse to change the mood of the day please

Taco Corp · 13-11-2011 3:58pm

Not Mark Robson again.

thomond2006 · 13-11-2011 3:59pm

Toulouse:
15 Clément Poitrenaud, 14 Timoci Matanavou, 13 Yann David, 12 Florian Fritz, 11 Yves Donguy, 10 Luke McAlister, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Shaun Sowerby, 7 Sylvain Nicolas, 6 Yannick Nyanga, 5 Romain Millo-Chluski, 4 Yoann Maestri, 3 Census Johnston, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Replacements: 16 William Servat, 17 Yohan Montes, 18 Johnson Falefa, 19 Grégory Lamboley, 20 Nicolas Vergallo, 21 Yannick Jauzion, 22 Lionel Beauxis, 23 Gillian Galan.

Gloucester:
15 Olly Morgan, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Henry Trinder, 12 Mike Tindall, 11 Tom Voyce, 10 Freddie Burns, 9 Rory Lawson, 8 Alasdair Strokosch, 7 Akapusi Qera, 6 Peter Buxton, 5 Jim Hamilton, 4 Will James, 3 Rupert Harden, 2 Darren Dawiduik, 1 Nick Wood.
Replacements: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Dan Murphy, 18 Dario Chistolini, 19 Tom Savage, 20 Luke Narraway, 21 Dave Lewis, 22 Tim Taylor, 23 Jonny May.

Not Toulouse's strongest side, a few missing. Servat, Beauxis and Jauzion on the bench. :eek:

Edit: Olly Morgan not playing, Jonny May starts at 15.

thomond2006 · 13-11-2011 4:02pm

Mark Robson talking about men pulling down their pants.

thomond2006 · 13-11-2011 4:06pm

Toulouse very close, just lost it on the line. Glorious play in the buildup.

thomond2006 · 13-11-2011 4:23pm

Still 0-3 to Gloucester after 22 minutes. could have got a try had the ball bounced their way in the Toulouse 22.

thomond2006 · 13-11-2011 4:34pm

Gloucester try, Charlie Sharples! Turnover ball after a weak Toulouse scrum, ball flung wide and Sharples walks in.

Burns converts, 0-10 on 33 minutes!

circos · 13-11-2011 4:40pm

Good Toulouse try, delicious little kick.

.ak · 13-11-2011 4:42pm

Unbelievable cross from Luke McAllister. Amazing try.

.ak · 13-11-2011 4:55pm

Also is that the Toulouse HEC jersey? So boring compared to their new Top 14 one which is class.

.ak · 13-11-2011 5:11pm

Yellow card for slapping down against Glo. Luke takes the penalty. 11-10 to Toulouse... another tight affair but Toulouse have their tails up.

DDC1990 · 13-11-2011 5:11pm

19 Stone Gillian... nice

EmacB · 13-11-2011 5:18pm

A try butchered by toulouse

.ak · 13-11-2011 5:18pm

How was that not a try... lol

.ak · 13-11-2011 5:22pm

Dam must burst soon.

circos · 13-11-2011 5:30pm

great try, great pass by Tindal.

.ak · 13-11-2011 5:31pm

Holy cow batman that's some set of wheels.

.ak · 13-11-2011 5:33pm

Anyone else think Fitzgibbon is fair below par of HEC ref standard?

Burgo · 13-11-2011 5:34pm

holy crap.

.ak · 13-11-2011 5:34pm

Great match. Was that forward tho?

Burgo · 13-11-2011 5:35pm

Didn't see the replay, but I thought it looked forward.

circos · 13-11-2011 5:35pm

I thought it was forward on first glance...replay doesn't make my mind up either...

.ak · 13-11-2011 5:36pm

Wow, on replay that was a foot or two forward.

Burgo · 13-11-2011 5:36pm

just saw it now, came off a gloucester hand.

.ak · 13-11-2011 5:37pm

At one angle it looks that way allright.. hard to tell, but i guess the ref saw it coming off a red hand.

circos · 13-11-2011 5:44pm

throwing away the game for a point...hate to see it but sure its better than they thought they'd get i suppose...

DDC1990 · 13-11-2011 5:44pm

Ohhh not a popular decision. Happy with the LBP

matthew8 · 13-11-2011 6:02pm

Gloucester played like champions for 79 minutes, and played like defeatists for one minute.

CatFromHue · 13-11-2011 6:25pm

It was smart play from Gloucester to kick it out. Toulouse scored two, had one disallowed, and had a winger drop the ball 5m out from a certain try. They were just outside their own 22 so would have had to play it up nearly the whole pitch. A simple intercept, dropped ball, or stolen ball in a ruck and they could be going home with nothing.

PhatPiggins · 13-11-2011 6:43pm

CatFromHue wrote: »

It was smart play from Gloucester to kick it out. Toulouse scored two, had one disallowed, and had a winger drop the ball 5m out from a certain try. They were just outside their own 22 so would have had to play it up nearly the whole pitch. A simple intercept, dropped ball, or stolen ball in a ruck and they could be going home with nothing.

Gloucester have no chance of getting out of the pool. Toulouse were all over the place in defence, they should have backed themselves.

CatFromHue · 13-11-2011 6:50pm

PhatPiggins wrote: »

Gloucester have no chance of getting out of the pool.

A losing bonus point away to Toulouse would indicate they do have a chance.

Coming home from Toulouse with nothing would indicate they don't have a chance.

Just outside your 22 with a lot of your players in a ruck is not a good position to be in to be backing yourself to score a try. If they forced it from there there would be more chance of Toulouse scoring a try.

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