Connacht v Saffries

daveirl

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ekevosu

Is it being televised?

Obvious SA will win well but not by that much, 45 maybe. I'll probably be proven very wrong tommorrow. Hopefully it'll be a good game anyway and not a battle at bayonne type one.

smackbunnybaby

daveirl wrote:

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myself and the govenor are going.
connacht seem to have a two new centers and a new winger as well.o'connor is on the bench.
80 wont be far off to honest.

zAbbo

What kind of lineup are SA putting out ?

smackbunnybaby

bit of a second string really.

The Springbok team for Tuesday

15 JP Pietersen
14 Akona Ndungane
13 Jaque Fourie
12 Butch James
11 Ashwin Willemse
10 Ruan Pienaar
9 Ricky Januarie
8 Bob Skinstad (C)
7 Danie Rossouw
6 Wikus van Heerden
5 Albert van den Berg
4 Johann Muller
3 BJ Botha
2 Bismarck du Plessis
1 Gurthro Steenkamp


Bench:

16 Gary Botha
17 CJ van der Linde
18 Bakkies Botha
19 Jacques Cronjé
20 André Pretorius
21 Waylon Murray
22 Bryan Habana

Oilrig

Interesting to see Pienaar at out half, forced conversion? ('scuse the pun)

Still reckon the 'Boks are the guys in the long grass this world cup. Given what's happening down there at the moment its their last chance for a long long time...

Look at their pack, man mountains, Munster on steroids.

Selected VS Connacht still a strong team, would reckon a rout.

Habana on the bench... should give a hint as to where the game will be.

Leon11

south africa -30pts on paddypower 10/11. Your buying money*!!

*your actually gambling:D

daveirl

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Irish Wolf

daveirl wrote:

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Looks like this has been snapped up... in to 4/5 now...

Maybe it was your wage pack that tipped the price dave

scaramanga

Irish Wolf wrote:

Looks like this has been snapped up... in to 4/5 now...

Maybe it was your wage pack that tipped the price dave

still thats unreal odds, seen a few south african jerseys found town today

Jilm

Connacht 0 - 3 SA coming up to HT.

Connacht played like dervishes in the first half.

yeraulone

Connacht 0 - -SA 3 at half time.

Not bad.

SpAcEd OuT

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maybe not as wise a decision as first thought Connacht only losing by 3 points at half time

let the flood gates open

galwayrush

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let the flood gates open

More of a trickle.

gerire

Dam shame the SA defence is so strong;

galwayrush

gerire wrote:

Dam shame the SA defence is so strong;

A good display by Connacht though.
Now, how do we go about signing up a few of the Saffries.:D

Stev_o

Well fair play to Connacht i dont think anyone was given them a chance of hell of evening holding the Boks past 80! I can imagine the amount of money the bookies have just stolen now! Great game great commitment! Shows you what any team can do if they put their heart to it

Jilm

Connacht 3 - SA 18

Great team effort from Connacht.

Erin Go Brath

Connacht were unlucky not to get a try there near the end. Good game, Connacht will be happy they didn't get a hammering i guess. A bit more self belief and they could have had SA in loads of trouble. Hope they qualify for the Heine next year.

Irish Wolf

Lots of overtime in the next few months for me

Good work by Connacht.. sounds like 18-3 was a little flattering for SA..

Stev_o

Not trying to sound noisy Wolf but ehh how much did you end up loosing

galwayrush

Erin Go Brath wrote:

Connacht were unlucky not to get a try there near the end. Good game, Connacht will be happy they didn't get a hammering i guess. A bit more self belief and they could have had SA in loads of trouble. Hope they qualify for the Heine next year.

Yes, that's the aim.
Looks a bit better for us next season.:cool:

Diamondmaker

who is that Andy |Dunne fella and what insane team let hinm go west:D

Con deserved a try in the period arond the penalty....

Anyone hear that about Habana racing a cheetah, im gonn look it up and post it.

SOunds deadly!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7_iAQXyDJns

here tis!

Hamo

SA weren't making any real effort, they are a lot better then we seen tonight, but fair play to Connacht... Johnny OC was excellent when he came on.

zAbbo

Diamondmaker wrote:

who is that Andy |Dunne fella and what insane team let hinm go west:D

Con deserved a try in the period arond the penalty....

Anyone hear that about Habana racing a cheetah, im gonn look it up and post it.

SOunds deadly!

Sounds deadly, but it's not, I think it was some wildlife preservation gimmick.

Andy Dunne moved from Leinster

Diamondmaker

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Andy Dunne moved from Leinster

Hence my

Yeah just finished watching it bit gimmicky all right:)

Nukem

Delighted for Conn - fair dues!!!!!

Santa Claus

Dunne was great on the rare occasions when he got game time with Leinster and I've seen him play several times with Belvedere. He's benefited a lot from the coaching/understudying Felipe he got in Leinster and will be an asset for Connacht (and may learn a fair bit from Elwood).

Even though I'm a leinster fan myself I'd really love to see Connacht do well considering they always seem to get shafted by the IRFU (even jake whyte had a little dig at the underfunding of connacht in the post match interview)!

Borzoi

Santa Claus wrote:

Even though I'm a leinster fan myself I'd really love to see Connacht do well considering they always seem to get shafted by the IRFU (even jake whyte had a little dig at the underfunding of connacht in the post match interview)!

Tremendous result from Connaught. Perfect pre-RWC match for the Saffies, unlike our own debacle!

LostinBlanch

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I hope your bringing better form to the world cup prediction comp!

daveirl

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High&Low

Diamondmaker wrote:

who is that Andy |Dunne fella and what insane team let hinm go west:D

Con deserved a try in the period arond the penalty....

Anyone hear that about Habana racing a cheetah, im gonn look it up and post it.

SOunds deadly!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7_iAQXyDJns

here tis!

I was thinking the same - how did Leinster let him go when he can play like that!!!

He has to be one of the unluckiest players in Irish rugby. How many seasons was he injured for Leinster?

buck65

well done Connaught you will certainly be there or there abouts in the ML this year if you play like thay

Sangre

Just talking to a girl I know, was up at the match for promotions. Met all the first team who weren't playing e.g. Matfield, Burger, Pienaar. Apparently they were on the absolute tear.

Didn't even know who they were, was wondering why people kept asking for autographs.

kevmy

Still I reckon Connacht done very well and might challenge Ulster this year for the Heino. Especially considering the amount of players Ulster have at the WC.

I have always said that the IRFU seem to see Connacht as a burden when instead they could be used as a fantastic asset, especially for younger players or Irish players forced down the pecking order at other provinces

dulpit

So final score was 18-3... Is that a bad result for SA??? And did they play poorly or did Connaught play mightily or what?

evil_seed

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they always seem to get shafted by the IRFU

never has a truer word been spoken. the ref lastnite was atrocious as always. connaught were super. great performance. great heart & passion. unlucky not to have scored a try near the end. they deserved it.

sugarattack

If Connaught had one or two line breakers in their side I seriously think they could up in the top 6 of the Celtic league. They have no problem against the bigger sides when they play them home or away but its just the lack of points scoring that loses them so many games.

daveirl

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Santa Claus

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The IRFU can only send 3 provinces forward for the HEC and if I remember correctly about 3 years ago they out qualified Ulster but the IRFU decided they couldn't be having that and sent connacht back to the challenge cup as usual !

marco_polo

south africa -30pts on paddypower 10/11. Your buying money*!!

daveirl

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Poco Loco

Well done to Connacht, they deserve a bit of limelight for a change! Did you hear that SA beat Namibia 105 to 13 points in the last game!! In theory, Connacht could beat an entire country! Wow how far have they come eh

Stev_o

Poco Loco wrote:

Well done to Connacht, they deserve a bit of limelight for a change! Did you hear that SA beat Namibia 105 to 13 points in the last game!! In theory, Connacht could beat an entire country! Wow how far have they come eh

Difference is that was SA's full strength side that went out into that match. The team that played the men from the west was more of what you would have seen in the Tri Nations after SA lost to the All Blacks at home

zAbbo

15 JP Pietersen
14 Akona Ndungane
13 Jaque Fourie
12 Butch James
11 Ashwin Willemse
10 Ruan Pienaar
9 Ricky Januarie
8 Bob Skinstad (C)
7 Danie Rossouw
6 Wikus van Heerden
5 Albert van den Berg
4 Johann Muller
3 BJ Botha
2 Bismarck du Plessis
1 Gurthro Steenkamp

Not exactly lacking in experience were they

Poco Loco

Stev_o wrote:

Difference is that was SA's full strength side that went out into that match. The team that played the men from the west was more of what you would have seen in the Tri Nations after SA lost to the All Blacks at home

Granted, yeah. But still...you'd have to be delighted for them wouldn't you! I'd say there were a lot of sore heads in Connacht yesterday!

Zzippy

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You conveniently ignored the fact that the one year Connacht looked like doing what was asked of them and finishing ahead of Ulster, they still weren't going to be allowed to go into the HEC. In the end Ulster came good and the IRFU was spared the embarrassment.
The original point was that Connacht have consistently been shafted by the IRFU and that proved the point. Chronic underfunding hasn't exactly helped them to qualify for the 4th spot the last couple of years, but when they should have earned the 3rd spot they weren't allowed to.

By the way, for those saying the ref was on Connacht's side, in that case why wasn't Du Plessis sent off for the disgraceful elbow to the face of McPhillips. It was one of the worst deliberate acts I've seen on a rugby pitch for a while. Should have been a straight red card and the ref bottled it cos he didn't want to be seen to ruin the guy's chance of playing in the WC. If SA had been down to 14 men for the rest of the game the result might have been a bit different

evil_seed

Don't forget the blatant eye gouging just before mcphillips almost got knocked out

Amazotheamazing

Galwayguy99 wrote:

You conveniently ignored the fact that the one year Connacht looked like doing what was asked of them and finishing ahead of Ulster, they still weren't going to be allowed to go into the HEC. In the end Ulster came good and the IRFU was spared the embarrassment.
The original point was that Connacht have consistently been shafted by the IRFU and that proved the point. Chronic underfunding hasn't exactly helped them to qualify for the 4th spot the last couple of years, but when they should have earned the 3rd spot they weren't allowed to.

What year was that?

Connacht have had an easy way into the HEC for the last 3 years, finish above the best Scots and Welsh and beat an Italian team. They've completely failed to do so.

Added to that that their crowds seem to have peaked and are now declining, due to the Connacht Branch's decision to continue with the half 6 kick-off on Friday evenings. It effectively tells Connacht supporters from outside Galway city to "**** off, we don't need you". Also, Connacht used to play a few home games in Athlone, again the CB stopped this, again a "**** off, we don't need you" attitude springs to mind.

All you ever hear is poor Connacht this and that, the truth is they are a badly run and badly coached province, and that's due to local level incompetence.

Danie Gerber

It was an SA B team that played very poorly. BTW, Fourie at 13 didn't play, only came on as a sub in the last ten min. Waylon Murray started. Butch James is normally at 10, Ruan Pienaar is normally a substitute 9, Pietersen plays more often on the wing. No wonder they were like a bunch of chickens in a heap of hay.

Also, there was an awful lot of niggle by both teams, Du Plessis knocked McPhillips out because McPhillips was raking him in a preceding maul while he was nowhere near the ball and then started pushing and shoving him afetr the whistle. Alot of hookers would have responded in exactly the same way.

The ref was poor and SA did get the worst of it but in saying that Connaught played out of their skins, espacially on defense. JOC is a little demon and I wonder should he have been in Eddie's 30. Reckon I would have taken him along to the WC if I had to choose.