Bath vs Stade

Stev_o

If anyone would like to see rugby perfection go watch this match, Bath haven't kicked the ball in 15 minutes and are playing beautifully.13-6 to Bath.

Crash

Cracker so far - thought this game was on at 3.45 for some stupid reason - missed most of the first half

Stev_o

Crash wrote: »

Cracker so far - thought this game was on at 3.45 for some stupid reason - missed most of the first half

For some reason Ospreys match was on at 12.45 seems very strange but seems to have changed all the times for today.

toomevara

Excellent game of rugby, also gets the gong for the appearance of the two most appallingly designed rugby kits on one field at the same time...ever..A real assault on the eyes...

Stev_o

Some brilliant tries in this game, deja vu for Bath in some many ways.

toomevara

Can stade burgle this?

Reloc8

77:30 on the clock - Bath 27 Stade 26...Stade charge down drop goal attempt having missed a tricky conversion...play in the Bath half...penalty to Stade on 'the-can-Stephen-Jones-wreck-Ireland's-Gram-Slam spot'...Dupuy lines it up, there may be time to kick off after he takes it one way or the other...in the air, on line, and yards to spare on the distance Bath 27 Stade 29.

Bath rush the kick-off for no need, Stade have the ball 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, clock goes red, Dupuy sticks it in row Z.

Excellent game.

Stev_o

Deja Vu all over again for Bath. They just have no idea what to do when there's 3 minutes left on the clock they should of booted it up the field. French teams looking serious this weekend.

toomevara

That stade left side attack massively potent. Some of their handling the best I've seen in the comp this year. Looking good.

Stev_o

toomevara wrote: »

That stade left side attack massively potent. Some of their handling the best I've seen in the comp this year. Looking good.

Defence is all over the shop and their away mindset really is a worry for them though now that they'v won in Bath im sure they can get over the whole bad travelers label. Looks like it's really down to Leicester to carry the GP flag this year as Saints and LI look unlikely to get out.

Reloc8

toomevara wrote: »

That stade left side attack massively potent. Some of their handling the best I've seen in the comp this year. Looking good.

Agreed - that's a bloody good Stade team. I reckon they will get out the pool without much stress, and be a real team to beat in the knock outs, expecially if they get a home Quarter.

Chucky the tree

Stade are in a great position to push on for the home 1/4 now. Toulouse and Biarrtiz are also looking good for home 1/4s as well. I can see an all those french teams making the semi's.

Crash

Its nice to see Biarritz back being domimant actually - they've had a couple of horrible years.

danthefan

Crash wrote: »

Its nice to see Biarritz back being domimant actually - they've had a couple of horrible years.

Gloucester are a bit of a mess at the moment, and a couple of their tries just wouldn't have been scored against a better/more organised team imo.

Crash

True, but Biarritz is a fantastic rugby town/city. They finished 5th in 08/09, and between Gloucester, Worcester and the dragons I don't see any of them having the beating of them at home. They've had a torrid couple of years iirc, including Bayonne beating them last year/ year before, which was previously unheard of, and if I could pick one spot for an away quarter, it'd definitely be there

mc23

I thought Beauxis skill when he killed the ball in the air with his foot was class. Also how did S. Hape get away with those rugby league shoulder tackles.

Hippo

mc23 wrote: »

I thought Beauxis skill when he killed the ball in the air with his foot was class. Also how did S. Hape get away with those rugby league shoulder tackles.

Brian Moore mentioned this in his piece today in the telegraph online, not that I'd usually agree with him. He pointed out that there were a lot of these tackles all weekend, and that someone is going to be seriously injured sooner or later.

anonymous_joe

O'Driscoll took a massive hit from Noon which had a lot less wrapping than desired.

bamboozle

Crash wrote: »

True, but Biarritz is a fantastic rugby town/city. They finished 5th in 08/09, and between Gloucester, Worcester and the dragons I don't see any of them having the beating of them at home. They've had a torrid couple of years iirc, including Bayonne beating them last year/ year before, which was previously unheard of, and if I could pick one spot for an away quarter, it'd definitely be there

funny that, serge blanco's Biarritz being in by far the weakest group in the HC

NotWormBoy

mc23 wrote: »

I thought Beauxis skill when he killed the ball in the air with his foot was class.

Anyone got a clip of this, I just missed it at the time and can't see it in any of the highlight reels yet.

Steffano2002

bamboozle wrote: »

funny that, serge blanco's Biarritz being in by far the weakest group in the HC

Mr. Conspiracy... :rolleyes:

Steffano2002

For highlights of Harlequins -v- Toulouse (or any other Toulouse game for that matter):

- Go to http://www.stadetoulousain.tv/

- Click on "H Cup"

- Click on "2" (for Harlequins -v- Toulouse - Click on "1" for Toulouse -v- Sale Sharks)

- On the left click "Les temps forts de Harlequins / Stade Toulousain"

Or, if you're really lazy, click here.

FYI: it's better to go full screen for these. Right-click on the video then click Zoom > Full Screen.

Enjoy!

Steffano2002

Bath -v- Stade Français highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8R69AJPCug