Heineken Cup - General Discussion Thread

circos

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

.ak

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

wixfjord

Good for Leinster too imo.

Stev_o

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

Risteard

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

DDC1990

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

Unreal bounce for Glasgow!

Risteard

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

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

wixfjord

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

Great Result for the Pro 12, domination of Europe

Risteard

Deleted User wrote: »

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

True.

YouTookMyName

Balls.

DDC1990

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

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

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

ongarite

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

Nukem

thomond2006 wrote: »

Edinburgh win it. Delighted for them and Bradley

Only just saw this - great result, delighted for Bradley

Teferi

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

circos

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.

Would like Toulouse to change the mood of the day please

Taco Corp

Not Mark Robson again.

thomond2006

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

Mark Robson talking about men pulling down their pants.

thomond2006

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

thomond2006

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

thomond2006

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

Good Toulouse try, delicious little kick.

.ak

Unbelievable cross from Luke McAllister. Amazing try.

.ak

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

.ak

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