Ulster v Northampton 6pm Ravenhill

leonard7

TEAMS


Ulster: J Payne; T Bowe, D Cave, P Wallace, A Trimble; P Jackson, R Pienaar; T Court, R Best, J Afoa; I Henderson, D Tuohy; N Williams, C Henry (capt), R Wilson.
Replacements: N Brady, C Black, R Lutton, N McComb, R Diack, P Marshall, L Marshall, C Gilroy.



Northampton: B Foden; K Pisi, G Pisi, T May, J Elliott; S Myler, L Dickson; S Tonga'uiha, M Haywood, P Doran-Jones; S Manoa, C Clark, T Wood, P Dowson, G-J van Velze
Replacements: R McMillan, A Waller, B Mujati, M Sorensen, C Lawes, M Roberts, R Lamb, L Burrell.

duckysauce

Hope Ulster blow them off the pitch

Fishooks13

I backed Ulster before the first round at 25/1, which I thought was fantastic value. They're 9/2 now, which is still a fantastic bet.

Think they'll go all the way. Shouldn't fear anyother team in the competition

ray jay

duckysauce wrote: »

Hope Ulster blow them off the pitch

Ulster have been the most entertaining Irish team this season by far, I reckon they won't disappoint tonight.

RoundBox11

leonard7 wrote: »

TEAMS


Ulster: J Payne; T Bowe, D Cave, P Wallace, A Trimble; P Jackson, R Pienaar; T Court, R Best, J Afoa; I Henderson, D Tuohy; N Williams, C Henry (capt), R Wilson.
Replacements: N Brady, C Black, R Lutton, N McComb, R Diack, P Marshall, L Marshall, C Gilroy.



Northampton: B Foden; K Pisi, G Pisi, T May, J Elliott; S Myler, L Dickson; S Tonga'uiha, M Haywood, P Doran-Jones; S Manoa, C Clark, T Wood, P Dowson, G-J van Velze
Replacements: R McMillan, A Waller, B Mujati, M Sorensen, C Lawes, M Roberts, R Lamb, L Burrell.

That's a cracking Ulster team! I'm delighted to see Iain Henderson start in the second row. Interesting choice to have Williams at 6.

Also it'l be interesting to see how Doran-Jones gets on. For a lad who played underage for Ireland, making the switch hasn't really payed off internationally for him yet. It'll be good to see how Court gets on against him.

its_phil

Fishooks13 wrote: »

Shouldn't fear anyother team in the competition

Only the loss of all their out-halfs and just having NOC is all they have to fear! :pac:

Fishooks13

its_phil wrote: »

Only the loss of all their out-halfs and just having NOC is all they have to fear! :pac:

I'd say Ulster would sooner start Afoa at 10 in a HC game before NOC!

irishbucsfan

its_phil wrote: »

Only the loss of all their out-halfs and just having NOC is all they have to fear! :pac:

There is nothing to fear but NOC himself

Aidric

Mark Robson....and I'm out..

Fishooks13

Anyone else think it's gas that most people have Lawes in their Lions 15, yet it seems to be solely based on a handful of performances 2 years ago. The guy has been very inconsistent since

duckysauce

Aidric wrote: »

Mark Robson....and I'm out..

lol TG4 would be nicer to listen to

Fishooks13

Ulster defense very good so far.

Fishooks13

Fishooks13 wrote: »

Ulster defense very good so far.

Holes all over the place then!

Fireball07

Northampton have come out fighting but terrible decision-making....butchered a try there. Sloppy lineout from Ulster but their initial defence was good.

irishbucsfan

If Ken had put that ball ahead of George it would've been a try

Tox56

Amazing the difference watching the creativity in the Ulster midfield when compared to Leinster earlier, so much more incisive.

phog

Saints seemed to start strong but Ulster have got nto it and could have a try already.

Fishooks13

Saints have started well but it won't amount to anything in the end. Ulster the far superior side

Fireball07

Northampton probably should have done better there, good defence again from Ulster.

At least Northampton are fighting though, I think Ulster will be glad of a good game against a decent team, they've basically crushed everyone so far (and a dogfight in Glasgow). Even in the pro12, they haven't had a big game against a full-strength Leinster/Munster/Ospreys yet (I don't think...). This will do them good.

Fireball07

Oh, try...

Fishooks13

oooh try. Trimble is picked to make those tackles

chippers

way too high from Trimble. He did well to cover across up to that

its_phil

As physical a game I've seen. A lot of sore bodies.

Anyone notice Van Zyl stumble around a couple minutes back when Ulster were attacking. Think the clash of heads with Trimble has affected him. Needs to be taken off IMO.

ray jay

30 minutes in and Ulster are down by 7. I certainly hope we're not going to see another Irish loss today.

ray jay

Last week it was forward passes, this week it's handling errors. Nice to see Williams charging around though!

its_phil

Williams is such a beast. Serious Tekkers with his hands.

phog

Banished from the TV so depending on here and twitter for updates.

What's the score?

Fireball07

phog wrote: »

Banished from the TV so depending on here and twitter for updates.

What's the score?

10-6 Northampton half-time

ray jay

http://matchdaylive.ercrugby.com/heineken/index.php?mobile=0

QwertyIII

phog wrote: »

Banished from the TV so depending on here and twitter for updates.

What's the score?

10 - 6 to NORway, as my gf just said.

duckysauce

phog wrote: »

Banished from the TV so depending on here and twitter for updates.

What's the score?

watch a stream

clsmooth

Why is Jackson kicking ahead of Pienaar?

duckysauce

clsmooth wrote: »

Why is Jackson kicking ahead of Pienaar?

good question

phog

duckysauce wrote: »

watch a stream

on a laptop that buffers to reply to this thread

duckysauce

phog wrote: »

on a laptop that buffers to reply to this thread

ohh not good

phog

duckysauce wrote: »

ohh not good

so are you gonna keep the score a secret

duckysauce

9-10 saints --ulster giving dopey penos

Fireball07

10-9 now phog.


Northampton inches short there, Manoa pulled up for a double movement, Ulster got the penalty on their own line.

randomname2005

phog wrote: »

so are you gonna keep the score a secret

9-10 nor

awec

At the cinema so checking this on my phone, were losing? This feels so weird!

In all seriousness, I'm nervous

Fireball07

Tom May knock-on as he tried to get onto a grubber close to the line.


Northampton have a lot of possession but they only seem to be getting close when they go for the grubber or chip.

Dickson's doing well imo

duckysauce

awec wrote: »

At the cinema so checking this on my phone, were losing? This feels so weird!

In all seriousness, I'm nervous

what movie ??:D

Fireball07

Awful crossfield kick from Myler with Northampton well inside the 22 and with momentum. Their pack is doing pretty well, Heywood has been impressive.

But Ulster's defence is holding up pretty well. Looks like they're going to get out of this.


And Ravenhill is rocking...really noisy.

awec

duckysauce wrote: »

what movie ??:D

The hobbit of course!

duckysauce

awec wrote: »

The hobbit of course!

cool let us know if its good going next week

duckysauce

gilroy on

Fireball07

Pienaar taking a shot from inside his own half

duckysauce

60 m kick missed by ruan

irishbucsfan

awec wrote: »

The hobbit of course!

Watching hobbits instead of Ulster: -10 man points

Stevecw

Goin for that, why?? Was never going to make it!

Fireball07

Well short from Pienaar.

There have been a couple of uncharacteristic errors from Pienaar and Jackson, poor kicks, out on the full and straight to Northampton but both Myler and Dickson have done similar.

Manoa is having a big game, I remember Munster targeted their restarts last year, but they've been really solid today while Ulster have been a bit shaky.