HEC; Toulouse vs Connacht; 15:00 KO; SS red button

freyners

Toulouse
15. Clément Poitrenaud, 14. Yoann Huget, 13. Florian Fritz, 12. Yann David , 11. Hosea Gear, 10. Jean-Pascal Barraque, 9. Jano Vermaak, 1. Gurthro Steenkamp, 2. Chiliboy Ralepelle, 3. Census Johnston, 4. Edwin Maka, 5. Yoann Maestri, 6. Yacouba Camara, 7. Thierry Dusautoir (capt), 8. Louis Picamoles ,
16. Jaba Bregvadze, 17. Schalk Ferreira, 18. Yohan Montes, 19. Romain Millo-Chluski, 20. Christopher Tolofua, 21. Jean-Marc Doussain, 22. Lionel Beauxis, 23. Timoci Matanavou,
Connacht
15. Robbie Henshaw, 14. Fionn Carr, 13. Eoin Griffin, 12. Dave McSharry, 11. Matt Healy, 10. Dan Parks, 9. Kieran Marmion, 1. Brett Wilkinson, 2. Sean Henry, 3. Nathan White, 4. Mick Kearney, 5. Craig Clarke (capt), 6. John Muldoon, 7. Jake Heenan, 8. George Naoupu,
16. Jason Harris Wright, 17. Denis Buckley, 18. Rodney Ah You, 19. Michael Swift, 20. Eoin McKeon, 21. Frank Murphy, 22. Craig Ronaldson, 23. Gavin Duffy,

Connacht travel to Toulouse stuck in an eerily similar rut to the one we were in last time we faced them. Some narrow narrow losses to the likes of Scarlets and Leinster have been mixed with the absurd and embarassing loss to Edinburgh in the last round of the Pro12. Toulouse have named a fully stacked deck for the match, with players like All-black Hosea Gear, Fritz and Poitrenaud provided the threat out wide with players like Dusautoir, Picamoles and Census Johnston providing the threat up front

Connacht's injury list has eased of as of late, although Ronan loughney has been ruled out with a factured eye socket. Denis Buckley returns to Hc action after his exile and one of the players of the season Eoin McKeon also returns on the bench after starting last week.

Without parks, the average age of connachts backline is around 22 and have only 3 caps which starkly illustrates the experience and ability gap between the two sides. While Connacht usually raise their game for the HC, this is probably a step too far. Toulouse should have the experience and nous to get a comfortable win, the BP on the othe hand might prove problematic. A LBP for Connacht would be a great result.


COME ON CONNACHT

wp_rathead

Gear vs Carr

...eek...

freyners

wprathead wrote: »

Gear vs Carr

...eek...

expecting carr and parks to be targetted massively:(

gally74

come on conn from san fran!

Robbo

Objective one: don't get nilled.

Objective two: beat the 25 point spread.

Everything after that is just gravy.

freyners

Sean Henry looked very unsteady after making that hit after KO, keep an eye

seanin4711

hot knife butter

Robbo

wprathead wrote: »

Gear vs Carr

...eek...

It beginnnnnnnnnnnnnns.

freyners

Question for people there, was Johnston not offside at that ruck?

freyners

Not often you see Robbie bounced, lower next

Fields being sung, good away crowd it seems

Cosmo Kramer

Objective 1 achieved.

freyners

3-0 connacht, parks with 50m kick

vienne86

Connacht 3 Toulouse 0 !!!!!

DDC1990

Hold onto it now :P

Kill the game.

its_phil

Connacht fans need to storm pitch and force game to be postponed now

vienne86

Drop goal Parks!

DDC1990

Wow Parks dg.

freyners

6-0, healy did very well, parks dg after the momentum fizzled out a bit

its_phil

Please Horgan tell me more about how big Toulouse pack are. I didn't hear you the first 10 times

freyners

superb maul defense, heenan great follow of the kick, defence has been good

Diabhal Beag

That was some waste of a lineout.

freyners

Can hear Noves screaming at the forwards about minding the ball at the ruck, we have pilfered a few now, long may it continue

vienne86

Matt Healy is a handy player.

freyners

great choke tackle

grohlisagod

Brilliant by Muldoon there.

its_phil

Ref gave Toulouse enough time there to get their maul going.. Feck sake

gally74

its_phil wrote: »

Ref gave Toulouse enough time there to get their maul going.. Feck sake

He actually signalled to the Toulouse players to join it late. For the push

Cosmo Kramer

How often have Toulouse been held to zero for 30 minutes this season?

vienne86

Toulouse miss a penalty.

freyners

unlucky white, bind went straight away so no , missed the pen tho, still 6-0

pappyodaniel

Connacht to make it an Irish sweep for the weekend!

freyners

Not sure if i said this yet, but heenan, what a player!

vienne86

Connacht could have been in for a try there - Henshaw should have passed to Carr.

freyners

vienne86 wrote: »

Connacht could have been in for a try there - Henshaw should have passed to Carr.

thought the same, although I think henshaw didnt have full control of the ball, seemed to be still trying to grip it right

its_phil

freyners wrote: »

Not sure if i said this yet, but heenan, what a player!

Genuinely giving SOB a run for most in form 7 in Ireland this year

Diabhal Beag

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

freyners

Kearney is having a bit of a horror show, third turnover of possession now

gally74

its_phil wrote: »

Genuinely giving SOB a run for most in form 7 in Ireland this year

He is so good.

Tox56

its_phil wrote: »

Genuinely giving SOB a run for most in form 7 in Ireland this year

SOB has been world class in fairness

WTF, if that was a knock on it had to be offside

its_phil

Tox56 wrote: »

SOB has been world class in fairness

WTF, if that was a knock on it had to be offside

Well here's one way of looking at it. Heenan has outplayed Dusautoir.

Not dissing SOB either a world class player

Charlie 22

Connacht for the clean sweep, playing like demons it must be said

blackhound

cock!!!!!

DDC1990

Bollox

vienne86

Normal service resumed for Toulouse. Great try!

Kanrith

Damn it!

its_phil

3rd game in a row we concede a try before HT

Charlie 22

Balls!! Bad missed tackle by clarke

OldRio

Poo

Cosmo Kramer

Held them to zero for 39 minutes but behind at half time. Very annoying but also quite predictable.

murtyd17

b@lls

Tox56

its_phil wrote: »

Well here's one way of looking at it. Heenan has outplayed Dusautoir.

Not dissing SOB either a world class player

SOB has outplayed McCaw! Heenan is an incredibly promising player but he isn't world class