Zebre v Connacht Match Thread

Zzippy

Conditions looking better than Cardiff anyway!

its_phil

Good start. Lovely break by Muldoon with a tasty offload before. Anyone know who got it off?

EDIT: It was Kieran

freyners

Some nice play by zebre. Not going to be pushed over

Zzippy

Poor knock on by AJ and clear penalty from Mul. 3-3 fair score so far

Zzippy

Healy!!!!!!

freyners

Try healy. Beauty of a pass at the ruck from buckley

ClanofLams

Lovely try. Healy''s gas is a difference maker

Hagz

Has Healy got a girlfriend in Dublin by any chance?

its_phil

That pace by Heaky is frightening and the scrum half pass by Buckley! Wow!

BOD was calling for Healy to be looked at by Joe Schmidt last night.

MayoForSam

Mils left in Healys dust

connachta

maaaaatt

its_phil

How can Aki move when their second rows fat arse is purposefully lying on him?! More common sense needed from the ref

Zzippy

Hagz wrote: »

Has Healy got a girlfriend in Dublin by any chance?

Too soon!

S12b

Never mind Matt Healy.....Denis Buckley to start at scrum half in Twickenham.....what a pass from a prop from the base of a ruck!!

its_phil

Sure Irish players don't know how to offload or run support lines?!

Hon Kieran!

gavkm27

Bundee held by the neck pretty badly there,how did the ref not see that?

thomond2006

That was a beaut of a try.

NiallBoo

Maybe this is just me/old news but does the TG4 player not go full-screen any
more?

Hagz

Sumptuous offloading in the build up to that.

MugMugs

What an outstanding try. Zebre will be kicking themselves

Hagz

Both teams really going for it out wide. Lovely to watch.

MayoForSam

Phew!

its_phil

Diadora boots there on a Zebre player there...haven't seen those since Roy Keane days

Looked like Niyi hit that forward, could have been a penalty try

its_phil

Great D!!!

Zzippy

Some difference from the Leinster game. Just shows how much the conditions can ruin a game

connachta

very good defence!!!

NiallBoo

Zzippy wrote: »

Some difference from the Leinster game. Just shows how much the conditions can ruin a game

Hard for a team to play that badly two weeks in a row.

S12b

Some good counter-rucking from McGinty and Niyi.....probably wouldn't be too high on their list of preferred rugby pursuits!!

connachta

what happened to Heenan

ClanofLams

Scrambling well but poor defence all the same

its_phil

ClanofLams wrote: »

Scrambling well but poor defence all the same

Really? Didn't give much up in meters and it's not like they got through on a clean break.

What a tackle Niyi!!!

connachta

Ronaldson had some piece of defense here too!!!

its_phil

Balls

11-17

ClanofLams

its_phil wrote: »

Really? Didn't give much up in meters and it's not like they got through on a clean break.

What a tackle Niyi!!!

They've missed a fair few first up tackles

That's bloody woeful... Two terrible set piece executions with an exceptional stop sandwiched between.

connachta

Why did Heenan goes off?

its_phil

ClanofLams wrote: »

its_phil wrote: »

Really? Didn't give much up in meters and it's not like they got through on a clean break.

What a tackle Niyi!!!

They've missed a fair few first up tackles

Well is it tackles or defence? Because that's two different things IMO.

MayoForSam

Bit too close for comfort, Pat needs to give them a bit of a lecture at the break.

Two good tries but a poor display apart from that. We've had to soak up a lot of pressure and just as it looked like we'd done that we self-destruct. Zebre playing well but we are giving them the platform. Strong words needed at half time to lift us from our slumber.

connachta

Why did Heenan goes off?

ClanofLams

its_phil wrote: »

Well is it tackles or defence? Because that's two different things IMO.

Jesus seems a bit pedantic. I consider tackles a part of defence. Maybe I should have some poor defence.

Neil3030

connachta wrote: »

what happened to Heenan

Bhí sé ag cur fola, according to TG4....

macslash

connachta wrote: »

Why did Heenan goes off?

Connacht twitter or Rugby app not saying why.

^^^^ Oh!

its_phil

ClanofLams wrote: »

its_phil wrote: »

Well is it tackles or defence? Because that's two different things IMO.

Jesus seems a bit pedantic. I consider tackles a part of defence. Maybe I should have some poor defence.

Your defensive system can be sound but if people are missing straight up tackles, how could you blame your system?

ClanofLams

its_phil wrote: »

Your defensive system can be sound but if people are missing straight up tackles, how could you blame your system?

I didn't mention defensive system, used what I consider to be a broad term of defence. You disagree with that interpretation obviously, we're going around in circles so I'll leave it at that.

S12b

its_phil wrote: »

Well is it tackles or defence? Because that's two different things IMO.

They're instrinsically linked.....a good system is nothing without good tackling and good individual tackling is nothing without a defensive system.

Heenan seemed to have a cut on the side of his head when the cameras cut to him on the sideline.

connachta

Neil3030 wrote: »

Bhí sé ag cur fola, according to TG4....

allright for blood, as long as it's not the shoulder

MayoForSam

Nice by AJ

Zzippy

Lovely break and pass from AJ

vienne86

Great by AJ. Shoo in for Healy.

galwaylad14

Class there from AJ and great support play by Healy. He has an unbelievable nose for the tryline.