Sat 9th April 9th Connacht V Grenoble - European Glory

Del.Monte

Barring divine intervention Connacht have thrown this away.

Bazzo

O'Leary needs to calm the **** down at half time. A cross field kick inside your own 22 might work out 1 time in 100, it's never ever ever a good option. Then following it up with a restart out on the full....

Billysays no

vienne86 wrote: »

16-19. Feeling less confident now, but what a half of rugby!

Exactly, it was a proper half of exciting rugby. not recently witnessed. loving it

Buer

Journeyman_1 wrote: »

Fair enough, but I meant just on Wiesnieski as he waltzed through. So annoying to see such poor missed tackles.

Absolutely.

For as good as they are in attack, Connacht need to spend a lot of time working on their defence from here on in. Those missed tackles weren't issues with a system though, they were tackles that guys would make if they were 15-14 up in the 78th minute. Mentally, they weren't switched on and let their standards slip.

I think it was Connolly who will be quite sheepish looking at the footage. Most opensides love the opportunity to get a clear hit on the opposition outhalf. He might as well have waved him through.

Borders no.2

Need to re-gather ourselves. We've thrown away a fantastic position through our restarts once again being sub-par/us trying to play rugby where it's not on. Last restart, 90 seconds left against a team with momentum Shane O'Leary can not take the risk of kicking that out on the full.

19-16. Sickened we aren't further ahead and the momentum is now against us but still very winnable.

neelia11

Buer wrote: »

Those missed tackles weren't issues with a system though, they were tackles that guys would make if they were 15-14 up in the 78th minute. Mentally, they weren't switched on and let their standards slip.

I think that is something which keeps a few connacht players out of the national side.

Buer

Bazzo wrote: »

O'Leary needs to calm the **** down at half time. A cross field kick inside your own 22 might work out 1 time in 100, it's never ever ever a good option. Then following it up with a restart out on the full....

He's not doing that off the cuff. That's how Connacht play and often try to run and create something from their own 22. It's fantastic to watch but O'Leary isn't good enough to be pulling those moves.

Lam and Muldoon have to take things under their control now. I always wonder how Lam would have played these scenarios as a player. He tells his lads to play heads up and attack in their own 22 even in risky situations but I remember watching him in 2000 in the HEC final and he was phenomenal. He took so much on himself from 8 and drove his team forward through his pack.

Connacht would give their right arm to have a 2000 Pat Lam on the field right now.

Buer

Borders no.2 wrote: »

Need to re-gather ourselves. We've thrown away a fantastic position through our restarts once again being sub-par/us trying to play rugby where it's not on. Last restart, 90 seconds left against a team with momentum Shane O'Leary can not take the risk of kicking that out on the full.

19-16. Sickened we aren't further ahead and the momentum is now against us but still very winnable.

Zero sum game now. Connacht have their noses in front and need to go out again and do the exact same and, when they get the scores, shut the game down. They're well able.

Can absolutely do this.

Billysays no

neelia11 wrote: »

I think that is something which keeps a few connacht players out of the national side.

at least we know how to entertain. how couldnt you love this stuff

Bazzo

Buer wrote: »

He's not doing that off the cuff. That's how Connacht play and often try to run and create something from their own 22. It's fantastic to watch but O'Leary isn't good enough to be pulling those moves.

Lam and Muldoon have to take things under their control now. I always wonder how Lam would have played these scenarios as a player. He tells his lads to play heads up and attack in their own 22 even in risky situations but I remember watching him in 2000 in the HEC final and he was phenomenal. He took so much on himself from 8 and drove his team forward through his pack.

Connacht would give their right arm to have a 2000 Pat Lam on the field right now.

I'm well aware they play attacking rugby

But if you want attack there go through the hands, that cross field kick was lunacy.

vienne86

Good man O'Leary - great touch.

Inspector Coptoor

Class!

vienne86

Healy try after a messed up lineout!!!!!! YEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!

pickarooney

Jesus this is fun!

Inspector Coptoor

Dillane is some beast.

Healys wheels are outrageous.

4th try.

A-Train

Nice try by Healy after a great Grenoble maul

mansize

Comedy or errors lol

Billysays no

MATT HEALY again

vienne86

Great conversion! I wonder what O'Leary had at half time!

pickarooney

Who was it that stopped that 8 man maul dead?

b.gud

Heaaaaaaalllllllyyyyyyyyy!

irishbucsfan

YOOOOOOOOO

freyners

Healy for Lions

vienne86

Decent tackle from Carr to cause the KO.

Inspector Coptoor

pickarooney wrote: »

Who was it that stopped that 8 man maul dead?

Dillane

keith16

pickarooney wrote: »

Who was it that stopped that 8 man maul dead?

Dunno but whoever it was it looked amazing... That thing was steaming forward like a train and was brought to a shuddering halt.

b.gud

pickarooney wrote: »

Who was it that stopped that 8 man maul dead?

Muldoon I think.

Great defence from Carr there to win a scrum

vienne86

Great take by Carr there.

vienne86

Good scrum pressure by Connacht.

CMOTDibbler

Buer wrote: »

Connacht cannot concede penalties in their own half. Wisniewski is a proper outhalf who can kick quite well and run a back line.

He's like a French version of Gopperth.

Buer wins the prize

Great comebak by Connacht. Need to make it stick now, none of the heroics of the latter part of the first half now please.