Game of the weekend, Ulster v Zebre

awec

Kick off in 5 mins on BBC 2.

Dog Botherer

Zebre by 20.

awec

First try, Marshall

thebaz

only a mod could get away with a title like that ;-)

BBDBB

Lovely hands for the try, looked so simple

awec

Er, Zebre try....

BBDBB

Game on 7 all

BBDBB

awec wrote: »

Er, Zebre try....

Only to be expected in the game of the weekend

awec

Payne you beaut. :cool:

Try Marshall.

BBDBB

Normal service has been resumed
Another nice set of hands

14-7

BBDBB

Great counter, in again

Locke_Lamora

Well it was nice while it lasted. Good to have Coetzee back for a couple of games. See you again next year.

awec

If that's serious for Coetzee that's our season over.

MJohnston

Tuned in late, what happened to Coetzee?

Locke_Lamora

Didn't see the injury, but saw him limping off. At least he was walking

awec

MJohnston wrote: »

Tuned in late, what happened to Coetzee?

Knee hurt, had to be carried off and was limping badly. Same knee that kept him out for most of the season, though he has wrecked both knees in the past.

awec

Piutau try, Payne just absolutely class.

BBDBB

Sublime pass

MJohnston

My goodness, it's nice to see some positive attacking rugby for a change*. Really strange to be tuning into an Ulster game to see it though...

*Yes I know Zebre are piss but I don't care.

awec

Stockdale will be wearing a green jersey sooner rather than later.

awec

I also agree with iHumph, I'd sub anyone who's semi-important at half time. Payne, Piutau, Henry, Pienaar, get them all off.

BBDBB

The only likelihood is that Ulster throttle back in the second half, but no way back for zebre

Locke_Lamora

Stockdale has been a revelation this season. Beating players all the time.

MJohnston

awec wrote: »

I also agree with iHumph, I'd sub anyone who's semi-important at half time. Payne, Piutau, Henry, Pienaar, get them all off.

Payne at least should definitely come off because he's got to be in contention for Ireland next weekend.

BBDBB

Wow, some kick

MJohnston

Haven't been paying enough attention so far, but how has Olding at 10 been working out? He's looking like a fairly nippy distributor in the highlights here.

MJohnston

Ffs, why'd they have to show yesterdays game again, should have just given the Women's team a bit of coverage instead.

Locke_Lamora

Olding has looked quite good. All we really needed was a safe pair of hands and a little bit of game management to look good - we've got Marshall, Stockdale, Piutau, Gilroy and Payne lining up against Zebre.

awec

This is embarrassing for Zebre.

MJohnston

My goodness that was awful by the Zebre 11.

awec

We need to get rid of the band.

Sanjuro

Score please?

BBDBB

47-7
52 mins gone

BBDBB

About to be 54-7

cython

Sanjuro wrote: »

Score please?

BBDBB wrote: »

47-7
52 mins gone

52-7, conversion to come now

bilston

We can score 100 points. I don't care. Coetzee's injury is the main outcome of tonight (potentially).

awec

Hope we hit 70+.

BBDBB

I hope the band learn some new songs

MJohnston

BBDBB wrote: »

I hope the band learn some new songs

Have always wondered why rugby was fairly songless compared to soccer, but then I realised they only sing during soccer games because they're bored as feck. Even an awful rugby match usually has something going on constantly.

I went to google a bbc 2 stream to watch this but for whatever reason a documentary about kangaroos was on instead. Highly recommended.

Sanjuro

Deleted User wrote: »

I went to google a bbc 2 stream to watch this but for whatever reason a documentary about kangaroos was on instead. Highly recommended.

It's not BBC 2 NI. I had the same problem. Lousy kids have bogarted the TV to watch Inside Out for the 27th time.

MJohnston

Deleted User wrote: »

I went to google a bbc 2 stream to watch this but for whatever reason a documentary about kangaroos was on instead. Highly recommended.

BBC2 NI only. I seem to be able to watch through iPlayer even without a VPN for whatever reason.

BBDBB

Deleted User wrote: »

I went to google a bbc 2 stream to watch this but for whatever reason a documentary about kangaroos was on instead. Highly recommended.

It's also shown on the BBC sport website usually

MJohnston

68-19 now, we've leaked a couple of simple tries, probably due to just cruising a bit.

awec

Will be absolutely gutted if Coetzee is gone long term again.

Scythica

Completely forgot about this match.

Were zebre just that bad?

Anyone hold up their hand for potential Ireland selection next week? (Payne or olding I guess is all)

bilston

awec wrote: »

Will be absolutely gutted if Coetzee is gone long term again.

Haven't seen it yet but reading above didn't he limp off?

If that's the case then maybe it isn't an ACL tear.

bilston

awec wrote: »

Will be absolutely gutted if Coetzee is gone long term again.

Haven't seen it yet but reading above didn't he limp off?

If that's the case then maybe it isn't an ACL tear.

awec

bilston wrote: »

Haven't seen it yet but reading above didn't he limp off?

If that's the case then maybe it isn't an ACL tear.

He limped off but was practically carried by two medical staff.

bilston

awec wrote: »

bilston wrote: »

Haven't seen it yet but reading above didn't he limp off?

If that's the case then maybe it isn't an ACL tear.

He limped off but was practically carried by two medical staff.

Worrying...very worrying...

bilston

Just watching this game now. The pass from Payne to Marshall for the 2nd try was just class.