Southern Kings v Leinster Rugby | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium KO: 13:15 TG4

molloyjh

Ross Byrne has been underwhelming again. Seems to be taking all the pace of things. Great kick there though.

MattD

Tg4 live player up and going for the second half! Bout time...

molloyjh

Good start to the half, but that was easy.

vienne86

This is more like it!

irishbucsfan

G'man ROL

molloyjh

Could he have not played advantage there?

vienne86

Good thinking by Luke there.

molloyjh

Ross Byrne murders pace.

ongarite

Nice try, Conan

ScrubsfanChris

And that's probably that.

irishbucsfan

Shocking defense

molloyjh

They are so bad.

DGRulz

Someone needs to add that clip of Conan walking away in slow motion and winking to the Conan gif collection.

Clegg

Conan 1 on 1 with a scrumhalf. Only one winner there tbf.

We look better playing fast, direct rugby with our forwards. We lost ground in those few phases before the try where we tried to play in behind with the backs.

molloyjh

Was that not backwards off ROL and so advantage could have been played again?

determinations

That was a lovely little kick from Byrne.

The Rape of Lucretia

Jayses. Did anyone in the Pro 12 do some quality control on these two saffer teams before signing them in ? Raising the standard ? Risks more like making the Pro 14 a laughing stock and increasing its 3rd class citizen reputation re Top 14 and Prem.

ongarite

Way too easy, awful man on man tackling

Clegg

Good man Joey.

Decent try there. Strong carrying from the forwards to get over the gain line.

Synode

Terrible first half but Leinster looking much better now

Burkie1203

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Jayses. Did anyone in the Pro 12 do some quality control on these two saffer teams before signing them in ? Raising the standard ? Risks more like making the Pro 14 a laughing stock and increasing its 3rd class citizen reputation re Top 14 and Prem.

I think the long game of getting all 6 SA sides in is at play

molloyjh

Clear knock on.

Icemancometh

molloyjh wrote: »

Clear knock on.

Shocking miss. Leinster should have been cute and gone through a couple of phases

stephen_n

Knock on and Healy knew it

Clegg

Came forward from Healy surely.

He'd given up on that.

Quin_Dub

Burkie1203 wrote: »

I think the long game of getting all 6 SA sides in is at play

John Smit was floating the idea of rotating the SA teams in the Pro14....2 different SA teams every 2 years. Think he's still CEO of the Sharks

Not a flyer, but shows they all want to move up to Europe eventually

bilston

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Jayses. Did anyone in the Pro 12 do some quality control on these two saffer teams before signing them in ? Raising the standard ? Risks more like making the Pro 14 a laughing stock and increasing its 3rd class citizen reputation re Top 14 and Prem.

500k a year extra per existing Pro 12 side makes it very worthwhile.

Tigerandahalf

How many players did these guys lose from super rugby?

They beat the Sharks this year. Standard in SA dropping.

Clegg

Carbery finished that well though. Decent start to the season for him.

molloyjh

Eh, what was the issue with Healys bind there?

dregin

Zero wrong with Healy's bind there.

bilston

Quin_Dub wrote: »

Burkie1203 wrote: »

I think the long game of getting all 6 SA sides in is at play

John Smit was floating the idea of rotating the SA teams in the Pro14....2 different SA teams every 2 years. Think he's still CEO of the Sharks

Not a flyer, but shows they all want to move up to Europe eventually

There seems to be suggestions that the Sharks want to move North and that would be back it up. Getting them into the league would be a major coup.

Clegg

Well that's a bloody terrible start from Mick Kearney.

Dave_The_Sheep

There were two of them in that.

molloyjh

Clegg wrote: »

Well that's a bloody terrible start from Mick Kearney.

He got himself out of the way and the ball was available. Some very questionable calls in the last few mins. How was Larmour penalised for doing the exact same thing the Kings player did to him!?

molloyjh

Kings player clearly in the side at a previous ruck there. This is getting ridiculous.

irishbucsfan

3,011 attendance

ScrubsfanChris

Mighty defense

molloyjh

Including cameramen, commentators, players and support staff.

Tigerandahalf

irishbucsfan wrote: »

3,011 attendance

Must include the season ticket holders who are gone shopping with the better halves.

Icemancometh

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

Must include the season ticket holders who are gone shopping with the better halves.

It's communion time in South Africa

ScrubsfanChris

irishbucsfan wrote: »

3,011 attendance tickets sold

Probably more accurate

Neil3030

molloyjh wrote: »

Including cameramen, commentators, players and support staff.

And the 700 people on a Jumbo Jet flying over head at the exact moment they counted.

molloyjh

Marsh made that.

The Rape of Lucretia

Man, these guys are poor. Its hard to believe they are even professionals.

Clegg

Daycent try

Dave_The_Sheep

This is almost like watching the usa play years ago. All enthusiasm but at times it's almost farcical. Dropping the ball under no pressure, kicking it off your own man, ****ting the bed in attack...

That being said it's really days for them so we'll see how it goes long term.

molloyjh

That is truly pathetic from the TMO.

Clegg

What are they looking for here?

irishbucsfan

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Probably more accurate

I don't even believe half that number of tickets were sold... Unless there's some dirt cheap deal on