Racing 92 v Ulster Match thread

Peregrine

pickarooney wrote: »

Why was Addison never selected for his own country? With the depth at centre we have currently do we need to be capping an England reject there?

No, we can cap him somewhere else in the backline.

OldRio

munsterlegend wrote: »

Earls is injured too much, Larmour is young and has a lot to learn. Stockdale will be offered big money to leave sooner or later.

Wow, move on. Holding all that anger and bitterness for this amount of time is unhealthy.
Move on. He's gone. There will be others you know.

launish116

pickarooney wrote: »

Why was Addison never selected for his own country? With the depth at centre we have currently do we need to be capping an England reject there?

He is a utility back and plays just as well at 15 if not better. As for reject status, little harsh.

bilston

Clegg wrote: »

Scythica wrote: »

Dont think the scoreboard reflects the game really.If only we could hold onto a ball..Addison has to come into the Ireland conversation asa genuine test starter

Kearney is having injury problems so 15 is your best bet. As good as Addison is at 13 Ringrose is even better.

Ah I don't think Addison is a test start or close to it. But he will surely be selected next week and will almost certainly get a cap or two. He is a very classy player. He reminds me of Payne in so many ways...whether he has his defensive nous is something I can't answer yet but he will be a great addition to the Irish squad.

munsterlegend

mfceiling wrote: »

Earls = better than zebo
Stockdale = better than zebo
L'armour = better than zebo

As I said...he won't be missed

Zebo was in the Irish team before he signed for Racing. Schmidt would still be selecting him I believe for matchday 22. What has Larmour done in an Irish Jersey? Potential yes but he has barely figured yet.

munsterlegend

munsterlegend wrote: »

Earls is injured too much, Larmour is young and has a lot to learn. Stockdale will be offered big money to leave sooner or later.

Great example of tribalism here. If Zebo played for any other province you'd have joined in the chorus of justified criticism. But because you've identified him as 'yours' you excuse his behaviour and engage in 'but what about' in relation to other players.

#SAD

Burkie1203

munsterlegend wrote: »

Zebo was in the Irish team before he signed for Racing. Schmidt would still be selecting him I believe for matchday 22. What has Larmour done in an Irish Jersey? Potential yes but he has barely figured yet.

Larmour won a grand slam
A European cup and pro14 with Leinster too.

munsterlegend

OldRio wrote: »

Wow, move on. Holding all that anger and bitterness for this amount of time is unhealthy.
Move on. He's gone. There will be others you know.

What are you on about? Only bitterness here is towards a talented cork and Munster man. Shame to see.

sydthebeat

munsterlegend wrote: »

What are you on about? Only bitterness here is towards a talented cork and Munster man. Shame to see.

People are rightly calling up zebo on an act of sh|teness....

He's not the innocent party

Former Former

pickarooney wrote: »

Why was Addison never selected for his own country? With the depth at centre we have currently do we need to be capping an England reject there?

This logic only holds up if you think Eddie Jones is a better selector than Joe Schmidt

munsterlegend

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Great example of tribalism here. If Zebo played for any other province you'd have joined in the chorus of justified criticism. But because you've identified him as 'yours' you excuse his behaviour and engage in 'but what about' in relation to other players.

#SAD

He is an Irish rugby player that’s how I judge him. Couldn’t care less what part of Island he is from.just typical Irish begrudgery to someone making a living and enjoying his rugby in France.

Former Former

munsterlegend wrote: »

He is an Irish rugby player that’s how I judge him. Couldn’t care less what part of Island he is from.just typical Irish begrudgery to someone making a living and enjoying his rugby in France.

I don't begrudge it to him at all.

In fact, I'm absolutely delighted for him to be playing his rugby in France.

Long may it last

Faugheen

munsterlegend wrote: »

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Great example of tribalism here. If Zebo played for any other province you'd have joined in the chorus of justified criticism. But because you've identified him as 'yours' you excuse his behaviour and engage in 'but what about' in relation to other players.

#SAD

He is an Irish rugby player that’s how I judge him. Couldn’t care less what part of Island he is from.just typical Irish begrudgery to someone making a living and enjoying his rugby in France.

Actually, when Zebo left nobody begrudged him, so you can stop playing the victim on his behalf.

When he makes a dick move, like any other rugby player, he'll get pulled up on it.

What's your opinion on what he did to Lowry?

Peregrine

munsterlegend wrote: »

Zebo was in the Irish team before he signed for Racing. Schmidt would still be selecting him I believe for matchday 22. What has Larmour done in an Irish Jersey? Potential yes but he has barely figured yet.

Matchday squads have consisted of 23 players for a while now.

ClanofLams

munsterlegend wrote: »

He is an Irish rugby player that’s how I judge him. Couldn’t care less what part of Island he is from.just typical Irish begrudgery to someone making a living and enjoying his rugby in France.

That’s all it is yeah. That’s why Donnacha Ryan is constantly slated on here too.

OldRio

munsterlegend wrote: »

What are you on about? Only bitterness here is towards a talented cork and Munster man. Shame to see.

If you can't see the way you are coming across, well I'm sorry for you.

munsterlegend

Peregrine wrote: »

Matchday squads have consisted of 23 players for a while now.

He’s even better than I thought then. Thank you.

P.Walnuts

So the lineout was pathetic, anyone with a more educated opinion than mine as to the route cause?

Burkie1203

P.Walnuts wrote: »

So the lineout was pathetic, anyone with a more educated opinion than mine as to the route cause?

Best

Or poor coaching

Or poor leadership from the caller


Edit - Best

pickarooney

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Grobler

Or poor coaching

Or poor leadership from the caller

Grobler has a decent reach but all the way over to Paris?

Peregrine

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Grobler

Or poor coaching

Or poor leadership from the caller

Man, this Grobler guy gets the blame for everything.

Burkie1203

pickarooney wrote: »

Grobler has a decent reach but all the way over to Paris?

That should say Best

awec

Some of Bests throws were spot on but either the jumper messed up or Racing genuinely defended it well.

Line out was not entirely down to Best

ScrubsfanChris

https://twitter.com/SimonZebo/status/1053725642464866304?s=19

Squidgy Black

awec wrote: »

Some of Bests throws were spot on but either the jumper messed up or Racing genuinely defended it well.

Line out was not entirely down to Best

His throwing was a lot better this week.

prawnsambo

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

https://twitter.com/SimonZebo/status/1053725642464866304?s=19

So even Zebo thinks he was a dick. Can we put this to bed now? :P

ScrubsfanChris

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

https://twitter.com/SimonZebo/status/1053725642464866304?s=19

Extremely sincere and genuinely humble, you can't ask for anything more than that.

prawnsambo wrote: »

So even Zebo thinks he was a dick. Can we put this to bed now? :P

It's not like the point has been laboured more than it needed to. I think the nature of Zebo's response highlights just how clearly out of order the instance was?

Utah_Saint

Just noticed Addison holding his arm in pain around 79min. Hopefully nothing serious.

bennyl10

Former Former wrote: »

Not remotely out of character for Zebo either.

He's a fraud, on every level.

A fraud?
Munsters all time leading try scorer
7 tries in 8 for Racing,

Christ he can ge a bit of a asshole but he's far from a fraud!
One of the best try scorers to come out of this country

CatFromHue

Just saw what Zebo did there and I was expecting much much worse