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Connacht Vs Ulster build up thread ( insert smart joke about both provinces here)

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    #122
    Buer
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    Eddie O'Sullivan genuinely wondering if Connacht should go for the posts.

    9 points up, 3 tries in the bag and 4 minutes left. Not hard to see why Eddie isn't coaching anyone.


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    #123
    cameramonkey
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    Worst display of cross field kicking by both teams. A granny could do better.


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    #124
    Buer
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    Oddly, Connacht were really good last week and lost. They've been very unimpressive tonight and are going to win.

    Shocker from Cooney.


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    #125
    Bazzo
    Registered Users Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭Bazzo


    Think there was a touch of taking the lifter in the two Ulster defensive lineouts there... wouldn't mention it normally but Mitrea was very strict on Connacht for it earlier in the match.


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    #126
    blackwhite
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    Referee letting ulster away with murder in last 10. Off feet repeatedly. Grabbing jumper in the air at line outs. Making sure there’s no chance of a bonus point


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    #127
    Former Former
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    Shut up about the ref


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    #128
    Bazzo
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    Former Former wrote: »
    Shut up about the ref

    If that's aimed at me it's literally the first comment I've made about the ref in the entire match, and it was just s comment as the match was already over...


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    #129
    Buer
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    Bizarre decision to kick it out. Connacht had absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain by keeping it going.


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    #130
    Former Former
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    Bazzo wrote: »
    If that's aimed at me it's literally the first comment I've made about the ref in the entire match, and it was just s comment as the match was already over...

    Nah, the comment accusing the ref of deliberately screwing Connacht out of a BP.


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    #131
    mfceiling
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    blackwhite wrote: »
    Referee letting ulster away with murder in last 10. Off feet repeatedly. Grabbing jumper in the air at line outs. Making sure there’s no chance of a bonus point

    He also missed a couple of high tackles on Ulster players. Swings and roundabouts.

    Ulster nowhere near as good with ball in hand as Connacht. 5 metres out from the line and it's passed back to a static forward...nobody running on to the ball at pace.


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    #132
    wp_rathead
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    Buer wrote: »
    Bizarre decision to kick it out. Connacht had absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain by keeping it going.

    Ya
    Not like Ulster in Connachts Conference so them getting a LBP not disaster


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    #133
    Some Yoke
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    Has aki captained connacht much?


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    #134
    Utopia Parkway
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    Buer wrote: »
    Bizarre decision to kick it out. Connacht had absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain by keeping it going.

    Bundee didn’t look too happy anyway. Might as well have a shot at the try bonus at that stage when you can’t be beaten.


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    #135
    Blackheath
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    I thought Thornbury had a decent game.


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    #136
    stephen_n
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    Carthy’s consistency issues still there, brilliant game followed by a fairly poor outing tonight.


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    #137
    Zzippy
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    Blackheath wrote: »
    I thought Thornbury had a decent game.

    He's had a decent season.


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    #138
    thomond2006
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    Bundee was not happy with Blade at the end. It made no sense to kick it out, it's irrelevant to Connacht if Ulster scored instead.


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    #139
    Former Former
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    Entertaining game for the neutral.

    Ulster set piece was dreadful, poor EOS must have been gutted to have to come back on. The lineout was awful until the last 20 minutes. Herring's exploits in Australia seem a lifetime ago now.

    Fair play to Connacht for making them pay, far more clinical with the ball and chances they got. Thornbury looked very good and Leader was decent again. Some players not so hot but you can't have it all.

    Connacht in the driving seat for European qualification now.


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    #140
    wp_rathead
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    Some Yoke wrote: »
    Has aki captained connacht much?

    I love Bundee but I don't think I'd want him to be the teams communicator to the ref


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    #141
    Blackheath
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    Zzippy wrote: »
    He's had a decent season.

    He was the pick of the 2nd rows tonight


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    #142
    Zzippy
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    thomond2006 wrote: »
    Bundee was not happy with Blade at the end. It made no sense to kick it out, it's irrelevant to Connacht if Ulster scored instead.

    Mitchell.


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    #143
    Former Former
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    stephen_n wrote: »
    Carthy’s consistency issues still there, brilliant game followed by a fairly poor outing tonight.

    Connacht at least need a viable alternative if not an outright replacement. He just isn't a top level out half.


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    #144
    Bazzo
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    Jaysus Dan "We scrummed well for most the game" really??


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    #145
    Zzippy
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    Bazzo wrote: »
    Jaysus Dan "We scrummed well for most the game" really??

    Marty Moore really has gone backwards since moving to Wasps. He was anonymous tonight.


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    #146
    stephen_n
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    Former Former wrote: »
    Connacht at least need a viable alternative if not an outright replacement. He just isn't a top level out half.

    On his day he’s brilliant, just not consistent enough to rely on.


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    #147
    Brewster
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    What did people think of third try? I thought Carty was definitely ahead of the kicker. McFarland seems pretty sure he was offside also. This was a huge moment in the game and I think the TMO rushed the decision. The ref gave him an option to review it further.


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    #148
    bilston
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    Zzippy wrote: »
    Marty Moore really has gone backwards since moving to Wasps. He was anonymous tonight.

    He was very good in the two European Champions Cup matches that Ulster played in recently.


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    #149
    connachta
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    Fainga'a deserved man of the match!


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    #150
    nice_guy80
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    Carty needs to understand when to kick and when to stuck it up the jumper. Game management
    He is a player that didn't play enough rugby as a youngster,
    His skill set is predominantly from gaelic football


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    #151
    Zzippy
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    bilston wrote: »
    He was very good in the two European Champions Cup matches that Ulster played in recently.

    Fair enough, I didn't see much of them. He was definitely second best to Buckley tonight, but that's something he shares with a lot of Buckley's opponents and no shame in it.


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