Leicester v Ulster match thread

awec

Is here.

Peregrine

I didn't realise wee Dave is being retained ahead of Cooney. Big call.

awec

BT are practically writing us off

Jump_In_Jack

Is Cooney on the bench or out injured?

awec

Jump_In_Jack wrote: »

Is Cooney on the bench or out injured?

Bench

Synode

Poor protection at rucks by Ulster so far

Bridge93

Marty Moore stinking welfare Road out at the minute.

bilston

There's the threat from Tuilagi

bilston

Flip I've seen more crooked lineouts than that get away without being sanctioned

bilston

Some tough moments for Balacoune

Someone needs to settle him.

wow that's harsh. Great work from him too.

Never a knock on

griffinlee

Burns having a stincker of a start

bilston

Ulster got lucky there.

Murphy and Addison got too separated there

bilston

Stockdale is ridiculous.

Synode

Brutal lineout by Ulster in a great position

awec

This is a terrible match

Synode

Really is. So many errors from both sides

bilston

Hope this isn't Coetzee's knee

Clegg

Bests lineout throwing has been abysmal.

Crash ball Ludik is not a thing...

Clegg

That's dreadful support work from Ulster after a great McCloskey break.

bilston

Why did McCloskey go for the clear out?!!!

awec

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Crash ball Ludik is not a thing...

Not down Tuilangis channel anyway...

awec

Coetzee off?

That’s that then.

Ah McCloskey, did so well with ball in hand, but then ran over the ruck!

bilston

Balls...Coetzee gone

Synode

Clegg wrote: »

That's dreadful support work from Ulster after a great McCloskey break.

Absolutely awful. Not 1 person in to protect the ball

The Pheasant2

This is abysmal stuff

Whoever stops making mistakes wins this game by 7/9 points.

blackcard

Ulster have been dreadful so far. Leicester being dreadful as well has kept them in the game

bilston

Looking at where the ice was on Coetzee it maybe looks more hamstring than knee?

awec

bilston wrote: »

Looking at where the ice was on Coetzee it maybe looks more hamstring than knee?

Looked like hamstring.

Precautionary hopefully

awec

Been coming, they deserve that.

We’ve been rubbish.

ugh, that's a disaster

awec

I’d sub Shanahan and Burns for Cooney and Lowry at half time.

munsterlegend

Leicester have a lot of very good players so not surprised to see this score at home. Never easy place to go and Ulster are not exactly Munster or Leinster particularly up front.

launish116

Men against boys again sadly! Losing Coetzee wont help the cause either!

Has there been a turn over penalty yet?

cameramonkey

Its up to Ulster now, Leicester are not good making lots of mistakes but still beating a very poor Ulster. If Ulster come out with some intent and stop making handling errors and set piece errors they should be able to win easily.

bilston

Surely Tommua was offside?

bilston

launish116 wrote: »

Men against boys again sadly! Losing Coetzee wont help the cause either!

Has there been a turn over penalty yet?

It hasn't been men against boys at all.

It's been s**** against slightly less s****

Completely unsold on Burns. Think McPhillips is probably just as good as him now, and has higher potential too.

Ulster need to be first on the scoreboard in second half. Settle a bit, and try get around, not through Tuilagi.

bilston

bilston wrote: »

Surely Tommua was offside?

so marginal that I'd let it go.

bilston

[Deleted User] wrote: »

so marginal that I'd let it go.

Not buying that at all. Ulster got stung by a similarly marginal call against Connacht earlier in the season. I was told then that if you're in front you're in front!

They should have at least looked at it.

bilston

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Completely unsold on Burns. Think McPhillips is probably just as good as him now, and has higher potential too.

Ulster need to be first on the scoreboard in second half. Settle a bit, and try get around, not through Tuilagi.

The problem is McPhillips isn't better.

I fear this could end up like last year at Wasps.

Our saving grace being that Exeter aren't likely to get a BP win in Thomond

bilston

Ulster were lucky there because Jonny May quite clearly touched the ball there

this is a comedy of errors

40 minutes of rugby against a team like Leicester with European knock outs on the line and no points at all is an awful look.

Hopfully Ulster can flip the script this half.

awec

Dan Cole straight in over the ball off his feet and it ends up in a turnover.

awec

Subs please