Leinster v Toulouse L'effort pour cinq contre The Drive for Five

eigrod

Very harsh penalty that

ScrubsfanChris

Nothing wrong with that

fitz

Did Toner not play that backwards? Weird call.

fitz

fitz wrote: »

Did Toner not play that backwards? Weird call.

Must have bounced off red

Clegg

That's world class from Henshaw.

fitz

Unreal from Henshaw. Great kick and the chase to block down. Amazing.

Lowe needs to calm down. No need for a quick tap

Burkie1203

Fauuamina leading with elbow a lot

ScrubsfanChris

Held up? He had both knees on the ground by the looks of it.

swiwi_

Leinster with Henshaw AND Ringrose is so much better than any other combination.

fitz

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Fauuamina leading with elbow a lot

Odds on a yellow for it? He'll get caught for it if he keeps it up.

Ramos played that on the ground off his feet, no?

fitz

Brainless from Grey.
Need to punish them now.

Surely go for the points

swiwi_

Toulouse are brain dead at the moment. So many unforced errors and then that hand at the ruck.

Keep it coming lads

Burkie1203

Richie Gray. The gift that keeps on giving

fitz

They did so well to keep that maul alive.

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Surely go for the points

Well if you don't got to make it count and they sure did that

ScrubsfanChris

Toulouse know this is knock out game yeah?

Squidgy Black

Feels so good to see the Leinster we're used to back dominating.

swiwi_

Yeah for Leinsters antipodeans. Good on ya cobber Fardy.

swiwi_

swiwi_ wrote: »

Toulouse are brain dead at the moment. So many unforced errors and then that hand at the ruck.

Keep it coming lads

They're under huge pressure.

Entire Leinster pack playing well. Henshaw, Sexton, Lowe, Ringrose and McGrath adding a lot of additional physicality, energy and work to the breakdown and contact zone and Toulouse just can't deal with it.

Some key decision makers for Toulouse getting things badly wrong. Game almost away from them.

Seen plenty of those called backwards

Was Henshaw not tackled without the ball there?

fitz

How is that even a penalty? He's totally in a position to intercept that pass.

baas baa

That ball was fair game IMO.

ScrubsfanChris

Bit moronic from the Toulous staff, bringing the tee on the field.

Squidgy Black

Toulouse made a balls of that, tee came on the pitch before decision was made

swiwi_

Barnes is harsher than a Siberian winter this match. Both sides have had some really severe calls.

amcalester

baas baa wrote: »

That ball was fair game IMO.

Henshaw didn’t look like he thought it was fair game.

Huget was Miles offside.

ScrubsfanChris

fitz wrote: »

How is that even a penalty? He's totally in a position to intercept that pass.

Watch rugby much?
Went for it with one hand and didn't come close to catching it. Penalty all day, yellow for being so close to the line.

irishbucsfan

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Huget was Miles offside.

He timed it pretty well actually, probably just on

baas baa

amcalester wrote: »

Henshaw didn’t look like he thought it was fair game.

True, I think he saw Barnes immediately reach for the card and knew better than to argue. It was more of a loose ball than a pass though, hard to resist attempting to play it.

Jump_In_Jack

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Watch rugby much?
Went for it with one hand and didn't come close to catching it. Penalty all day, yellow for being so close to the line.

And from the replay that was a certain try if Faumuina caught it, no one was gonna stop him that close to the line. Could have been a penalty try if Barnes went to the TMO about it.

baas baa

The Toulouse tackling is ferocious but it'd be hard to imagine them being able to keep it up for the 80.

fitz

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Watch rugby much?
Went for it with one hand and didn't come close to catching it. Penalty all day, yellow for being so close to the line.

Plenty thanks, no need for the patronising comment. Seen plenty of interceptions where it's a single hand that hits the ball first. He doesn't get tackled and he could have collected it, I thought.

Clegg

Strange game.

Leinster in control, but you still feel like Toulouse can turn it almost instantly.

irishbucsfan

fitz wrote: »

Plenty thanks, no need for the patronising comment. Seen plenty of interceptions where it's a single hand that hits the ball first. He doesn't get tackled and he could have collected it, I thought.

Fairly blatant penalty and clear yellow card in the end

baas baa

Jump_In_Jack wrote: »

And from the replay that was a certain try if Faumuina caught it, no one was gonna stop him that close to the line. Could have been a penalty try if Barnes went to the TMO about it.

One of the factors refs used to look at when deciding a deliberate knock on was whether the ball was slapped down, Henshaw clearly got his hand under the ball and almost managed to get it back on Leinsters side.

irishbucsfan

Unreal kick

Block there and forward pass. Will be close.

Squidgy Black

Would be surprised if that's allowed.

LessOutragePlz

No try

ScrubsfanChris

Clear obstruction, forward pass too if it was played on.

How much injury time has been added on???

swiwi_

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How much injury time has been added on???

Soccer forum that way...

ClanofLams

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How much injury time has been added on???

No injury time. You can play on from penalties though

baas baa

Silly from Conan but there was no way the Toulouse player would've made the tackle, Conan wasnt offside and there was no way he would've been able to get around him. Had Conan not initiated the contact he would've been ok. Not sure about the pass though.

fitz

Toulouse look dangerous going forward, but if they don't improve their accuracy, can see us winning comfortably. Pretty well controlled game so far.