Champions Cup 2019/20 Round 3

Burkie1203

December 6th 2019
Bath - Clermont Auvergne


Saturday 7th December
Lyon - Benetton Rugby
Northampton - Leinster
La Rochelle - Glasgow Warriors
Ulster - Harlequins
Munster - Saracens
Ospreys - Racing 92


Sunday 8th December
Gloucester - Connacht
Sale Sharks - Exeter
Toulouse - Montpellier



Game of the weekend is Saints v Leinster.

From other Irish perspective
Intriguing to see what team Saracens name. I think they will name a very strong side

Can Connacht get a valuable away win at Glaws. Lose here and its curtains for Connacht IMO



Going for
Clermont
Lyon
Leinster
La Rochelle
Ulster
Saracens
Racing
Connacht
Exeter
Toulouse

Digifriendly

Munster game is hard to call but if Saracens come fuilly loaded it should be a real cracker. I think Gloucester may just shade Connacht with home advantage but should be a tight game and Connacht no doubt will travel with a good degree of confidence. This weekend could effectively well end hopes of a number of teams who have lost at least once in opening 2 rounds.

Digifriendly

Digifriendly wrote: »

Munster game is hard to call but if Saracens come fuilly loaded it should be a real cracker. I think Gloucester may just shade Connacht with home advantage but should be a tight game and Connacht no doubt will travel with a good degree of confidence. This weekend could effectively well end hopes of a number of teams who have lost at least once in opening 2 rounds.

If Saracens come with a full squad looking to play I think they'll win comfortably to be honest. Muster have injury worries and I'm not impressed with their form this season.

Dave_The_Sheep

If Munster do manage to win this one, particularly without letting Saracens get any form of LBP, then Saracens will likely throw in the towel fully on this years Champions Cup. That's a huge ask though.

A win for Saracens thought and they're right back in it and will be taking it seriously.

Cookiemunster

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

If Munster do manage to win this one, particularly without letting Saracens get any form of LBP, then Saracens will likely throw in the towel fully on this years Champions Cup. That's a huge ask though.

A win for Saracens thought and they're right back in it and will be taking it seriously.

Even if Saracens come away with nothing on Saturday, they're far from out. The draw two weeks ago brought them straight back into the reckoning. They can win their two remaining home games and BP Ospreys away and end up on 18 points minimum. Munster even if they win on Saturday have to win away to either Saracens or Racing to qualify.

Dave_The_Sheep

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

If Munster do manage to win this one, particularly without letting Saracens get any form of LBP, then Saracens will likely throw in the towel fully on this years Champions Cup. That's a huge ask though.

A win for Saracens thought and they're right back in it and will be taking it seriously.

No I don't think so. They've 2 home games and an away game to the Ospreys left after this weekend, they'll fancy winning all of them. Everyone will be taking points off everyone. They're very much in it still even if they lose at the weekend. If Munster on the other hand don't get a win then they might as well throw in the towel.

Dave_The_Sheep

Fair points. I suppose I'm banking on Racing taking top spot at this stage and only one team getting out of this pool. Suppose the Ospreys foul that a bit.

Saracens have already thrown in the towel. It's up to how far their B-team can go this year.

aloooof

Deleted User wrote: »

Saracens have already thrown in the towel. It's up to how far their B-team can go this year.

They haven't announced their team for Saturday yet, so I'm not sure how you can know this?

aloooof

aloooof wrote: »

They haven't announced their team for Saturday yet, so I'm not sure how you can know this?

I suppose I don't know. I'm judging by the last few months with who they had playing in the premiership vs who they had playing in the champions cup. Seems obvious to me that they absolutely will not risk relegation from the premiership. Munster are favourites in this game according to the bookies which probably wouldn't be the case if they were gonna go full strength.

Burkie1203

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I suppose I don't know. I'm judging by the last few months with who they had playing in the premiership vs who they had playing in the champions cup. Seems obvious to me that they absolutely will not risk relegation from the premiership. Munster are favourites in this game according to the bookies which probably wouldn't be the case if they were gonna go full strength.

Sarries had 14/15 (?) Players at the RWC and most of them were involved until the last weekend which was November 2nd. They were always going to have to mix and match through November.


Bookies odds always change when team are announced.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

I suppose I don't know. I'm judging by the last few months with who they had playing in the premiership vs who they had playing in the champions cup. Seems obvious to me that they absolutely will not risk relegation from the premiership. Munster are favourites in this game according to the bookies which probably wouldn't be the case if they were gonna go full strength.

Last few months? There have only been 4 match weekends since the RWC final.

Sarries continuing to send the kids to the champions cup...

Squidgy Black

Pitch at the Rec looks to be a complete bog, but Clermont are really struggling here.

cameramonkey

J Joseph looks like he has put on a few pounds.

kmart6

Nice try for Clermont.

That 3rd one was better!

ongarite

Beautiful try.

Plenty of time for the BP now.
Seemed unlikely 5 mins ago.

Squidgy Black

Bath absolutely falling apart here, they were dominant for the first half

ongarite

BP try. Great play from Lopez.

Awful from Bath.

kmart6

That is some 10 minutes, there was no sign of Clermont getting anything going.

stephen_n

Agen 3 - Bordeaux 73 in the challenge cup, there’s not turning up and then there’s that.

Buer

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Sarries continuing to send the kids to the champions cup...

Not really. Plenty of experience in that team. The youngsters that are named are all very highly rated. Earl, Isiekwe and Singleton are all 23 or younger and either fully capped internationals or, in Earl's case, was in the England squad for the 6N but didn't get capped. Lamositele is a test regular and started last year's final.

Lads like Barritt, Skelton, Barrington, Itoje, Lozowski, Spencer and Lewington are all very experienced professionals with at least over 100 club appearances each.

sydthebeat

Jesus Austin healy is a pain in the hole

Buer

Buer wrote: »

Not really. Plenty of experience in that team. The youngsters that are named are all very highly rated. Earl, Isiekwe and Singleton are all 23 or younger and either fully capped internationals or, in Earl's case, was in the England squad for the 6N but didn't get capped. Lamositele is a test regular and started last year's final.

Lads like Barritt, Skelton, Barrington, Itoje, Lozowski, Spencer and Lewington are all very experienced professionals with at least over 100 club appearances each.

Shows the depth of their salary squad if anything. It's not full strength regardless.

jacothelad

cameramonkey wrote: »

J Joseph looks like he has put on a few pounds.

Maybe he's on that new Zebo See Food diet.;)

ScrubsfanChris

LaRochelle lose at home again, that's shocking.

24-27 to Glasgow

sydthebeat

ospreys with a man sent off in the first minute

Utah_Saint

Jesus...the ospreys attendance is dire...serious what is the point of them?

razorblunt

sydthebeat wrote: »

ospreys with a man sent off in the first minute

Now 7 points up too.
Madness.

razorblunt

Utah_Saint wrote: »

Jesus...the ospreys attendance is dire...serious what is the point of them?

All the fans holding out for the Anglo Welsh league, so the journos say.

Clegg

sydthebeat wrote: »

ospreys with a man sent off in the first minute

Then had two men in the bin so were down to 12 players on the pitch.

stephen_n

sydthebeat wrote: »

ospreys with a man sent off in the first minute

Dan Evans planning on changing his name to Bruce Lee. That’s just a filthy thing to do.

dastardly00

https://mobile.twitter.com/Smallclone_/status/1203371987437002758

Eod100

Does BT not have Toulouse v Montpelier match at 3.15 today? Can't seem to see option for it

Bazzo

Eod100 wrote: »

Does BT not have Toulouse v Montpelier match at 3.15 today? Can't seem to see option for it

Was just coming to ask the same thing? Sure I heard the commentary saying it was coming up during the Connacht match but can't see it

MarinersBlues

Bazzo wrote: »

Was just coming to ask the same thing? Sure I heard the commentary saying it was coming up during the Connacht match but can't see it

BT extra 2.
It's not on NOW TV - they did the same with Tolouse vs Connacht

Bazzo

MarinersBlues wrote: »

BT extra 2.
It's not on NOW TV - they did the same with Tolouse vs Connacht

I have BT TV and internet and can't find it!

Red button is telling me there's no active events.

vienne86

Bazzo wrote: »

I have BT TV and internet and can't find it!

Red button is telling me there's no active events.

Working fine for me on Sky.