Champions Cup 2019/20 Round 5

Burkie1203

Friday 10th January
Bath - Harlequins
La Rochelle - Sale Sharks


Saturday 11th January
Clermont Auvergne - Ulster
Ospreys - Saracens
Connacht - Toulouse
Glasgow Warriors - Exeter
Gloucester - Montpellier


Sunday 12th January
Leinster - Lyon
Northampton - Benetton Rugby
Racing 92 - Munster


Game of the week is in Clermont.

Predictions
Bath
La Rochelle
Clermont
Saracens
Toulouse
Exeter
Gloucester
Leinster
Northampton
Racing

Nice spread of fixtures this weekend. Thought Leinster was tomorrow but two provincial games tomorrow and two on Sunday is a nice spread.

Glasgow v Exeter probably the only non provincial game with both teams still in the hunt?

sydthebeat

Bath putting out the dirt trackers versus quins, who will be raring to go after last weeks humiliation away to sale... so possibly expect an away win here.

saracens will wipe the floor with ospreys, regardless of ospreys getting some of their test players back.

I can see exeter beating glasgow as they are vying for those valuable top 2 QFs spots.

La rochelle by 10 in a dead rubber

It would be surprising for toulouse not to win, but stranger things have happened. Connacht getting some first liners back will mean they will have to be better than they have been over the christmas period. i still think toulouse' skills will be too much for connacht here but this will be a good game to watch for the neutral.

everywhere else will be home wins. Clermont v ulster will be a cracker, but i still expect clermont to have too much.
similar for racing v munster, i think munster will huff and puff a lot but this racing team can score 14 within a blink of an eye... and i can see them get 4 tries here... whereas munster are finding try scoring hard to come by these days.

saints will win easy enough, and leinster... well.... 25+

I have a sneaky feeling about Ulster this weekend.

Adele Famous Stoplight

Adele Famous Stoplight wrote: »

I have a sneaky feeling about Ulster this weekend.

Same, I think they can do it but have to play their best rugby of the season and probably find something a bit special on top of that in the final quarter.

vienne86

Deleted User wrote: »

Same, I think they can do it but have to play their best rugby of the season and probably find something a bit special on top of that in the final quarter.

I think this game will be a cracker - but Clermont at home.....Ulster will have to play out of their skins.

Digifriendly

Bath vs Harlequins a non event tonight as neither can qualify so I might watch La Rochelle vs Sale instead.
Clermont/Ulster obviously takes precedence over Ospreys/Saracens.
Connacht/Toulouse up against Glasgow/Exeter tomorrow so will be in a dilemma which one to concentrate on.
Leinster/Lyon on Sunday obviously preferred to Northampton/Benetton.

Any point in watching either match tonight?

Squidgy Black

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Any point in watching either match tonight?

La Rochelle Sale might be slightly entertaining, but the Quins Bath game is pretty much a dead rubber, Bath gone full B team.

Digifriendly

Deleted User wrote: »

Any point in watching either match tonight?

Neither La Rochelle nor Sale or completely out of the picture as it stands, so better game to watch than Bath vs Harlequins as both those teams are already out of contection.

errlloyd

Digifriendly wrote: »

Neither La Rochelle nor Sale or completely out of the picture as it stands, so better game to watch than Bath vs Harlequins as both those teams are already out of contection.

What channel is that on.

vienne86

errlloyd wrote: »

What channel is that on.

BT3.

Dunney848

That barf outhalf Burns is the spit of Chris Ashton

Buer

Dunney848 wrote: »

That barf outhalf Burns is the spit of Chris Ashton

Always thought he looked really like the Ulster outhalf.

Dunney848

Buer wrote: »

Always thought he looked really like the Ulster outhalf.

No not the Ulster outhalf tha Barf outhalf who is his brother

Speaking of which is Craig Doyle on Dermot Bannon levels of annoyance

McGinty is such a quality player. Best player on the pitch LaRochelle v Sale.

errlloyd

[Deleted User] wrote: »

McGinty is such a quality player. Best player on the pitch LaRochelle v Sale.

Just cost his team a try tho.

errlloyd

Ihia West disappointing so far.

errlloyd

errlloyd wrote: »

Just cost his team a try tho.

Boards.ie posters curse...

Squidgy Black

Sale throwing this one away, silly mistakes that LR are capitalising on despite having not been in the game at all really.

vienne86

La Rochelle in front now, despite missing two shots at goal. Sale have looked the better side, but made some bowlers.

RugbyLover123

How far in advance were these games picked for tv? 2 dead rubber games on the Friday.

vienne86

Good kick by McGinty to put Sale back in front.

errlloyd

RugbyLover123 wrote: »

How far in advance were these games picked for tv? 2 dead rubber games on the Friday.

Predictable dead rubbers too I'd have thought

Squidgy Black

MacGinty down and in a lot of pain

I regret saying anything.

vienne86

Squidgy Black wrote: »

MacGinty down and in a lot of pain

Shame for him. He was having a decent game.

ionadnapokot

Botia just broke another player
Full steam into McGinty.

Looks like his shoulder is busted
Was playing well

ClanofLams

Think Mcginty has done his shoulder couple of times already. Quality player, seems to be struggling to get a clean run at a season the last couple of years.

ionadnapokot

RugbyLover123 wrote: »

How far in advance were these games picked for tv? 2 dead rubber games on the Friday.

Keep watching. Hopefully Ashton will get Botiaed

errlloyd

I sort of like Ashton now. His first break was class.