The other game this weekend - Does anyone even care Ulster v Connacht Build Up thre

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Former Former wrote: »

Ouch.

https://mobile.twitter.com/RuaidhriOC/status/1297590549046874114

Yeah, Ulster were a bit half-hearted at times. Couple of players showed up, but there was a malaise there, maybe those substitutions at half time weren't tactical..

I thought Ulster were poor, this is pretty scathing though.

Buer

Enjoyable affair. Just watched it on delay. Connacht came to play. Could have suffered a lot more under another referee for how they went about their attacking rucks but they looked very energetic and slick in the first half.

Hurt a little bit to see Aungier get the last try. I believed he was an international in the making.

connemara man

Buer wrote: »

Enjoyable affair. Just watched it on delay. Connacht came to play. Could have suffered a lot more under another referee for how they went about their attacking rucks but they looked very energetic and slick in the first half.

Hurt a little bit to see Aungier get the last try. I believed he was an international in the making.

Still is

Buer

connemara man wrote: »

Still is

I knew I'd get one of ya to bite!

Zzippy

Buer wrote: »

I knew I'd get one of ya to bite!

Is that an admission of trolling? :P

Zzippy

Any thoughts on a team of the weekend from the two games? Think Connacht would have a good few in it - Heff, Dillane, Butler, Marmion, Aki and Porch anyway.

Buer

Zzippy wrote: »

Is that an admission of trolling? :P

I'll say what I suspect John Muldoon said more than once....

Give me the card and be done with it!

Zzippy

Buer wrote: »

I'll say what I suspect John Muldoon said more than once....

Give me the card and be done with it!

He didn't always deserve it though!

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Zzippy wrote: »

Any thoughts on a team of the weekend from the two games? Think Connacht would have a good few in it - Heff, Dillane, Butler, Marmion, Aki and Porch anyway.

Healy
Heffernan
Porter
Baird / Dillane
Treadwell
Doris / Timony
Butler / VDF
Stander
Marmion
Sexton
Earls
Aki
Ringrose
Conway
Porch

Where I struggled between players I put both with preference first.

Burkie1203

Zzippy wrote: »

Any thoughts on a team of the weekend from the two games? Think Connacht would have a good few in it - Heff, Dillane, Butler, Marmion, Aki and Porch anyway.

Healy Heffernan Porter Dillane Baird Butler Stander Boyle
Marmion Carty Earls Aki Ringrose porch daly

Zzippy

Bazzo wrote: »

True to a point, but fixing the dumb penalties swings the cheaply turned over possession and territory significantly. The defence were also dogged inside the 22 and winning the contact much more than we've seen previously which is encouraging.

I was very impressed with the defence especially today. Consistently brought pressure, met Ulster on the gainline and made a lot of dominant tackles. Organisation and communication was very good.

Dave_The_Sheep

Zzippy wrote: »

I was very impressed with the defence especially today. Consistently brought pressure, met Ulster on the gainline and made a lot of dominant tackles. Organisation and communication was very good.

Didn't get to watch it earlier so re-watching the game after downloading it. Can't agree more, Ulster had a lot of time in the redzone, but were held out in plenty of scoring situations.

After just getting to the Aki score, the same cannot be said for Ulster. Three men and not a single one went low.

ionadnapokot

Venjur wrote: »

Healy
Heffernan
Porter
Baird / Dillane
Treadwell
Doris / Timony
Butler / VDF
Stander
Marmion
Sexton
Earls
Aki
Ringrose
Conway
Porch

Where I struggled between players I put both with preference first.

Hard to pick anyone else there.
I loved seeing Henshaw's little kick through for the try.
Bundi just bigger than Madigan for his try.
Same for Earls. Dont think we've ever said that!

Those are the type of kicks Ireland are crying out for.

Try of the weekend - Marmion

ionadnapokot

Didnt twig that Marmion played the full 80.
Impressive fitness.

connachta

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

The back 3 were excellent.

Special shoutout to connachta's success with bulking up Murray in the downtime.

Great to have an extra solution there, he was very good

connachta

Bazzo wrote: »

True to a point, but fixing the dumb penalties swings the cheaply turned over possession and territory significantly. The defence were also dogged inside the 22 and winning the contact much more than we've seen previously which is encouraging.

Yeah it's been a long time I've seen Connacht missing so few tacles
Stats confirmed it, 93% success rate.
Ulster were ill at ease also because our defense was great (thought we don't trust the wingers for one-to-one, it's obvious our line roll back a lot to protect them out wide)
The forwards put so many dominant tackles, being 45 kg lighter is yet to be noticed in the packs confrontation.
Dillane and Boyle may be "surprise picks" for Andy with Ireland
Butler faces too much competition for 7 but deserves praises of course

connachta

I'm really surprised how good we were.
Gosh Sullivan, Aungier, Duggan never played pro and didn't look out of place at all!
Porsh unexpectedly lined up as FB went incredibly well!

What a pleasant game, was worth a 5-month wait
Only regret is missing Papali'i vs. Coetzee contact. Without crowd, we would have heard the choc in Connacht and in Ulster
Could happen next vs. CJ !

Squidgy Black

connachta wrote: »

I'm really surprised how good we were.
Gosh Sullivan, Aungier, Duggan never played pro and didn't look out of place at all!
Porsh unexpectedly lined up as FB went incredibly well!

What a pleasant game, was worth a 5-month wait
Only regret is missing Papali'i vs. Coetzee contact. Without crowd, we would have heard the choc in Connacht and in Ulster
Could happen next vs. CJ !

Aungier had 5 appearances for Leinster, wasn't his first time playing pro. Just FYI.

connachta

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Aungier had 5 appearances for Leinster, wasn't his first time playing pro. Just FYI.

Yeah I knew.
My bad
Still a very good appearence, scrum held, 1 try