razorblunt wrote: » Commentary gets worse and worse. Ferris on Friday night, DOC last night now Andy Nicol is almost crying as Blair Kinghorn looks to be getting a card for a shoulder hit on Sinoti. Very similar to Owen Farrell's incidents. Actually referee has marked it as a "rugby incident", play on. At least a penalty I would have thought, possible yellow.
Eod100 wrote: » Think this is it after 4 rounds but open to correction! 1) Racing, 19 points, 66 PD 2) Saracens, 18 points, 67 PD 3) Toulouse, 17 points, 26 PD 4) Edinburgh, 15 points, 51 PD 5) Munster, 12 points, 38 PD 6) Leinster, 15 points, 82 PD 7) Glasgow, 14 points, 38 PD 8) Ulster, 14 points, - 2 PD
stephen_n wrote: » Am I missing something? Why do you have Munster in 4th?
Eod100 wrote: » Have them 5th. Edinburgh ahead of them.
P_1 wrote: » Early days but I can see it ending 1 Saracens 28 points 2 Leinster 25 points 3 Racing 25 points 4 Munster 21 points 5 Edinburgh 20 points 6 Toulouse 22 points 7 Ulster 19 points 8 Glasgow 18 points Qfs being Saracens v Glasgow Leinster v Ulster Racing v Toulouse Munster v Edinburgh
razorblunt wrote: » Big game for Edinburgh against Montpellier next time out.
Eod100 wrote: » I'd take that as a Munster fan at this stage! Can see Edinburgh finishing above us.
P_1 wrote: » Arguably it would work out better if Edinburgh were to finish ahead of ye. Ye should have nothing to fear going to Murrayfield and Saracens are easier to take in Dublin as opposed to in London
Burkie1203 wrote: » That rule has changed
Interested Observer wrote: » Sorry which rule? Winning an away QF doesn't get you a home SF now?
Burkie1203 wrote: » Whoever wins the game between seeds 1 and 8 get a home country advantage SF now i think.
troyzer wrote: » Just watched the Munster match there for the first time. Castre were absolutely filthy but it was obvious this was the game they were going to play based on the performance in Thomond. Munster would have known and still played a soft game, amazing considering how many dogs are in that team. Castre fully deserved to win that game. They were cynical, constantly illegal and were brilliant at it. They call it the dark arts for a reason. If a team is kicking you to bits, you kick back.
Burkie1203 wrote: » troyzer wrote: » Just watched the Munster match there for the first time. Castre were absolutely filthy but it was obvious this was the game they were going to play based on the performance in Thomond. Munster would have known and still played a soft game, amazing considering how many dogs are in that team. Castre fully deserved to win that game. They were cynical, constantly illegal and were brilliant at it. They call it the dark arts for a reason. If a team is kicking you to bits, you kick back. At the end of the Munster v Glasgow game Stander did thishttps://twitter.com/patmccarry/status/1056265684320182273?s=19 Totally cynical. Munster can't have it both ways
Burkie1203 wrote: » At the end of the Munster v Glasgow game Stander did thishttps://twitter.com/patmccarry/status/1056265684320182273?s=19 Totally cynical. Munster can't have it both ways
Eod100 wrote: » There's a difference between cynical play and dirty play to be fair
Burkie1203 wrote: » Stander made no attempt to wrap and led with his shoulder. Cynical/dirty.
Eod100 wrote: » I'd just put that into a different category than deliberate eye gouging. I think bans for gouging reflect that too.
troyzer wrote: » It's just part of the sport. Peter O'Mahony has built a career on constantly getting away with murder and he's brilliant for it. You have to fight back. Maybe gouge someone in the ruck when the referee is facing the other way, cheeky knee in the ribs during a clear out. It's awful that it's part of the game but if you're going to be subjected to it and the referee is doing nothing, then fit in or **** off.
bilston wrote: » troyzer wrote: » It's just part of the sport. Peter O'Mahony has built a career on constantly getting away with murder and he's brilliant for it. You have to fight back. Maybe gouge someone in the ruck when the referee is facing the other way, cheeky knee in the ribs during a clear out. It's awful that it's part of the game but if you're going to be subjected to it and the referee is doing nothing, then fit in or **** off. There is literally no scenario where you should gouge an opponent, even if they do it to you. It's the lowest of the low as far as I'm concerned. It's a game of rugby FFS, nothing in the sport is worth that.
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