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Connacht vs Ulster Sportsground 27/12/2020 Eir Sport 1

ElisaAtWar

Huge game for both teams. For Ulster it's a matter of staying ahead of Leinster while for Connacht it's a matter of making up ground on Munster. Both teams know the final will be be made up of the winners of Conference A and Conference B so there are no prizes for second.

On a personal note looking forward to seeing how Lowry plays tonight even though I will be supporting Connacht.

Connacht team:

15. Tiernan O’Halloran
14. John Porch
13. Sammy Arnold
12. Tom Daly
11. Matt Healy
10. Jack Carty
9. Caolin Blade

1. Denis Buckley
2. Shane Delahunt
3. Finlay Bealham
4. Ultan Dillane
5. Quinn Roux
6. Eoghan Masterson
7. Conor Oliver
8. Jarrad Butler (C)

Replacements:
16. Dave Heffernan
17. Jordan Duggan
18. Dominic Robertson-McCoy
19. Gavin Thornbury
20. Sean Masterson
21. Kieran Marmion
22. Sean O’Brien
23. Colm de Buitléar

Ulster team:

15. Michael Lowry
14. Craig Gilroy
13. James Hume
12. Stewart Moore
11. Ethan McIlroy
10. Ian Madigan
9. Alby Mathewson

1. Kyle McCall
2. John Andrew
3. Tom O’Toole
4. Alan O’Connor (C)
5. Kieran Treadwell
6. Greg Jones
7. Jordi Murphy
8. Nick Timoney

Replacements:

16. Bradley Roberts
17. Andrew Warwick
18. Marty Moore
19. David O’Connor
20. Matty Rea
21. David Shanahan
22. Ben Moxham
23. Matt Faddes

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irishbucsfan

https://twitter.com/rpetty80/status/1343289880445648896?s=20

lawrencesummers

Ulster have a raft of very mediocre players.

Club players that are never in a month of Sunday’s going to even come into the reckoning for international consideration.

Outside of Jordi they have nobody in the 2nd row or backrow that will dominate their opposite number. The loss of Cotezee is massive.

Dillane and Roux are possibly the finest 2nd row in the country but the ulster 2nd row is a long long way behind.

realhorrorshow

lawrencesummers wrote: »

Ulster have a raft of very mediocre players.

Club players that are never in a month of Sunday’s going to even come into the reckoning for international consideration.

Outside of Jordi they have nobody in the 2nd row or backrow that will dominate their opposite number. The loss of Cotezee is massive.

Dillane and Roux are possibly the finest 2nd row in the country but the ulster 2nd row is a long long way behind.

Murphy has been terrible.

mfceiling

lawrencesummers wrote: »

Ulster have a raft of very mediocre players.

Club players that are never in a month of Sunday’s going to even come into the reckoning for international consideration.

Outside of Jordi they have nobody in the 2nd row or backrow that will dominate their opposite number. The loss of Cotezee is massive.

Dillane and Roux are possibly the finest 2nd row in the country but the ulster 2nd row is a long long way behind.

Don't kid yourself on Jordi neither....he's been incredibly poor from the start of the season. The big loss for us is Henderson and I'd have Reidy in there also.

lawrencesummers

mfceiling wrote: »

That's one of the worst halves of rugby I've ever seen Ulster play.
Tackling as is the usual Ulster way which is optional.
McCall is about as useful in a scrum as a melted wheelie bin.
Timoney has at least 3 stone on Carty and still manages to let him power over for a try.
An absolute rabble from 1 - 15.

If I was Dan now I'd head off home on the bus and leave that bunch to figure out their own way home.
Probably not a good idea as they'd likely end up in Wexford or the Isle of Man.

Your giving them to much credit.

Achill would be a realistic option.

lawrencesummers

realhorrorshow wrote: »

Murphy has been terrible.

Murphy is trying to do the work of three, and has the look of a fella who really regrets his career choices.

lawrencesummers

Buckley has otoole in a world of hurt

lawrencesummers

Connacht knock on surely at the last ruck!!!

realhorrorshow

ElisaAtWar wrote: »

Don't understand that concern. Much like Bristol last week Connacht are dominating every part of the game. While the score does not reflect this, it would be a very optimistic Ulster supporter who could see anything positive coming out of this game

Do you understand my concern now?

irishbucsfan

Madigan did well to tackle Carty to stop Carty tackling Matthewson

sydthebeat

Jesus christ Sean o brien should hang his head in shame with that haircut

[Deleted User]

20% possession and they're leading after 50mins.

Brutal stuff.

its_phil

Ulster play like s**** that first half and get a gale for the second half when we get nothing. FFS.

lawrencesummers

Has the wind picked up massively in this half?

Burkie1203

its_phil wrote: »

Ulster play like s**** that first half and get a gale for the second half when we get nothing. FFS.

Ulster played the conditions. Hung in there and took their points.

Jordi getting a lot of flak but he is doing well tonight IMO

Utopia Parkway

Wind has seriously picked up since half time. Blowing a gale now.

its_phil

lawrencesummers wrote: »

Has the wind picked up massively in this half?

Madigan wouldnt be banging over those 3 penalties if he had that wind.

irishbucsfan

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Ulster played the conditions. Hung in there and took their points.

Jordi getting a lot of flak but he is doing well tonight IMO

They weren't playing the conditions in the first half, they were just playing ****e

sydthebeat

Connacht playing tag rugby?

its_phil

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Ulster played the conditions. Hung in there and took their points.

Jordi getting a lot of flak but he is doing well tonight IMO

There wasn't a wind in the first half.

lawrencesummers

Hard to see how Connacht are going to get back into this one

Locke_Lamora

Treadwell carrying great in the build up there. Been brilliant this year, minus the ban he got.

lawrencesummers

Marty Moore is a fella who should be able to do a wreck here.

ElisaAtWar

I have not lost faith. 4 try win in my green glazed (some alcohol related) eyes

irishbucsfan

Blade has been excellent

launish116

Fair play Ian Madigan

lawrencesummers

Conor Oliver has almost everything you want in a backrow.
Speed
Dynamic
Hands
Footwork
Aggression
Intelligence

But just to small.

irishbucsfan

Should have been a penalty the other way there. Extremely harsh on Connacht playing against that wind

realhorrorshow

lawrencesummers wrote: »

Conor Oliver has almost everything you want in a backrow.
Speed
Dynamic
Hands
Footwork
Aggression
Intelligence

But just to small.

Yeah pretty much, good squad player but his size holds him back.

[Deleted User]

Penned in our 22 for 30mins after they had 20% possession in the first half.. depressing.