Try of the season contender there
Brilliant try. All the good and bad from Connacht on show today.
Any type of win here be an achievement now after the way the game has gone.
Did really well to turn that result around. Didn't look good at HT. The 2 Stormers yellow cards definitely helped.
We've won this game against a big team.
That's a reference game, 4 pens conceeded and 5/100 missed tackles only
Aki, Hansen, Thornbury, Bealham, Heffernan additions included for Leinster, we are well able to perform.
Bench won that for us alright π
Their tries were too easy which is a bit of a worry.
Fitzgerald had a few good touches but overall I'm not sure how far we can expect to get with him as backup 10.
Got a touch lucky in so far as the wind was a bit lighter in the second half but overall a really good win.
Stormers seem very salty over the reffing.....didn't see much aside from he really should have penalised them for time wasting and not rolling away more, thought we were fairly clean tbh.
Am I being one eyed? Really didn't see where they could feel so aggrieved. It seems to be the scrum (which I thought were fairly even, maybe slight advantage to them) and mauls, which they constantly made yards off and can think of only one where I thought they might have a reason to feel aggrieved with.
The bench really brought big energy. Oliver looks on a different level. I've criticised him in the past but he is such a good player. Buckley seems to be struggling to get back into it but that's not surprising being out so long. Murray could probably do with a rest. Fifita has been great the last 2 games. Porch is a better 15 than TOH.
Oliver is on fire atm, huge impact. Himself and prendergast are vital. Fafita and tuimuague are turning into very decent signings. Get Thornbury and burke back soon and there could be squad deep enough to give Leinster a go two weeks in a row
I was unconvinced by Oliver size, will still bar him for international level, but gosh I can't remember a game he disappointed this season...
No you are spot on. Twitter, YouTube, fb, everywhere! I couldn't get over the comments. Stormers were dicing with the offside line a lot. Being at the game the second yellow looked like a red but I haven't seen replays since. They were constantly wasting time. And had at least two forward passes not called.
Super win. Best win to be at the sportground for in a good while. Really couldn't see a positive result at various stages of the match. Well done lads!
South African rugby twitter playing the URC is fixed for the Irish sides card, they are worse then the welsh
The stormers should have two YC in first half for cynical play on their own line.
Not to mention two blatant bits of foul play last night by the Lions which were completely missed
Have watched the full match back and I've no idea where the complaints are coming from. Second yellow was a borderline red but contact did just seem to be on the chest. SA teams in general, well their online fans, are ridiculously bad losers.
I wouldn't right off Fitz. Rainbow cup game v Munster last year he looked immense in that win and when jack was off form he looked well able at urc level for good stretch.
This year I think has suffered with Jack being in the form he has been in and lacks minutes. Coupled with Daly being a more than able 10 (proved again today) he's not not an essential bench option like most teams need.
Personally I think he's bulked up a fair bit recently and has been very versatile coming off the bench this season. His passing and decision making at the line is improving and off the tee he's fine. Hoping he gets some more game time this season to see if he keeps kicking on
I think the game may be passing buckley by in terms of Size. Bulter maybe the same. Murray has still a bit of filling out to do. The maul defence was very poor. Against the strong teams Burke, Papaili and Thornbery would be better suited
In their minds it feels like Kerry losing to Leitrim of course the are pissed. Thats 2 former great super rugby teams losing in the sportsground lol
Does the back 3 look better covering kicks minus TOH? Sullivan is very solid and the perfect man to defend against jameslowe. Fitz is not the playmaker like Carty, explains the Hawkshaw interest. Interesting to see teams target Prendergast with intimidation and rough play, shows you how highly he is rated outside connacht. Fifita looks great finally getting game time after injuries, internationals and Tonga flood issues and LH Tuimauga did great, out of position against a world cup winning prop. both make a lot of hard carries.
We're starting to have rich problems building toward LeinsterS
Buckley, Bealham, Boyle (having him back is a real improvement), Prendergast, Carty, Aki, Hansen are 7 nailed on
Then :
2) Heff or Delahunt (who worked well on his throws)
4) Murray, Dowling or Dillane
5) Thornbury or Fifita'a
7) Oliver or Butler
9) Marmion or Blade
12-13) Daly, Arnold or Farrell alongside Aki
back-three) Wootton, Sullivan, Porch, TOH, McNulty, Kilgallen, Healy, fighting
Except the latter where Woot and Porch by thin margin should IMO start with Hansen
Others are real 50/50 under my POV
Same for
17) Burke, Duggan or Tuimoga
18) Aungier or Tuimoga
19) one of our locks above
20) Oliver/Butler OR Papali'i (inferior but better impact player?)
22) Fitz or Daly
Was playing for Galwegians at the weekend, so you'd imagine he's still involved with Connacht in some capacity.
Pictured training with Connacht today
The saffa twitterverse isn't going to be happy that their second yellow (which most of them didn't think was a penalty) has been upgraded to a red.
Matthew Devine has been excellent for the u20s imo. Good fundamentals, relentless energy, and a real breaking threat. We've a bit of a logjam at scrumhalf, as we share pretty much all available minutes between Marmion and Blade. Doesn't leave much development time for Colm Reilly, never mind Will Reilly, Hubert Gilvarry, or Devine.
I would be pleasantly surprised if we retained both Marmion and Blade beyond 2023. Reckon Blade may have signed a one year deal to wait and see what Connacht/Marmion do next year without committing himself long term.
Could badly do with a few A games. A lot of lads need gametime.
Absolutely agree. Far from ideal to have promising players come through from the 20s and spend a year playing AIL 2B.
Have you a link about the yellow being upgraded to a red? Did some googling, but found nothing
It hasn't technically been upgraded to a red but he was cited for the challenge which means that the citing commissioners believe its worthy of a closer look. We won't actually know if its upgraded to a red until after the hearing, not sure when that is though
Also to your question about a link there doesn't seem to be anything official just loads of the SA media writing articles about how he was cited
B.gud is spot on, according to SA media the citing commissioner found no grounds from the downgrade to yellow, but nothing official on the URC site.
So I may be accidentally fake news π³
Great to see Gav Thornbury back at training, can't wait to see him playing again.
So, Edinburgh, what's the verdict? They must be short a lot of players on international duty. Our squad looks pretty strong. We need a win here to stay in the hunt for next year's Champions Cup, can we get it?
I have to say I'm hopeful of a win, especially with Jack's availability being flagged in advance, so he'll presumably be training all week with the squad. The squad is bound to have gotten a good boost from the win against a good stormers side too.
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