Ulster Team Talk Thread IV... Go On My Henderson...

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Back on topic please. Ulster have a game 2moro.

Am I right in saying that Ulster could still lose out in qualification for CC if in unlikely scenario they get nothing from match vs Munster and either Lions or Ospreys who will finish in 8th were to win the URC and then it would only be Top 6 who qualify for CC so eliminating Ulster in 7th place from CC?

Pretty happy with that performance given the disruption before and injuries in the first twenty minutes. Having to change from a 5-3 bench to 6-2 was a fairly big twist as well. But Munster's bench just had too many heavy hitters on it.

Best Frank Murphy performance I think I've seen - only two ridiculous decisions were the Snyman penalty for the tucked arms shoulder to Addison's head, and Zebo being allowed to lie on top of Stewart Moore, digging him in the bake.

Thought the two best backrows on the pitch were McCann and Izzy.

In fairness, McCann has been doing it all season - he was the one bright spark in the first half of the season as McFarland was dragging us down. He's not playing any better now than then.

We will. With Hume out, Addison away and Marshall retired, we're paper thin there. Is it Moore at 13? Don't think we've any other choice. Moxham is apparently a centre.

Loved the pass he threw to Stockdale in the first half. If he gets a consistent run and stays injury free then he can break into the team regularly, but obviously that would mean he either plays 13 or Stu is unavailable for whatever reason.

Don't have much choice.

Actually - it'll be Kok, won't it?

de Klerk was good for the Ireland 20s today. McNabney was probably the best player on the pitch but some of the other Ulster forwards were outmuscled

I thought McCann was the best of the back rows against both Leinster and Munster. Hope he gets on the summer tour

Thought McNabney, the 12 and Rory Telfer were the pick of the development squad today.

He was hard to put down, just kept pumping the legs. Deceptively quick for someone his size.

I'd be very interested to see how Baloucoune would go at 13. He's a very canny defender, a good tackler, has an outside break, has pretty good vision in terms of finding support with a pass, and is reasonably big. He needs a bit of a change up to get back in Ireland consideration too. It could be a bit like how Bowe started playing some 13 while in Wales. Next season could be the right time to try it.

Is he not playing 7s for Ireland?

he was sitting in front of me at the Ireland 20s vs ulster a game yesterday.

At the lower end it's equivalent to annual livery for a horse, definitely for people who don't worry about their food bills but cheap relative to a lot of the tat they spend money on.