EPCR Round 3 match thread

Ben Bailey · 10-01-2026 02:33PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124135379#Comment_124135379

And straight back out

Bears score again and WLR goes to the bin

ironingbored · 10-01-2026 02:35PM

35-61

61'

14 tries

Ben Bailey · 10-01-2026 02:36PM

After 60 mins

Bears 61 Bulls 35

Dillonb3 · 10-01-2026 02:38PM

Bulls have been shocking defensively all year

CatFromHue · 10-01-2026 02:44PM

Every time I check the score in the Bulls Bristol game I just presume it's the final score but no it just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Ben Bailey · 10-01-2026 02:52PM

Challenge Cup

Newcastle Red Bulls win at home

NRB 26

USAP 19

Ben Bailey · 10-01-2026 02:54PM

103 aggregate points after 73 mins

BULLS 42

BEARS 61

Edit : 49 - 61 after 75 mins

Podge_irl · 10-01-2026 02:58PM

Ankle tap away from a one score game there

Podge_irl · 10-01-2026 03:06PM

Ends 49-61 with Bulls held up over the line with the clock dead.

Enzokk · 10-01-2026 03:20PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124135235#Comment_124135235

See this a lot with the SA producers, the whole country has gone all in on winning by any means possible, including production crew like they are fans instead of professionals supposed to do a job.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124135251#Comment_124135251

When you have to put on sunscreen to play rugby this will happen and that is before you take the altitude into consideration. There is a reason why NFL and rugby is played in winter, even when you have teams with roofs to avoid playing in the elements. Absolutely mental that anyone still thinks it is a good idea for teams to go from 3C to 30C and not expect a serious medical incident to happen to a player sometime soon.

Enzokk · 10-01-2026 03:27PM

I am a huge fan of Ackermann but he needs players that he can mould and buy into what he wants to do. Pollard is not that, he has won a Top 14 but he was on the bench for the final games of that season and he won in England last year with a style that suited him. That is all he has won as a club player, he is limited in attack from years of being told to manage a game and cannot run a game like a flyhalf should be expected to.

He had the ability, but that was many years and many injuries ago. You can see the difference between the 2 teams skill levels in that Bristol passed the ball under pressure to each other as this has been trained for years. The Bulls have not done that so you can see them trying it but that is why there is so many unforced errors as well.

I have always thought if SA teams decided to move away from bashing everyone and played rugby like the All Blacks for most of this century they would dominate the game like the All Blacks did. But they seem to be happy with a 60%-70% win record as long as it includes the World Cup. Which is fine if you win the WC, but like Mourinho football teams it is only fun to watch and support his teams as long as he wins trophies.