URC - Quarter Finals Thread

I had forgotten how dislikable that Glasgow crowd is.

Complete air catch from O'Brien however he managed it. Lancaster not amused.

That’s that unfortunately.

Feel sorry for O’Brien, actually thought he’d been carrying well but that was such a huge error at a critical time.

Some of Glasgow’s strike plays are excellent. Get Nigel Carolan back into Irish rugby.

What’s the AR looking at there? Their THP is fully down on the engage.

Only needed a very small few things to go another way and Connacht could have won this. Not catching that restart was a disaster. The scrum penalties have been complete guesses.

Kyle Steyn full value for MotM. Two tries and a brilliant effort to get back and tackle Josh Ioane after the break in the first half. He’s one of those players who works hard and does all the basics so well.

Referee warning Aki for shouting at a turnover and just letting it go when Glasgow does it…but finish top 4 and you can play at home to try and get those decisions in your favour.

I feel like this blew up into something bigger; I’m not saying I think the ref did a terrible job or anything; just think in a couple of the biggest moments he got swayed by the crowd, but that’s part of home advantage I guess.

Glasgow were the better side over the 80 mins; they just seemed to be able to get their scores a little bit easier. Cracking game of rugby even it if was a disappointing result.

The try was perfectly legitimate. There were no complaints from Connacht players.

What’s that got to do with anything?

Was that a ruck? Yes, very obviously.

Was he the last man in that ruck? Absolutely, clearly, 100% not.

The law is crystal clear on this - a player is prohibited from handling a ball after the ruck forms.

Sam Talakai is standing in the scrum half’s position at the back of that ruck; he could have picked the ball up, but it should have been a penalty to Connacht when Oguntibejeu picked the ball up.

I still don't think they are actually allowed to make on field decisions though. It was the same with the pick up off the back of the ruck, the TMO decided that one too.