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Dragons vs Leinster TG4 7:05

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    #182
    dubal
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    Ref is just guessing


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    #183
    A-Train
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    FFS blew it once again! Nothing to show for all the possession, ref was rubbish but Leinster couldn't finish their chances!!!


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    #184
    former total
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    Zzippy wrote: »
    Jesus Connacht fans get some stick for blaming referees but this is something else...

    Yeah. Ref has been fine. We've shot ourselves in the foot.

    Not sure what ROG is on about, a clear yellow


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    #185
    wp_rathead
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    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/RonanOGara10/status/693173525033648128

    Always a yellow card
    No arm bind into a ruck has been a sin binning for a while now


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    #186
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    Zzippy wrote: »
    Jesus Connacht fans get some stick for blaming referees but this is something else...

    I actively hate blaming the ref. If they are bad they are usually bad to both sides, or the sides that manages them less well.

    But he is having a terrible game. Couple of really obvious decisions fluffed and it's not biased, just careless and Leinster have been on the receiving end this time unfortunately.

    Two disallowed tries for Dragons too.


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    #187
    vienne86
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    We could easily have won this game. And should have. And now we come away with nothing. I know there were some dodgy calls, but that is poor by Leinster.


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    #188
    Hagz
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    Zzippy wrote: »
    Jesus Connacht fans get some stick for blaming referees but this is something else...

    You are joking. Connacht match day threads literally entertain conspiracy theories. Pull the other one.


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    #189
    Thanos
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    Well that was a game we could and should have won but we could not get over the line when we were inches from it on two different occasions.
    Two stupid yellows did not help but that is a lost chance against a poor side


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    #190
    Bazzo
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    Why the ref blaming? Leinster are losing this all by themselves.

    Is this McFadden's first game back after a ban and he does something reckless like that?


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    #191
    aimee1
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    Dumb from reid. Total lack of match smarts


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    #192
    vienne86
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    A-Train wrote: »
    FFS blew it once again! Nothing to show for all the possession, ref was rubbish but Leinster couldn't finish their chances!!!

    Yes, with all that possession in the second half we should have got more than three points. Only ouselves to blame.


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    #193
    Tox56
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    wp_rathead wrote: »
    Always a yellow card
    No arm bind into a ruck has been a sin binning for a while now

    It is a yellow when you stop and look at it, but I guarantee you I could go through this game and find dozens of incidents that if you stopped and replayed them over and over would get a yellow card, or at least a penalty, that go completely unpenalised


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    #194
    sydthebeat
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    Tough on us but no complaints... Ref was consistent and that's all you can ask for. Mcfadden should be sick with himself.... Twice now in his last two games he's done ridiculous acts


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    #195
    Hagz
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    What's all this 'ref blaming' bullsh*t? It's not 'ref blaming' when you call the ref up on a heinous decision. Ref blaming is when you blame the result on the ref. Which no one is doing. Trigger happy posters.


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    #196
    Robbo
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    Turning down 2 handy shots at goal in the second half was a bit daft in those conditions.


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    #197
    corny
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    Bazzo wrote: »
    Why the ref blaming? Leinster are losing this all by themselves.

    Is this McFadden's first game back after a ban and he does something reckless like that?

    Why? Because he got several decisions wrong. I don't think anyone has said its cost us the game though.

    Just because he didn't cost us the game doesn't mean the ref was alright.


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    #198
    Billysays no
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    how leinster did not win that game beggars belief. all the possession in the second half but little to show for it. madigan made zero difference so its hard to blame marsh


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    #199
    irishbucsfan
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    Very surprising. When the teams were named I thought it would be our pack that struggled and the backs would get very little to play with on the back of that.

    In reality our pack won their battles tonight and ultimately it was the inability of our backs to win the war that cost us. Inexperience from the half-backs maybe, although I thought McGrath was excellent in the conditions and took the right options.

    Very encouraging from the young forwards, in particular the back row and Moloney covered a lot of ground. Leavy/Murphy/Ryan/Moloney were the standouts to me up front, Strauss as well when he came on. The tight five also won a lot of physical encounters against some pretty tough opponents.


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    #200
    BBDBB
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    Tox56 wrote: »
    It is a yellow when you stop and look at it, but I guarantee you I could go through this game and find dozens of incidents that if you stopped and replayed them over and over would get a yellow card, or at least a penalty, that go completely unpenalised


    Very true, it's part of what makes rugby such a great game


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    #201
    irishbucsfan
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    Very surprising. When the teams were named I thought it would be our pack that struggled and the backs would get very little to play with on the back of that.

    In reality our pack won their battles tonight and ultimately it was the inability of our backs to win the war that cost us. Inexperience from the half-backs maybe, although I thought McGrath was excellent in the conditions and took the right options.

    Very encouraging from the young forwards, in particular the back row and Moloney covered a lot of ground. Leavy/Murphy/Ryan/Moloney were the standouts to me up front, Strauss as well when he came on. The tight five also won a lot of physical encounters against some pretty tough opponents.


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    #202
    The Lost Sheep
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    Tox56 wrote: »
    It is a yellow when you stop and look at it, but I guarantee you I could go through this game and find dozens of incidents that if you stopped and replayed them over and over would get a yellow card, or at least a penalty, that go completely unpenalised
    And that's every game no matter what has happened and the referee had a "perfect game". You don't penalise everything you see


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    #203
    chippers
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    poor decision not to go for the 3 points with 15 mins to go.


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    #204
    Tox56
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    The Lost Sheep wrote: »
    And that's every game no matter what has happened and the referee had a "perfect game". You don't penalise everything you see

    Im not really going on about the ref but on the blaming of McFadden, you can say its stupid but so many people do "stupid things" like that throughout games, the biggest difference is that he got caught


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    Robbo wrote: »
    Turning down 2 handy shots at goal in the second half was a bit daft in those conditions.

    Yeah that was bonkers. 7 points in it. Plenty of time left.


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    #206
    irishbucsfan
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    Tox56 wrote: »
    Im not really going on about the ref but on the blaming of McFadden, you can say its stupid but so many people do "stupid things" like that throughout games, the biggest difference is that he got caught

    So they're all stupid? I don't understand your point. There's no excuse for not clearing out properly.

    You're talking as if everyone does it, which is absolutely not the case. Some people get away with less dangerous versions of it, ie no arms but not into the back of an opponent, but that doesn't excuse their ineptitude.


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    #207
    Buer
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    Pack was good. Backs were poor. Deserved a LBP but the Dragons defended well and we were sloppy at crucial points.

    The referee favoured the defending side which affected Leinster but it certainly wasn't one way traffic. Should have binned one of our lads before Leavy, to be honest.

    Our defence was poor as was our discipline. Not going to get far with that.

    Some of the young lads were good and some weren't too conspicuous. Leavy was very busy but dense yellow card and should have been penalised for coming into rucks from all sorts of angles. Some great moments too though.


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    #208
    Robbo
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    Zebre, Treviso, Munster and now Leinster have felt the wrath of Rodney Parade this season. Slightly worried they'll be looking for a full house against Connacht.


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    #209
    sydthebeat
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    mcfaddens "attepted" clean out was so obviously illegal though... ridiculous to do that on a 9... not warranted at all. and i think he had some afters as well.


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    #210
    irishbucsfan
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    Buer wrote: »
    Leavy was very busy but dense yellow card and should have been penalised for coming into rucks from all sorts of angles. Some great moments too though.

    Let's leave him to that on the ground as long as he's getting away with it!


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    #211
    Tox56
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    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    So they're all stupid? I don't understand your point. There's no excuse for not clearing out properly.

    You're talking as if everyone does it, which is absolutely not the case. Some people get away with less dangerous versions of it, ie no arms but not into the back of an opponent, but that doesn't excuse their ineptitude.

    They're not all "stupid", but they all do stupid things. McFadden was being called a headcase and all sorts of things based on this incident and the previous one, I dont think hes much if any worse than most


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