Ulster vs Dragons; Kingspan Park. Live TV ar TG 4 and BBC 2NI

Akrasia · 05-02-2016 9:26pm

That was some beautiful individual play from the dragons

Swan Curry · 05-02-2016 9:27pm

The mistake the Ulster players made there was that they should've shouldered Amos in the head and get a knock on

whatawaster · 05-02-2016 9:27pm

Get in!

BBDBB · 05-02-2016 9:28pm

Dragons have played well. I still think Ulster have created more than enough chances to put this game away

vienne86 · 05-02-2016 9:28pm

Good kick by Jackson. Ulster should scrape a win here, but I'm not sure they deserve it.

BBDBB · 05-02-2016 9:28pm

Come on paddy

Scythica · 05-02-2016 9:29pm

WOOOO

whatawaster · 05-02-2016 9:29pm

Massive win

Utah_Saint · 05-02-2016 9:30pm

Cheers Joe for sticking with mads

vienne86 · 05-02-2016 9:30pm

Well Ulster made heavy weather of that.

The Rape of Lucretia · 05-02-2016 9:30pm

Great kick by Paddy in fairness. Good snatch.

its_phil · 05-02-2016 9:31pm

Great atmosphere at Ravenhill.

It's great to see atmospheres like this for a Pro 12 game these days. It's getting there eventually

Sinbad_NI · 05-02-2016 9:31pm

Having to type with toes. Fingers down to the stumps after that.

Great kick from PJ for the win.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 05-02-2016 9:31pm

Ulster top of the table. Not too shabby.

BBDBB · 05-02-2016 9:31pm

Phew

Zzippy · 05-02-2016 9:31pm

Skin of their teeth! Top of the table. Hopefully Dragons have a few bumps and bruises for next Thursday... :pac:

awec · 05-02-2016 9:34pm

Its amazing how much better we are with Jackson

05-02-2016 9:34pm

Important win for Ulster, dug themselves a hole but got there in the end. Ulster will need more significant recruitment than Rodney Ah You to their pack to push them forward though. One or two scrums there which could have been called against them.

Big kick from Jackson to win it.

05-02-2016 9:35pm

Double Post

mfceiling · 05-02-2016 9:35pm

We'll take that. Big Stu with an unbelievable take from the last restart!!

If he keeps us this form he could get a look in for ireland...oh wait!!

BBDBB · 05-02-2016 9:37pm

awec wrote: »

Its amazing how much better we are with Jackson

I think he has a brilliant understanding of pienaar inside him

hytrogen · 05-02-2016 9:37pm

World class refereeing by Nigel, bit disillusioned how Paddy got MOTM, think there were a few others from the ulster camp that deserved it more for their consistency but anyway..

Utah_Saint · 05-02-2016 9:40pm

BBDBB wrote: »

I think he has a brilliant understanding of pienaar inside him

Giggity.....

BBDBB · 05-02-2016 9:42pm

Ooh matron

awec · 05-02-2016 9:50pm

IMO Owens completely bottled the Olding incident. That's exactly the sort of call that has gone against Ulster in recent years.

Utah_Saint · 05-02-2016 9:52pm

awec wrote: »

IMO Owens completely bottled the Olding incident. That's exactly the sort of call that has gone against Ulster in recent years.

I agree, wonder will it be looked at again?

KingBrian2 · 05-02-2016 9:55pm

Go on Ulster, Go on Ulster. Ulster will fight and Ulster will be right. Just watched the match and glad I did. Great game thought they would scuttle it at the end but no they proved me wrong. Nice work for Ulster from a proud Leinsterman.:cool:

CMOTDibbler · 05-02-2016 9:55pm

awec wrote: »

IMO Owens completely bottled the Olding incident. That's exactly the sort of call that has gone against Ulster in recent years.

Stop it awec or you'll run out of refs :eek:

awec · 05-02-2016 10:14pm

CMOTDibbler wrote: »

Stop it awec or you'll run out of refs :eek:

Nah I really like Owens,i just think he was overly dismissive of the incident tonight.

OldRio · 05-02-2016 10:29pm

Yet another game, where PJ proves that he cannot kick under pressure.

Paul Smeenus · 05-02-2016 10:55pm

Borders no.2 wrote: »

Important win for Ulster, dug themselves a hole but got there in the end. Ulster will need more significant recruitment than Rodney Ah You to their pack to push them forward though. One or two scrums there which could have been called against them.

Big kick from Jackson to win it.

Missing Best, Herbst, Van Der Merwe, Tuohy, Henderson and Henry to start with, and lost Browne and , Diack to injury during the match, which is whyere 're struggled - with No Disrespect To Clive Ross in the second row and our back-up hooker in backrow. Ah You, Treadwell and Mystery Leinster Backrower #1 to come in, should be fine.

Sinbad_NI · 05-02-2016 11:20pm

awec wrote:

IMO Owens completely bottled the Olding incident. That's exactly the sort of call that has gone against Ulster in recent years.

We'll pointed out by BBC that TMO went back too many phases for Wilson's try and probably a forward pass for Dragons second try (Owen's had his back to the ball at the time! ).

Our defence was very weak for large periods though.

bilston · 05-02-2016 11:49pm

awec wrote: »

Nah I really like Owens,i just think he was overly dismissive of the incident tonight.

I'm more annoyed about the decision to disallow Wilson's try. It wasn't Owens fault in fairness, he did ask the TMO 3 or 4 times whether it was within the 2 rucks, but the TMO either can't count to 3 or he just didn't bother checking which frankly is a joke. Also the YC for the tackle on Browne was pretty harsh although it seems to have been cumulative.

I like the look of Stockdale, I think he could be the real deal. He has a bit of confidence about him as well.

bilston · 05-02-2016 11:50pm

Sinbad_NI wrote: »

We'll pointed out by BBC that TMO went back too many phases for Wilson's try and probably a forward pass for Dragons second try (Owen's had his back to the ball at the time! ).

Our defence was very weak for large periods though.

The defence was very soft, but I'd rather pretty watch Ulster play like that than what they were serving up earlier in the season.

wp_rathead · 05-02-2016 11:56pm

bilston wrote: »

I'm more annoyed about the decision to disallow Wilson's try. It wasn't Owens fault in fairness, he did ask the TMO 3 or 4 times whether it was within the 2 rucks, but the TMO either can't count to 3 or he just didn't bother checking which frankly is a joke. Also the YC for the tackle on Browne was pretty harsh although it seems to have been cumulative.

I like the look of Stockdale, I think he could be the real deal. He has a bit of confidence about him as well.

But it was a knock on and should have been spotted by officials in the first place

The Black Stags · 06-02-2016 12:00am

wp_rathead wrote: »

But it was a knock on and should have been spotted by officials in the first place

But it wasn't and the ref's miss countless things during a match - once the moment has passed sufficiently then it's play on.

There has to be a cut off point otherwise there is nothing stopping a TMO going back to something that happened 20munites ago.

Sinbad_NI · 06-02-2016 12:01am

bilston wrote:

The defence was very soft, but I'd rather pretty watch Ulster play like that than what they were serving up earlier in the season.

Totally agree.

Olding looking good again. Would love to see him tried at 13 to see how he goes there. Although he might be needed as backup 10 at this rate.

Journeyman_1 · 06-02-2016 12:08am

I was very worried for Olding when he got knocked out. It was great to see him walk off looking fine!

bilston · 06-02-2016 12:13am

wp_rathead wrote: »

But it was a knock on and should have been spotted by officials in the first place

Yeah I'm not doubting it was a knock on, but the referee missed it. The TMO brought it to his attention, but the TMO can only adjudicate two phases back from the try being scored. McCloskey's knock on was 3 or 4 phases back.

molloyjh · 06-02-2016 12:57am

bilston wrote: »

Yeah I'm not doubting it was a knock on, but the referee missed it. The TMO brought it to his attention, but the TMO can only adjudicate two phases back from the try being scored. McCloskey's knock on was 3 or 4 phases back.

Are you sure? I've no idea myself but surely there'd be serious uproar over it if that was the case?

Surprised there's been no mention of Ulster not scoring against 13 men. There were times when I was reminds of Wales against Australia in the RWC. Dragons defended well but they were out on their feet for a few minutes and Ulster should have scored. You might argue the Wilson try but I thought at the time the right call was made. Remember they can go back 2 rucks, not 2 tackles. So if an Ulster player was tackled but no ruck formed that doesn't count.

bilston · 06-02-2016 1:09am

molloyjh wrote: »

Are you sure? I've no idea myself but surely there'd be serious uproar over it if that was the case?

Surprised there's been no mention of Ulster not scoring against 13 men. There were times when I was reminds of Wales against Australia in the RWC. Dragons defended well but they were out on their feet for a few minutes and Ulster should have scored. You might argue the Wilson try but I thought at the time the right call was made. Remember they can go back 2 rucks, not 2 tackles. So if an Ulster player was tackled but no ruck formed that doesn't count.

Yeah it was disappointing to not score against 13/14 men. Although our pack was all over the shop with a hooker in the back row and even in the backs we had a scrum half on the wing in the final quarter.

Maybe you have a point about rucks/tackles...I'd need to see it again...

Paul Smeenus · 06-02-2016 1:45am

Our problem is that we lower our game to the level we think our opposition are at. Dragons deserved more respect. We wouldn't have played like that against Glasgow. We were nearly the arrogant losers.
Also, iHumph is a rugby black hole.

Sinbad_NI · 06-02-2016 11:04am

bilston wrote: »

Yeah I'm not doubting it was a knock on, but the referee missed it. The TMO brought it to his attention, but the TMO can only adjudicate two phases back from the try being scored. McCloskey's knock on was 3 or 4 phases back.

It was 3 phases back. TMO only allowed to go 2.
We need a TMO for the TMO!

roundymac · 06-02-2016 11:20am

wp_rathead wrote: »

But it was a knock on and should have been spotted by officials in the first place

Something tell's me you never reffed a match.:D

postitnote · 06-02-2016 12:27pm

roundymac wrote: »

Something tell's me you never reffed a match.:D

Ha, this is up there with "have you ever even played the game?"

I'll raise you:

Pfft, have you ever even sat on the panel that chooses the referees for matches?

:-D

wp_rathead · 06-02-2016 12:39pm

roundymac wrote: »

Something tell's me you never reffed a match.:D

i have..
..mind you only u12s:D

Ulster vs Dragons; Kingspan Park. Live TV ar TG 4 and BBC 2NI

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