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  • #4862
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,487 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    Good on ye, Gopperth. Happy for him.


  • #4863
    Hagz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,257 ✭✭✭Hagz


    That was great. Did anyone else see Campagnaro push his own teammate over to create the space for Piutau? Gonna be some serious tension in the locker room.


  • #4864
    Bazzo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭Bazzo


    Gutted for Exeter...


  • #4865
    vienne86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,078 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    I decided to just not bother watching the second half - I was sure Exeter would win. Delighted for Gopperth. We gave out about him in Leinster, but we were bloody glad of him on many occasions.


  • #4866
    swiwi_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,544 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    Just saw highlights of Halai's try. IBF would have been delighted by that rugged NH-style Exeter defence :p

    Maybe that's the sacrifice for having the SH players in both sides: tries but missed tackles...


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  • #4867
    neelia11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 424 ✭✭neelia11


    Ian Keatley seems to be taking kicks for Northampton today. :(


  • #4868
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,487 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    Northampton will be kicking themselves they're not on at least 11 points at this stage.


  • #4869
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    swiwi_ wrote: »
    Just saw highlights of Halai's try. IBF would have been delighted by that rugged NH-style Exeter defence :p

    Maybe that's the sacrifice for having the SH players in both sides: tries but missed tackles...

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  • #4870
    swiwi_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,544 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    If SJ says it, it must be true. One of the most impartial and respected journalists around.

    You're not SJ are you IBF? :eek:

    The irony in all this of course is that all Wasps points came from Kiwis.


  • #4871
    Journeyman_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 841 ✭✭✭Journeyman_1


    swiwi_ wrote: »
    If SJ says it, it must be true. One of the most impartial and respected journalists around.

    You're not SJ are you IBF? :eek:

    The irony in all this of course is that all Wasps points came from Kiwis.

    Yes, but was all the tackling from Europeans?


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  • #4872
    swiwi_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,544 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    Journeyman_1 wrote: »
    Yes, but was all the tackling from Europeans?

    Of course! The Kiwis shunned any form of defence, and were hidden out of the defensive line in a coaching masterclass.

    But despite the heroic and quite frankly out-of-this world tackling from the NH players, the Kiwis still managed to cross the chalk one, tow, three, four, five times.

    I'm just messing. It is damn ironic though the Jones byline, given the points sheet.

    He's got his little SH rugby dig in, which means something anti-Irish is definitely next up for Stephen...

    I'd bet if anyone points out where Wasps points came from, a twitter ban would ensue. I don't use twitter.


  • #4873
    errlloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,633 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    swiwi_ wrote: »
    Of course! The Kiwis shunned any form of defence, and were hidden out of the defensive line in a coaching masterclass.

    But despite the heroic and quite frankly out-of-this world tackling from the NH players, the Kiwis still managed to cross the chalk one, tow, three, four, five times.

    I'm just messing. It is damn ironic though the Jones byline, given the points sheet.

    To be fair, the real mental stuff for Halai's try was Elliot Daly picking the ball up on his own dead ball and running out almost 70 metres! He's a great player to watch.


  • #4874
    neelia11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 424 ✭✭neelia11


    thats insanity. garces should have stopped that, imagine if that player had a serious injury


  • #4875
    vienne86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,078 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    Ah Ashton, you prat!


  • #4876
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,487 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    Great line from Ashton, then almost cocks it up by doing his stupid swan dive and giving the cover a chance to possibly knock it from his grasp. I doubt the coach would be too happy.


  • #4877
    LuckyGent88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,150 ✭✭✭✭LuckyGent88


    What a line from Ashton.


  • #4878
    Buer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    Hard ending for Northampton to take after looking good for so long but Saracens deserved it. Their fitness and hunger is on another level and it really told in the last 30 minutes. They should have been ahead earlier.

    Feel sorry for Hanrahan, was trying to keep the ball moving when they had to go from their own 22. Won't have helped his case for inclusion in future though.


  • #4879
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,046 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Fcuking Saracens. I want to vomit.


  • #4880
    Buer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    awec wrote: »
    Fcuking Saracens. I want to vomit.

    Ashton too. What a legend. :D


  • #4881
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,046 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Buer wrote: »
    Ashton too. What a legend. :D

    I swear I will ban you.


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  • #4882
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    It's bad enough that the European competition is dominated by English and French teams now but does it have to be the unlikable teams too :(


  • #4883
    neelia11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 424 ✭✭neelia11


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    It's bad enough that the European competition is dominated by English and French teams now but does it have to be the unlikable teams too :(

    they are unliked cos they have the money. which buys the players to make them unliked.


  • #4884
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    neelia11 wrote: »
    they are unliked cos they have the money. which buys the players to make them unliked.

    So what you're saying is.... Mo money, Mo problems.


  • #4885
    neelia11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 424 ✭✭neelia11


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    So what you're saying is.... Mo money, Mo problems.

    id like saracens and toulon if they were broke and winning nothing.


  • #4886
    Buer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    awec wrote:
    I swear I will ban you.

    A populist move if there ever was one!


  • #4887
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,487 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    neelia11 wrote: »
    id like if saracens and toulon if they were broke and winning nothing.

    Fixed that for you.


  • #4888
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,053 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Hopefully Toulon will be their comeuppance against the paupers of Racing.


  • #4889
    Buer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    Freddie Burns with an intercept 7 pointer just before half time. Game is done and dusted. 24-6 at half time.

    Hugely successful campaign for English sides this season. Whilst money is a huge factor, the likes of Leicester don't have a star studded line up out there. Only Ayerza (wasn't a big name when signed) and Cole (through their academy) are internationally capped in their pack today.

    They've recruited really well, I have to say.


  • #4890
    Sloane Ashy Wig
    Posts: 0 ✭ Sloane Ashy Wig


    I know they're a long way back but I think it's crazy for Stade to be declining kicks at goal with 42 mins remaining. Go to touch, lose the lineout, end up with nothing.


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  • #4891
    Buer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    Given the success of islanders in the UK, it's a wonder as to why Irish provinces haven't really tapped them up for NIQ spots. Leicester have 3 island born players starting in their back line today and all have looked very dangerous, having a big impact on the game. Stade have another starter in Nayacalevu.

    Off the top of my head, there isn't a single island born player currently at an Irish province. I understand they can be viewed as volatile, risky signings who might struggle to settle into life here but given some of the success stories across the water, I'm surprised we haven't brought a few in.


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