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Champions Cup 2020/2021 General Thread

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  • #722
    lawrencesummers
    Registered Users Posts: 8,454 ✭✭✭lawrencesummers


    RugbyLover123 wrote: »
    An hour and a half between the games next Saturday is strange. Leaves it very tight. Sure the Bristol Bordeaux game last over 2 hours today.

    Allowing for extra time maybe.


  • #723
    Happyhouse22
    Registered Users Posts: 452 ✭✭Happyhouse22


    lawrencesummers wrote: »
    Allowing for extra time maybe.

    First game at 3 , second at 5.30, plenty of time between games.

    You might have been looking at local kick off times?


  • #724
    Ardillaun
    Registered Users Posts: 2,535 ✭✭✭Ardillaun


    Racing were fun to watch there. What a player Chat is - lives up his name in the agility stakes.


  • #725
    Leinstertomas
    Registered Users Posts: 296 ✭✭Leinstertomas


    Expect La Rochelle to win handily enough against Sale.
    Sale are pretty average at best, they were awful losing at home to Edinburgh and I'm not reading much into them thrashing a poor Scarlets side who clearly could not have cared less. Not sure they are even top 12 in Europe nevermind top 8.
    La Rochelle showed clear limitations last week with a wobbly defence and unreliable set piece but their ability to recycle the ball fast and make dominant carries mixed with their offloading ability should cause Sale a lot of problems.
    LAR by 10-15 points


  • #726
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,625 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    Wonder are they doing the minutes silence for Prince Philip for all matches or just ones with English teams?


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  • #727
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    Can't decide who to cheer for. It's basically McGinty v ROG.


  • #728
    hahashake
    Registered Users Posts: 827 ✭✭✭hahashake


    West picked ahead of Plisson?


  • #729
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,605 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Sale number 8 got extremely lucky there that the player was dragged down, went in leading with the shoulder and just barely missed the head


  • #730
    Clegg
    Registered Users Posts: 16,632 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    Brace says the tackler was committed so couldn't pull out. But not sure there's a genuine attempt to actually tackle. It's all shoulder.


  • #731
    AdamD
    Registered Users Posts: 12,373 ✭✭✭✭AdamD


    Clegg wrote: »
    Brace says the tackler was committed so couldn't pull out. But not sure there's a genuine attempt to actually tackle. It's all shoulder.

    He wasn't committed either, not even close to it.


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  • #732
    Burkie1203
    Registered Users Posts: 11,105 ✭✭✭✭Burkie1203


    Squidgy Black wrote: »
    Sale number 8 got extremely lucky there that the player was dragged down, went in leading with the shoulder and just barely missed the head

    Think his elbow glanced the LAR players head


  • #733
    RugbyLover123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,564 ✭✭✭RugbyLover123


    French TV producer showed that shoulder 6 times.... multiple angles.. pity we didn’t see that detail last week in the Bristol game


  • #734
    Clegg
    Registered Users Posts: 16,632 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    Lovely try


  • #735
    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 23,781 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Yeah really.

    Great bit of variation with the auld KBA O'Gara loves, wonderful score.


  • #736
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,605 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    That was phenomenal.


  • #737
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,605 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Definition of play to the whistle there, but that went forward I think

    Edit: nah wide shot shows it's fine


  • #738
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    Forward onto knee judging by one of the shots.


  • #739
    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 23,781 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Faf mugged there.

    I'd have said knock on in terms of hand direction but advantage to the attacking team.


  • #740
    ongarite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,199 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Great try from Sale just at HT.
    Crucial score


  • #741
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,605 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Two absolutely awful attempts at tackling there


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  • #742
    Clegg
    Registered Users Posts: 16,632 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    Sale got off the hook there.

    McGinty is kicking terribly from the tee and would have missed regardless of the La Rochelle player shouting as he was taking the kick.


  • #743
    ongarite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,199 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Never seen that before, conversion missed & taken again because of verbals/shouting at 10.


  • #744
    baas baa
    Registered Users Posts: 589 ✭✭✭baas baa


    That feels like a common occurrence, Refs and TMO's are surprisingly poor at reading what occurred on screen, it's like they don't have any specific training and are too influenced by their preconception of what happened which is certainly what occurred there. Without a doubt a knock on and how 2 people who's job it is to spot it can look at the same picture and not notice it is unfathomable.


  • #745
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    That's a letoff for MacGinty.


  • #746
    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 23,781 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    A match that is definitely missing a crowd, but some good stuff on show on a dry mild day.


  • #747
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Lleyds try wasn’t a knock on for me. BT crying for it makes it better though.


  • #748
    ongarite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,199 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Try in the first minute for La Rochelle


  • #749
    KH25
    Registered Users Posts: 5,809 ✭✭✭KH25


    That’s a nice step.


  • #750
    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 23,781 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Massive kick in the gut for Sale.

    Can't see an O'Gara team losing this now.


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  • #751
    The Inbetween is mine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭The Inbetween is mine


    Sale 14 should be given change after buying that dummy


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