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Pro14 Season 2019-2020

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    #1292
    yerrahbah
    Registered Users Posts: 1,366 ✭✭✭yerrahbah


    Dragons under pressure at scrum time and in the maul

    14-10 to Scarlets after 30 mins.

    Dragons giving away too many penalties


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    #1293
    Dog Botherer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭Dog Botherer


    Scarlets pulling away felt inevitable really


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    #1294
    yerrahbah
    Registered Users Posts: 1,366 ✭✭✭yerrahbah


    A nice grubber kick and Finish gets the try bonus point for Scarlets.

    26-15 to Scarlets after 57

    as it stands Munster need 2 points tomorrow to secure a Semi-Final


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    #1295
    Dog Botherer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭Dog Botherer


    shambolic stuff there to let the Dragons right back in there


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    #1296
    yerrahbah
    Registered Users Posts: 1,366 ✭✭✭yerrahbah


    incredibly harsh to disallow that


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    #1297
    Dog Botherer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭Dog Botherer


    very harsh on Dragons in fairness


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    #1298
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    I understand all this but it lends itself to the tinfoil hat stuff you see on social media.

    Welsh social media*

    Who cares about those bampots


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    #1299
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,634 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    razorblunt wrote: »
    Welsh social media*

    Who cares about those bampots

    It's also inevitable with derbies anyway that there will be this stuff.


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    #1300
    moby2101
    Registered Users Posts: 1,432 ✭✭✭moby2101


    Semi finals announced tomorrow after games? Need to book me local.


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    #1301
    Exclamation Marc
    Registered Users Posts: 11,285 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    moby2101 wrote: »
    Semi finals announced tomorrow after games? Need to book me local.

    Leinsters will be on Friday due to the Ireland v Finland football match on Sunday.


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    #1302
    yerrahbah
    Registered Users Posts: 1,366 ✭✭✭yerrahbah


    Are both Semi-Finals on Friday at 5pm?

    pro14.rugby/match-centre/2020/16

    Seems like a bizarre choice :confused:


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    #1303
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,176 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    yerrahbah wrote: »
    Are both Semi-Finals on Friday at 5pm?

    pro14.rugby/match-centre/2020/16

    Seems like a bizarre choice :confused:

    No, one will be on Friday and one on Saturday.

    Leinster will almost certainly be at home on Friday however as the Irish football team are playing Finland on Sunday.


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    #1304
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,634 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    yerrahbah wrote: »
    Are both Semi-Finals on Friday at 5pm?

    pro14.rugby/match-centre/2020/16

    Seems like a bizarre choice :confused:

    Say its just a placeholder. I think ko of 7.30 on Friday has been floated. Maybe 5 on Saturday alright


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    #1305
    Sheep Shagger
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 6,216 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    Eod100 wrote: »
    Say its just a placeholder. I think ko of 7.30 on Friday has been floated. Maybe 5 on Saturday alright

    Placeholder- that's not a TV friendly time, will be a Saturday.


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    #1306
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,634 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    Sheep Shagger wrote: »
    Placeholder- that's not a TV friendly time, will be a Saturday.

    The thinking is that Leinster v Munster will be Friday night as Ireland football match playing in Aviva on Sunday and need more turnaround than usual with covid. Then other semi on the Saturday.


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    #1307
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,763 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    when is the 20/21 season due to start ?

    If Oct/Nov it will be without the internationals


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    #1308
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,803 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    Friday 7:35 for Leinsters semi final. Saturday 7:35 for Edinburgh v Ulster. Did anybody actually watch the match last night? Eir advertised the times umpteen times during the game.


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    #1309
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,803 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    when is the 20/21 season due to start ?

    If Oct/Nov it will be without the internationals

    The weekend of Oct 3rd.


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    #1310
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 37,763 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Wouldn't surprise me if its a Leinster vs Ulster grand final

    Edinburgh hot and cold
    Leinster will still be too good for Munster I think but you never know. Love for Munster to win it


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    #1311
    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,729 ✭✭✭degsie


    Is the mun v conn highlights showing later on any channels?


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    #1312
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    degsie wrote: »
    Is the mun v conn highlights showing later on any channels?

    Don't do it. Do anything else but watch it.


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    #1313
    molloyjh
    Registered Users Posts: 24,745 ✭✭✭✭molloyjh


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Wouldn't surprise me if its a Leinster vs Ulster grand final

    Edinburgh hot and cold
    Leinster will still be too good for Munster I think but you never know. Love for Munster to win it

    Edinburgh won 3 more games in the league this season than Ulster. The only game they lost at home was to Glasgow this weekend when they couldn't be caught at the top of the conference. They won away from home 3 times, including against Munster and Scarlets. Ulster only won away from home once, against the Kings. Edinburghs losses this season were away to Glasgow, away to Leinster, away to Benetton that home loss to Glasgow. Before the home loss to Glasgow they were on a 6 game streak in the league.

    Hot and cold is def not something that can be used to describe Edinburgh this season. Topping their conference is reward for that. They have to be favourites to win next week.


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    #1314
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,356 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    molloyjh wrote: »
    Edinburgh won 3 more games in the league this season than Ulster. The only game they lost at home was to Glasgow this weekend when they couldn't be caught at the top of the conference. They won away from home 3 times, including against Munster and Scarlets. Ulster only won away from home once, against the Kings. Edinburghs losses this season were away to Glasgow, away to Leinster, away to Benetton that home loss to Glasgow. Before the home loss to Glasgow they were on a 6 game streak in the league.

    Hot and cold is def not something that can be used to describe Edinburgh this season. Topping their conference is reward for that. They have to be favourites to win next week.

    Ah you can't really compare that sort of stuff this season given how much of a mess it was.

    Ulster had to play Leinster away twice this year for example.


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    #1315
    Digifriendly
    Registered Users Posts: 4,015 ✭✭✭Digifriendly


    Edinburgh strong favourites to beat Ulster but it is a semi final and if Ulster can raise their game significantly from the mediocrity of last 2 weekends they can upset the odds. If it were a regular season game (although Ulster have a reasonable record at Murrayfield recently) I would say its a foregone conclusion for the home side but I think Ulster can make a match of it.


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    #1316
    molloyjh
    Registered Users Posts: 24,745 ✭✭✭✭molloyjh


    awec wrote: »
    Ah you can't really compare that sort of stuff this season given how much of a mess it was.

    Ulster had to play Leinster away twice this year for example.

    Agreed, just making the point that Edinburgh haven't been hot and cold.


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    #1317
    stephen_n
    Registered Users Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    awec wrote: »
    Ah you can't really compare that sort of stuff this season given how much of a mess it was.

    Ulster had to play Leinster away twice this year for example.

    Regardless of having to play Leinster in Dublin twice. The only team that Ulster have beaten away from home this season is the Kings. Embra will provide a stiffer challenge than that, even on an off day.


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    #1318
    Paul Smeenus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,315 ✭✭✭Paul Smeenus


    I'd be quite confident if we weren't missing Henderson, Addison, Baloucoune, Marshall and Ready.

    Did Edinburgh furlough as well?


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    #1319
    bilston
    Registered Users Posts: 17,742 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    Paul Smeenus wrote: »
    I'd be quite confident if we weren't missing Henderson, Addison, Baloucoune, Marshall and Ready.

    Did Edinburgh furlough as well?

    Probably.. but I think that excuse is overblown. Anyway next week will be the third game back so the cobwebs should be gone. The second half yesterday was a lot more encouraging so we will see.

    Mind you I'm still coming to terms with the phase of play where Cooney got crap ball off a lineout, shovelled the ball out to McCloskey who dropped it and then ended up with Faddes slicing the ball into touch. A club 3s would get a bollocking for that sort of stuff.


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    #1320
    Zzippy
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,166 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    What happens with next season if travel restrictions and 14 day self isolation are still in place? Italian teams could obviously travel here as Italy is on the green list, but not Welsh/Scottish teams, and maybe not even Italian teams if they have played an away game in the UK within 14 days of a game here. Irish teams could travel to Italy but not the UK.

    Could we see "home" games for Leinster/Munster/Connacht played in Ravenhill? An early season schedule of interpros and home/away games vs the Italians, and hope travel restrictions are eased by Christmas?


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    #1321
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,803 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    It's been discussed already. There seems to be exemptions for elite sports. The Irish football team play in Bulgaria on Thursday then return to play Finland in Dublin on Sunday.

    And as it is there are cross border games this season. If Edinburgh beat Ulster then they'll more than likely be travelling to Dublin for the final. Saracens are due in Dublin in 3 weeks for the CC quarter final. Neither team will be self isolating for 14 days.


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