HEC: London Irish - Edinburgh (12-11-2011)

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Madjeski Stadium, Reading (12-11-2011, 13:30)

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[TR][TD] London Irish [/TD][TD] [/TD][TD] Edinburgh [/TD][/TR]
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[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 14 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 13 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 12 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 11 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 10 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 9 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 8 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 7 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 6 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 5 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 4 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 3 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 2 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 1 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 16 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 17 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 18 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 19 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 20 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 21 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 22 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD] [/TD][TD] 23 [/TD][TD] [/TD][/TR]
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[Seaton]

Mon the Gooners!

Yeah, both teams been pretty poor in their respective leagues, so not expecting a thriller here.

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Well, quality is not necessary for a thriller of a game. If 2 average teams are almost equal, the match could be much more exciting than 1 team playing phenomenal rugby and the other one being doomed to lose.

 

[Seaton]

True, but if niether team is playing well enough to string together 2-3 phases, and when they hoof the ball to 'gain ground', constantly commit silly fouls for which they get pinged, cannae scrum, etc...

You get my point in this case?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I dunno, London Irish are looking all right this season - Even Shontayne Hape is looking half decent!

Armitage being banned (again...) will hurt them, though

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

I watched London Irish play in Leicester last season and they had massive skills in their backline. On the day, they managed to almost win but defensively they are just poor.

 

[Seaton]

9-7 to the Oirish so far.

Lee Jones try, Homer pens.

Delighted to see Leonard starting and not doing too bad in his first HC game.

 

[Gavin]

What has No. 19 of Edinburgh got against Hape? So many cheap shots from the Edinburgh flanker.

 

[Seaton]

My stream died (not hat it was very 'alive' to begin with :/) at the end of the first half, cannae comment

 

[profitius]

Well done Edinburgh!

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

Once again the Premiership is shown up as the weakest pro league in Europe.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

WUMing season started early this year!
If Saints win against Munster does that mean Pro12 is the weakest in Europe?
I mean, a team who didn't even make the Aviva final would have beaten the winners of the Pro12, and the winners of the HEC drew against a team who is currently 2nd from last, and in their first ever HEC

 

[BRSTLDRGN]

Actually burst out laughing when I saw the result, not 100% sure why though.

 

[Seaton]

Lol, I was depressed as I thought the final score showed up as 19-17 on my sourc. :lol:


As The Annoying Orange would say: YAY!

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

If Saints win against Munster does that mean Pro12 is the weakest in Europe?

Don't be daft, that was never likely to happen. A Michael Bradley coached team beat London Irish. Michael Bradley.

The Premiership is brilliantly hyped by Sky but there's no substance to it. To borrow Rodney Marsh's phrase, the Premiership is a "pig in lipstick".

 

[Seaton]

WUMing season started early this year!
If Saints win against Munster does that mean Pro12 is the weakest in Europe?
I mean, a team who didn't even make the Aviva final would have beaten the winners of the Pro12, and the winners of the HEC drew against a team who is currently 2nd from last, and in their first ever HEC

So far, Pro 12 teams have played 9, won 7, drawn 1 and lost 1

Jus' sayin'

 

[profitius]

So far, Pro 12 teams have played 9, won 7, drawn 1 and lost 1

Jus' sayin'

The Italians lost. Interesting stat though. Great weekend for Edinburgh and Glasgow. All they need now is to start holding on to some of their top players.

 

[Seaton]

What has No. 19 of Edinburgh got against Hape? So many cheap shots from the Edinburgh flanker.

Apparently Cox was none too happy about Hape's shoddy tackle that took David Denton out the game.

 

[Saintjay]

Once again the Premiership is shown up as the weakest pro league in Europe.

Bold statement after one weekend of games.

 

[munstermuffin]

In fairness to back up Snoops argument,
The top sides in England excluding Saracens all lost or struggled to win.
Saracens were comfortable in victory.
Glouceser put up a great battle against Toulouse in France.
Leicester were very poor despite victory over a poorly ranked Aironi.
Quins struggled to shake off a Connacht team who really aren't a Heineken Cup standard squad.
Saints to be fair should've beaten us and well if it were in FG they would've.
Bath showed that they aren't a force of old.
And London Irish lost to a team who really aren't great in Pro 12 and Bradley as coach makes them even worst.