Amlin Challenge Cup 2013/14 Round 4

[TRF_Olyy]

Thursday 12/12/2013

Bordeaux v Newport Gwent Dragons

19:30
Stade Andre Moga
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Brive v Bucharest Wolves

19:30
Stade Amedee-Domenech
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Lusitanos XV v I Cavalieri Prato

20:00
Estadio Universitario de Lisboa
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Biarritz Olympique v Worcester Warriors

20:00
Parc des Sports Aguilera

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Friday 13/12/2013

Sale Sharks v Oyonnax

20:00
AJ Bell Stadium​

Saturday 14/12/2013

Cammi Rugby Calvisano v Newcastle Falcons
14:30
Peroni Stadium

Bath Rugby v Rugby Mogliano

15:00
The Recreation Ground
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Viadana v Bayonne

15:00
Stadio Comunale Pierluigi Zaffanella​

Stade Francisco v London Irish

21:00
Stade Jean Bouin​

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Sunday 15/12/2013

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London Wasps v Grenoble

15:00
Adams Park Stadium​

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[Tony Manx]

Just to say the Biaritz game is scheuled to kick off at 20.45 French time and is on Sky with, no doubt, either Morris or Evans stating the beedin obvious or being totally out of touch!!

Team is

1 - Synaeghel 2 - Whittaker 3 - Gomez Kodela 4 - Lockley 5 - Furno 6 - Guyot 7 - Molcard 8 - Harinordouy 9 - Lesgourgues 10 - Peyrelongue (c.) 11 - Brew 12 - Waenga 13 - Baby14 - Thomas 15 - Couet-Lannes

16 - Dabti 17 - Barcella 18 - Broster 19 - E. Lund 20 - Fono 21 - Yachvili 22 - Traille 23 - Gimenez

Front row is all changed (for the worse I believe) and Imanol gets to return after his support of a merger this week. Furno gets shunted into the second row instead of Marie and the Viking is on the bench along with Yach and that Traille guy!! Waenga takes the place of Gimenez at inside centre, which means that the ball should get moved along the line a bit more, with Baby outside of him instead of Sella who was prtetty poor last week. Brew and Thomas (instead of Zee who is rested) should get to see some ball this week.........

I reckon that this is, overall, a weaker scrum with backs improved by the inclusion of Waenga and Baby but weakened by there being no Zee and Worcester have a real chance here after their spirited performance last week..............due to it likely to be bloody freezing, I am going to open a bottle and watch it on TV in the warmth!!

 

[racer0bv]

the wolves are on their way to a miracle, 9-3 at Brive, 50'.

if they succed, this would be a great victory for the Romanian Rugby and a confirmation for the change showed by our team in the autumn tests.


edit: never mind, they woke up the giant, 20-9 after 11 minutes .

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Could be in for a good game at Biarritz, for the neutral.
Two tries (one a piece) in 6minutes!

 

[Tony Manx]

Could be in for a good game at Biarritz, for the neutral. Two tries (one a piece) in 6minutes!

Nah...............BO will spoilt that idea!!

Whittaker gone down with flu to let Dabti back on but unfortunately the penalty machine that is Synegael is on (and off for the yellow).

First try showed their frailty at both kick off gathering and lack of speed at clearance and then we get Yann Lesgourges showing why he should be on the pitch not Yach. Imanol shored up the high ball, as has Thomas, but Imanol mixes the good (line out and high ball) with the bad (attempted banana kick, misthrown passes) which is where he has been all season.

I was hoping they would leave Barcella on so that they could secure some ball to allow the back line to play but no.....the old fault of loyalty against pragmatism and not as if Barcella needs a rest as only started in 4 and played in total of 8 matches to date.

Worcester showing some good touches but cannot go along with Sanderson that this is going to change their season............they have a long, long way to get back up there. Wonder whether their travel facilitator will have a job on Monday...............!!

 

[Tony Manx]

Well who would have not seen that red card coming!!!

Synegael is useless.............

WTF is Rodrigues playing at.........he should have changed him when he had a yellow and certainly half time...............

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Yeah, that red is a game changer.
Thought Wuss might sneak it before that, but think they could get a BP win now.

Referee rreeaalllyy wanted to yellow card Mieres just after that red :lol: Think he'll be leaving the ground pretty sharpish after the game.


Edit:
Could be a BP for both sides the way they're going!
Teddy Thomas has incredible pace, everyone else (even Worcester's back 3) look like they're running through treacle next to him.

 

[Tony Manx]

Referee rreeaalllyy wanted to yellow card Mieres just after that red :lol: Think he'll be leaving the ground pretty sharpish after the game.

Not enough spectators there to worry him!!!

Good try from Thomas and Gimenez finally let the ball go..............

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Another Thomas try!

 

[Tony Manx]

Great try from Thomas but also great pass from Waenga following solid possession...............good try!

This was a game that Worcester look like managing to grab defeat from the jaws of victory................Bring on ASM away..............well we were the last team to beat them there but maybe a little ambitious!!

 

[04perryo]

Doesnt matter how many players wuss are playing against we still will not have the capacity to win the match, i don't know why i get my hopes up tbh im going to start betting against us and hopefully might get my money back from the season ticket :/

 

[Tony Manx]

As a fellow sufferer with a different team....I would rather be a "Wuss" supporter as I believe that they are financially sound, have a good manager, are working well together and, like us, if you go down, you will, unlike us, have a real chance of bouncing due to the fact that Ryan and Duckworth are building whereas BO are just broke, have poor corporate and playing management and are panicking whilst in a state of denial!!

 

[04perryo]

I suppose but atleast BO can finish of games and score nice tries, i know wuss are a young team but against 14 players surely we could have done better, although having said that didnt they have some traveling difficulties heard something about the warriors only arriving just before kick off or something like that so i guess that would make a loss seem a bit better although i have to say in the end BO's backs were in a different league to worcester's, Maybe if we combine the teams together to make the Biarrits Warriors we could be quite a threatening team haha

 

[Tony Manx]

...........always looking to merge!!

Yes they were travelling for 40 hours and spent night at Hrow before half the squad went to Bristol to fly to Toulouse and 4 hours on coach while rest went to Stansted to fly to Bergerac and 5/6 hours in coach arriving 90 minutes before KO!!

We have great finishers in Thomas, Zee and Brew but the touble is getting possession and then getting it out to them with too many blockages in the centre.......

Biarritz Warriors.................like that!!

 

[LittleGuy]

Poor Wuss, poor perryo!!! Again I thought they had a match that they could possibly win!!! At least these two games have been fun and they are showing some promise, the attack seems to be much better. Players seem to be hitting the gainline with more force, Pennell has been fantastic, but it seems fitness isn't there with the team they looked dreadfully gassed in the final 20-25 minutes. The scrum also had a hard go of it after that. When will the Warriors win another game?

 

[ratsapprentice]

They need to defend their blindside.
Clearly an issue there...

 

[Patchey]

Ach, Warriors! I love you but please, as Rats says, defend the blindside.

I think Pennell is looking tired because he has basically been Wuss's only consistent attacking threat all season.

 

[LittleGuy]

Ach, Warriors! I love you but please, as Rats says, defend the blindside.

I think Pennell is looking tired because he has basically been Wuss's only consistent attacking threat all season.

Agreed, but it was mainly an oversight in my grammar that mafe it look like I was calling him out for fitness when I was actually wanting to call out the entire team.

 

[Tony Manx]

The scrum also had a hard go of it after that. When will the Warriors win another game?

I think that their scrum faltered when Synegeal was red carded and they brought Barcella on and agree with the pundits on Sky that that was the worst decisioon for them by the ref as he was a penalty machine that crreated territory for them!!

I believe that, playing as they did and with some of the rested players back, they will beat Oyonnax at home particularly as Oyonnax will have nothing to play for.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Sale 34 - 0 up at half time.
Boom shakalaka