Champions Cup 25/26 - Round 4

[ShropshireAllBlack]

Crowley’s place kicking will put Prendergast & Byrne playing against France.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

That was fairly durt

 

[Jimbo]

That was a thing of beauty!

 

[ShropshireAllBlack]

2 consecutive losses, and lack of discipline was key in both losses.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Coombes for Ireland

 

[Brown Bottle]

100% conversion rate for both kickers in Toulouse v Sale.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Just needed a few more minutes

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Just needed a few more minutes

Why did Sale rotate so much for that one? 14 points off the playoffs in the prem, 8 behind the team in front and 9 ahead of the team behind and any match day points would have got them a home tie next round. Only one prem match before the PRC kicks in and the lads playing today get a bit more of a look.

Very odd from the outside looking in.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Why did Sale rotate so much for that one? 14 points off the playoffs in the prem, 8 behind the team in front and 9 ahead of the team behind and any match day points would have got them a home tie next round. Only one prem match before the PRC kicks in and the lads playing today get a bit more of a look.

Very odd from the outside looking in.

Probably just thought that they'd get nothing so why try

Didn't agree with it when they announced the side and don't agree with it now - some of the selections this season have been bonkers (and a number forced by poor recruitment, so it's long term pants on head thinking)

Sounds silly, considering the scoreline, but I think we could've scored four tries today with a more sensible team selection - I can think of two tries off the top of my head that we left out there with poor final pass selection, and we had enough time pick and going, or mauling, on their tryline that a more experienced pack should've had finished at least one

 

[Jimbo]

I don’t like it but don’t blame AS for doing it at all, with the budget disparity it’s hard to complete, is a try bonus point likely to make much difference in the end? With an already depleted squad I get that you might just want to preserve players, the opposition are always going full bore given they have to. It’s also just another part of this bat **** crazy format that teams can just throw away games through selections.