European Champions Cup 20-21 - Rd 1

[Ragey Erasmus]

LOL Scarlets 20 literally joined that maul from the Bath side!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

The diving from the French players really is shocking,
You forget how bad it is when European games haven't been on for a while

 

[Reiser99]

Well that was stupid from Cokanasiga

 

[TRF_Olyy]

About the result I expected

 

[Reiser99]

Short, but then surely playing the ball on the floor so penalty.

 

[Groundhog]

Gwan Scarlets haha. Ruiz is a decent ref actually, quite like him. Spencer blew that a bit I reckon.

 

[Reiser99]

Completely disagree with that. The scarlet's player comes in from the side, plays the ball on the floor and pulls it back over the line.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

That seems harsh - the game ended because he went to the TMO checking the try when if he'd let it go on, as it's short, its a clear bath penalty (which they could've easily seen from the TMO)
Those players flying in to hold it up are all illegally entering the ruck because it's not over the line

 

[Tooting Carmen]

Commiserations to Bath fans. The end decision was a tad ambiguous, but it was a close and well-fought contest either way.

 

[BPM]

@Rieser99 100% agree. I was also amazed that Davies didn't get a yellow card when he took out Watson. That wasn't a tackle it was a reckless body check at his knees.

From a more positive POV, I thought Mercer was the best player on the park. Closely followed by Underhill.

 

[big ginger 8]

HB on the bench now, Sexton out.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Camera angles are wack

 

[big ginger 8]

Great scrum, break from McGrath and hands from JOB.

Why do French directors always pick the weirdest angles?

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

McGrath has been v good since playing the worst game anyone has ever played against Sarries

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Great scrum, break from McGrath and hands from JOB.

Why do French directors always pick the weirdest angles?

They will have it in artistic black and white with pseudo intellectual French gibberish in the background about how teams are like fine wines and how he likes his women like his fine wines, locked in a cellar for a few years.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Ross Byrne is shite

 

[Tooting Carmen]

Dragons forced into late changes due to covid. They are holding on despite being even further weakened than they would be already.

 

[Tooting Carmen]

What a contrast with the previous match involving a Welsh region. Neither Dragons nor Wasps seem at all able to hold onto the ball. Very shoddy.

 

[Tooting Carmen]

Here we go...

 

[big ginger 8]

Great consistent working of the shortside. Nice to see Ruddock offloading.