Glasgow v Toulouse

[An Tarbh]

<div align='center'>

Glasgow v Toulouse
Date: Friday 17 October 2008
Venue: Firhill
Kickoff - 20:00, Live Sky Sports/Canal+Sport/Sky Italia</div>

So Glasgow's hopes of progression are all but gone having failed to win what should have been their banker away fixture. Obviously that was made more difficult by injury to key players who return this week but it's a big ask for them to make a difference this week especially when one Dan Parks is a player in question.

Toulouse for their part need a big performance as bonus points will be crucial come the end of this pool and a last day trip to Bath could easily see them eliminated from the tournament so time to start picking up the extras with these 4 games against Glasgow and the Dragons.

 

[Prestwick]

Ah hahahahaha.

They've got more hope of winning this than Saracens have of winning a full house fixture...

 

[An Tarbh]

Here's the teams

Glasgow: 15. Bernardo Stortoni, 14. Lome Fa'atau, 13. Max Evans, 12. Graeme Morrison, 11. Thom Evans, 10. Dan Parks, 9. Mark McMillan, 1. Kevin Tkachuk, 2. Dougie Hall, 3. Ed Kalman, 4. Dan Turner, 5. Alastair Kellock (capt), 6. Richie Vernon, 7. John Barclay, 8. John Beattie,
Replacements: 16. Pat MacArthur, 17. Moray Low, 18. Tim Barker, 19. Kelly Brown, 20. Ruaridh Jackson, 21. Colin Gregor, 22. Andrew Henderson,

Toulouse: 15. Clément Poitrenaud, 14. Manu Ahotaeiloa, 13. Florian Fritz, 12. Yannick Jauzion, 11. Maxime Medard, 10. David Skrela, 9. Byron Kelleher, 1. Daan Human, 2. William Servat, 3. Salvatore Perugini, 4. Fabien Pelous (capt), 5. Patricio Albacete, 6. Yannick Nyanga, 7. Thierry Dusautoir, 8. Shaun Sowerby,
Replacements: 16. Alberto Vernet Basualdo, 17. Jean-Baptiste Poux, 18. Romain Millo-Chluski, 19. Jean Bouilhou, 20. Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, 21. Cédric Heymans, 22. Maleli Kunavore,

 

[Mr.cyclopede]

Happy to see Jean Baptiste Ellissalde coming back, and find back a Kelleher/Ellissalde bridge
Toulouse will certainly close up a bit their defense...

 

[An Tarbh]

Decent start from Glasgow but that should have been a Toulouse penalty when the Glasgow centre played the ball from the knock on.

 

[Sir Speedy]

Toulouse got out of jail there. The try-line was begging for Glasgow. :C Toulouse are appalling. :blink:
...And that's a wonderful try from Skrela.

 

[An Tarbh]

Sucker punch for Glasgow there, good line from Skrela, looked all too easy.

 

[An Tarbh]

Thought Glasgow were rather fortunate to get that penalty but Parks makes no mistake.

 

[Sir Speedy]

I guess that evens it up - Médard also cocks up a sitter...
And Skrela shows why he - along with Parks - is the most embarrassing fly-half in World rugby today... What an absolutely shocking DG attempt with no pressure on...
And it's HT: Glasgow 9 - 7 Toulouse

 

[An Tarbh]

You don't expect Toulouse to be blowing chances like that.

 

[An Tarbh]

Better play from Toulouse setting up the drop, again thought Glasgow were fortunate to not be pinged.

 

[An Tarbh]

Wouldn't mind seeing that pass from Nyanga again.

 

[Sir Speedy]

DG from Kunivoreos and a try for Kelleher, despite some indecision from the ref.
17 - 9? Nope, that berk's fluffed it...

...Wow, who'd have guessed a bit of pace would threaten a defensive line? If Glasgow had finished that off it would have been stunning...
And that's the try of the evening (so far; not saying much either really). Lovely chip over the defence and a great finish from Jauzion...

 

[An Tarbh]

Game over now.

 

[Sir Speedy]

Larl. Glasgow try after a laughable mistake from Skrela. Game very much winnable now: 16 - 22 to Toulouse.

 

[An Tarbh]

Almost spoke too soon there but that's a great result for Bath with Toulouse not getting the bonus, good performance from Glasgow but you've still got to think Bath should go there and get the full haul. Toulouse could be in serious trouble in this competition.

 

[Sir Speedy]

Agreed, Bath have at least a 2 point advantage over Toulouse and I expect that they'll need to win at The Rec if they want to top the pool now...

 

[An Tarbh]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sir. Speedy @ Oct 17 2008, 10:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Agreed, Bath have at least a 2 point advantage over Toulouse and I expect that they'll need to win at The Rec if they want to top the pool now...[/b]

and given what Lineen just said about concentrating on the league you'd wonder what sort of effort we'll see from them in their remaining games.

 

[MunsterMan]

The commentary was like watching a Man United match for god's sake (Ronaldo Is God and the best player ever and all that shite)! According to them Thom Evans should have been able to beat Toulouse on his own with both hands behind his back. Why do sky always feel the need to hype stuff up?

 

[Stillknox]

It could be interesting to see a Paris vs Toulouse in the Stade de France in quarter final if Toulouse didn't reach the top of the pool. ^_^

Poor performance by Toulouse. Medard & Ahoteiloa were especially bad, Skrela... a few embarassing moment like always but a sweet try, he's not that slow after all. A great Jauzion, back in his top form, now the all team need to step up at his level for a win at Bath in january...