Heineken Champions Cup - Round of 16 (1st Leg)

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Fuk me Mercer for Tigers

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Maybe in the second half they should just play mercer vs the whole quins pack

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

It's the trouble english teams find with Europe these french packs are massive and the prem clubs find it hard to break them down.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Eddie Jones was at the Montpellier Cat game? I thought England never ever ever scouted players playing abroad.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Mercer is actually younger than Dombrandt, that's pretty crazy

 

[Gavin]

Why hasn't Mercer got more caps for England? He's only 24 as well

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Eddie Jones was at the Montpellier Cat game? I thought England never ever ever scouted players playing abroad.

Keeping track of an already capped England playet who has said he wants to move back to England and play internationally again is a bit different to scouting foreign players

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Keeping track of an already capped England playet who has said he wants to move back to England and play internationally again is a bit different to scouting foreign players

will the goal posts ever stop moving on this?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Why hasn't Mercer got more caps for England? He's only 24 as well

Not gonna get more caps while in France and his form has improved massively since moving there (though I remember him playing well for Bath just before he left and people calling for him to be in the England squad again)
He was only 20 when he got his caps so didn't really stand out - similar situation to Isiekwe where he was thrown in too early then dropped after not being ready

 

[Jimbo]

The worrying thing is if the prem clubs are currently struggling in Europe it's only likely to get worse once the salary cap is sliced.

 

[AngloScotsHybrid]

The forward pass rule has definitely been abandoned for this game.

 

[corny]

Lovely kick through. There was a knock on missed in the build up though.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Some mad plays

 

[Jimbo]

Is it just me or do MP look like they are mid way through the tackle before the player has even received the ball?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Oh god Quins doing the trademark let the opposition tire themselves out scoring and then outscore them in the second half

Surely they can't...

 

[Jimbo]

That's some pace right there.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Why hasn't Mercer got more caps for England? He's only 24 as well

Because he was around when Billy V was still favourite and then Jones dropped him because he tried to play him like Billy V and didn't like the fact he couldn't. Another case of Jones demanding players be something they are not rather than selecting them for their own skills. Mercer was a victim of the "you aren't 20kg heavier and Polynesian to run straight at brick walls and nothing else" mentality.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Borthwick is smiling too much Tigers are going to lose by 20 points

 

[TRF_Olyy]

No bend/head on head?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Kayser is the best on the mic, easy