Heineken Champions Cup - Round of 16 (2nd Leg)

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Quins ruing taking a quick conversion last week that ended with Montpellier scoring 3.

Great game that could have been better with a even a semi competent ref.

Leinster and Munster spend how much money chasing championships yet neither can produce competent refs. #BantheURC til they contribute to all facets of the game.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Incompetent ref, two clueless sides in the second half, unenjoyable rugby...

But my god, if seeing a young English prodigy pull the shite out of a sitter to win a knockout game for a cheating club like Quins* isn't what rugby is about I don't know what is.

*I know, I know... I don't care.

 

[Groundhog]

First half was class to be fair. Second half went turgid cup style rugby. Speaking of which, Munster are on soon!

 

[Reiser99]

Leinster and Munster spend how much money chasing championships yet neither can produce competent refs. #BantheURC til they contribute to all facets of the game.

Thing is it genuinely does need looking at because when English and French teams play each other there is such a limited choice of refs anyway and the quality of those to choose from is shocking. I'd say Craig Evans is probably the best you can hope for.

 

[Reiser99]

First half was class to be fair. Second half went turgid cup style rugby. Speaking of which, Munster are on soon!

So turgid cup style rugby week in, week out?

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

South African refs coming next year.

Paper over cracks bby.

Just walked past Lansdowne road and James Lowe is still in there scoring tries.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Thing is it genuinely does need looking at because when English and French teams play each other there is such a limited choice of refs anyway and the quality of those to choose from is shocking. I'd say Craig Evans is probably the best you can hope for.

yeah I love when Exeter and Toulouse play each other and some guy who's never done a tier 1 international is controlling the game

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

A Henry Slade pass at full pelt is one of my favourite things in rugby.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Penalty, free kick, penalty, 3 points. Munster get that without needing to really do anything. Real coach killer that phase.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Haley should be Ireland's 9

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Exeter seem to have learned nothing from their breakdown problems last time.

 

[Groundhog]

Lovely Carbery. That's more like himself. We look good in the breakdown so far. I think we have a wind against us.

 

[Reiser99]

Wait are there Exeter players not playing because of a stag do or are they all injured?

 

[Groundhog]

Wait are there Exeter players not playing because of a stag do or are they all injured?

All injured

 

[Reiser99]

All injured

Still feels weird.

 

[Groundhog]

******* love that John Ryan. Good guy giving Hepburn coaching advice too

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Exactly the same as the last scrum but decided this one actually was Exeter's. Hogg has been such a poor player for a while now.

 

[Groundhog]

We are playing a bit too much without the ball now I think, inviting them onto us. I think we did a good job addressing the loop play that's killed us a number of times. Defensive breakdown is good, but set piece is wobbly. Scrum I think we will be ok, but lineout needs sorting.

 

[Groundhog]

Do a Fury promo where you ask him about his relationship with human scum Daniel Kinahan!!!

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Is there tiebreakers in this format or just straight to ET?