Premiership Rugby 23/24 - Round 9

[TRF_Olyy]

Pretty sure Asher has won a penalty on his first scrum of every appearance so far (and most of the following ones tbf)

 

[Reiser99]

I had a thought to make caterpillar rucks more interesting. When the scrum half is moving the ball back, it has to go between the legs or it's out.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I had a thought to make caterpillar rucks more interesting. When the scrum half is moving the ball back, it has to go between the legs or it's out.

Yeah they need to ref it more strictly, I thought we'd hit a turning point when Etzebeth got that jammy try picking it up from a caterpillar because it had rolled out,
See it more obviously out than that at most rucks these days

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Roebuck so good at getting to the ball in the air, never runs direct always arcs around the blocks and comes in almost from the touchline

Edit: TNT stealing my analysis

 

[Arcturus]

Would agree on this style, but it is the lack of control of the aggression that is killing it. When those teams play well, there is a clinical edge to the work, and that is effective.

Excluding Saracens and Exeter, what is the success rate of English clubs over the last decade in the Champions/Heineken?

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Excluding Saracens and Exeter, what is the success rate of English clubs over the last decade in the Champions/Heineken?

Excluding Leinster, what is the success rate of the URC? Excluding Toulon and I don't know who, what is the success rate of the top 14?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Nah, Asher is a freak of nature
It's genuinely mad how good he is for a 19yr old with single figure games at tighthead


I'll take a 2pt win in a crap game, we are miles away from playing as well as we can

 

[Arcturus]

Excluding Leinster, what is the success rate of the URC? Excluding Toulon and I don't know who, what is the success rate of the top 14?

Over the past decade, Toulon x 2, La Rochelle x 2 and Toulouse x 1. Leinster are an oddity.

Otherwise the point stands that it's a bizarre take that the style of play that originates from the two most successful/competitive English sides of the past decades is mute... Is just bizarre.

 

[Arcturus]

Had to follow the game on Twitter, sounded like an 80-min arm wrestle with our usual late resurgence. Apparently the ref sounded a bit suspect, but a losing bonus point in Sale csnt be sniffed at.

 

[Rinkadink]

I had a thought to make caterpillar rucks more interesting. When the scrum half is moving the ball back, it has to go between the legs or it's out.

Yeah. I've been saying similar for ages.

Remember a season or so ago when some refs called "ball out" if the ball was on the outside of the foot of the bound player at ruck? Not sure why that was dropped.

 

[Lé Ddanno]

Remember when he got marched 30? 40? metres? One of the best things I've seen on a rugby pitch

This one?

 

[Which Tyler]

Good start
Not sure the final pass was backwards

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Gooooodness me Smith

 

[Which Tyler]

Annett buying the dummy

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Chiefs 14-0 up after 10 mins. Didn't see that coming.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Chiefs 14-0 up after 10 mins. Didn't see that coming.

Why not?
I don't get why chiefs fans where acting like the underdog coming into this game you are ahead of us and looked good in europe

 

[Which Tyler]

Now that was **** - just no guard

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Why not?
I don't get why chiefs fans where acting like the underdog coming into this game you are ahead of us and looked good in europe

I didn't see us as being underdogs by any means but I also didn't expect 14-0 after 10 minutes. Thought overall it would be low-scoring and a close game.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

I didn't see us as being underdogs by any means but I also didn't expect 14-0 after 10 minutes. Thought overall it would be low-scoring and a close game.

TBF you are lucky the ref isn't bothering with looking at your no arms clear out

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Is the ref saying there is head contact for the pen but not enough for a yellow? I thought any head contact is a yellow card

Kelly and Kata don't work as a partnership on the whole looked exposed v Stade in defence I thought but we have no one else fit