Pro 12 Pre Season

[Groundhog]

[h=3]Munster (v Worcester):[/h]15. Simon Zebo
14. Darren Sweetnam
13. Dan Goggin
12. Rory Scannell
11. Ronan O'Mahony
10. Tyler Bleyendaal
9. Duncan Williams
1. James Cronin
2. Niall Scannell
3. John Ryan
4. Jean Kleyn
5. Billy Holland (captain)
6. Dave O'Callaghan
7. Tommy O'Donnell
8. Jack O'Donoghue
Replacements:
Duncan Casey
Peter McCabe
John Andress
Brian Scott
Darren O'Shea
Dave Foley
Conor Oliver
Robin Copeland
Tomás O'Leary
Ian Keatley
Alex Wootton
Cian Bohane
Colm O'Shea
Stephen Fitzgerald

Strong team full of big strong men with muscly strong arms. We must wait and see whether Bleyndaal can stay a strong fit injury free man. Jean Kleyn will get his debut and Colm O'Shea will probably get another shot after his strong last outing, setting out to prove he is indeed a strong young man.
In other news known strong man Piatau will be unleashed in all of his strength in Ulster's upcoming game.

 

[Peat]

Ulster team and replacements to play Northampton Saints, Friday 26th August, Kingspan Stadium (kick-off 7.30pm):
(15-9): C Piutau; L Ludik, D Cave, S McCloskey, R Lyttle; B Herron, P Marshall;
(1-8): A Warwick, R Herring (captain), R Ah You, P Browne, F van der Merwe, R Diack, C Ross, R Wilson;
Replacements (16-24): J Andrew, C Black, R Kane, A O'Connor, C Joyce, M Rea, D Shanahan, S Windsor, J Stockdale.

Aaaaaand .......

Ulster A team and replacements to play Canada A, Friday 26th August, Kingspan Stadium (kick-off 5.15pm):
(15-9): D Busby; C Kelly, M Best, R Butler, A Cairns; J McPhillips, A Lloyd;
(1-8): K McCall (captain), Z McCall, C Trenier, K Treadwell, A Thompson, N Timoney, C Boomer, S Mulholland;
Replacements (16-25): A McBurney, T O'Hagan, M Lagan, P Cooper, A Burke, A Hall, M Rea, J Stewart, A Magrath, C Field.

Think the M Rea in the senior team is Marcus Rea, who captained Ireland U19 earlier in the year. Impressively close to the real business if he is for a forward that age.

 

[Peat]

Ulster vs Saints will be on YouTube here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7DCpniTsQU

 

[Groundhog]

Ulster vs Saints will be on YouTube here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7DCpniTsQU

Thanks very much. Will tune in.

 

[ratsapprentice]

Cheers, so will I.

 

[Groundhog]

Already like Bowe as a commentator. He's a funny lil ****er and has the softest voice a Northerner can have. Future in that.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

He would do well reading audio books.

 

[Peat]

Tuohy's got a nice voice too. Nice soft west country burr.

 

[Groundhog]

I actually find Nordie accents sexy. "Old Picamoles it was, he's used to cheating"

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Munster up 17-0 in their game. The quadfather has lasted the first 24 minutes praise be god

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Why don't more teams live stream?

 

[Groundhog]

Crap Munster stream taken off a phone here https://twitter.com/Munsterrugby/status/769242869429313536

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Oh lovely Piatau.

 

[Peat]

Ulster 7-0 up.

Rob Lyttle looks latest off backs production line.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Piutau will be able to name his price when his contract ends.

 

[Peat]

Piutau will be able to name his price when his contract ends.

Filthy feet, as the man himself said.

Lyttle nails one from the touchline. Bloody hell. edit: 17-0.

 

[Groundhog]

Munster up 31-0 at the half.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Brookes looks huge and not in a good way.

 

[Groundhog]

Tigs I'm leaving a message for you in the youtube comments xxx

 

[Peat]

What's wrong with socks around the ankles lads?

Mallinder just got bumped by Piutau. The hype train might need to quieten down, although tbf, nothing's going right for Saints right now.

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Tigs I'm leaving a message for you in the youtube comments xxx

You're like a mosquito aren't you - buzz buzz bite bite...

 

[Groundhog]

Ah he's being given no protection from McCloskey by his backrow at the moment. Saints really need to stack up on the 10-12 channel.

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I'm not a mosquito I'm one of those cyberbullies your mother heard about on BBC news.
Hope Saints throw JJ on and McCloskey hits him so hard he wakes up in Cork, not able to remember he ever left.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

hehehehe