URC - Round 8

[Leonormous Boozer]

https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/2024-25/8

 

[The Seeker]

Glasgow > Edinburgh

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Hopefully the start of something for a few of these guys. Tector at 13 is odd.

 

[saulan]

Seems a lot of our players have recovered at once. Malherbe, BJD, Fourie, Libbok and SFM all back gives me a bit of hope.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Zebo dismissing Lancaster and championing Prendergast. Surefire sign Munster should go for Stu.

This looks like it could be a Ben Shitehouse show already.

He's also convinced me that if I get fat I need to get a haircut. He's got a worse version of my lid.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Ooooh, harsh red. Never made contact with the leg

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Crowley has fallen off a cliff. Hard to see him getting the 10 jersey back in Feb.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

exciting game though. God bless URC derbies.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

honestly great defense by Kok to play the pass trailing back. still a terrible decision though

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

This second half has been fun.

Not great from an Irish POV though. Kendellen and Gleeson looking good at least.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Munster take it. Would have been a disaster if not.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

tough blow to ulster fans to have the man upstairs choose the southerners

 

[Groundhog]

Second time in recent years we have absolutely snatched a result off the Nordies. Tom Farrell is the word. An actually ridiculous game from him. Some of our other players need to get a grip though. All due respect Ulster are not the stick we want to measure ourselves against.

A word for Ulster, Kok is tough as nails. Absolute Die Hard villain of a man. Their pack out punched us tonight which is concerning.

Ben Whitehouse is a refereeing nepo baby. Has to be my least favourite ref. Has a diabolical reading of the game. I'd say he's also zero craic to have a pint with.

 

[Tooting Carmen]

Ospreys didn't win it, Scarlets lost it (yet again at the death, like several other matches this season).

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Win is a win is a win.

Young lads held that which is great. Not long before two Osbornes play in green.

 

[dirty harry]

Ospreys didn't win it, Scarlets lost it (yet again at the death, like several other matches this season).

To be fair they were beaten up front, a few dodgy scrum calls aside.

Some sad things though...

Ospreys style of play is horrendous, one up hitters, pod play from the mid 2000s, and if and when they do create a half overlap Keiran William's steps off his outside foot and trucks the ball up 100% of the time.

Lloyd doing Lloyd things, 50% good, 50% embarrassing, should have given away a try early on if it wasn't for the ref bottling the call.

Costelow still cannot kick out of hand, Gareth Davies still kicks ball away badly, best forwards in red weren't welsh...

I don't rate Peel or Jones as coaches tbh.

Finally, 6800 people at a welsh Derby is a disgrace, I get it, moved the game to pre xmas, last shopping Saturday etc, but even still. Rodney parade will be lucky to get 8k boxing day.

Add the Booth situation to a long list of idiotic decisions from idiotic people making those decisions within welsh rugby.