Maitland so good you picked him twice Duckie? 😀
Grant
Ford
Cross
Hamilton
Swinson
Denton
Fusaro
Beatie
Laidlaw
Tonks
Fife
Scott/Taylor
Taylor/Scott
Maitland/Seymour
Hogg
How long will SoB last? What that boy puts himself through every time he plays is something else. What is he, Late 20's?
A lot longer in Ireland than France given the number of games he will be required to play, they way things are going he might have no HCup, No league games next season just inter provincials and internationals.
Bevington can hope 😆 he isnt bad but needs to improve a lot to be a good international player.
He seems to have gone backwards with the removal of the hit in scrums.
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Maitland so good you picked him twice Duckie?
Doh, that should be Fife, was trying to put them in their correct position.
BBC Headline fail...!
England head coach Stuart Lancaster re-appoints Bath flanker Chris Robshaw as England captain for the 2014 Six Nations.
Barf? I think not!
looks like Evans will be getting a long rest, ****
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Can't see what his defence will be for that one. Looks like four deliberate stamps to the face.
**** indeed!
Not sure if he knew it was his face but its certainly deliberate. He has previous too. Having said that an old school kiwi woukd blame the Leinster player for trying to tackle a maul and the lying in the way. Not defending him but if the ref had blown for the initial offence none of this would have happend.
His defense will be that he was driven over the player and was trying to get his feet on the ground. The panel will take into account the fact he is not looking at him as he stamps on him,despite the fact he looks down firsT.Banned before; 4 weeks,no previous 2 weeks. Judge Duckman
he has previous ask Harry Ellis about his knee
I hated Ellis,but if he did his knee with a stamp,then l hope other players livelihoods are protected for a while. BTW tigers v Ulster,what a game! I love you AA 😉
What a game indeed, tigers got ruaned!!
Awesome performance and what a scrum from Tom Court a few mins from the end.
Looking forward to the home QF when all the building work at Ravers will be finished and 18000 will be cheering them on. SUFTUM
Really exciting match, Piennar is a genius. Great to see a match like that from arguably the country's two best teams
It will be a fitting first match at ravenhill, can't wait
Melon,if you are a Ulster fan,while he was at uni I played in the same Dundee rugby team back row as Tony McWhirter. He came to Dundee to do dentistry and despite being a complete pisshead was rather handy.( 6"6" and 18 stone helped a wee bit)
Yeah he was our 8 when we won the Heine in '99. He does a bit of punditry on BBC NI in Ulster's home Rabo games. Suppose that 18 st comes in handy if he's pulling a stubborn molar.
Well done Ulster, great game hung in there and took their chances. Munster in your home semi maybe?
Aye,we raised a beer to him,he was second on t podium,a throwback to previous era.
Gavin Hastings
Tam Smith
Stu Campbell
Richard Cramb
Adam Buchanan-Smith
John Manson
Sean Longstaff
Rob Wainwright
Jeremy Cambell-Lamerton
Damien Cronin
Finley Calder
Lindsey Fenwick
Paul Burnell
Derek White
Andy Nichol
Jay Allan
And played against pretty much every Scottish and English int of the late 80's to 90's.
Played with/drank/set fire to my pubes with all of the above in the amateurish game,now...I would be watching them from a stand having played at 9am to ensure as good as crowd as possible. Need a new knee and hip,but wonder if l had a better time than folk that play now.
Yep, fantastic result for Ulster. It was a good game. Takes real quality to beat them at Welford Road in the HC. Saracens at Ravers - [i]should[/i] be a semi-final place - but they'll be tough opposition.
Draw to see where the home advantage lies for the SFs tomorrow isn't it?
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Oh and 2000!
You wee shite...
Even with home advantage Sarries will be very very tough. Munster in the semis would be fun. Good luck today hope you get the BP.
So the semi-draws are out:
Ulster/Saracens v Clermont/Leicester
Toulon/Leinster v Munster/Toulouse
Mouthwatering ties every one of them. (with apologies to any Scottish or Welsh club fans...but I suppose you're all used to it at this stage of the competition). The pick for me is Leinster away at Toulon.
I think Munster have enough to get past Toulouse to the Semis - given that it's in Limerick, but I fear that will be where it ends for the southern province. Ulster look to have a good path through to the final if they get past Sarries.
HC QF and SF stage - always throws up some epic club rugby. Can't wait.
I've never been a fan of the cheap larger cup... doesnt interest me at all. 😉
What;is their a tournament that goes later than Jan?
Here's a pic to add to your post duckie 😀
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Ulster Munster final then?
Some cracking looking ties but I think home wins on all 4.
Ulster v Leinster/Toulon for me I think.
Ryan Jones out of six nations. Arse. Hibbard a doubt too.
You'll be gutted to hear Keef is a doubt too a_a. 😆
At least Zebo and Gilroy have been added. Is Earls Deffo out?
Is Earls Deffo out?
Only a [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/25803803 ]doubt[/url] at this stage BM. I suppose the green machine aren't exactly poverty stricken in the wings, what with TB likely returning too. Zebo is apparently looking very sharp again, which is good to hear. It's in the centres and back row where what I predict to be a mediocre campaign will happen.
Zebo looked good against Edinburgh when he came on but then Edinburgh would have made anyone look good.
I think history has 3 out of 4 home teams winning the QFs. For me it will be Toulouse or Leinster to get the away win this year, i think Toulouse could actaully go all the way they were very impressive against Saracens.
Zebo is apparently looking very sharp again, which is good to hear.
Indeed it is. Great to see someone with the inventiveness and guile that smaller players bring to the game. Yes, there's a place for the massive bruisers on the wing (North/Cuthbert etc), but I still have a great liking for the little wizards, a la Shane or Zebo.
For me it will be Toulouse or Leinster
Agreed. They're the most likely away wins for me too.
I'm only predicting a home win for Munster based on prejudice and the fact that they have such a good home record in the HC historically...apart from the odd hiccup. 🙂
Dusautoir to miss the 6N, out for 4 months
I saw that...good news for anyone playing them, but will be sorry not to see him playing. He's a bit awesome.
EDIT: I think what I'm trying to say is that I won't miss him against the green machine, but I'd like to see him play against everyone else. 🙂
Indeed it is. Great to see someone with the inventiveness and guile that smaller players bring to the game. Yes, there's a place for the massive bruisers on the wing (North/Cuthbert etc), but I still have a great liking for the little wizards, a la Shane or Zebo.
The sad thing is that Zebo is supposedly (according to Munster team profile) 1.88 meters tall (over 6'2") and weighs 94 kg, he only looks small because the rest of the players are monsters. Agree about the wizard bit some of his play on Sunday was magical.
PSA: There are RBS France v England tickets for sale on stadefrancais website, top price though at €135. Seems the sales for Racing v Toulouse haven't been going well as tickets for this weekend are available at €7.50, match being played at the Stade.
12 weeks for Evans
Remind me, how long did Horwill get for his stamp?
Oh. Erm.
From the recently discovered [url= http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2014/01/16/heaslip-warned-against-move-to-sunny-climate-with-great-food-and-beautiful-women-by-irish-supporters/ ]Waterford Whispers News[/url] on Jamie Heaslip considering a move to France:
Following today’s announcement that Sean O’Brien is set to stay within the Leinster set up Irish fans have urged Jamie Heaslip to reject the repellent possibility of plying his trade in the sunny climes of southern France.Heaslip, capped 60 times by Ireland, is reportedly weighing up a move to French rugby giants Toulon. Avid followers of Irish rugby have noted despite France having better weather, superior food, beautiful women and a history rich in culture there is no need for the No. 8 to consider a move abroad.
Ted Healy, head of the Leinster Supporters Group, has been very vocal on the rumours that many of Ireland’s most talented rugby players have been contemplating a move abroad.
“If you discount the 1,435 advantages to moving to France to play your rugby, what reason would you have to move?” offered an impassioned Healy.
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Looks like he ignored the 1435 advantages!
I wonder if the attraction of playing in only the hiney and Irelands 6n campaign (which on last years evidence was over after week 2) which coupled with Ireland's policy of giving anybody who [s]plays past their sell by date[/s] finishes their career at home a large sack of money had anything to do with it. On a serious note, he will play fewer games, therfore being able to play longer and earn more money.
