Rugby – Heineken cup

Holy crap this is gonna be a good half. Great try from Gilroy! Hope Ulster can keep it up. SUFTUM!!!!!!!!!!

Just to go back to yesterday for a mo

Andy Robinson – get the up ye with a splintery stick – that was how a team play! Shows what a numpty you are

Ulster Munster sounds like a cracker.

What a game, the Ulster defence was outstanding, our first win in 20 years in Limerick, awesome. The effort from every player was immense the hunger inm every tackle.

No offense TJ but I reckon Ulster will be in the final, looking forward to Dublin in a few weeks! Fancy a pint?

Blindmelon – non taken. Edinburgh will fear no one and in a knockout anything can happen but Edinburgh must be the weakest of the semifinalists and will be away from home. A tough call for them to reach the final.

Hopefully it will be a more open game and a bit less attrtional than this afternoons effort. Edinburgh have nothing to lose so it will be closer than you might think.

glitchybumpythingy

Tickets got the Ulster – Edinburgh game

It was an unbelievable day out in Limerick on Sunday with probably the best atmosphere I have experienced

SUFTUM

Shame you will get humped in Dublin 😉

Looking forward to the rest of the HC now all the diddy teams are out. 😉

Naughty naughty cited:
http://prem1.hiboox.com/images/1512/diapo073a1fd1cb3f5bec5d5b0611d03ad8b8.gif

doesnt look good, but stampy o’driscoll never gets cited:
http://oi44.tinypic.com/34ep7og.gif

I saw the tackle at the time and wondered – looks bad in that.

Dunno what yo see in the second one

well after it 1/2p was bleeding under the eye, consdiering Richie Rees amongst others have been banned for accidentaly making contact with the eye area, I think BOD should be careful where he puts his hannds.

I was looking for a stamp given your post. I see that now.

Its a bit of something and nothing to be honest, but I think any face hand contact should be looked at in this case the ball isnt a million miles away but it still looks careless IMO.

In other non rugby news some bird states the bleedin obvious:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2127512/Gavin-Hensons-ex-Carianne-Barrow-says-hes-idiot-hes-drunk.html

Nice try though 🙂

was a very good try indeed

So – can Edinburgh beat Ulster? Looks like ulster will be losing a player thru citing

Edinburgh can of course beat them. Ulster are not as good as Leinster, Ulster would be favourites buts it should be a good contest.

I think Ulster have had their match in this years HC an amazing performance but cant see them doing it again. Edinburg arent a great team either so should be a great match. Nice that no english sides are left 😉

Ha ha just checked the table Edinburg are behind Treviso 😆 what does that tell us?

Edinburgh can definately beat Ulster, the previous Ulster wins over Edinburgh in the league don’t really tell much of a story as the international players weren’t avaiable for either match. However it will be very tough for them and local papers are predicting around 25,000 Ulster fans in Dublin for the game.

Pigface, which ‘match’ are you referring to, the bonus point win over the Tigers, beating Clermont or Munster at Thomond. It takes more than one good performance to reach the semi’s!

Ha ha just checked the table Edinburg are behind Treviso what does that tell us?

That with a wage bill of £3.5m Scottish teams struggle to compete in two tournaments in a year due to lack of depth?

Edinburgh lost 7 league games in a row when their international players were away. Edinburgh more than Glasgow simply do not have the depth to cope with loosing virtually their entire first team to the international setup

At least you have a decent coach now… 😉

That with a wage bill of £3.5m Scottish teams struggle to compete in two tournaments in a year due to lack of depth?

Is the Pro12 a tournament?

Kudos on your pedantry, sir. Please consider that a point scored.

Actually, the HC isn’t even a real tournament now that there are no English teams left:

http://totalflanker.blogspot.com/2012/04/europe-does-it-matter.html

I wasn’t being a pedant, I genuinely didn’t know what it was classed as.
Perhaps you shouldn’t have such a negative view.

Actually, the HC isn’t even a real tournament now that there are no English teams left:

Nor welsh.
What’s the point of that link? Since 2003, england and wales have played each other 12 times, each have won 6, so HC success means nothing to the national teams at all. Look at Scotland/edinburgh this season.

Sorry, should have included winkies or something. Having a North of the Border-centric view I tend to assume that everyone knows what the Pro12 is.

Anyway. No, the Pro12 isn’t a tournament, it’s a league.

There wasn’t really much point in that link, I guess. I just found it funny that an English fan (yes I know, ONE English fan) writes a blog titled ‘Europe – Does it matter’ after the last of the English teams gets knocked out.

I’m sure a Scottish blogger would probably write the same thing if we had a moderately successful national side and unsuccessful club sides. As it is we’re just grateful for whatever we can get.

Bruce, I think this chap is quite critical of england and the RFU.

He’s definitely critical of the RFU but then hands up who isn’t.

I would feel sorry for England fans if the RFU wasn’t a shining light of professionalism, transparency, and egalitarianism when compared to the SRU.

Anyway, isn’t that picture a self deprecating illustration of his transition from a young rugby player to a fat, unfit, middle-aged blogger.

I can definitely relate (thankfully I haven’t started blogging yet) 🙂

Possibly. I hear Rob Andrew is keen to go north if/when we’re shot of him.
And you thought things couldn’t get any worse.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/mobile/rugby-union/17690106

bit of a suprise?

Afoa is out for the HC semi. Can someone nobble / ban a few more Ulster players please? I would so like Edinburgh to get to the final. Maybe a dodgy prawn curry?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/17692137

Pigface – Member
Ha ha just checked the table Edinburg are behind Treviso what does that tell us?

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That there should still be all the Welsh teams still in the cup…oh hang on…

Saucer of cream for mr Pigface 🙂

Stupid question no 2 (sorry);
Can a team be relegated from the Pro12?

No. Its effectively an invitation league created by the various unions. Aeroni however have decided to drop out of it so the Italian federation can nominate another team

2 italian. 2 scottish, 4 welsh, 4 irish IIRC