URC - Round 11

[Leonormous Boozer]

https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/2024-25/11
Big weekend for the provinces.

Particularly Connacht, have a relatively soft finish to the season SA tour aside but can't afford to drop a home game if they want to salvage their URC season. Ulster benefitting from scheduling, you want to play Benetton now.

 

[irisht]

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Barrett rested or injured do you know?

 

[Amiga500]

I'd have thought injured - surely these are the exact games your looking the big NIQs to provide leadership for.

Scott Fardy being the prime example.

 

[Amiga500]

Ulster benefitting from scheduling, you want to play Benetton now.

TBH - it is maybe Benetton benefitting from the schedule - of all the teams in the league their U-18s are likely to beat - we'd be near top of the list of soft-touches!

 

[irisht]

he is being rested, had been playing non stop since the start of the super rugby season last year.

 

[Welsh Exile]

https://www.unitedrugby.com/match-centre/2024-25/11
Big weekend for the provinces.

Particularly Connacht, have a relatively soft finish to the season SA tour aside but can't afford to drop a home game if they want to salvage their URC season. Ulster benefitting from scheduling, you want to play Benetton now.

A clean sweep for the Welsh regions this weekend in prep for the 40 point drubbing we're going to give your boys next weekend.

 

[Seeker]

Warriors > Dragons

 

[irisht]

Munster Rugby:

Ben O'Connor (Highfield RFC/PBC)
Shane Daly (Highfield RFC/PBC)
Tom Farrell (Coolmine RFC/Castleknock College)
Rory Scannell (PBC)
Diarmuid Kilgallen (Naas RFC/Cistercian College Roscrea)
Billy Burns (Beechen Cliff/Hartpury College)
Ethan Coughlan (Ennis RFC)
Josh Wycherley (Bantry Bay RFC/Cistercian College Roscrea)
Diarmuid Barron (Cashel RFC/Rockwell College)
Oli Jager (Naas RFC/Newbridge College/Blackrock College)
Tom Ahern (Youghal RFC/Dungarvan RFC/Waterpark RFC)
Fineen Wycherley (Bantry Bay RFC/Cistercian College Roscrea)
Jack O'Donoghue (C) (Waterpark RFC)
Alex Kendellen (PBC)
Gavin Coombes (Skibbereen RFC).

Replacements:
Niall Scannell (PBC),
Kieran Ryan (Shannon RFC/St Munchin's College)
John Ryan (Muskerry RFC/CBC)
Brian Gleeson (Thurles RFC/Rockwell College)
John Hodnett (Clonakilty RFC)
Paddy Patterson (Blackrock College)
Tony Butler (Ennis RFC)
Shay McCarthy (Richmond RFC/St Munchin's College).

 

[irisht]

Ulster Rugby team v Benetton Rugby, Sat 15 Feb, 5.15pm UK/Ire time, Stadio Monigo, BKT United Rugby Championship Round 11 (live on Premier Sports):


1. Jacob Boyd (RBAI)
2. Rob Herring (SACS) (245)
3. Tom O'Toole (Ashbourne RFC) (115)
4. Alan O'Connor (Capt) (Skerries RFC) (204)
5. Cormac Izuchukwu (Tullamore RFC) (37)
6. Matty Rea (Ballymena RFC) (106)
7. Nick Timoney (Blackrock College RFC) (158)
8. David McCann (Cooke RFC) (59)
9. Nathan Doak (Lisburn RFC) (80)
10. Aidan Morgan (King's College) (11)
11. Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan RFC) (125)
12. Stuart McCloskey (Bangor RFC) (196)
13. James Hume (Malone RFC) (95)
14. Michael Lowry (Dromore RFC) (116)
15. Stewart Moore (Ballymoney RFC) (75)

Replacements:

16. John Andrew (Ballymena RFC) (130)
17. Bryan O'Connor (Crosshaven RFC)
18. Scott Wilson (Dromore RFC) (26)
19. Kieran Treadwell (Chipstead RFC) (171)
20. Reuben Crothers (Lisburn RFC) (5)
21. Dave Shanahan (Clontarf RFC) (96)
22. Jake Flannery (Kilfeacle & District RFC) (17)
23. Jude Postlethwaite (Lisburn RFC) (24)

 

[irisht]

CONNACHT RUGBY MATCHDAY 23 VS CARDIFF RUGBY

15. Piers O'Conor (Heathfield and Waldron / Eastbourne College, ENG)
14. Shayne Bolton (Hoerskool Eldoraigne, SA)
13. Hugh Gavin (Galwegians RFC / Coláiste Iognáid)
12. Cathal Forde (Corinthians RFC / Coláiste Iognáid)
11. Chay Mullins (Keynsham RFC, ENG)
10. Josh Ioane (Southern Magpies, NZ)
9. Ben Murphy (Old Wesley RFC)
1. Peter Dooley (Birr RFC)
2. Dave Heffernan (Ballina RFC)
3. Jack Aungier (Suttonians RFC)
4. Josh Murphy (Clontarf RFC)
5. Joe Joyce (Clifton RFC, ENG)
6. Cian Prendergast (Newbridge RFC) Captain
7. Shamus Hurley-Langton (Coastal Rugby, NZ)
8. Paul Boyle (Gorey RFC)

16. Dylan Tierney-Martin (Corinthians RFC / The Bish)
17. Jordan Duggan (Newbridge RFC)
18. Sam Illo (Old Wesley RFC)
19. Oisín Dowling (Lansdowne RFC)
20. Sean Jansen (Green Island, NZ)
21. Matthew Devine (Ballinasloe RFC / Garbally College)
22. JJ Hanrahan (Castleisland RFC)
23. Santiago Cordero (Club Regatas Bella Vista, ARG)

 

[big ginger 8]

Just me or has Culhane put on some size in his time off?

 

[big ginger 8]

Only 2 of the Leinster pack older than 25, I feel old.

 

[big ginger 8]

Surely Boyle is better than the corpse of Healy now? Really stepping up this year.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

I wonder if this will finally end the Frawley 10 chat. Was never a 10!

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

I guess being a team with one 10 is better than none like last year.

Bring back Harry.

 

[Welsh Exile]

I guess being a team with one 10 is better than none like last year.

Bring back Harry.

You scared yet, boy?

Tonight was just a wee taste.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

You scared yet, boy?

Tonight was just a wee taste.

Off the ball have informed me there's nothing to worry about...

 

[dullonien]

Ospreys still going in the right direction, but probably let one slip there.

Not talking the missed touch finder at the end, always tricky for a player like Hopkins who wouldn't really practice touch finders. Shame Williams and Walsh were both forced off with head knocks. Thinking more the fluffed lineouts 5-10m out and a few other mistakes.

Couldn't get their attack going like they have in recent weeks either, so need to work on how to manipulate a rush defense, because other than once or twice they were easily stopped behind the gainline.

Not sure about the Tips, Deaves, Morris backrow either. All three played quite well individually, especially Deaves, but they're lacking some carrying grunt there, and it showed in attack I thought tonight.

 

[saulan]

We need to get the win in this one against the Lions away otherwise feels like our chances of top 8 are over.

 

[saulan]

Wow our defense has been terrible and inaccurate on attack.

 

[saulan]

Yep. We are done. Our attack is “play out chaos and see what happens!” It works when you have Willemse, Libbok, SFM and Gelant, but right now we only have Gelant.

I don’t see us making top 8 from here.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Rookie ref having a tough day in Thomond Park.

As are Munster and the Scarlets in fairness.

 

[Groundhog]

Think we were very good there. Pack just bullied them out of it. Ahern and is a dawg, Coombes is a dawg, Kendellen? Dawg. Coughlan is a puppy. I think he’s really a very decent 9 now. Played nice stuff given the conditions. Thought the ref niced us a few times in all honesty too.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Switched over to the Ulster game.

Tom O'Toole is a bit of a donkey.

Ulster are a terribly coached side, my God. Discipline awful, focus awful, tactically reckless. If Mark Sexton is the only change to the staff next season I can only see it getting worse.

 

[Groundhog]

Switched over to the Ulster game.

Tom O'Toole is a bit of a donkey.

Ulster are a terribly coached side, my God. Discipline awful, focus awful, tactically reckless. If Mark Sexton is the only change to the staff next season I can only see it getting worse.

Think they’re rumoured to have a clear out coming.

 

[Groundhog]

Only seen that Ulster result. Shocking from a game they were at times in control of. That said Benetton are a really decent outfit now and you love to see it to an extent.

 

[Flankers' paradise]

I was a bit confused with the O'Toole one because it looked like he was trying to clear out the other guy but lost his bind from the front angle but they only showed the rear angle once and I missed it. He and Timoney should both be with Ireland though. Doak wasn't great sadly

 

[dirty harry]

Cardiff over played as usual and handed Connaught a simple win, despite the scoreline.

Good to see Wales new coach blaming the wind ffs

 

[Amiga500]

TBH - it is maybe Benetton benefitting from the schedule - of all the teams in the league their U-18s are likely to beat - we'd be near top of the list of soft-touches!

So utterly unfortunately predictable.