Champions Cup 24/25 - Round 3

[Gavin]

Premier Sports is the Premier destination for Sports (if you like watching video and audio being 5 seconds out)


Think we've got lucky there, IMO it's a penalty try

I thought I was going mad with the audio.

Commentators are trash too.

 

[saulan]

What's with Stormers playing music every time the ref blows his whistle? Not just stoppages but almost every time the whistle goes and continues with play.

Welcome to the South African rugby stadium experience.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Commentary just said Sale had a 29hr layover in Dubai to get to SA!
Three days of travel, captains run, game
All while acclimatising to the difference of 6inches of snow on the training pitches at Carrington to 25c odd in SA - no wonder WGJ was getting sun cream slapped on by the medics haha

 

[saulan]

I thought I was going mad with the audio.

Commentators are trash too.

Is it the SA ones also on your feeds? Watching on SuperSport and not loving Jean de Villiers on comms sadly.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Is it the SA ones also on your feeds? Watching on SuperSport and not loving Jean de Villiers on comms sadly.

Nah, we've got NH ones but it's the leftovers, all the good ones being used for other games today

Think it's Tom May and....someone else

 

[saulan]

Feel like that kinda breakaway try has been coming for a while.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

We are just awful at converting pressure/chances

 

[saulan]

Gah… thought it might come back for a knock on…

 

[saulan]

Actually think this one should be fine

 

[Rinkadink]

Whatever happened to no pushing before ball was put in?

Only mentioning the Bristol result for the 10,000th time now as well. Typical Tom May.

 

[Groundhog]

Audio is indeed a second or so off. Stadium noise also just blinking in and out as I type this as well

 

[TRF_Olyy]

At least the scrum is going well, though Walrus-Griff John doesn't look comfortable and Harper has been poor this season so hopefully some ibuprofen and he'll be grand

 

[saulan]

I don't agree with the scrum calls tbh, to me that looked like scrumming in from Rodd in both of the last two scrums that Sale won.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Talk about a feather in Rodd's cap

 

[Rinkadink]

Audio is indeed a second or so off. Stadium noise also just blinking in and out as I type this as well

It was worse earlier. Bizarre.

Sale just don't have a lot when they aren't allowed to slow the game to a crawl. New laws helping there too.

I don't agree with the scrum calls tbh

Ref has something in mind and once that happens at scrum time it's almost impossible to change without making a sub. He could de-power and stabilise the scrum before ball goes in which would help. Been unstable all match.

 

[Groundhog]

Jaysus the Sale 12 was playing at 0.5 speed there

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Warr has regressed so much over the last year

How does a tier 1 international scrum half **** up a pass like that so much

 

[Rinkadink]

Have you not seen Randall since he came back from England?

I'd honestly swap on form RN.

 

[Groundhog]

Sale player catch a ball challenge (impossible)

 

[saulan]

Oof that was a great kick and a guaranteed try.

 

[saulan]

How has Hyron Andrews been for Sale btw? I’d completely forgotten about him.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

How has Hyron Andrews been for Sale btw? I'd completely forgotten about him.

Really good tbf, he was only meant to be a few month loan but we went begging to turn it permanent off of the strength of his performances

Not got as many opportunities this season due to the emergency of Bamber and the return of Hill, but still a valued squad member and probably our best lineout forward

 

[unrated]

Is Sale even taking this competition seriously, should we be questioning the inclusion of the English teams in this European competition and they are not even in Europe. What a shame that a European competition is being invaded by all these foreign teams.

Atleast the SAFFA team can claim almost 80% European heritage but can the English teams?

 

[big ginger 8]

Haha so blatant.

Edit: how has McElroy been for Sale?

 

[saulan]

Surely we aren’t going for a headbutt try

 

[Groundhog]

How are they even checking this

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Edit: how has McElroy been for Sale?

Not played a ton tbh, but seems...ok?
Nothing to stand out positively or negatively

 

[TRF_Olyy]

How is Asher on? He wasn't in the 23 last I saw

 

[Rinkadink]

What happened in that clear out? Left a Sale player rolling on the ground.

 

[Ddanno]

The away kit makes me want to commit atrocities