Heineken Cup 2013/14 Pool 3, Round 6 (Saracens v Connacht, Zebre v Toulouse)

[Draggs]

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Pool Three, Round Six
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[Big Ewis]

fiiiiiiiiiiiiiinally, a try.

 

[Tony Manx]

Absolutely right.......yellow card for reckless use of the boot and a red, as Sarries were "requesting", would have been harsh as by the time his boot merely brushed the face of Barritt, the prop could not see where his boot was going as players on the ground were blocking his view....meanwhile, Borthwick continues his whining and whingeing...he is a prat!!

 

[Groundhog]

All five and a half of the Saracens fans who I can only assume like North Koreans during public events are legally obliged to be here are in full voice today.
Leighton Hodges really is a useless ****. Boot hit the face, but Hodges can neither tell if the boot hit his face or the correct number of the player after three goes. I would have given him a red. Also he says "Simmo" like a pussy.
EDIT: Brilliant Sarries may have got the try but by god they did not win that fight
A brief shout of "OFF" goes around. That's cute.

 

[Tony Manx]

All five and a half of the Saracens fans who I can only assume like North Koreans during public events are legally obliged to be here are in full voice today.
Leighton Hodges really is a useless ****. Boot hit the face, but Hodges can neither tell if the boot hit his face or the correct number of the player after three goes. I would have given him a red. Also he says "Simmo" like a pussy.
EDIT: Brilliant Sarries may have got the try but by god they did not win that fight
A brief shout of "OFF" goes around. That's cute.

I would stick with "brushes" the face rather than "hit" it..............also think he has having a decent game actually!

Was surprised that Hodges kept referring to the number 2 as the culprit when it was clearl from the replays the tight head 3 .......some haircut Hodges has got though!!

 

[ratsapprentice]

Poor management of Borthwick by Hodges.

 

[Tony Manx]

Poor management of Borthwick by Hodges.

You mean he should have grabbed him hard by the nuts and had him apologise to the world for being a prat?

 

[Groundhog]

Studs near the face is straight red for me.
Hodges can't make a decision for himself.

 

[Aristodemus]

Nobody wants to go near Goode today it seems.

 

[Tony Manx]

fiiiiiiiiiiiiiinally, a try.

........where has it all gone so wrong for Gael Fikou? An international player and one that everyone felt has a huge future yet he has been missing from this side a lot of this season (11 starts out of 22 possible) and has been pretty poor from what I have seen of him today again and now he has been substituted when Toulouse need some tries?

I have not heard of injuries?

 

[Big Ewis]

boy, Toulouse just messin around...funny how they're doing exactly what they distinctly said they shouldn't do. Underestimating the opposition, playing in cruise control, making a bit of an effort every once in a while. We sure could use a nice bonus point...

EDIT: yeah I'm not concerned Tony, just a sub-par afternoon for Fickou.

 

[ratsapprentice]

IMO recklessness is a yellow - with citings occuring based on the individual's history.

Not saying Hodges (or the TMO) is a good ref though... I think he's awful.
How he didn't see that it was number 3 and the TMO can say that there "was no clear and obvious" contact with the face is beyond me.

 

[Aristodemus]

Just an example of why a ref shouldn't be taking decisions from the big screen.

 

[ratsapprentice]

I agree... if you use the TMO at any point you should be obligated to take his opinion.

 

[Tony Manx]

I agree... if you use the TMO at any point you should be obligated to take his opinion.

To be fair, Hodges gave his view first ("Let me tell you what I saw........") and asked the TMO for his opinion who then concurred with the yellow card proposal from Hodges!

 

[Jaguares]

Chris Ashton always plays good against weak teams...

 

[Patchey]

You mean he should have grabbed him hard by the nuts and had him apologise to the world for being a prat?

Well someone needs to make him do that before he retires...

 

[munstermuffin]

Well there's Munsters target now a BP win will guarantee we get a home QF.

Thank you to our Pro12 companions Zebre.

 

[ratsapprentice]

In review - Saracens continue to be Europe's premiere flat-track bullies.

 

[Feicarsinn]

Connacht totally deserve to be in this competition.