Leinstertainment.... Pro14 Round 5

[Groundhog]

Italy should give up on trying to develop outhalves and just outsource it

 

[munstermuffin]

Perfect result. Alot of good stuff but also alot to work on. JJ home, Keatley going well this year and John Ryan is getting better and better. He'd easily be starting for many national teams just the fact in Ireland he has argubally the best 3 in world rugby ahead of him

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Zebre with a chance of arguably their most impressive result against a near full strength Ulster. They seem to be tightening up a little.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

@TRF_Olyy @TRF_heineken Any chance of getting the Zebre logo available for user profiles? I might be 10 minutes from a change!

Edit: I am 10 minutes from a change!

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

You bloody dancer! 7 mins to hold on.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Zebre think they have if in the bag, going for the bonus point! I feel like I'm in a parallel universe.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Lions can hurt one Welshman's hand but these guys just mauled a bunch of Belfast based South Africans!

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

That lineout was more than a little contentious. Nothing is ever simple in Italian rugby.

 

[Groundhog]

My sides hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Love having a competition with no deadbeat teams! (Kings post Currie Cup improvement pending) Congrats Zebre, the rugby Renaissance is alive and kicking!

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

You beauty. Not bad a for a dead club from a failing country. I cannot stress enough how amazing Michael Bradley has been at coaching in Romania and Italy this year. I've never seen anything like it.

I'd undergo gender realignment and have his babies if he keeps this up. Again, the change in conditioning is incredible and a credit to O'Shea. So many talented youngsters too. The FIR must have been doing something right this past decade.

This is a huge deal and not a flash in the pan.

That's Ulstertainment!

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

Love having a competition with no deadbeat teams!

Cut Ospreys, Blues and Dragons from the league to achieve this.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Love having a competition with no deadbeat teams! (Kings post Currie Cup improvement pending) Congrats Zebre, the rugby Renaissance is alive and kicking!

When there are no winners everyone is a loser.

I'll look into the profile thing when I finish work

 

[Groundhog]

Olyy hates Italy. He'd have an Austro-Hungarian flag put up within minutes if we asked.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Cut Ospreys, Blues and Dragons from the league to achieve this.

They should be merged and relocated to Rome. The Welsh don't have enough depth for four teams

 

[Groundhog]

That face you make when you veni all over Ulster when they thought they'd vici you

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

They should be merged and relocated to Rome. The Welsh don't have enough depth for four teams

Or Tbilisi. Have to grow the game.

 

[munstermuffin]

Have to say this 2 conference league has hugely been a success so far. Every game has been of good quality and it's a competitive league.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

The Pro 14 organisers mustn't believe their luck at the Italians coming good. A matter of months ago they were shipping 70+ points in games and folk like me were calling for them to be left to their own devices. Delighted to be proven wrong because it's been their competitiveness that has me as interested in this tournament outside of Leinster and Munster as the addition of the SA franchises!

 

[profitius]

Zebre have been the story of the season so far. They've played some great rugby so far and look a well drilled side with a team of young Italians. I'm happy for their fans who might finally have a competitive team to support. Its good for Italian rugby and the league that they're becoming more competitive.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Yep Zebre ----> Treviso.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Kings simply being outplayed in all aspects by the Dragons in foul conditions (fantastic advert for synthetic pitches in rainy climates). I genuinely think the Dragons will be the Welsh side with the second highest points total come the end of the season. Their exciting winger Ashton Hewitt didn't come out for the second half and hopefully won't be anything serious as the lad has a potentially big future. The problem for the Kings is that the weak sides from last season have all improved either quite a bit, or a huge amount. They will just be treading water and trying to keep things as respectable as possible until the end of the Currie Cup.

 

[Amiga500]

Ah, Karma ye fúkker.

Didn't even get to see the game, from what I gather, totally deserved. Good to see for the league anyway.

 

[Groundhog]

Ulster beat champions then lose to wooden spooners. Pro 14 most competitive tournament in rugby confirmed.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

If people want to take turns tempting fate whenever their side is due to play Zebre or Italy it'd be appreciated!

Due to the late fixture announcements I'll be away seeing a middle aged, working class white Englishman doing pseudo rap to a backing track instead of going to see my heroes bump off Edinburgh. I won't even be able to watch Glasgow vs Cheetahs which should be game of the season so far. Gutted.