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Good win for Bath. Was rooting for Bris but Bath did the job. So good on them.
Today is a tough one to call.
Today is a tough one to call.
Now that I've calmed down a little.
Yesterday was a cracking good match, contributed to by all 3 teams involved. At the time, I was seeing a lot of Bristol offences being let go, whilst the Glos supporters around me saw the same for Bath. With both eyes open, and a resting heart rate - I think he was being generous to both teams, and pretty equal - and both teams were exploiting that generosity.
Bristol came out pumped up to high heaven - Genge especially (maybe a little too much so for the first few minutes); and played some brilliant rugby, especially in the first half - which got Bath rattled and making errors (like not taking the points with the first penalty close to Bristol's try line very early on). But we just about managed to contain that wave.
Really hope that Randall's injury isn't as serious as it looked in the pub - dislocation? So much better than Marmion.
Second half, we stuck to our script and imposed ourselves a bit more, and got on top, before taking our foot off the pedal a bit once the TBP was secured - which... yeah, that's another "not knock-out rugby" thing; and the 21 point lead never really felt secure until it was 14 points with 5 minutes to go. Any extra score to make it a 4-score (or 3-score with less time) would have felt a tonne more comfortable.
BJVR and Ravouvou really are special talents.
Another day, another ref, and Ravouvou sees 2 yellow cards = red.
Another day, another ref, and Marmion gets awarded the turn-over instead of seeing yellow.
I'm seeing comments about Genge being held up short of the line being a blatant wrong decision - it wasn't blatant enough to be spotted in the pub.
I'm also seeing comment that if Ravouvou saw yellow for preventing a quick tap, then Redpath should have seen yellow as well - which I think is sour grapes. Ravouvou's was done with 0 Bristol players onside; and somewhere around Bristol's 22. Redpath's was done with plenty of Bath players onside, and in the Bristol half.
This afternoon's match should be another cracking game, and both teams are capable of making it so - though I expect a lot more struture from both teams.
Selfishly, I want Leicester to win - but that's purely because Bath v Leicester in a final, at Twickenham just feels right.
Both are capable of beating us, but neither worry as much as Bristol - not because I think Bristol are better, but because Bristol's strengths match our weaknesses; which I don't see as being the case for either Sale or Leicester.
Yesterday was a cracking good match, contributed to by all 3 teams involved. At the time, I was seeing a lot of Bristol offences being let go, whilst the Glos supporters around me saw the same for Bath. With both eyes open, and a resting heart rate - I think he was being generous to both teams, and pretty equal - and both teams were exploiting that generosity.
Bristol came out pumped up to high heaven - Genge especially (maybe a little too much so for the first few minutes); and played some brilliant rugby, especially in the first half - which got Bath rattled and making errors (like not taking the points with the first penalty close to Bristol's try line very early on). But we just about managed to contain that wave.
Really hope that Randall's injury isn't as serious as it looked in the pub - dislocation? So much better than Marmion.
Second half, we stuck to our script and imposed ourselves a bit more, and got on top, before taking our foot off the pedal a bit once the TBP was secured - which... yeah, that's another "not knock-out rugby" thing; and the 21 point lead never really felt secure until it was 14 points with 5 minutes to go. Any extra score to make it a 4-score (or 3-score with less time) would have felt a tonne more comfortable.
BJVR and Ravouvou really are special talents.
Another day, another ref, and Ravouvou sees 2 yellow cards = red.
Another day, another ref, and Marmion gets awarded the turn-over instead of seeing yellow.
I'm seeing comments about Genge being held up short of the line being a blatant wrong decision - it wasn't blatant enough to be spotted in the pub.
I'm also seeing comment that if Ravouvou saw yellow for preventing a quick tap, then Redpath should have seen yellow as well - which I think is sour grapes. Ravouvou's was done with 0 Bristol players onside; and somewhere around Bristol's 22. Redpath's was done with plenty of Bath players onside, and in the Bristol half.
This afternoon's match should be another cracking game, and both teams are capable of making it so - though I expect a lot more struture from both teams.
Selfishly, I want Leicester to win - but that's purely because Bath v Leicester in a final, at Twickenham just feels right.
Both are capable of beating us, but neither worry as much as Bristol - not because I think Bristol are better, but because Bristol's strengths match our weaknesses; which I don't see as being the case for either Sale or Leicester.
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I’ve only watched the highlights and watched this a couple of times, but did Ravouvou actually do anything kore than simply being on the floor for Spencer to fall over?
I wasn’t sure what the referee expected him to do in that situation. It looked to me like Spencer was stood over him, took the quick tap and ran over him and fell over.
There may have been something a bit more surreptitious that I missed.
Also, I’m a bit baffled as to why he appeared to just run under the ball when it kicked up for Cockanisi, Cockans, Coka.. Big Joe’s try. Looked like if he’d put his hands up he could have taken it.
It looked to me as if he deliberately tangled legs - but again, pub.
No-one was here was objecting to the yellow (whilst very much supporting Bristol).
Yeah definitely looked a deliberate action to move his foot to be in the way on one of the angles, and there wasn't much protestation about the decision
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Fair enough, I only got to see it from one angle.
To me it looked like their legs were already intertwined and therefore there was nothing Ravvouvou could have done but maybe how they got tangled originally was the issue. Personally I thought he was hard done by because Spencer knew Ravouvou’s legs were there and still ran.
I understand both views on this though and without watching it again I wouldn’t have a from opinion.
I understand both views on this though and without watching it again I wouldn’t have a from opinion.
You'd have to favour home advantage, but absent that, there's really nothing in it.
I want Leicester to win, mostly because Bath v Leicester... at Twickenham... in a final... Just feels right
Opposed to that, of course, is that lingering fondness and respect for George Ford
I want Leicester to win, mostly because Bath v Leicester... at Twickenham... in a final... Just feels right
Opposed to that, of course, is that lingering fondness and respect for George Ford
What a kick off
Penalty for that is as funny as it is annoying haha
Give the pen Carley ffs
Burry an underrated captain, was in Carley's ear about the scrum, despite is looking like Tigers were on top - he swaps sides at the next scrum and we get a penalty
Always seems to have a good rapport with the ref
Always seems to have a good rapport with the ref
Radwas such a perfect pickup for us
Man that was poor defence, like Rugby 08 levels of grouping
That looked high from Cracknell on Curry
Carpenter is having a mare
Maybe we've decided to play badly in the first third instead of final
Trust Pollard to turn up for his only good game of the season today
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