URC 2023/2024 - Round 18

[munstermuffin]

He made the decisions not to give yellows. I've yet to see anyone argue Snyman's wasn't a yellow apart from you. And he awarded Ulster a try that was a try.



It stopped a line real opportunity, that's the rule. Cover only comes into it if it's a PT decision.

Nice to see you have your referee's back as much as the club and coaches though. Loyal.

Lads Leinster are turning in to Scottish fans all the whinging and crying about refs.
The Nash 1 wasn't a clear line break and as I said there was 2 covering players.

On Snyman if you do read rules the mitigation does bring it down to just a pen.

On the Ulster Try I never said it wasn't a try I said the way he asked it was aiding Ulster. Noone could see clearly a grounding
You said ref was totally bias to Munster.

Frank is Cork too I'm Limerick and he is associated with Connacht so unsure on that bit.

 

[Groundhog]

Neutral opinion. Snyman definitely a yellow. Hit was high on the head and then he stood for a split second before driving him backwards. Mitigation from red was the tackle from another and dipping already. World Cup would have been yellow.

Nash I don't see as a yellow given the cover was right there.

200% agree with this.

On another note Izuchukwu was immense for Ulster has to be said. He has international attributes for sure. McCann quietly impressive as well

 

[munstermuffin]

Neutral opinion. Snyman definitely a yellow. Hit was high on the head and then he stood for a split second before driving him backwards. Mitigation from red was the tackle from another and dipping already. World Cup would have been yellow.

Nash I don't see as a yellow given the cover was right there.

From what I saw though RG didn’t drive forward. He got down low but even then is so big and there was a cut back in to.the impact

 

[munstermuffin]

200% agree with this.

On another note Izuchukwu was immense for Ulster has to be said. He has international attributes for sure. McCann quietly impressive as well

Izuchukwu has a future in the back row. I thought McCann again is an international in the making

 

[saulan]

200% agree with this.

On another note Izuchukwu was immense for Ulster has to be said. He has international attributes for sure. McCann quietly impressive as well

How fresh/new is he? Haven't watched a ton of Ulster games, but he clearly stood out as quite a game changer for them. Is he super young?

Also haven't watched a huge amount of Ulster games at home and really must say they can't get rid of their Vanilla Coke kit soon enough at the end of this season.

Edit: clarifying that I’m referring to Izuchukwu.

 

[saulan]

From what I saw though RG didn't drive forward. He got down low but even then is so big and there was a cut back in to.the impact

I initially thought he didn't. And on the impact he didnt. But after impact he did drive him back and had him fold over based on the replays. Overall that was all relatively inconsequential, key problem was that initial contact to the head.

 

[Groundhog]

How fresh/new is he? Haven't watched a ton of Ulster games, but he clearly stood out as quite a game changer for them. Is he super young?

Also haven't watched a huge amount of Ulster games at home and really must say they can't get rid of their Vanilla Coke kit soon enough at the end of this season.

Edit: clarifying that I'm referring to Izuchukwu.

He's been around for a while but injury plagued. Always been on the high potential radar but hasn't got consistent games. He's an athlete though, he's played 7s for Ireland when we were quite experimental with it.

 

[munstermuffin]

I initially thought he didn't. And on the impact he didnt. But after impact he did drive him back and had him fold over based on the replays. Overall that was all relatively inconsequential, key problem was that initial contact to the head.

Well if drive forward per rules that a yellow.
From screen in Thomond he looked to have cemented feet and stood ground and almost took impact.

 

[munstermuffin]

He's been around for a while but injury plagued. Always been on the high potential radar but hasn't got consistent games. He's an athlete though, he's played 7s for Ireland when we were quite experimental with it.

To add he was always seen long term as a lock but that hybrid 6 role suits him

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Lads Leinster are turning in to Scottish fans all the whinging and crying about refs.
The Nash 1 wasn't a clear line break and as I said there was 2 covering players.

On Snyman if you do read rules the mitigation does bring it down to just a pen.

On the Ulster Try I never said it wasn't a try I said the way he asked it was aiding Ulster. Noone could see clearly a grounding
You said ref was totally bias to Munster.

Frank is Cork too I'm Limerick and he is associated with Connacht so unsure on that bit.

You’re wrong. But happy to leave it there.

 

[saulan]

Lads Leinster are turning in to Scottish fans all the whinging and crying about refs.

Hang on, when did my fellow countrymen lose this crown and pass it on to the Scots?

 

[munstermuffin]

You're wrong. But happy to leave it there.

Well again not sure how as you just whinged and gave no back up but fair enough. As I said not a good look for Leinster the last week with their crying about refs.

 

[munstermuffin]

Hang on, when did my fellow countrymen lose this crown and pass it on to the Scots?

South African franchises never were as bad as Scots since they been in URC

 

[munstermuffin]

The good thing about 1st seed. We play next Friday and if lucky to get through that will have 8 day turnaround. Ulster vs Leinster will be hard as you'd expect a battle then winner potentially has to go play in Altitude at heat also then if you survive that have to travel back and play again 7 days later

 

[Groundhog]

Definitely hoping the other province in the bracket gets knocked off before we have to play them. I'd back us against anyone bar an interpro right now.

 

[munstermuffin]

Definitely hoping the other province in the bracket gets knocked off before we have to play them. I'd back us against anyone bar an interpro right now.

We will definitely meet an interpretation along way. If Ulster beat Leinster it likely we play them.in a SF if we win.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Don’t see us struggling with Ulster next week, they’ve beat us twice but . Think we’ll win with a bit of rotation too. Bulls and travel will be a challenge.

Hoping the squad are just fed up of losing, you imagine they have to be and Bulls aside, I don’t think anyone left can hang at our level when full strength.

 

[Groundhog]

I think Leinster will react and thump Ulster to be honest. Hoping Leinster gets a manky trip to SA. I think we will win handy next match and beyond that we will see what we see.

 

[saulan]

Feels like Bulls and Munster are given wins in the quarters. Leinster Ulster is interesting, but I just can’t see Ulster getting that win, I expect it to be close to the 50-60th minute before a bit of a pull away in the end.

Stormers Glasgow I don’t know. We travel poorly, but Glasgow seem to be in a really poor run at the moment, almost slipping to Zebre in the end. Likely close with us slipping in the end.

 

[munstermuffin]

Don't see us struggling with Ulster next week, they've beat us twice but . Think we'll win with a bit of rotation too. Bulls and travel will be a challenge.

Hoping the squad are just fed up of losing, you imagine they have to be and Bulls aside, I don't think anyone left can hang at our level when full strength.

Leinster's biggest issue will be playing next week. Then the travel and altitude as well as that game being on at day time heat and being a battle. Then if they win that they have to return to Ireland and face a final 7 days later. The hard bit is deciding do you rotate or keep going.
It's argubally worst case for IRFU too as alot of lads then return for 2 tests vs South Africa