European Club Rugby
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@Billy-Tell said in NH club rugby:
@Pot-Hale said in NH club rugby:
@Tim said in NH club rugby:
That was a pretty shoddy tackle attempt from him though.
It was. He looks completely disinterested. Ulster are a shambles.
Did you watch the game? He was very busy all night and his only mistake was that missed tackle on Nowell (and a bit of dodgy restart when Jackson was in the bin). Ulster are not a shambles. They just don't have a very good forward pack.
I did watch it. And I watched Piutau at the game in the RDS - hence my observation.
Shanahan is not a good enough standard scrum-half for a must-win European game. The back-line play was obvious and evident and once Exeter had worked that out and Jackson's plays, they were pretty muted. The pack is seriously missing talent in the locks and back row.
Ulster are unfortunate in signing Marcel Coetzee for this season and then him not being available due to injury. They'll need him and Pienaar back badly if they want to hit the top 6 which they're in danger of missing out on.
Signs on it that today that Ulster have announced the signing of No 9, John Cooney from Connacht (brilliant game deputising at 10 at the weekend) for next season to replace Pienaar. And they've also signed Arno Botha - a capped NIQ - to come into the back row. And they plan to announce another second row player in the next few weeks. I also suspect that Kiss will stay put, but Nucifora will help give the chop to local assistant coaches Clarke and Doak, and bring in other foreign coaches to support Kiss.
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Piatau, botha, coetzee, pienaar, nucifora, kiss "irish" rugby
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@mariner4life said in NH club rugby:
Piatau, botha, coetzee, pienaar, nucifora, kiss "irish" rugby
Nothing wrong with getting outside expertise.
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@profitius said in NH club rugby:
@mariner4life said in NH club rugby:
Piatau, botha, coetzee, pienaar, nucifora, kiss "irish" rugby
Nothing wrong with getting outside expertise.
It's certainly made them better.
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@mariner4life said in NH club rugby:
Piatau, botha, coetzee, pienaar, nucifora, kiss "irish" rugby
And your alternative is?
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@Pot-Hale not take posts on the Fern too seriously?
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@mariner4life said in NH club rugby:
@Pot-Hale not take posts on the Fern too seriously?
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This weekend's European Champions & Challenge Cup games & NZ broadcast times (Rugby Channel):
Sat 21/1, 8.40am: Castres v Leinster (LIVE - Champ Cup pool 4) - replay Sat 2pm, 8pm
Sat 21/1, 11.00am: Montpellier v Northampton Saints (Delayed - Champ Cup pool 4) - replay Sat 10.30pm, Mon 6.30pmSun 22/1, 2.00am: Ulster v Bordeaux-Begles (LIVE - Champ Cup pool 5) - replay Mon 12.00am
Sun 22/1, 4.15am: Sale Sharks v Scarlets (LIVE - Champ Cup pool 3) - replay Wed 2.30pm
Sun 22/1, 6.30am: Leicester Tigers v Glasgow Warriors (LIVE - Champ Cup pool 1) - replay Sun 6.00pm
Sun 22/1, 8.40am: Clermont v Exeter Chiefs (Delayed - Champ Cup pool 5) - replay Sun 8.00pm
Sun 22/1, 11.00am: Saracens v Toulon (Delayed - champ Cup pool 3) - replay Sun 10.00pm
Sun 22/1, 1.00pm: Munster v Racing 92 (Delayed - Champ Cup pool 1) - replay Mon 11.00am, 8.30pm
Sun 22/1, 3.00pm: La Rochelle v Treviso (Delayed - Chall Cup pool 1) - replay Thu 4.30pmMon 23/1, 2.00am: Stade Francais v Harlequins (LIVE - Chall Cup pool 5) - replay Mon 8.30am
Mon 23/1, 4.15am: Toulouse v Connacht (LIVE - Champ Cup pool 2) - replay Mon 1:00pm
Mon 23/1, 6.30am: Zebre v Wasps (Delayed - Champ Cup pool 2) - replay Mon 4.30pmThere are more replays througout the week.
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I watched bits of Leinster v Castre the other day. Leinster looked pretty good except for their halfback, who barely looked club standard. Pot Hale is he their usual bloke? he was fucking terrible, and stifled so many attacks.
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@mariner4life said in NH club rugby:
I watched bits of Leinster v Castre the other day. Leinster looked pretty good except for their halfback, who barely looked club standard. Pot Hale is he their usual bloke? he was fucking terrible, and stifled so many attacks.
Luke McGrath, yeah he is their first choice. Superb athlete but his skills lets him down. They've been spending a few years trying to upskill him and overall he mixes the good with the bad but imo his basics are not good enough and it often leads to error ridden performances. He is probably Ireland's 3rd choice in that position!
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I see Munster have signed three players from English Premiership and Top 14 clubs for next season - James Hart, scrum half from Racing 92 and formerly Grenoble, Chris Farrell from Grenoble, and JJ Harrahan moves back from Northampton to his old province.
Good signs to see all three are Irish-born/qualified.
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Jono Gibbes leaving Clermont to become the new Head Coach of Ulster (2 year contract)
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According to the French paper Midi Olympique, Ma'a Nonu has extended his contract with Toulon with one year.
https://www.midi-olympique.fr/breve/28530-maa-nonu-un-an-plus-au-rct
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Apparently DC has been caught driving almost twice the legal limit and not carrying a licence.
Surely this is Steve TEw and NZ Rugby's fault too?
