European Club Rugby
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@Pot-Hale said in NH club rugby:
Glasgow up 10-5 in a free running against Connacht at Scotstoun.
A bit harem scarem as both sides throwing the ball around and the offside line being ignored with two rush defences.
200 year old Sean Lamont defying the critics and scoring a sensational try. What a guy.
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European Champions Cup and Challenge Cup: Quarter Finals
All these game will be televised live in NZ on the Rugby Channel & there will be plenty of replays:
Saturday, 1 April
7:55am - Challenge Cup: Edinburgh Rugby v La Rochelle LIVE1:00pm - Challenge Cup: Edinburgh Rugby v La Rochelle Replay
Sunday, 2 April
12:40am - Challenge Cup: Bath v Brive LIVE
2:10am - Champions Cup: Leinster v Wasps LIVE
4:40am - Champions Cup: Munster and Toulouse LIVE
7:00am - Challenge Cup: Gloucester Rugby v Cardiff Blues LIVE3:30pm - Champions Cup: Leinster v Wasps Replay
5:30pm - Champions Cup: Munster and Toulouse Replay
11:55pm - Champions Cup: Saracens v Glasgow LIVEMonday, 3 April
2:10am - Champions Cup: Clermont Auvergne v Toulon LIVE
4:40am - Challenge Cup: Ospreys v Stade Francais LIVE8:00am - Champions Cup: Saracens v Glasgow Replay
10:00am - Champions Cup: Clermont Auvergne v Toulon Replay12:00pm - Challenge Cup: Ospreys v Stade Francais Replay
2:00pm - Challenge Cup: Gloucester Rugby v Cardiff Blues ReplayTuesday, 4 April
12:00am - Champions Cup: Leinster v Wasps Replay
2:00am - Champions Cup: Saracens v Glasgow Replay
4:00am - Champions Cup: Clermont Auvergne v Toulon Replay
11:00am - Challenge Cup: Bath v Brive ReplayWednesday, 5 April
1:30am - Challenge Cup: Gloucester Rugby v Cardiff Blues Replay
3:30am - Champions Cup: Munster and Toulouse Replay
8:30am - Champions Cup: Leinster v Wasps Replay1:00pm - Champions Cup: Clermont Auvergne v Toulon Replay
5:00pm - Challenge Cup: Edinburgh Rugby v La Rochelle Replay
7.00pm - Champions Cup: Saracens v Glasgow Replay
11:00pm - Challenge Cup: Bath v Brive Replay -
La Rochelle really is the surprise package this season. Leading the Top 14 table, and now through to the European Challenge Cup semis (for the first time). I wonder how much that is due to having Victor Vito in the team; because Top 14 games are not televised in NZ, I've only watched a limited number of Top 14 games online, so I can't possibly tell.
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Anyone else watching Leinster vs Wasps? Kurtley Beale with an absolutely scintillating break to put Le Roux away - who dropped it over the line. Otherwise Leinster a class above so far, just steamrolling what is currently the top side of the English championship. Cipriani has been woeful for Wasps.
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@Billy-Tell Bad stuff up from Le Roux.
As a Tahs fan, I'm thrilled Beale is coming back.
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Good game from Leinster with their young team starting to make waves. They'll be away in France against Clermont or Toulon for the semis which may be a step too far for them this season, but top of the league and one game away from the European final is a good place to be after their horror show last year.
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@antipodean said in NH club rugby:
@Billy-Tell Bad stuff up from Le Roux.
As a Tahs fan, I'm thrilled Beale is coming back.
A Tahs fan?
** puts antipodean onto ignore list **
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Great win from Saracens. Gutsy effort from the Glasgow Warriors not reflected in the score, but they were in it for most of the first half; lost it in the second. Saracens 38 - 13 Glasgow (HT 14-3)
Excellent win from Clermont over Toulon! Toulon had nothing on attack. It looked to become a low scoring game, but Clermont dominated most of it and were finally rewarded with a couple of good tries. 29-9 to the yellow and blues (HT 6-6).
Semi-finals: Clermont v Leinster in Lyon and Munster v Saracens in Dublin.
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@Stargazer said in NH club rugby:
Great win from Saracens. Gutsy effort from the Glasgow Warriors not reflected in the score, but they were in it for most of the first half; lost it in the second. Saracens 38 - 13 Glasgow (HT 14-3)
Excellent win from Clermont over Toulon! Toulon had nothing on attack. It looked to become a low scoring game, but Clermont dominated most of it and were finally rewarded with a couple of good tries. 29-9 to the yellow and blues (HT 6-6).
Semi-finals: Clermont v Leinster in Lyon and Munster v Saracens in Dublin.
I find French rugby quite puke to watch. It always seem to be about brawn in the forwards and garyowens/boxkicks in the backs. Lyon is not too far from where I live, might have to go support Leinster.
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Sarries look pretty unstoppable at home at the moment. Score was a fair reflection of the game for me, especially give they had 3/4 tries called back by the TMO. Actually pretty decent to watch these days. Lots of go forward, managed to engineer plenty of holes in the Glasgow defence with Farrell having a decent game pulling the strings at 10. That said, Munster in Dublin will be a much harder test and could go either way.
Complete opposite from Wasps yesterday, who definitely have a weak underbelly despite the galacticos they've assembled. Well beaten by a good Leinster team.
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@Stargazer said in NH club rugby:
Sad to read this: Conrad Smith's French rugby horror show continues
He had a pretty blessed run with the ABs compared to most and I could think of worse things than being an injured pro rugby player in France.
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@MN5 said in NH club rugby:
He had a pretty blessed run with the ABs compared to most
He had a bad run of injuries at the start of career didn't he?
I remember some posters here questioning if he had the durability to play Tests matches.. they were almost as wrong as the people who said Mealamu wasn't physical enough to handle Super Rugby
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@MN5 said in NH club rugby:
@Stargazer said in NH club rugby:
Sad to read this: Conrad Smith's French rugby horror show continues
He had a pretty blessed run with the ABs compared to most and I could think of worse things than being an injured pro rugby player in France.
Strange comment. Does that make it any less sad for him to be out injured like that? Badly injured is badly injured.
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@Stargazer said in NH club rugby:
@MN5 said in NH club rugby:
@Stargazer said in NH club rugby:
Sad to read this: Conrad Smith's French rugby horror show continues
He had a pretty blessed run with the ABs compared to most and I could think of worse things than being an injured pro rugby player in France.
Strange comment. Does that make it any less sad for him to be out injured like that? Badly injured is badly injured.
Not strange at all, he's had a career that few can match and hopefully he'll make a full recovery. It's not like he's an up and comer who ended up quadraplegic before even getting a chance to play test rugby. I'm sure it's frustrating as hell for him but not the end of the world.
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@Billy-Tell said in NH club rugby:
Anyone else watching Leinster vs Wasps? Kurtley Beale with an absolutely scintillating break to put Le Roux away - who dropped it over the line. Otherwise Leinster a class above so far, just steamrolling what is currently the top side of the English championship. Cipriani has been woeful for Wasps.
And Jimmy Goperth looking like one of Wasps best players in that game & all season at 12. Jeez he has had a great second career up north
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@Stargazer said in NH club rugby:
@MN5 said in NH club rugby:
@Stargazer said in NH club rugby:
Sad to read this: Conrad Smith's French rugby horror show continues
He had a pretty blessed run with the ABs compared to most and I could think of worse things than being an injured pro rugby player in France.
Strange comment. Does that make it any less sad for him to be out injured like that? Badly injured is badly injured.
Agree with MN5, Conrad's had a great career and it's now winding down. If I was the POTUS and I was about to end a tweet I'd say "Not that sad!"
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