Ulster v Cheetahs Sat Feb 22 7:35pm Premier Sports 2

[rumncoke]

i expect a few more will do the same

[TopPoster]

It’ll be a kick in the jewels seeing what we could have had, instead of what we have.

[big mervyn]

He'll get the reception he fully deserves. Ruuuuuuaaaaaan!!

Is he expected to start?

[solidarity]

Ruan may well get a bigger cheer than the Ulster team running out.

[rumncoke]

I suspect that Ruan would now being playing for Cheetahs given the family circumstances

[Neill_M]

Ulster team to play Toyota Cheetahs, Guinness PRO14 Round 12, Saturday 22 February at Kingspan Stadium, kick-off 7.35pm:

(15-9) Michael Lowry, Robert Baloucoune, Luke Marshall, James Hume, Louis Ludik, Bill Johnston, David Shanahan.

(1-8) Eric O'Sullivan, Adam McBurney, Marty Moore, Alan O'Connor (Capt.), Kieran Treadwell, Nick Timoney, Jordi Murphy, Marcell Coetzee.

Replacements: John Andrew, Andrew Warwick, Tom O'Toole, David O'Connor, Sean Reidy, Jonny Stewart, Stewart Moore, Craig Gilroy.

[Neill_M]

Ulster vs Toyota Cheetahs, Saturday, 22 February 2020, 19:35 (21:35 SA time)

1 Boan Venter; 2 Wilmar Arnoldi; 3 Luan de Bruin; 4 Sintu Manjezi; 5 Walt Steenkamp; 6 Chris Massyn; 7 Junior Pokomela; 8 Jasper Wiese; 9 Ruan Pienaar (Captain); 10 Tian Schoeman; 11 Craig Barry; 12 Benhard Janse van Rensburg; 13 William Small-Smith; 14 Rhyno Smith; 15 Clayton Blommetjies .

Replacements:

16 Joseph Dweba; 17 Charles Marais; 18 Aranos Coetzee; 19 JP du Preez; 20 Aidon Davis; 21 Tian Meyer; 22 Louis Fouche; 23 Chris Smit.

[rumncoke]

That's a very young back line indeed and bar about 5 players a very young side.

[SparkyClarky]

There could be a few people watching from behind the sofa at home tonight if Cheetahs get an early foothold.
Potential banana skin.
Would take any win at this stage but hoping the boys prove I had nothing to worry about?

[GLENN CORNICK]

Good ref eh?

[SparkyClarky]

Ref the laws of the game or not! Nigel can be Nigel but Adamson is just clueless.
Offside.....what’s that?
#Dickhead

[Jackie Brown]

I'd have Johnson ahead of Burns

[SparkyClarky]

Burns, Marcel, Hume and O’Toole stood out for me.
Happy to take the win with the record added pressure tonight.
Better result next week and looking good again.

[SparkyClarky]

Small add on when the prop went to the sin O’Connor should have taken a scrum for me. Get a back off and give us more space in wider channels for 10 mins with another fatty on the Park lol

[Bart S]

Burns, Marcel, Hume and O’Toole stood out for me.
Happy to take the win with the record added pressure tonight.
Better result next week and looking good again.

Presume you meant Johnston rather than Burns? If so i’d agree.

Johnston seems to be growing in confidence. Hope he gets a start at Bennetton next week although irfu may want burns to get some gametime.

I sometimes feel like i have got it in for Shannahan but he fills me with zero confidence. Reminds me of when we used to have Niall O’Connor at outhalf.