If Glaws and/or Westies do us a favour the night ...

BrianMc · Post by **BrianMc** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:20 pm

156/3 Tackles made/missed

Superb by the Westies

And if, when all a vigil keep,
The West's asleep! the West's asleep!
Alas! and well may Erin beagle
That Connacht lies in slumber deep.
But, hark! a voice like thunder spake,
The West's awake! the West's awake!
Sing, Oh! hurrah! let England quake,
We'll watch till death for Erin's sake

Bart S · Post by **Bart S** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:29 am

2 teams with everything to play for and 2 teams with realistically nothing to play for but pride and look who won. Fair play to both Connacht and Glaws for their efforts tonight

Saw a lot of people on here last week moaning about tame surrenders by certain teams but tonight both these teams showed the professionalism and hunger required.

When Connacht got into the Heiny I always felt they would take a scalp at the Sportsground. I'm just delighted it was tonight. A good night for Connacht, Ulster and Irish rugby and also great to hear John Muldoon saying he was happy to give us the tip into the QF's

shamalicious · Post by **shamalicious** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:30 am

John Muldoon said he was happy to get Ulster into the QFs in his post match interview. Just got yourself a couple of fans from Ulster big guy!

shamalicious · Post by **shamalicious** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:31 am

Beat me to it Bart!

Bart S · Post by **Bart S** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:45 am

Best way to repay Connacht for the MASSIVE effort they put in tonight over 80+ minutes??

Win the Heiny and get them back in it for next year!!!

BaggyTrousers · Post by **BaggyTrousers** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:51 am

BrianMc wrote:156/3 Tackles made/missed

Superb by the Westies

And if, when all a vigil keep,
The West's asleep! the West's asleep!
Alas! and well may Erin beagle
That Connacht lies in slumber deep.
But, hark! a voice like thunder spake,
The West's awake! the West's awake!
Sing, Oh! hurrah! let England quake,
We'll watch till death for Erin's sake

Quality, I knew their defence had been awesome but that is a quite remarkable stat.

Rooster · Post by **Rooster** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:54 am

Bart S wrote:Best way to repay Connacht for the MASSIVE effort they put in tonight over 80+ minutes??

Win the Heiny and get them back in it for next year!!!

big mervyn · Post by **big mervyn** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:57 am

Don't suppose anybody had the double?

Wouldn't surprise me now if Racing and Irish complete the quad.

Bart S · Post by **Bart S** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:02 am

big mervyn wrote:Don't suppose anybody had the double?

Wouldn't surprise me now if Racing and Irish complete the quad.

TBH, I thought 3 had a chance, 2 of which were tonight. The only one I gave no chance to was Racing. No way can I see them winning in Cardiff. LI on the other hand....

damianmcr · Post by **damianmcr** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:03 am

The pitch invasion after the Connacht win. Will we do one the next home match?

Bart S · Post by **Bart S** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:07 am

Was some chat on the Rugby Club after Sale lost to Brive on Thurs night about how the AP was perhaps not that strong and that england could be in for a tough time.

Wonder what they think now after high flying Quins were slain by one of the Rabo's lesser lights

cables · Post by **cables** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:12 am

As if the wheels have came off their chariot perhaps.

ruckover · Post by **ruckover** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:10 am

damianmcr wrote:The pitch invasion after the Connacht win. Will we do one the next home match?

Unless you want to be arrested, then no. Apparently it is now a 'criminal offence' to run onto the pitch at the end of an Ulster match

As for the AP is now the worst league in Europe, that's a load of rubbish. They may not be doing so well in Europe due to injuries (Leicester last week, although yes we would've hammered then anyway), or problems within the club (Selorn Kuadey had just died for Sale). But, there is a flipside as there's the fact that most were in difficult pools, meaning that when the going gets tough, they struggle. Leicester I tipped to qualify top from our pool, but look now; Quins had Toulouse, the most successful team in HCup history, yet they blew it against the other teams; London Irish should've been pushing for Amlin at least, but they lost all their home games which is a complete sin in Europe; Bath we didn't expect much from; fair play to Sarries, they managed to navigate their way through a tough pool and can hold their heads high. So while it wasn't a successful campaign, it certainly doesn't spell doom and gloom for the AP.

againstthehead · Post by **againstthehead** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:23 am

A few Ullster players were twittering Mudoon last week askin for a favour - looks as though they're pretty good mates.

porterbelly · Post by **porterbelly** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:03 pm

againstthehead wrote:A few Ullster players were twittering Mudoon last week askin for a favour - looks as though they're pretty good mates.

Prob knows a few of them from in and around the Irish setup

Huge win for us, you saw what it meant to players and fans

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