Toulouse v Ulster H Cup Round of 16 1st Leg Saturday April 9th 3:15pm KO (UK Time) BT Sport 3/beIN SPORTS/ France 2 TV

[big mervyn]

Anyone ever seen a pack over 1000kg before?

That's over a ton/tonne both metric and in "old money"


We're not feeding Marty enough!

[big mervyn]

Predicting a sell out for Saturday now..... can anyone remember the last time we had a sell out?

Sell out as in the ticket variety, not the Shame Logan type!

Or John “my back is a bit tender” Afoa, or Jonno “I’m a wee bit homesick” Gibbes.

... or Marcell ^my contract isn't worth the paper it's written on" Coetzee

[kingofthehill]

Well done, our Northern brethren.

Not sure BOD agreed.

Tommy was c0ck-a-hoop, but BOD a little subdued.

BOD is a hateful little b@stard.

What did BOD say?

Ulster have won the first half (brilliant first half all the same) but job far from done with the likes of Dupont and co.


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[Dave]

Just goes to show that you dont want to be winning at half time.

We are though....

[StandUp]

Predicting a sell out for Saturday now..... can anyone remember the last time we had a sell out?

Sell out as in the ticket variety, not the Shame Logan type!

Or John “my back is a bit tender” Afoa, or Jonno “I’m a wee bit homesick” Gibbes.

... or Marcell ^my contract isn't worth the paper it's written on" Coetzee

Hmm how did I forget about that one?
Too much celebrating yesterday methinks.

[StandUp]

Well done, our Northern brethren.

Not sure BOD agreed.

Tommy was c0ck-a-hoop, but BOD a little subdued.

BOD is a hateful little b@stard.

What did BOD say?

Ulster have won the first half (brilliant first half all the same) but job far from done with the likes of Dupont and co.


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Not what he said so much as his general demeanour.
Tommy was ecstatic in the studio because Ulster did so well. Bod looked like someone stole his wallet.
We all know he has no love for us nordie b@stards, but the Ulster win probably killed his bet too.

[big mervyn]

The muted celebrations at the final whistle were a good sign. A bit disappointed to have conceded the try and already focused on next week.

Should be the best atmosphere at Ravers for a few years. By rights it should be sold out already. Too many fairweather fans and naysayers about these days

[justinr73]

Les poils du chien, some sunshine and Johnny Hallyday on the tannoy and I feel like a new man.

Should be a good game today

[Bart S]

Well done, our Northern brethren.

Not sure BOD agreed.

Tommy was c0ck-a-hoop, but BOD a little subdued.

BOD is a hateful little b@stard.

What did BOD say?

Ulster have won the first half (brilliant first half all the same) but job far from done with the likes of Dupont and co.


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BOD still paying the price on here for his basket case comment. It's only half time in the tie and the short period of post match analysis meant all we saw was him looking more subdued than a beaming Tommy who saw his old team win.

Didn't care for his punditry much when he started but think he is pretty decent and fair these days.

I think a 13 point lead would have made things look a lot different. May even have impacted Toulouse selection. As KOTH says still a long way to go in this.

[Bart S]

Dan has rightly identified the breakdown and Line-out as key work-ons. I wonder if Carter may come into the mix as the one area where I think he operates pretty well is at the Line-out and arguably ulster's best exponent there.

We can't afford to give away so much possession there again.

[Thelaw]

Carter is a total liability on the pitch. Wouldn't be dropping the Strangler or hendo for him

[Dharper]

Between turning them over in their own backyard, some self perceived “ref injustice”, and DuPonts spikey little comments I can see the game getting a bit spicy- which is prob what is needed to get the Ravenhill atmosphere right back to its peak. It has all the ingredients of a Ravenhill classic euro performance. We have an opportunity to put down a serious marker.

[jean valjean]

I don't mind dupont getting narky, it shows he can be rattled. They will come all guns blazing next week, will probably have marchand back, but will need at least 3 changes to their 23. Placines was carried off, The winger will be banned and the no. 23 had to go off injured so will be dipping to the reserves backs. Not much of an issue if they go for 6/2 split again though. When's the ref announced???

[10 or 15 only]

As Merv said it should be a sell out for this Saturday already.
Loads of tickets available throughout the stadium.
The Easter Saturday fixture does not work here.
Too many away in Donegal which is disappointing as it will be a great spectacle and we need all the support we can get.

[Big-al]

Between turning them over in their own backyard, some self perceived “ref injustice”, and DuPonts spikey little comments I can see the game getting a bit spicy- which is prob what is needed to get the Ravenhill atmosphere right back to its peak. It has all the ingredients of a Ravenhill classic euro performance. We have an opportunity to put down a serious marker.

Hopefully ulster starts strong this time.

Always seem to concede 7 or 10pts before going through phases and scoring ourselves. Won’t be good enough next week.

What did DuPont say? Must say the whinging from Toulouse supporters on their forum is a bit surprising. It was a red card and Baloucoune was onside prior to their SH lifting the ball.

Shouldn’t surprise me given that they think Brennan is a hero of the club.