Toulouse Vs Ulster - Man of the match
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Toulouse Vs Ulster - Man of the match
Quite a few top notch performances, for me The Cat was on fire and man of the match but who was the pick of the forwards?
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Even if he hadn't scored the tries, I'd still have given it to him for his defence.
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Agreed. The three tried would have expected of any winger given those opportunities, but his recovery speed and strength in the tackled was outstanding.
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I think the pack really had their work cut out. The power was immense from the Toulose side. Some great jackals from EOS, Timoney, Duane etc. Marcus Rea worked his socks off. Marty Moore is worth his considerable weight in gold. Hendy looked pooped from last week. Maybe missed a few tackles. You couldn't necessarily fault them with the level of opposition.
Rob thoroughly deserves his accolade. The best winger in Ireland at present.
Rob thoroughly deserves his accolade. The best winger in Ireland at present.
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Gave it to RB but Nathan Doak deserves an honourable mention for the tackle he made
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From what I can recall that was the best overall performance by an ulster winger in Europe since Andrew Trimble at home to Leocester around 2012 from memory.
Baloucoune was outstanding - his finishes, amazing break, great chasing and tackling. I recall twice where he made tackles and immediately got up and made another.
Absolutely outstanding
Baloucoune was outstanding - his finishes, amazing break, great chasing and tackling. I recall twice where he made tackles and immediately got up and made another.
Absolutely outstanding
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I think that's a great example whereby a 7s background mentality has clearly benefited a player
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Still a nice defensive read by RB to go for the interception, Toulouse actually had an overlap: fair play RB saw he was against a forward, and DuPonts pass was sloppy so he picked their pocket.
DuPont was pretty ballsy post game in his opinion that the winger shouldn’t have had a red (and general ref injustice) - it was a red as long as he has a hole in his Brennan.
Hopefully this feeds into a frenzied atmosphere at Ravenhill-hopefully Doak/Cooney &Rea can get on his back. This could be the game to really fire the atmosphere back up, interesting comments by McWhirter that things have gone a bit flat atmosphere wise.
My last game over was Bath which was a flat performance win, whereas the time before was R92 and the place was absolutely bouncing….we need that next week.
DuPont was pretty ballsy post game in his opinion that the winger shouldn’t have had a red (and general ref injustice) - it was a red as long as he has a hole in his Brennan.
Hopefully this feeds into a frenzied atmosphere at Ravenhill-hopefully Doak/Cooney &Rea can get on his back. This could be the game to really fire the atmosphere back up, interesting comments by McWhirter that things have gone a bit flat atmosphere wise.
My last game over was Bath which was a flat performance win, whereas the time before was R92 and the place was absolutely bouncing….we need that next week.
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The atmosphere at Ravers has been flat most of the time for a while now. We can hardly get a single round of SUFTUM at the start of either half and next to nothing thereafter. When was the last time we had a 'Cheerio, cheerio, cheerio' when an oppo player was sent to the sin bin?
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A corporate MOTM for the pack?Dave wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:36 am I think the pack really had their work cut out. The power was immense from the Toulose side. Some great jackals from EOS, Timoney, Duane etc. Marcus Rea worked his socks off. Marty Moore is worth his considerable weight in gold. Hendy looked pooped from last week. Maybe missed a few tackles. You couldn't necessarily fault them with the level of opposition.
Could well get my vote.
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Probably still manage several Marseillaises thoughsolidarity wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 3:16 pm The atmosphere at Ravers has been flat most of the time for a while now. We can hardly get a single round of SUFTUM at the start of either half and next to nothing thereafter. When was the last time we had a 'Cheerio, cheerio, cheerio' when an oppo player was sent to the sin bin?
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Terrific effort by our forwards against their monsters.
Rob was on fire in both attack and defence.
Hopefully they can raise the emotional intensity again this week without becoming headless chickens.
Rob was on fire in both attack and defence.
Hopefully they can raise the emotional intensity again this week without becoming headless chickens.
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Like the 'most of the time' dropped in there.... thought the last 20 v Leinster at home was the most committed crowd I'd heard for a while.....and I'd contend that it really made a difference for the players. This season v Clermont was good too (although the choice in the last 5 minutes to support or quietly worry seemed a valid one).solidarity wrote: ↑Sun Apr 10, 2022 3:16 pm The atmosphere at Ravers has been flat most of the time for a while now. We can hardly get a single round of SUFTUM at the start of either half and next to nothing thereafter. When was the last time we had a 'Cheerio, cheerio, cheerio' when an oppo player was sent to the sin bin?
Interesting that for the one of the most recent matches (?v Leinster or Connacht?) the PA didn't play the Pet Shop Boys tune at the start of at least one of the halves (or was it both ?) and a SUFTUM still managed to get organised. Getting that right (with or without the music) is easily sorted by the camera outside the changing rooms being linked to the big screen - watch the match on TV and you get to see them in the corridor, but it's never shown on the big screens in the ground ???
As for why it's generally been flat over the past few seasons ? Well, I'd propose two things:
(i) there is now a general expectation that Ulster will win, therefore why do anything but watch and marvel. It's only the tight matches where the crowd get aerated (which they will v Toulouse).
(ii) not a lot of terrible decisions to get the crowd riled - the almost arbitrary red carding of players when there is any head contact at all seems to confuse rather than enrage. And the endless nanny-ing about to get there takes the ire out too... Btw, absolutely loved Wayne Barnes's brisk summary of the four things J-C Malla didn't do at all well on Saturday. The only answer Barnes was taking from the TMO was yes. Quinton Immelman, beware Mr Barnes.
And finally, there's always two other reasons -
- far too many people arriving late into their seats with pints and leaving before the end of the half for the bar or the car. You're too busy getting up and down to get involved in the match; and
- selective memory of the great occasions (e.g. Sarries QF in 2014). Even in the Muller/Pienaar & Jackson/Olding years plenty of snore fests for the crowd.
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Also - I don't gulder any more.