Champions Cup Pool 1: Ulster v Saracens, 20 November

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Ulster Rugby v Saracens
Friday 20 November 2015
KO: 19:45
Kingspan Stadium, Belfast

Live on BT Sport / beIN Sports

Referee Romain Poite (France)
Touch Judge 1 Cyril Lafon (France)
Touch Judge 2 Pierre Brousset (France)
Fourth Official Richard Kerr (Ireland)
TMO Eric Gauzins (France)

A. Head to Head

6 Played 6
1 Wins 5
5 Losses 1
0 Draws 0
98 Points 148

B. Recent Form

5 April 2014
Ulster 15-17 Saracens

6 April 2013
Saracens 27-16 Ulster

C. Teams

Ulster Rugby
 
15. Louis Ludik
14. Andrew Trimble
13. Darren Cave
12. Stuart McCloskey
11. Craig Gilroy
10. Paddy Jackson
09. Ruan Pienaar

01. Callum Black
02. Rory Best (c)
03. Wiehahn Herbst
04. Dan Tuohy
05. Franco Van Der Merwe
06. Iain Henderson
07. Chris Henry
08. Nick Williams

16. Rob Herring
17. Kyle McCall
18. Ricky Lutton
19. Robbie Diack
20. Roger Wilson
21. Paul Marshall
22. Ian Humphreys
23. Peter Nelson

Saracens

15 Alex Goode
14 Chris Ashton
13 Duncan Taylor
12 Brad Barritt (c)
11 Chris Wyles
10 Owen Farrell
09 Richard Wigglesworth

01 Mako Vunipola
02 Schalk Brits
03 Petrus Du Plessis
04 George Kruis
05 Maro Itoje
06 Michael Rhodes
07 Jacques Burger
08 Billy Vunipola

16 Jamie George
17 Rhys Gill
18 Juan Figallo
19 Alistair Hargreaves
20 Jackson Wray
21 Neil De Kock
22 Charlie Hodgson
23 Marcelo Bosch

Wigglesworth is sooooo slow

No consistency in the game what.so.ever.

That is one of the worst I have seen.

I think he's lucky there but to be fair they have relaxed the rules a little since payne

When certain crowds behave like Ulster are tonight, they are labelled all sorts of things.

nathan wrote:I think he's lucky there but to be fair they have relaxed the rules a little since payne

The rules haven't changed at all.

Yellow card only for English team player by French ref on similar taking out in air tackle.

There'll be a few texts and mouth foaming on that one.

0-0 so far.

Chunky Norwich wrote:When certain crowds behave like Ulster are tonight, they are labelled all sorts of things.

At least they aren't calling the referee a cheat. They have a right to feel aggrieved.

Now, travel back under your bridge please.

That was vicious. All the commentators said red, and with what has gone before

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

Chunky Norwich wrote:When certain crowds behave like Ulster are tonight, they are labelled all sorts of things.

At least they aren't calling the referee a cheat. They have a right to feel aggrieved.

Now, travel back under your bridge please.

They are calling for the obvious decision, just like Austin Healy an Englishman

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

nathan wrote:I think he's lucky there but to be fair they have relaxed the rules a little since payne

The rules haven't changed at all.

They were clarified by world rugby this year. Noteably:

Challenging players in the air - Law 10.4(i)
Yellow card – Not a fair challenge, there is no contest and the player is pulled down landing on his back or side

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

nathan wrote:I think he's lucky there but to be fair they have relaxed the rules a little since payne

The rules haven't changed at all.

You know exactly what I mean

toml wrote:

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

Chunky Norwich wrote:When certain crowds behave like Ulster are tonight, they are labelled all sorts of things.

At least they aren't calling the referee a cheat. They have a right to feel aggrieved.

Now, travel back under your bridge please.

They are calling for the obvious decision, just like Austin Healy an Englishman

Chunky wants to portray the Ulster fans as thugs, and he will use any opportunity he can to do so.

Chunky Norwich wrote:When certain crowds behave like Ulster are tonight, they are labelled all sorts of things.

Well when lying toerags make stuff up and try to post opinions as facts they get labelled all sorts of things too.

Pot Hale wrote:

Chunky Norwich wrote:When certain crowds behave like Ulster are tonight, they are labelled all sorts of things.

Well when people make stuff and try to post opinions as facts they get labelled all sorts of things too.

As they should be.

toml wrote:

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

Chunky Norwich wrote:When certain crowds behave like Ulster are tonight, they are labelled all sorts of things.

At least they aren't calling the referee a cheat. They have a right to feel aggrieved.

Now, travel back under your bridge please.

They are calling for the obvious decision, just like Austin Healy an Englishman

No offence, but your playing sarries. No Englishman likes them apart from actual sarrie fans and some of them have lost faith

nathan wrote:

toml wrote:

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

Chunky Norwich wrote:When certain crowds behave like Ulster are tonight, they are labelled all sorts of things.

At least they aren't calling the referee a cheat. They have a right to feel aggrieved.

Now, travel back under your bridge please.

They are calling for the obvious decision, just like Austin Healy an Englishman

No offence, but your playing sarries. No Englishman likes them apart from actual sarrie fans and some of them have lost faith

No offence to me. Austin said it wasn't as bad as it looked, saw the replay and then said straight red.
It was amazing though, to have all the build up about the QF before the game and then to take a man in the air after 3 mins - you couldn't write it

Harsh decision there

Yellow was 100% correct decision in accordance with the laws.

toml wrote:

nathan wrote:

toml wrote:

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

Chunky Norwich wrote:When certain crowds behave like Ulster are tonight, they are labelled all sorts of things.

At least they aren't calling the referee a cheat. They have a right to feel aggrieved.

Now, travel back under your bridge please.

They are calling for the obvious decision, just like Austin Healy an Englishman

No offence, but your playing sarries. No Englishman likes them apart from actual sarrie fans and some of them have lost faith

No offence to me. Austin said it wasn't as bad as it looked, saw the replay and then said straight red.
It was amazing though, to have all the build up about the QF before the game and then to take a man in the air after 3 mins - you couldn't write it

Tell me about it. I'm glad they have relaxed the laws on it a bit. The Payne decision although correct at the time was just stupid.

Okay and it was made 10 minutes ago, so move on.

Chunky Norwich wrote:Yellow was 100% correct decision in accordance with the laws.

Yeah I would have been happy if it had of been a yellow 18 months ago too,

But to red an accidental and to yellow an intentional foul of similar ilk feels we have been a bit hard done by

Good drop goal.

Ulster are clearly trying to use McCloskey to make ground and give the offload to either Gilroy or Henderson as our main attacking weapons, but it is leaving Henderson out of the ruck area a lot more than I would like to see.

Looked offside to me

Maybe not

Burger's hand actually touches Nick Williams' calf yet he's accused of using no arms in the tackle.

That seemed harsh.

Yeah it was harsh, wonder what 9 was getting grumpy about

How was that not a penalty to sarries? It was either knocked back or a deliberate knock on

What place are the Saracens in the Premiership?

That was awful defending. Far, far too narrow.

Rory_Gallagher wrote:What place are the Saracens in the Premiership?

St the top I think?

Why do you ask?

nathan wrote:

Rory_Gallagher wrote:What place are the Saracens in the Premiership?

St the top I think?

Why do you ask?

Well, we are playing them. So I was wondering where they are placed...

I knew they would be near the top anyway.

Thanks though.

Ah cool, no need for the.......

Ulster losing a bit of composure at the minute, need half time to come

nathan wrote:Ah cool, no need for the.......

Ulster losing a bit of composure at the minute, need half time to come

No need for what? The dots?

For being a boobie

Eh... okay.

wind it in

nathan wrote:For being a boobie

All getting a bit heated here and in the game.

For what it's worth Burger has made multiple no arms tackles at knee height and no arms rucking too in the Prem, so I'm pleased to finally see him penalised for it.

He epitomises Sarries, he's a brave, blunt, violent, grafting, sometimes dirty c*nt

Trust me Yappy, things could be a lot worse both on here and in the game. Things aren't really heated here, just a few comments from the usual immature suspects.

I think Saracens will be very happy with how things turned out in that half.

yappysnap wrote:He epitomises Sarries, he's a brave, blunt, violent, grafting, sometimes dirty c*nt

Careful, before someone thinks you're an Ulster fan and starts on our team/fans for no reason.

yappysnap wrote:He epitomises Sarries, he's a brave, blunt, violent, grafting, sometimes dirty c*nt

What a charming thing to say about a rugby club.

Barrett with a couple of punches there, Poite manages to close his eyes in time.

Chunky Norwich wrote:

yappysnap wrote:He epitomises Sarries, he's a brave, blunt, violent, grafting, sometimes dirty c*nt

What a charming thing to say about a rugby club.

Don't cry.

He'd probably agree with it

Well isn't that rich. I was actually counting down how long it would take before that comment fished out Chunky. He didn't disappoint.

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Rory_Gallagher wrote:Trust me Yappy, things could be a lot worse both on here and in the game. Things aren't really heated here, just a few comments from the usual immature suspects.

I think Saracens will be very happy with how things turned out in that half.

Little unfair to lump me in with that lot lol

I think it's pretty even at the moment, the wind (if as bad as they mention) is worth 4 points. Will be interesting to see how they come out in the second half

yappysnap wrote:Barrett with a couple of punches there, Poite manages to close his eyes in time.

What was that? I didn't see it... or is that tongue in cheek

toml wrote:

yappysnap wrote:Barrett with a couple of punches there, Poite manages to close his eyes in time.

What was that? I didn't see it... or is that tongue in cheek

I didn't see it either?

28 mins approx, he runs in to join a maul and throws an uppercutish punch