Edinburgh Rugby v Ulster Rugby

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Edinburgh Rugby v Ulster Rugby
Guiness Pro 12 Round 8
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Friday 4th November 2016, 19:35 Kick-off
Live on BBCS Alba and BBC NI

Teams
Edinburgh Rugby
(15-9): Blair Kinghorn, Damien Hoyland, Chris Dean, Phil Burleigh, Tom Brown, Jason Tovey, Sean Kennedy
(1-8): Jack Cosgrove, Neil Cochrane CAPTAIN, Murray McCallum, Fraser McKenzie, Ben Toolis, Viliame Mata, Jamie Ritchie, Magnus Bradbury
Replacements (16-23): Stuart McInally, Kyle Whyte, Felipe Arregui, Lewis Carmichael, Cornell Du Preez, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, Duncan Weir, Michael Allen

Ulster Rugby
(15-9): C Piutau; T Bowe, L Marshall, S Windsor, R Lyttle, B Herron, R Pienaar;
(1-8): K McCall, R Herring (capt), W Herbst, D Tuohy, F van der Merwe, P Browne, C Ross, S Reidy;
Replacements (16-23): J Andrew, R Kane, A Warwick, R Diack, C Joyce, P Marshall, A Cairns, J Stockdale

Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)
Assistant Referees: Dudley Phillips (IRFU), Lloyd Linton (SRU)
Citing Commissioner: John Kirk (SRU)
TMO: Gareth Simmonds (WRU)

So Edinburgh take on Ulster this weekend in round 8.
Edinburgh come off a bad result losing to Zebre last week while Ulster also come off a loss to Munster last week.
The internationals coming up mean that squads for this could be interesting.  Ulster will lose 4 players to the Ireland squad this weekend as well as their lengthy injury list.

George Carlin wrote:

Munchkin wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:

Munchkin wrote:

marty2086 wrote:Ulster team
(15-9): C Piutau; T Bowe, L Marshall, S Windsor, R Lyttle, B Herron, R Pienaar;
(1-8): C Black, R Herring (capt), W Herbst, D Tuohy, F van der Merwe, P Browne, C Ross, S Reidy;
Replacements (16-23): J Andrew, K McCall, A Warwick, R Diack, C Joyce, P Marshall, A Cairns, J Stockdale

Has Cairns been playing 10 for the Ravens A team?

Apparently Cairns is a 9 converted to wing.

Diack must be miffed that Browne starts ahead of him at 6. I'm looking forward to seeing how Browne plays at 6. Can't be any worse than Diack, and might actually play much better.

Not often I can say this, but our pack looks stronger than Edinburghs They will probably conspire to be bullied off the park though

And that is a real worry for us given the talents in your backline - Piatau will run riot on the wide Murrayfield pitch, especially if he runs at Hoyland (who can't tackle)!

Not sure how much talent is in our backline. Bowe looks done, Windsor has never impressed and Herron might just pass as solid. P Marshall also passes as solid, but a different kind of solid.

On paper we look stronger, but in reality we play like headless chickens on Prozac.

Hoping more for this

http://www.punditarena.com/rugby/jotoole/stephen-ferris-foolish-write-off-tommy-bowe/

Someone has been reading 606

marty2086 wrote:http://www.punditarena.com/rugby/jotoole/stephen-ferris-foolish-write-off-tommy-bowe/

Someone has been reading 606

Munchkin wrote:

marty2086 wrote:http://www.punditarena.com/rugby/jotoole/stephen-ferris-foolish-write-off-tommy-bowe/

Someone has been reading 606

Ah you don't need to run his knee's banjaxed. Course if he catches you

neilthom7 wrote:

Munchkin wrote:

marty2086 wrote:http://www.punditarena.com/rugby/jotoole/stephen-ferris-foolish-write-off-tommy-bowe/

Someone has been reading 606

Ah you don't need to run his knee's banjaxed.  Course if he catches you

Then more than your knee will be banjaxed

marty2086 wrote:

neilthom7 wrote:

Munchkin wrote:

marty2086 wrote:http://www.punditarena.com/rugby/jotoole/stephen-ferris-foolish-write-off-tommy-bowe/

Someone has been reading 606

Ah you don't need to run his knee's banjaxed.  Course if he catches you

Then more than your knee will be banjaxed

Yeah we have all watched him long enough to know how that story ends lol
Something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q33bW8ld748

neilthom7 wrote:

Munchkin wrote:

marty2086 wrote:http://www.punditarena.com/rugby/jotoole/stephen-ferris-foolish-write-off-tommy-bowe/

Someone has been reading 606

Ah you don't need to run his knee's banjaxed.  Course if he catches you

Even thinking about it is damaging.

I really am a big fan of Tommy  Honestly, Stevie

Munchkin wrote:

neilthom7 wrote:

Munchkin wrote:

marty2086 wrote:http://www.punditarena.com/rugby/jotoole/stephen-ferris-foolish-write-off-tommy-bowe/

Someone has been reading 606

Ah you don't need to run his knee's banjaxed.  Course if he catches you

Even thinking about it is damaging.

I really am a big fan of Tommy  Honestly, Stevie

Yeah I covered my ribs just watching that video, how much could use him right about now, wonder how that knee feels?

neilthom7 wrote:

Munchkin wrote:

neilthom7 wrote:

Munchkin wrote:

marty2086 wrote:http://www.punditarena.com/rugby/jotoole/stephen-ferris-foolish-write-off-tommy-bowe/

Someone has been reading 606

Ah you don't need to run his knee's banjaxed.  Course if he catches you

Even thinking about it is damaging.

I really am a big fan of Tommy  Honestly, Stevie

Yeah I covered my ribs just watching that video, how much could use him right about now, wonder how that knee feels?

If only ... The video clip following the one you posted shows the passion and the raw aggression in the man, and he was just commentating! That's the sort of nasty this side is missing but, coupled with the physical freak that Ferris was, Ferris was a genuine world class nightmare for the opposition.

neilthom7 wrote:Yeah we have all watched him long enough to know how that story ends lol
Something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q33bW8ld748

He's more aggression with one good knee than our whole pack now! God, I'd give anything to get a fit Stephen Ferris circa 2009 back in an Ulster shirt. Can't imagine the difference that would make.

Wasn't it his ankle that forced him to retire?

neilthom7 wrote:

marty2086 wrote:

neilthom7 wrote:

Munchkin wrote:

marty2086 wrote:http://www.punditarena.com/rugby/jotoole/stephen-ferris-foolish-write-off-tommy-bowe/

Someone has been reading 606

Ah you don't need to run his knee's banjaxed.  Course if he catches you

Then more than your knee will be banjaxed

Yeah we have all watched him long enough to know how that story ends lol
Something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q33bW8ld748

Still get goosebumps watching that clip, got something in my eye too

Right so it's decided then we are all ok with QUB bioengineering stuff as long as they make us a knee/ankle or whatever the problem is for stephen ferris first?

neilthom7 wrote:Right so it's decided then we are all ok with QUB bioengineering stuff as long as they make us a knee/ankle or whatever the problem is for stephen ferris first?

Screw that we want a full blown backrow made up of clones of the man

Change to the Ulster Team
Calum Black's wife their second child this morning so Kyle McCall starts with Ross Kane coming onto the bench.
Congrats to Calum and his wife on the new arrival

I can confirm that it's really cold here.

funnyExiledScot wrote:I can confirm that it's really cold here.

Feel for you mate

neilthom7 wrote:Change to the Ulster Team
Calum Black's wife their second child this morning so Kyle McCall starts with Ross Kane coming onto the bench.
Congrats to Calum and his wife on the new arrival

Good news for Callum Black, good news for the Edinburgh front row!

carpet baboon wrote:Wasn't it his ankle that forced him to retire?

I think everything from the hip down was cream-crackered, but you may very well be correct.

Well, here's hoping.

Sure, there's always next season

That was weak beyond belief.

How many mistakes could you pick out already...

Thats 2 Ireland internationals waving Mata through to the line there

Oh God, this is a horror show

Tempted to just switch to the Munster game if Ulster are going to produce this drivel all night.

This is going well.

There's no pride in this Ulster team right now. Absolutely pathetic

Piutau will be on the phone to Wasps- take me back please!

I have never seen such utter gash from an Ulster side thus far. Just embarrassing

Lyttle caught out of position again- they'll pin us back on that wing all night.

And of course we feck up the lineout. Christ the night, this is shocking... what is going on in that dressing room.

Well I wish I was still at work.

I just feel sick watching this. Absolutely appalling. Hope the team can find some pride and intensity but the body language is just terrible from our players. They don't want to be there.

Rubbing my eyes furiously. Changed my specs three times and gave them an extra polish. Banged on the telly, fiddled with the rabbits ears.

But no the screen still says Edinburgh 15-0 Ulster after 18 minutes.

Les Kiss is not having a good time of late.

Munster up by two tries already at Musgrave.

Don't worry guys Edinburgh will Frak up in some way.

We are a joke.

Players are just walking around at 20 minutes, what is going on?

It's a night for strange scorelines.

Treviso 21-13 Cardiff

Dragons 13-6 Connacht.

It's times like this I resent this sites stringent swear filter

Passive defence and turning over ball so cheaply

It just gets worse. Edinburgh by far the better side so far. I think I might switch off soon

Notch wrote:It's times like this I resent this sites stringent swear filter

Lol. I'm actually looking forward to hearing Ferris at half-time. I think he will have the same issue.

Edinburgh could have this wrapped up by halftime. There's 15 Ulster players out there who wish they were back in Belfast. Where's the fight?

Why are we kicking the ball away the first time we get possession on their 22? Christ alive.

Munster game easily more watchable

I'm not seeing any Ulster players talking, cajoling, motivating. No leaders.

You know how Neil Doak has been Skills Coach since McLaughlins time at least. Well why is it teams like Edinburgh and Glasgow can offload the ball smoothly under pressure but every time we throw an offload there's a 50/50 chance of a turnover.

Idle thoughts.

Edinburgh = Team
Ulster = Some rugby players