Scarlets v Leinster

Clancied

Ouch. Least it isn't Sunday at 4pm'd though.

I heard from elsewhere Clancy is from Munster, so there is no risk of any bias.

ScarletSpiderman wrote:I heard from elsewhere Clancy is from Munster, so there is no risk of any bias.

But seriously though... why on earth would a Munster man want Leinster to win?

The race for the playoffs is so tight I think Munster and Ulster will be quietly delighted should Scarlets trip up Leinster.

Notch wrote:

ScarletSpiderman wrote:I heard from elsewhere Clancy is from Munster, so there is no risk of any bias.

But seriously though... why on earth would a Munster man want Leinster to win?

The race for the playoffs is so tight I think Munster and Ulster will be quietly delighted should Scarlets trip up Leinster.

What did I say that wasn't serious?

Just looking into it the linesmen are totally neutral too Gwyn Morris (Cardiff), Chris Williams (Bridgend)

I just want it on record that when Clancy screws the Scarlets its purely down to him being rubbish

Notch wrote:

But seriously though... why on earth would a Munster man want Leinster to win?

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Because they both have the same employers.

Jordan Williams - Zane Kirchner
Harry Robinson - Fergus McFadden
Regan King - Ben Te'o
Scott Williams - Gordon D'Arcy
Hadleigh Parkes - Luke Fitzgerald
Steven Shingler - Jimmy Gopperth
Aled Davies - Eoin Reddan

Phil John - Cian Healy
Ken Owens (capt)- Sean Cronin
Peter Edwards - Marty Moore
George Earle - Mike McCarthy
Johan Snyman = Kane Douglas
Lewis Rawlings - Rhys Ruddock (capt)
James Davies - Dominic Ryan
John Barclay - Jack Conan

Replacements
Ryan Elias - Richardt Strauss
Wyn Jones - Michael Bent
Jacobie Adriaanse - Tadhg Furlong
Jack Payne - Tom Denton
Rory Pitman - Josh van der Flier
Gareth Davies - Isaac Boss
Rhys Priestland - Noel Reid
Adam Warren -. Dave Kearney

How the fu*k Clancy still officiates are Pro12/international level bemuses me.

The overall level of officiating in the Pro12 is definitely the worst compared to Aviva, Top 14 and Super Rugby.
Clancy is up there with the worst, the Italian ref isn't consistent and he looks scared half the time, Leighton Hodges is too strict and slows the game down and the bald Irish one is also infuriating to watch because of his lack of consistency in calls.

The only think that could make it worse is if Romain Poite was also in the mix.

Jhamer25 wrote:How the fu*k Clancy still officiates are  Pro12/international level bemuses me.

The overall level of officiating in the Pro12 is  definitely the worst compared to Aviva, Top 14 and Super Rugby.
Clancy is up there with the worst, the Italian ref isn't consistent and he looks scared half the time, Leighton Hodges is too strict and slows the game down and the bald Irish one is also infuriating to watch because of his lack of consistency in calls.

The only think that could make it worse is if Romain Poite was also in the mix.

Who is the bald irish one?

Fitzmonkey or Patterson the Scotsman who's really an Ulsterman?

I don't think I've seen Peter Fitzgibon ref a game for a while

Notch wrote:

ScarletSpiderman wrote:I heard from elsewhere Clancy is from Munster, so there is no risk of any bias.

But seriously though... why on earth would a Munster man want Leinster to win?

A brown envelope from the IRFU?

rodders wrote:

Notch wrote:

ScarletSpiderman wrote:I heard from elsewhere Clancy is from Munster, so there is no risk of any bias.

But seriously though... why on earth would a Munster man want Leinster to win?

A brown envelope from the IRFU?

I think that's a bit far fetched.

But there's definitely a bias in some officials. Take the TMO for the Ulster v Scar game. He's been a rugby man all his life. In Ulster. Loves the game, presumably loves Ulster rugby, yet he's there making key decisions in a game involving them. Why? There shouldn't be the possibility for idiots like me to even suggest that he would not be impartial.

Remove all doubt.

Clancy employed by the same people as the players he's refereeing tomorrow. Why?

Remove all doubt.

It is a joke that Rob Evans hasn't been released for this one. Leinster are getting their 2 benching props from last week..

VinceWLB wrote:It is a joke that Rob Evans hasn't been released for this one. Leinster are getting their 2 benching props from last week..

That's the real problem with the Regions, whilst the IRFU will try their best to assist the Provinces, (as the case should be), the WRU still don't give a damn about the fortunes of the Regions as long as the Academies keep on turning out a growing player pool. With luck this will change at the end of this year as Gatland will walk away with as big a pay off as Dodgers Lewis.

I was miffed Rob wasn't released the last few weekends, as he wasn't involved in the welsh squad at all. But I vpcan see why he is kept back this time as he will be benching against Ireland. Personally I would have released him as I think he needs a bit of game time.

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

Jhamer25 wrote:How the fu*k Clancy still officiates are  Pro12/international level bemuses me.

The overall level of officiating in the Pro12 is  definitely the worst compared to Aviva, Top 14 and Super Rugby.
Clancy is up there with the worst, the Italian ref isn't consistent and he looks scared half the time, Leighton Hodges is too strict and slows the game down and the bald Irish one is also infuriating to watch because of his lack of consistency in calls.

The only think that could make it worse is if Romain Poite was also in the mix.

Who is the bald irish one?

Fitzgibon

That's a strong looking Leinster pack which is where they might get the edge but that back line won't score tries if there was a 5 on one blind folded set of 5year olds in defence. I know the ospreys are having a good season but Leinster in that game were totally bereft of any attacking imagination at all. In years gone by this would have been one of the highlights off the season with two fantastic back lines. Think o'Connor has beat imagination out of Leinster. Going for a home win on this one if past performance is any indicator.

What was Barclay supposed to do? magically disappear? joke of a penalty

Great try from Pitman!

That was amazing core strength from Pitman

I feel dirty wanting a Welsh team to beat an Irish one, but Leinster losing and Ulster picking up a win tomorrow would be pretty helpful for our playoff hopes...

Hadleigh Parkes really is an amazing player

Scarlets 7 clear with 10 mins to go and looking good value for it.

What a favour Scarlets will be doing us if they take down Leinster.

Priestland missed a great inside pass to James Davies which could have been a cracking try.

Stop them getting a LBP for extra credit... then we need to do the business at Dave Parade.

James Davies is a fantastic player.

Notch wrote:Stop them getting a LBP for extra credit... then we need to do the business at Dave Parade.

James Davies is a fantastic player.

MoM tonight and quite rightly.

James Davies well worth his motm award, cracking player.

Nice one Scarlets - must have the best home record in the league by some distance.

Why are the Scarlets fans not turning up to watch this team? They play a great brand of rugby and have some good players coming through.

A couple of good signings and the Scarlets will be flying.

LeinsterFan4life wrote:Why are the Scarlets fans not turning up to watch this team? They play a great brand of rugby and have some good players coming through.

A couple of good signings and the Scarlets will be flying.

Llanelli isn't a very big city but they should definitely be getting 8k + on a regular basis.

They have already signed DTH for next season.

blimey 3 out of 4. what price a dragons win tomorrow for an unlikely whitewash? Has that ever happened before for the welsh teams in the same weekend?

George Carlin wrote:Nice one Scarlets - must have the best home record in the league by some distance.

Bzzzzzzzt! Wrong

Scarlets played 8, won 6 and drawn 2
Ulster played 8 and won 8

It looks like its down to Ulster to restore some pride for the provinces against the Dragons... if you want something done right!

Notch wrote:

George Carlin wrote:Nice one Scarlets - must have the best home record in the league by some distance.

Bzzzzzzzt! Wrong

Scarlets played 8, won 6 and drawn 2
Ulster played 8 and won 8

Better win tonight then....

Well Notch old chum, if we're allowed to count back since November 2013, Glasgow are Played 17, Won 17 at home.

Just saying, like.

George Carlin wrote:

Notch wrote:

George Carlin wrote:Nice one Scarlets - must have the best home record in the league by some distance.

Bzzzzzzzt! Wrong

Scarlets played 8, won 6 and drawn 2
Ulster played 8 and won 8

Better win tonight then....

We're not playing tonight, or at Ravenhill for that matter

Notch wrote:

George Carlin wrote:

Notch wrote:

George Carlin wrote:Nice one Scarlets - must have the best home record in the league by some distance.

Bzzzzzzzt! Wrong

Scarlets played 8, won 6 and drawn 2
Ulster played 8 and won 8

Better win tonight then....

We're not playing tonight, or at Ravenhill for that matter

Tomorrow at Dave Parade in that case. I still think that you'd better win.

VinceWLB wrote:

LeinsterFan4life wrote:Why are the Scarlets fans not turning up to watch this team? They play a great brand of rugby and have some good players coming through.

A couple of good signings and the Scarlets will be flying.

Llanelli isn't a very big city but they should definitely be getting 8k + on a regular basis.

They have already signed DTH for next season.

Terk-Town mun.

Terks looking good for the 7th place play off by the look of it. Ponty's Chief will be disappointed.

Cub Davies is in great form this season. At the moment it's hard to tell whether he's a future Wales player or just a very good, consistent club player - Wales needs more of the latter IMO. Either way, he's still behind Navidi for me who's non-inclusion in team Wales baffles even me.

VinceWLB wrote:

LeinsterFan4life wrote:Why are the Scarlets fans not turning up to watch this team? They play a great brand of rugby and have some good players coming through.

A couple of good signings and the Scarlets will be flying.

Llanelli isn't a city but they should definitely be getting 8k + on a regular basis.

They have already signed DTH for next season.

Fixed that for you

When I went to Scarlets v Drags a few years ago, there was a fair bit of bad feeling towards Scarlets from those from Llanelli town.

Glad Scarlets didn't end up losing to a Te'o try. Wouldn't have been too chuffed if it was against my team.

IanBru wrote:Well Notch old chum, if we're allowed to count back since November 2013, Glasgow are Played 17, Won 17 at home.

Just saying, like.

Dragons had a season a few years back where we won something like all but 1 home games and lost all away games! Talk about Jekyll and Hyde!

Griff wrote:

IanBru wrote:Well Notch old chum, if we're allowed to count back since November 2013, Glasgow are Played 17, Won 17 at home.

Just saying, like.

Dragons had a season a few years back where we won something

Cardiff Dave wrote:

Griff wrote:

IanBru wrote:Well Notch old chum, if we're allowed to count back since November 2013, Glasgow are Played 17, Won 17 at home.

Just saying, like.

Dragons had a season a few years back where we won something

Yes, that something was the game we won which put you lot in the Parker Pen Cup. Best day of my life.

Matt O'Connor seems to agree with Dowlais, Chunky and a few others on here: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/leinster-coach-matt-oconnor-calls-8795556

MOC is just enbarrasing himself now. Leinster were Sh1te that is it. Nothing to do with the ref.

The Saint wrote:Matt O'Connor seems to agree with Dowlais, Chunky and a few others on here: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/leinster-coach-matt-oconnor-calls-8795556

And that's just after 1 weekend of bad decisions for the Irish teams.

Imagine having to suffer them every week for years.

The Scarlets were terrific last night. All the talk is of how poor Leinster were. But credit has to go to the team who more or less played them off the park. I thought Clancy was his usual terrible self.