RC Toulon v Leinster Rugby, 19 April

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RC Toulon v Leinster Rugby
Sunday 19 April 2015
KO 16:15
Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Referee: Wayne Barnes

Live on France 2 / beIN / Sky Sports

Form:

RC Toulon
5/4/15 - Toulon 32 - 18 Wasps
24/1/15 - Scarlets 3 - 26 Toulon
17/1/15 - Toulon 60 - 22 Ulster

Leinster Rugby
4/4/15 - Leinster 18 - 15 Bath
24/1/15 - Wasps 20 - 20 Leinster
17/1/15 - Leinster 50 - 8 Castres

Teams:

RC Toulon
Halfpenny; D Armitage, M Bastareaud, Gitea, Habana; Michalak, Tillous-Borde; Chiocci, Guirado, Hayman (capt); Botha, Williams; Smith, Fernandez Lobbe, Masoe.

Replacements: Orioli, Menini, Chilachava, S Armitage, Mitchell, Wulf, Claassens, Suta

Leinster Rugby
R Kearney; McFadden, Te'o, Madigan, Fitzgerald; Gopperth, Boss; Healy, Cronin, Ross, Toner, M McCarthy, J Murphy, O'Brien, J Heaslip.

Replacements: Strauss, J McGrath, Moore, Marshall, D Ryan, Reddan, G D'Arcy, Kirchner.

who was botha asking on the leinster side "whats your name?". classic

quinsforever wrote:

FecklessRogue wrote:Toulon fans boo and heckle Leinster as they run out. Classy.

they were booing barnes actually

Perhaps they think he's biased in favour of Leinster

michalak off. given the way he's been playing that's probably positive for toulon.

wow. 1/2P missed! strange match indeed.

giteau dropped a ground ball under no pressure! wtf is going on. never seen such poor handling all round.

Ahhh a better contact on that flyback and it was seven points...

quinsforever wrote:who was botha asking on the leinster side "whats your name?". classic

Ben Te'o I think. I'm sure going to miss Bakkies when he hangs up his boots.

quinsforever wrote:michalak off. given the way he's been playing that's probably positive for toulon.

Ive never been a fan of his. He has the odd moment but theres loads of players through the years id have started over him.

That was unbelievable technique from Fernandez Lobbe

Is there a special rule that Armitage doesn't have to release the player?

armitage turnover pen number 2

The tackle release is just ignored it seems for Armitage.

VinceWLB wrote:Is there a special rule that Armitage doesn't have to release the player?

Exactly.

The Saint wrote:

quinsforever wrote:who was botha asking on the leinster side "whats your name?". classic

Ben Te'o I think. I'm sure going to miss Bakkies when he hangs up his boots.

gotta love bakkies botha.

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

VinceWLB wrote:Is there a special rule that Armitage doesn't have to release the player?

Exactly.

if you only have one eye, and you blink, you will certainly miss him releasing. cause he certainly did and stayed on his feet thoughout

And Stuart Barnes says Armitage in the World Cup squad is a no brainer....

quinsforever wrote:

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

VinceWLB wrote:Is there a special rule that Armitage doesn't have to release the player?

Exactly.

if you only have one eye, and you blink, you will certainly miss him releasing. cause he certainly did and stayed on his feet thoughout

Based on your comments throughout this game, I don't think I am the one getting things wrong.

Ah sweet consistency.

as usual your opinion is worth squat. barnes and the tjs agree with me.

leinster obviously crabbing sideways in the scrum there. didnt ireland get pinged by barnes for the same thing vs wales?

quinsforever wrote:as usual your opinion is worth squat. barnes and the tjs agree with me.

Well aren't you the golden boy.

quinsforever wrote:

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

VinceWLB wrote:Is there a special rule that Armitage doesn't have to release the player?

Exactly.

if you only have one eye, and you blink, you will certainly miss him releasing. cause he certainly did and stayed on his feet thoughout

It's ok not to be bothered by the fact he isn't releasing, you don't have to pretend he is. As long as he gets away with it, it's exceptional open side play. Getting away with it is basically the job description for a seven. Leinster know that better than anyone. I think he's been excellent.

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

quinsforever wrote:as usual your opinion is worth squat. barnes and the tjs agree with me.

Well aren't you the golden boy.

just pointing out that i appear not to be getting things wrong. at least not according to the refereeing team.

Notch wrote:

quinsforever wrote:

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

VinceWLB wrote:Is there a special rule that Armitage doesn't have to release the player?

Exactly.

if you only have one eye, and you blink, you will certainly miss him releasing. cause he certainly did and stayed on his feet thoughout

It's ok not to be bothered by the fact he isn't releasing, you don't have to pretend he is. As long as he gets away with it, it's exceptional open side play. Getting away with it is basically the job description for a seven. Leinster know that better than anyone. I think he's been excellent.

True.

VinceWLB wrote:Is there a special rule that Armitage doesn't have to release the player?

Why he wins as many pensa s he concedes pens.

Notch wrote:

quinsforever wrote:

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

VinceWLB wrote:Is there a special rule that Armitage doesn't have to release the player?

Exactly.

if you only have one eye, and you blink, you will certainly miss him releasing. cause he certainly did and stayed on his feet thoughout

It's ok not to be bothered by the fact he isn't releasing, you don't have to pretend he is. As long as he gets away with it, it's exceptional open side play. Getting away with it is basically the job description for a seven. Leinster know that better than anyone. I think he's been excellent.

i agree notch. what people do miss about steffon is that he is already so low to the ground you have to pay attention to see that he has released the player on the floor. which he always does. he isnt the best turnover specialist in the world for nothing.

mcfadden was not watching the ball there. thats the second time.

Well it looks like McFadden has a serious injury, and that is awful to see.

quinsforever wrote:

Notch wrote:

quinsforever wrote:

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

VinceWLB wrote:Is there a special rule that Armitage doesn't have to release the player?

Exactly.

if you only have one eye, and you blink, you will certainly miss him releasing. cause he certainly did and stayed on his feet thoughout

It's ok not to be bothered by the fact he isn't releasing, you don't have to pretend he is. As long as he gets away with it, it's exceptional open side play. Getting away with it is basically the job description for a seven. Leinster know that better than anyone. I think he's been excellent.

i agree notch. what people do miss about steffon is that he is already so low to the ground you have to pay attention to see that he has released the player on the floor. which he always does. he isnt the best turnover specialist in the world for nothing.

Id be annoyed with either of them against my team.

No 7&1/2 wrote:

VinceWLB wrote:Is there a special rule that Armitage doesn't have to release the player?

Why he wins as many pensa s he concedes pens.

thats not true. not even close.

No 7&1/2 wrote:
Id be annoyed with either of them against my team.

Aye, and happy if they were on your side! We're all united in that

Well if you can get away with it notch!

how was healy not on his knees there?

just popped out to refresh my beer. how was pen conceded?

quinsforever wrote:just popped out to refresh my beer. how was pen conceded?

Jordi Murphy got over the ball, very Steffon-esque, but unfortunately he didn't get away with it.

quinsforever wrote:how was healy not on his knees there?

he was clearly off his feet - what was someone saying about getting away with things?

What actually happens if it stays a draw on 80 minutes?

extra time I think 10 mins each way ...

if ever there was an advert for having semi finals and finals able to be played under a roof, this game is it...

yes extra time

Madigan..

daft penalty to give away by Toulon however ...

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

quinsforever wrote:just popped out to refresh my beer. how was pen conceded?

Jordi Murphy got over the ball, very Steffon-esque, but unfortunately he didn't get away with it.

he should have released then

botha you f-ing idiot. thats the most blatant pen of the match!

Like to see that going to penalties shoot out

10m mins each way

the tries scored

then a shootout!!!!

Shot to nothing, last play

stupid by leinster. if this goes over they are out.

Notch wrote:Shot to nothing, last play

barnes just said that. you should be commentating

This has been such a bad game, extra time seems like a punishment.

But technically its the best possible result for Ulster, they play us on Friday so anything that tires Leinster out is fine with me- especially if they still win

doesnt look to me like leinster are in better shape than toulon at this point in the match. not clear to me that conditioning favours either side from here.

suspect we are going to get lots of ping-pong rugby and aggressive defense trying to win turnover pens.