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.

how does a shootout work?

wilko doesnt even want to think about a pen shootout...lol

3 players each side to take 1...nuts

Came quite late to the game - does anyone still have subs left to come on? Fatigue has got to be a factor here.

fingers crossed it doesnt get to a pen shootout! sounds very contrived!

If we were to go to a shootout, Toulon should have an advantage with 3 kickers on the field.

quinsforever wrote:how does a shootout work?

Shame Martyn Williams isn't a pundit tonight - they could have asked him what he thinks of them.

whocares wrote:If we were to go to a shootout, Toulon should have an advantage with 3 kickers on the field.

Madigan, Keanrey and Gopperth all well capable in front of the posts- its the 4th and 5th that matter.

5 pens each from in front then sudden death i think.

Notch wrote:

whocares wrote:If we were to go to a shootout, Toulon should have an advantage with 3 kickers on the field.

Madigan, Keanrey and Gopperth all well capable in front of the posts- its the 4th and 5th that matter.

True. I'd still like to see Bastareaud atempt

What a kick from Madigan.
That idiot with the bad haircut is lucky to still be on the field.

Toulon are giving away some of the stupidest penalties you'll see any team give away at this level.

Nigel Owens as assistant referee!
He'll keep Barnes honest.

This is a real test of how the law should be interpreted. Both players jumped, so...

That is a very harsh yellow.

Wayne Barnes.

As a Leinster fans that's a joke yellow card.In fairness there's precedent but interpretation of the law is ruining the game imo.That's a penalty at most but can't blame Barnes,Garces started all this rubbish and we're still seeing the effects a year later.

Don't think Nigel quite agreed with Barnes there, but he couldn't really disagree

i dont think that was a yellow. if it was, then macfadden's first challenge on habana in the first half was at least a yellow given habana landed on his head.

quinsforever wrote:i dont think that was a yellow. if it was, then macfadden's first challenge on habana in the first half was at least a yellow given habana landed on his head.

I'm seeing a lot of Irish fans on twitter who agree (well, with the first part at least).

There's the game anyway

Oh Frak

And that is game.

Absolute joke of a yellow card. His lifters dropped him, it was barely even a penalty!

Ian Madigan, bar his kicking, has been awful. Absolutely awful.

Ah the intercept try,pretty much the hallmark of MoC's time in charge of Leinster.

Notch wrote:

quinsforever wrote:i dont think that was a yellow. if it was, then macfadden's first challenge on habana in the first half was at least a yellow given habana landed on his head.

I'm seeing a lot of Irish fans on twitter who agree (well, with the first part at least).

i didnt think macfaddens was worth yellow either btw

Madigan won't forget this game for a while!

asoreleftshoulder wrote:Ah the intercept try,pretty much the hallmark of MoC's time in charge of Leinster.

That was all Madigan.

That was pathetic from Madigan.

asoreleftshoulder wrote:Ah the intercept try,pretty much the hallmark of MoC's time in charge of Leinster.

pretty much the hallmark of any side who falls behind who cant score tries.

Stupid try to concede. c'mon Leinster.

Rory_Gallagher wrote:

asoreleftshoulder wrote:Ah the intercept try,pretty much the hallmark of MoC's time in charge of Leinster.

That was all Madigan.

When a team make the same mistake over and over,a mistake the same players didn't make under the previous coach then imo the coach is the one who takes the overall blame.Of course that one intercept was Madigans fault but our toothless attacking dislpay of this match and this season is a wider issue.It's very easy to focus on that intercept but that's ignoring everything that has gone before it,not just this match but this season.

quinsforever wrote:

asoreleftshoulder wrote:Ah the intercept try,pretty much the hallmark of MoC's time in charge of Leinster.

pretty much the hallmark of any side who falls behind who cant score tries.

Ah but we do it when we're ahead too.

For a pretty nervy game, this end has all the drama!

Why didn't Leinster try playing like this earlier?

Kind of happy he missed the conversion,at least we have to play now instead of looking for 3 points.

asoreleftshoulder wrote:Kind of happy he missed the conversion,at least we have to play now instead of looking for 3 points.

It's going to be a lot more difficult for them though

classic leinster conning barnes that delon armitage wasnt rolling away when he was held in place by leinster arms.

god i hate the breakdown cynicism of leinster and ireland.

No penalty shootout tonight then:(
C'mon Leinster another unconverted try will do

A cat! Sign him up MOC, thats the most elusive running we've seen all afternoon

quinsforever wrote:classic leinster conning barnes that delon armitage wasnt rolling away when he was held in place by leinster arms.

god i hate the breakdown cynicism of leinster and ireland.

Classic quins,don't ever change

reddan stfu

asoreleftshoulder wrote:

quinsforever wrote:classic leinster conning barnes that delon armitage wasnt rolling away when he was held in place by leinster arms.

god i hate the breakdown cynicism of leinster and ireland.

Classic quins,don't ever change

for as long as ireland, leinster and nz dont change at their breakdown cynicism, then neither will my opinion.

reddan stfu stfu stfu

quinsforever wrote:

asoreleftshoulder wrote:

quinsforever wrote:classic leinster conning barnes that delon armitage wasnt rolling away when he was held in place by leinster arms.

god i hate the breakdown cynicism of leinster and ireland.

Classic quins,don't ever change

for as long as ireland, leinster and nz dont change at their breakdown cynicism, then neither will my opinion.

Yeah Ireland the team that concede the least penalties of all international sides are also the most cynical.

asoreleftshoulder wrote:

quinsforever wrote:classic leinster conning barnes that delon armitage wasnt rolling away when he was held in place by leinster arms.

god i hate the breakdown cynicism of leinster and ireland.

Classic quins,don't ever change

He penalised Madigan for the same thing in the first half. Weird calls but consistent at least

thank f for that. the final whistle. awful match. bar of soap first 70 minutes. toulon deserved winners but only only just.

The better team won. But Clermont should really beat them. They are not the force they were last year.

Quins logic - criticises Leinster/Ireland for their breakdown cynicism.

He is a huge fan of Steffon Armitage.

FecklessRogue wrote:The better team won. But Clermont should really beat them. They are not the force they were last year.

Agree

As a Welshman i'm just happy to see Halfpenny and JD2 thriving.

WHAT A F**KING RELIEF THAT WAS!!!!................................... for quins

Notch wrote:A cat! Sign him up MOC, thats the most elusive running we've seen all afternoon

That cheered me up.

Rory_Gallagher wrote:Quins logic - criticises Leinster/Ireland for their breakdown cynicism.

He is a huge fan of Steffon Armitage.

armitage is world class. 5 ft 7 and 18 stone of turnover excellence.

nothing cynical about what armitage does. and nothing different game in game out either. he turns the ball over. ireland/leinster try all kinds of new "variations" on the breakdown to gain advantage. no inconsistency in my logic there.

i am obviously the only fan of Armitage... european POTY last year. top in turnovers in top14 and EPCR ytd.

would love to see him on the bench for england.