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.

This is remarkable!

Don't worry Ulster. Weir will rescue this for you....

We can't even f*cking pass now

That's it. I'm off to watch Munster. That is too embarrassing to watch anymore. Disgusting

It just gets worse and worse. Breakdown is embarrassing. Linespeed is embarrassing. Discipline is embarrassing. Body language is embarrassing.

Why is the ref sending him off for that? It isn't like the blood is flowing.

I wonder has the Jackson/Olding incident had some effect wider than the two players?

Pot Hale wrote:I wonder has the Jackson/Olding incident had some effect wider than the two players?

Doubt it. We've been going backwards for weeks.

This is easily the worst half of rugby I can remember from Ulster since 2007-2008. These players have humiliated themselves tonight.

Awful.

Hands like jubblies

We can't even hold the ball and run at the same time. What are we doing at training? Kids play better.

Jeez. Not clever from Ulster turning down those 3 points.

Just taking the jersey and sh•tting all over it. I always criticise criticism of the team, but this is so far below pro level.

Frak me! Never in my wildest dreams did image we'd be ahead at half time never mind 18 points up

Well I wasn't expecting to see this scoreline when I tuned in!

FES your first half summary please? (plenty of time while the butler is off sourcing you some refreshment from the wine cooler in the Rolls)

Treviso have just got the bonus point try against after the break.

28-16 they lead.

And Connacht's season is going from bad to worse as Dragons get another try and a drop goal to make it 21-6 after 50 mins.

Oh. Cardiff have woken up and got one back but not converted.

28-21

Edinburgh - are you Glasgow in disguise?

Strange outbreak of rugby at Murrayfeild tonight

Hard to summarise from an Edinburgh perspective. Ulster have been really pour. Tools has been good , so have Mata and Bradbury. Scrum has been surprisingly solid. Line out has been good. Keep waiting for it all to go wrong!

This is MUCH better. Not perfect, but much better.

Cardiff get another penalty. So do Connacht.

A clean pair of heels and a clean pair of undies from Jacob Stockdale.

I know we said we wanted to see more of our Academy players, but thats just ridiculous.

Allan on for Brown. Nice reception from Ulster fans.

I'm trying to decide if this is going to be Night of the Giantslayers or Night of the Comebacks.

Ospreys doing their best to keep their side of the scoreboard at nil.

Nice score. Hard to justify Bradbury not getting capped this AI series.

Ooh. Adeolokun gets a try for Connacht.

Now it's suddenly 21-6 to Dragons. 10 minutes to go.
and Cardiff have got their own bonus try and convert to take the lead. 31-28

Munster withstand a tough onslaught from Ospreys to keep it at 14-0.

Edinburgh need to hold out here. Ulster are improving.

Lets get a try at least. No point in 3 points.

And Munster pounce on a loose pass, kick ahead and O'Mahony gets their try of the night.
19-0.
BP opportunity with 25 minutes left on the clock.

Class from Pienaar.

Oh. Harsh

That's harsh. Looked a try to me.

Match officials doing their best to deny Ulster.

Ulster are doing there best to deny Ulster

There was never a knock on there. Ref got that very wrong

cakeordeath wrote:Ulster are doing there best to deny Ulster

More accurate.

cakeordeath wrote:Ulster are doing there best to deny Ulster

True, but we don't need the ref and TMO's help.

That line-out. Did you see that line-out. What on earth was that crap?

Good defence from Edinburgh.

And Dragons get their home victory. Connacht only a losing bonus point.

21-16

Joyce caught the ball, turned and dropped the ball.

Well defended Ulster. Teams are getting cleverer at defending rolling mauls.

I can't believe what I'm watching tonight.

Unusual ref decision to deny Ospreys a try. Ospreys 9 passed, it bounces off next players head and goes forward, the 9 collects again and scores but is deemed offside when he caught it.

This must be Ulster's worst display in many years. I feel sorry for anyone that travelled to support this crap. How can we ever do anything with that pack? Clarke out!!!

off the head is a knock on

mckay1402 wrote:off the head is a knock on

I don't think so

mckay1402 wrote:off the head is a knock on

In what sport? Not this one