Has there been a good game in the Champions Cup this weekend

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Has there been a good game in the Champions Cup this weekend

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Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed our win over Scarlets. But most of the games have been pretty one sided, so while there's been some good rugby in terms of skill, its been a bit short of excitement.
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Thought the hairy queens insects game was a cracking watch and the game was a lot closer than the scoreboard suggests.
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MJ Chairman wrote:Thought the hairy queens insects game was a cracking watch and the game was a lot closer than the scoreboard suggests.
Agree with that - immense tension throughout. Also showed just how good Goodey is!
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Have to agree that.The Quins v Wasps game was superb, especially as that old favourite of mine, Andy Goode showed again that he is the best fly half in the British Isles.In fact, come on Lancaster pick him for the World Cup to bow out on.
Wasps now look a good bet for a place in the top 4 so come on Tigers,like Bath and Wasps let's get back to the glory days and somehow get into the top 4 of the prem. Europe is a no hope Zone now so the focus has to be on the tricky six nations period and of COURSE BEATING SAINTS IN THE LVCUP, far more important than Ulster!
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You should've waited until this afternoon to watch Barf demolish Toulouse.
I started the game wanting Floody and his friends to give Bath a beating but was won over by some sparkling play by Agulla, Watson, Eastmond and Louw.
OK, perhaps Toulouse had nothing to lose (sorry!) and may be this was typified by a slothful performance by Johnstone and a pathetic collapse by Huguet, but in the end you had to give Bath their due in scoring 4 of the best tries you'll see all season
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WE'VE JUST SEEN IT - BRILLIANT ATTACKING STUFF FROM BATH!
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Were there any ex tigers in that team Chris?
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Lot better quality than some of Edinburghs in the second tier though biffer.
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tigercaspian wrote:You should've waited until this afternoon to watch Barf demolish Toulouse.
I started the game wanting Floody and his friends to give Bath a beating but was won over by some sparkling play by Agulla, Watson, Eastmond and Louw.
OK, perhaps Toulouse had nothing to lose (sorry!) and may be this was typified by a slothful performance by Johnstone and a pathetic collapse by Huguet, but in the end you had to give Bath their due in scoring 4 of the best tries you'll see all season
Bath were excellent, although Toulouse were nowhere near what I'd expected. Johnson in particular was dreadful.
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jgriffin wrote:
MJ Chairman wrote:Thought the hairy queens insects game was a cracking watch and the game was a lot closer than the scoreboard suggests.
Agree with that - immense tension throughout. Also showed just how good Goodey is!
Agree, What crossed my mind was how well Wasps dealt with the Quins offload and their defence was really really good. Haskell's work rate was superb 25 tackles 3 of which were hold at the maul - did his England selection no end of good.

As for Bath - well monstrous Eastmond, Joseph, Watson, Ford brilliant. Make you ask the question does England still want to play the 'farrell' 'defend to win' game plan or does SL have the cohornes to make the changes? Find out this week I guess?
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tigerburnie wrote:Lot better quality than some of Edinburghs in the second tier though biffer.
Edinburgh's game wasn't exactly enlivened by huge amounts of quality, but it was :censored: tense!

Point I was making was about close, exciting games rather than level of quality.

Think ospreys and saints might just give us it though.
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The reffing made it tense - Ospreys were hardly ever legal at the breakdown, largely unpenalised. At one point I was counting the number of flying flops, and taking out men beyond the breakdown was incessant.
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Agree that the Toulouse - Bath game was good, but how on earth did Banahan stay on the pitch for that head tackle. Would it have changed the result if he had been sent off?
Surely he will be cited, given that the ref decided that there was no need to even review the challenge.
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Billb wrote:Agree that the Toulouse - Bath game was good, but how on earth did Banahan stay on the pitch for that head tackle. Would it have changed the result if he had been sent off?
Surely he will be cited, given that the ref decided that there was no need to even review the challenge.

Yeah, I thought that was a definite card. Ma well have made a difference.
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Billb
It might be that as Huguet had previously flopped to the floor like he'd been shot, that the ref decided he couldn't tell whether it was that serious or not.
The only disappointment was that Banahan didn't inflict it on Huguet!!
In most circumstances, a deffo yellow though.
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