Return of Champions Cup - Tigers v Stormers - Sunday 10th December 2023

[nicmattyg]

Very few of those players will play that badly again this season. Hopefully the injuries aren’t too bad.

Fair play to the stormers, they showed up and gave us a real game after everyone wrote them off.

BP win is all that matters and all that will be remembered of the game.

On to next week, enjoy the Christmas party boys!

[Jimmy Skitz]

Well that was disappointing for everyone: disappointing performance for us and deeply disappointing result for everyone else, especially the commentary team...

Still, we got a 5 nill while playing well below what we know the team can do, but the injuries we've taken in getting it could be a problem for the rest of the season.

somehow I very much doubt Nick Mullins or Andy Goode are disappointed by a Tigers win

[Jimmy Skitz]

is it next week or the week after George Martin is due back?

[Big Dai]

Contrast 30 blokes playing an error strewn game on mud and grass versus 30 blokes plying indoors on a carpet.

One I know as rugby....really don't know about the other.

[Old Hob]

Tactically very astute to get all the poor performances over in one game. A difficult trick to pull off.

[Samhorace]

One of the best decisions of the day to bring on Shillcock. Pass for the BP and Bassett a true pro to finish.

[voice of the crumbie]

You've all missed the obvious reason we played so poorly. We didn't run out to Smoke on the Water.

[Scott1]

Forgot we were playing,that’s a very good 5 points though!

[TheCat]

Only 5 point winners in the pool, will take that. Good to see J.V.P and Charlie Atkinson involved in the match warm up too

[Samhorace]

Squad depth will be tested. We have the numbers and the names (in paper) but they will have to deliver on the grass.

[Grannyman]

You've all missed the obvious reason we played so poorly. We didn't run out to Smoke on the Water.

Really??

Why not?

[TigerFeetSteve]

You've all missed the obvious reason we played so poorly. We didn't run out to Smoke on the Water.

Really??

Why not?

Not allowed in Europe

[kk20gb30]

The win is all that matters to me , the bonus point just that - a bonus.However, fair play to Stormers.

[RagingBull]

I guess how many teams did we put up in Europe the past 2 years that everyone wrote off that won in France or Ireland?
Don't underestimate a team that has nothing to lose and everything to prove.


5 points secured and 0 points given is what we wanted and got. Really bonus points will be massive for getting into the next round.
Next week is a bigger task, but win that and we are in a really good position in Europe.

[Offside]

You've all missed the obvious reason we played so poorly. We didn't run out to Smoke on the Water.

Really??

Why not?

Not allowed in Europe

Nick Mullins said teams are supposed to run out together but there was not enough room to allow that but also you could hear that they both ran out to the competition anthem.