NH club rugby

[sparky]

Last three minutes. Exeter should be able to close this out.

[Machpants]

@sparky said in NH club rugby:

Last three minutes. Exeter should be able to close this out.

And they do on the back of three line outs> mauls>penalty until they're able to take the kick inside the 22, time up. 19-13

[sparky]

Finished 19-13. Congratulations to Exeter on the double.

[Stargazer]

Watching La Rochelle v Bordeaux. Tawera Kerr-Barlow playing well.

[Bones]

I stopped after the second try 😂

[Machpants]

@Bones not available in NZ

[Dice]

Nonu with a try assist in his first game back with Toulon.

[Stargazer]

Pauliasi Manu has left Hino Red Dolphins. Haven't seen yet where's he's going next or whether he's hanging up his boots.

[Stargazer]

Two red cards in the Challenge Cup game between Stade Français and Benetton Treviso, which Treviso won 44 to 20.

Stade Français' loosie Charlie Rorke grabbed Treviso winger Leornardo Sarto's genitals; Sarto reacted by punching/striking Rorke.

If found guilty (and it's hard to see why he won't be), Rorke will get a suspension of at least 6 weeks (and that's only if they start at the lower end of the range and he gets the full deduction). I wouldn't mind if they started at the top-end for that kind of sh*t.

Sarto, IMO it was self-defence and shouldn't get any suspension for punching/striking.

But if they think he's guilty of offending, then he could be banned for 3 weeks (if mid-range 6 weeks, with full 50% reduction).

Judge for yourselves.

[taniwharugby]

@Stargazer hard to tell from that clip if he actually got hold of his gear, but looked like that was the intent of his grab

As for the retaliation, YC IMO.

[Bones]

Caught a bit of Bristol versing Clermont yesterday.

Think Moala got motm.

[Stargazer]

@Bones I watched that game, last night. Entertaining game. It looked like Clermont was going to give Bristol a terrible hiding, but they took their foot of the throat in the second half and let Bristol come back. It was a try fest with lots of running rugby, but terrible defence, leading to a final score of 51 - 38 (to Clermont). Indeed, Moala was named MotM. Bumping off quite a few opponents.

[sparky]

@Stargazer said in NH club rugby:

@Bones I watched that game, last night. Entertaining game. It looked like Clermont was going to give Bristol a terrible hiding, but they took their foot of the throat in the second half and let Bristol come back. It was a try fest with lots of running rugby, but terrible defence, leading to a final score of 51 - 38 (to Clermont). Indeed, Moala was named MotM. Bumping off quite a few opponents.

Great to see Moala looking so sharp for Clermont.

Toulon had Ma'a Nonu (38) and Isa Toeava (34) as their midfield against Sale.

[Catogrande]

Watched the Exeter v Glasgow game with some enjoyment. Really funny listening to the Scots commentator who was constantly talking up Glasgow. Funniest point was with about 15 minutes to go, Exeter 35-0 up and Glasgow having spent 1% of the game (or just over a minute) in Exeter's 22 "well it's not a rout".

[Stargazer]

[Machpants]

Who reckons that will go ahead? Not me, SA is going under with covid, a third even more contagious strain

[taniwharugby]

Rainbow Cup??

I wonder how long it will be before the travel thing gets bought up by the NH teams?

[Derm McCrum]

@taniwharugby said in NH club rugby:

Rainbow Cup??

I wonder how long it will be before the travel thing gets bought up by the NH teams?

It only took about 15 years to come to possible fruition.

Irish, Scots, Italians and Saffers happy.

Welsh fans not - they want Anglo-Welsh League.

[Bovidae]

The Cheetahs always get shafted when SA is limited to only 4 teams in a competition. They are a breeding ground for future Boks with Grey College.

[Machpants]