The rugby

[Dorset Boy]

Sarries are right in this, their scum is very much on top
Fin Smith off injured.
Need Willis to smash Pillock to pieces

 

[Blazing Saddles]

It showed up the issue with a 6-2 split. Saints lost their way with the back line shuffle.
The game degenerated somewhat with much kicking, scrums and penalties.
Sarries seemed to have closed out a narrow win, but one line break changed all that.

 

[Dorset Boy]

Annoying, could have done with a Sarries win (washing my mouth out).
Saints not been good for 2 weeks on the bounce.

 

[BrumJim]

Leicester Gloucester even more of a one way traffic game.
A bonus point for the Tigers in just a quarter of an hour.
Makes it a boring start to the special triple header.

Went. Nearly left after 20 minutes. Spent most of the rest of the game wishing I had.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

So Bath have a distinctly second team look to them.
Carr-Smith is apparently very fond of bad box kicking. 3 stinkers on the trot.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

It’s been 14 against 16 for the second twenty minutes of the first half.

 

[Dorset Boy]

Luke Pearce being really annoying today, not letting anything flow and being super pedantic for both teams.
Not sure what Kirk was doing wrong as he seems to be the pivot around which the scrum was twisting.

Wind and the bench should favour Bath in the second half but who knows.

 

[Dorset Boy]

That was hard work, thought Sale were going to win it at the end, but a moment's hesitation by Ford and he gets hit well enough to dislodge the ball.
Think the wind made it really tough for both teams, and Sale away is a really hard match always.
5 away wins this weekend.
Bristol lose ground, Sarries out of top 4 chase, Bath close to 1 point behind Saints

 

[geocycle]

Good win for Bath with their second team. The second half wind and the bench turned it their way. I liked Barberry’s interception.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

The first half of Saints vs Castres has been extremely frenetic but very competitive. Castres hold a single point lead, thanks in part to Saints inaccuracy.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

The second half has been rather good so far. Still either teams game.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

What a brilliant match.
13 tries (7-6)
49-41 final score, but Castres were within inches of making it a one point game.

 

[Dorset Boy]

What a brilliant match.
13 tries (7-6)
49-41 final score, but Castres were within inches of making it a one point game.

It's on Premier Sports so very, very few English based rugby fans get to watch any of the Eurp games - a subscription too far.

sounded like a cracker for the neutral

 

[geocycle]

It's on Premier Sports so very, very few English based rugby fans get to watch any of the Eurp games - a subscription too far.

sounded like a cracker for the neutral

Would have liked to have watched it and also the Bath Sarries game today. I would even have tried to get to the Rec but with no trains an 8h round car trip does not appeal. The son got a ticket and is going but he’s young!

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Would have liked to have watched it and also the Bath Sarries game today. I would even have tried to get to the Rec but with no trains an 8h round car trip does not appeal. The son got a ticket and is going but he’s young!

The wind is proving difficult to play with in Exeter at the moment, but it’s nowhere near as strong as is forecast in Bath during game time.
Potentially gale force by half time.
I have the same and it’s noticeably increased in strength in the past hour.