Everything will be all right tonight. Everything will be all right tonight. Or so I keep telling myself, as Ulster prepare to turn and face the strain of Leinster at the RDS. Let’s hope that Ulster can put Big Brother under pressure. It’s simple, really: all we have to do is win. But hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing: we are the dead.
While Ulster have lost Stockdale to injury, one South Effrican is back for us.
But one of Them has apparently recovered from yet another head injury.
Give me steel, give me steel, give me pulsars unreal
In other news – newsman wept (with joy) as he told me – a familiar face is returning to Cardiff.
Someone’s back in town the chips are down
I just cut and blackout
I’m under Mulvihill’s influence and my honour’s at stake
Today is David Bowie’s birthday, in case anyone was wondering.
Onna telly this week
Friday 8th January
| Glasgow v Edinburgh | 19:35 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Leinster v Ulster | 19:35 | TG4 / Premier Sports 1 |
| Bath v Wasps | 19:45 | BT Sport 2 |
| Sale v Worcester | 20:00 | BT Sport Extra |
Saturday 9th January
| Zebre v Treviso | 13:00 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Newcastle v Gloucester | 14:00 | BT Sport 2 |
| Griquas v Cheetahs | 14:30 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Exeter v Bristol | 16:30 | BT Sport 2 |
| Western Province v Sharks | 17:00 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Dragons v Ospreys | 17:15 | S4C / Premier Sports 1 |
| Cardiff v Scarlets | 19:35 | S4C / Premier Sports 1 |
| Connacht v Munster | 19:35 | TG4 / Premier Sports 2 |
Sunday 10th January
| Harlequins v London Irish | 15:00 | BT Sport 1 |
Saturday 16th January
| Glasgow v Edinburgh | 17:15 | Premier Sports 1 |
Ovally Balls 
Ulster go through 20 phases and get a pen. Go for the corner as the clock turns red.
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Fucking interceptable pass thrown after a prolonged good phase of play. But we never looked like scoring. 24-12 FT.
Leinster’s theme tune:
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Booooooo!
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Nice anchoring, Thauma.
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We feel that we are paper
Choking on unitely*
They tell me, “Son, we want you
“Be elusive, but don’t walk far” [break the gainline]
For we’re breaking in the new boys
*Gurgle tells me this is a misheard [mis-transcribed?] lyric and should be ‘choking on you nightly’, which sounds kinky.
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Only 96 points in the Bath vs Wasps game. tonight.
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Thaum – did you know there’s a Bowie doc on BBC4 at the moment – the Last 5 Years.
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BB – yes: solid Bowie until the wee hours!
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I’m in tears again
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This Lazarus thing seems very dodgy, mind you. There’s probably a good reason he’d never made a (ugh) musical.
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I used to have a book called Bowie in his own words, which was a collection of interview quotations organised by subject category. It was quite fascinating, not least for the complete contradictions from one interview to the next.
I lent it to a friend in uni who was struggling with his bisexuality, and never got it back.
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Well, the upshot of the Bowiefest on BBC4 is that he has a lot to say about alienation and a fucked-up childhood, so that’s where we have our bond.
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Morning!
Whilst you had a docu on Bowie, we in Europe had one on Clapton.
Amazing how much of his oevre was based on his immature pining over Patti Boyd (George Harrison’s wife)
Also, far too much cocaine and heroin on film- pathetic.
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Straight red. Absolutely no doubt:
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Tomp.
……..but the trouble with video clips and photos is that you don’t see the build-up or the denoument.
You could say it was a lovely moment of Pacific joy – or straight red / never touch or assault the ref…………..
Cultures, eh?
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I’d be tempted to go with the former interpretation, Slade.
The red should be upheld in order to protect referees, but a zero week ban should be handed down.
imo, of course
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zero weeks for me, too
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Yep, zero. Anyone got a petition to sign ?
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Slade, I thought it was pretty funny. And he put the ref down safely.
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That ref should get over himself.
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The ref in last night’s Leinster-Ulster match seemed to be getting pretty fed up with Leinster’s moaning. Would have been nice to seehim penalise them when it went on after he’d warned them.
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Glaws Necastle a pretty tight scrap. Two good defences. Gloucester seem to be slightly misfiring and do well to go in at half time 12-7 down. Newcastle getting away with a lot on the offside line in the backs but are really good at the breakdown, making a real mess of Glaws ball, mostly legally and getting very fast clean ball themselves.
Ackerman continues to disappoint, all hustle and bustle but not much in the way of rugby nouse, imho.
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The ‘kipper is reporting that France is about to impose a halt on elite sport, forcing postponement of the Euro fixtures next week, also the 6N is in doubt too
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It was mentioned on BT Sport that they think the Champions Cup might be postponed next week (although that wasn’t official yet).
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5 Nations then, Italy based in UK .
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Gloucester manage to lose a fairly tight game again, only 2 points in it until the 80th minute. Ben Morgan was warming up before the game, so may be close to a return. He may be the difference between a 1 score loss and a 1 score win. Newcastle have a very good defence, courtesy of one Nick Easter.
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Try-fest last night between Bath and Wasps. Scrum-fest tonight between Exeter and Bristol. Ref got fed-up with two props, gave them a warning, they didn’t heed it and went off at the next scrum. Apart from that, Bristol have been the better attacking side but not a lot is really happening.
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Exeter decide to play rugby and score a try!
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BB, what I’m taking away from the Brexeter game (soz) is that Sammy H-C is probably Scotland’s form scrum half atm.
Just his luck that the 6N will probably be off
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Evens now in Slades v Refits.
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it would be less even if Dickson was better
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Wassa score gorgeous people? Not in front of a telly
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7 – 7 Ex vs Bris at h/t
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Seven each, Deebee
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Topsy Ojo on coms, isn’t he CJ’s mate?
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Think Price did well during the Autumn games, but SHC is obviously playing in a better team and is in decent form.
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Thanks sexy Slade and tasty Ticht!
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This is not amusing……………
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Dragons-Ospreys is surprisingly watchable though there is of course the lingering concern that neither team is really any good.
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Bristol scrum-half gets absolutely flattened, stays on the floor for a minute or two, with medics, play starts coming his way, he gets to his feet, hobbles over to the Exeter player with the ball, tackles him and wins the turnover. Fabulous.
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He’s now been replaced!
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Heroic stuff Thauma! Us nines are a breed apart.
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Woop! (Sorry Slade).
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Well done, Bristol (Sorry, Slade!)
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Great win for Bris. Stopped Exeter’s pack rumbling too much and stopped their outsides very well.
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No probs all – Bris too strong in 2nd half but………ref was awful in the 1st half – and its rare that I get upset by a ref.
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Well deserved win to Brizzle there. Lordy. Exeter on the slide Slade?
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@Thaum – I didn’t see all of the game, but from what I did see I would say they had the chances not to lose. Quite an open game with the backs seeing plenty of the ball.
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