… because the Pro-Woo United Rugby Championship starts tonight! As per fucking usual, Ulster and Cardiff are scheduled to kick off at the same time, forcing a dual Premier Sports purchase. Bastards.
There is a plethora of other matches as well, so without further ado, let’s have a look at the fixtures.
Just switched on to Zebre-Lions, with the Lions 38-0 up early in the 2nd half. Not what I expected. Is this not a 1st team from Zebre? Was expecting the ions to get stuffed on their tour in all their matches.
Lions coughing up a lot of penalties now. Zebre pushing hard, but can they make up the gap? Maul from Zebre and a penalty try! Wow! 14-38 with 22 to go. Zebre looking much the better side at the moment.
Zebre are playing some magical stuff here. Chip, chase, penalty, lineout, maul and try. Lions look shell-shocked after leading 35-0 at the break. 26-38 and the Lions need points. But they need the ball first!
Yeah, my sister was on the same school bus as him – said he was a very decent bloke! Had no idea he played rugby until we watched a match together once.
Glaws Tiggers, is entertaining, Leicester ahead at half time because of a few Glaws errors, but its end to end stuff, 2 tries each . 18-12 to the away side.
Ovally Balls 
Thanks Thaum
– watching rugby now is something of a challenge with the new arrangements!
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Just switched on to Zebre-Lions, with the Lions 38-0 up early in the 2nd half. Not what I expected. Is this not a 1st team from Zebre? Was expecting the ions to get stuffed on their tour in all their matches.
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Wow! Carlu Sadie bossed that scrum.
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Thauma you’re a gem by the way for getting a new blog up. I still owe you a couple.
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Zebre get some phases going and some good hands sees them over for the try. 7-38 with 25 minutes to go.
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Lions coughing up a lot of penalties now. Zebre pushing hard, but can they make up the gap? Maul from Zebre and a penalty try! Wow! 14-38 with 22 to go. Zebre looking much the better side at the moment.
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Zebre running through the Lions at will here. 21-38, Lions a man down and still 18 to go.
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Zebre are playing some magical stuff here. Chip, chase, penalty, lineout, maul and try. Lions look shell-shocked after leading 35-0 at the break. 26-38 and the Lions need points. But they need the ball first!
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Zebre looking for a losing bonus point. Lions defend the final maul superbly and must be odds on to win the whole thing. When we roar, we fuckin roar!
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I left that a5 half time to walk the pooch as it looked like one way traffic, then I had food, looks like I missed then fun.
Mon the Weedge, soz Thaum
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I hate to be a moaning pussed git, but Mark Robson and Stevie Ferris on coms, well that’s just fuckin great, as Billy Connolly would say
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Itks great to hear a crowd roar again, this is a great stadium for rugby
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Well this isn’t very good
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Ticht – Andrew Trimble’s on the Cardiff/Connacht match.
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I quite like Trimble, Thaum, he’s funny
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Yeah, my sister was on the same school bus as him – said he was a very decent bloke! Had no idea he played rugby until we watched a match together once.
And I disagree about the match’s goodness. ;-)
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Who the fuck let Glasgow have the ball?
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This new hooker’s doing all right … just scored a try off a line-out.
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By dog, he has the most awful mullet, though.
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He’s a Saffer, thaum.
Integrity of comp is shot already if the Lions are winning away.
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A Saffer? Well, that’s no good for Ireland.
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Cooney gone off for an HIA, I think. :-(
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Glasgow look very dangerous with ball in hand.
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Good patience from Glasgow for that score.
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Glasgow sneak ahead by one point in overtime before the break. 14-15.
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Meanwhile, Cardiff similarly manage to get ahead by one point just before HT.
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Glaws Tiggers, is entertaining, Leicester ahead at half time because of a few Glaws errors, but its end to end stuff, 2 tries each . 18-12 to the away side.
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Oh come two pens against Glasgow for that but when Ulster were in the same position Glasgow were hilding him in
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Herring on for the second half and Ulster score almost immediately.
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Glasgow should defend that better but that is two brilliant attacking opportunities from very dodgy pens which both resulted in tries.
All we want is consistency
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That was a good try
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And a rather nice try gives Ulster the BP.
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Brilliant Ulster defence against what looked like a certain try. Unless the TMO sees summat.
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I thought so. Hume brushes the Glasgow player’s hair, so it’s a penalty try and a yellow card. Pretty ridiculous.
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You can’t dive on a player on the floor, Glasgow have been penalised twice for it tonight already
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Dobie on, great scrum half
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In the interests of Hiberno-Alban peace, I’m saying nuffink more.
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Oh Robson is such a dick
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And Ulster score a jammy try off the back of their own mistake.
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That was a lovely pop for the score
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Robson says game over with 20 mins to go
I really can’t stand his comments
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Whitehouse says world rugby told him to do it
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Robson doesn’t bother me that much – well, perhaps he wouldn’t – but Ferris is OTT. Great player, awful commentator.
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Lovely Glasgow try.
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Gwan Dobie
Darge has been great
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We let Darge go and kept Connor Boyle, Boyle has a lot of ground to make up, they came up in all the age group teams together
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BP on tries to each side. Nearly 15 mins to go. 35-29.
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Fun game this. I’m ignoring any controversy today.
Darge is great, bit like me in my prime.
*ahem*
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Phew! Glasgow knock-on. Was getting worried.
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Actually I’m still worried as we’re still in Ulster’s 22.
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