European Rugby Cup: Round of Sixteen, Second Leg

Posted on by thaumaturge
The man with the tricky hat last week

‘Tis a cruel, cruel championship that makes you play the same very, very good side two weeks in a row.

Ulster somehow managed to pull off an away win against Toulouse, but nearly threw it away at the end.

What was so scary about the champions?

  • Their seven-foot (or nearly) line-out stealer
  • Their incredible counter-rucking
  • Their loosey-goosey attack
  • Their more than solid defence
  • The World Player of the Year™

We face them this weekend at Ravenhill, but they are going to be revved up, I reckon. The score was 20-26, and that’s not a comfy cushion (‘No! Not the comfy cushion!’)

Read on for the other fixtures.

Onna telly this week

Friday 15th April

Leinster v Connacht17:e0BT Sport 1
Bristol v Sale20:00BT Sport 1

Saturday 16th April

Chiefs v Moana Pasifika05:35Sky Sports Main Event
Highlanders v Hurricanes08:05Sky Sports Arena
Western Force v Waratahs12:30Channel 4 / BT Sport 2
La Rochelle v Bordeaux15:00BT Sport 3
Munster v Exeter15:00BT Sport 2
Leicester v Clermont17:30BT Sport 2
Scarlets v Dragons19:35S4C / Premier Sports 1
Ulster v Toulouse20:00BT Sport 2

Sunday 17th April

Saracens v Cardiff13:00BT Sport 2
Racing 92 v Stade Français15:30BT Sport 2

470 thoughts on “European Rugby Cup: Round of Sixteen, Second Leg”

  1. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 17:35

    Connacht with first points (3)!

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  2. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 17:37

    Keenan tackles O’Halloran in the air, and Connacht in Leinster’s 22.

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  3. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 17:48

    There’s an offside, and the Blue Meanies score.

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  4. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 18:04

    Leinster scored again while I was writing the ‘content’.

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  5. refitman's avatarrefitman
    15/04/2022 at 18:40

    Bit of a blood bath, points wise.

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  6. Borderboy's avatarBorderboy
    15/04/2022 at 18:49

    Think there’s going to be a red for Connacht?

    Nope. Yellow.

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  7. refitman's avatarrefitman
    15/04/2022 at 18:49

    How was that not a red?

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  8. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 19:09

    Went to cook. It’s all gone very pear-shaped.

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  9. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 19:33

    What the hell? I got the ATL wrong! Can’t be arsed to fix it yet! I meant Toulouse of course….

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  10. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 19:44

    Okay, fixed it. I should delete these posts and no-one will ever know.

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  11. slademightbe#42again's avatarsladeis#42
    15/04/2022 at 19:44

    I see Castres been taking things seriously…

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  12. refitman's avatarrefitman
    15/04/2022 at 19:56

    Slade – holy cow, that’s quite a score line.

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  13. slademightbe#42again's avatarsladeis#42
    15/04/2022 at 19:57

    I’m glad LI stuffed it up them

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  14. Borderboy's avatarBorderboy
    15/04/2022 at 20:20

    Glasgow with 2 tries in the first 10 minutes at Newcastle.

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  15. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 20:25

    Slade – I’m not.

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  16. refitman's avatarrefitman
    15/04/2022 at 20:42

    Actually gonna be a red in this match?

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  17. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 20:44

    Refit – yep. Advantage Bristol!

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  18. slademightbe#42again's avatarsladeis#42
    15/04/2022 at 20:56

    Thaum – just thinking rugby.

    Big win for Wasps at Biarritz

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  19. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:03

    Ugo struggles to complete the phrase, If it ain’t broke, don’t….

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  20. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:05

    Slade – I really, really, can’t get past what they did.

    Given that Ireland have a fly-half succession problem, no doubt there are some of the suits who would like to bring him back. But if they did, I would stop supporting Ireland, quite simply.

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  21. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:07

    On a much lighter note, there’s just been an advert for washing powder with the very valuable advice at the end of always keep away from children.

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  22. refitman's avatarrefitman
    15/04/2022 at 21:10

    Bristol gonna get humped, even a man up ☹

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  23. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:11

    We’ve had a few matches like that lately. Just hold on until the oppo tires.

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  24. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:13

    TRY Bristol! (Ignoring the forward pass.)

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  25. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:13

    Okay, not a try.

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  26. refitman's avatarrefitman
    15/04/2022 at 21:20

    Maybe we’ll do better against 13? Another card coming?

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  27. refitman's avatarrefitman
    15/04/2022 at 21:22

    I do wish the commentators would stop trying to find excuses for contact to the head.

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  28. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:22

    Sale with a yellow to add to their red.

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  29. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:25

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  30. refitman's avatarrefitman
    15/04/2022 at 21:26

    Another card coming?

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  31. refitman's avatarrefitman
    15/04/2022 at 21:27

    Nope, we’ll just ignore that shoulder to the head.

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  32. Borderboy's avatarBorderboy
    15/04/2022 at 21:27

    Refit – seems to be mainly Ugo doing it.

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  33. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:27

    Looks like it! Dirty buggers. Sale, as the French would say.

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  34. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:28

    Oh, not. Should be.

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  35. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:30

    Gwan Brizzle!

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  36. refitman's avatarrefitman
    15/04/2022 at 21:30

    BB – Ben Kay kinda flip-flops on it.

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  37. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:38

    More appropriate black song:

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  38. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:41

    Hooray!

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  39. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:43

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  40. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:44

    Uh-oh. Bad time for Sale to get a pen. Still 15 mins.

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  41. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:46

    Further uh-oh.

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  42. refitman's avatarrefitman
    15/04/2022 at 21:46

    Yellow card for that seems fair, albeit unlucky.

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  43. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:47

    Yellow for Bristol.

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  44. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 21:58

    Pfft. I’m sure there was a forward pass in that.

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  45. Borderboy's avatarBorderboy
    15/04/2022 at 22:00

    Glasgow beat Newcastle.

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  46. slademightbe#42again's avatarsladeis#42
    15/04/2022 at 22:01

    Sale are very hard to like…………

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  47. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 22:04

    Oh hell. Well, it was an entertaining match, but I wish Bristol had won.

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  48. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 22:05

    Slade – exactly. Plus our Refit supports Bristol, and I don’t know anyone who supports sale Sale.

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  49. slademightbe#42again's avatarsladeis#42
    15/04/2022 at 22:07

    DCI……………

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  50. thaumaturge's avatarthaumaturge
    15/04/2022 at 22:09

    Oops, really? Well, hopefully he’s not reading. :-)

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