Jamie George is a lucky lad. His shoulder hits Reid in the head, as he goes to tackle him, but he’s saved by the fact that he was moving away from the contact as it happened. Yellow only.
sarries getting the rub of the green from the ref. Can’t see how the Thorley yellow could be compared to the George one, looked a straight red. Dip in height my arse. Numerous other decisions iffy too.
Come on Glaws, stick it to them in the second half.
As I write, South Belfast, where I grew up and which was predominantly Prod but with a minority Catholic population too, has declared one seat only … for SF. Alliance has won seats in East Belfast and the Lagan Valley.
Moana Pasifika are 20-14 up against the Tahs after 54 minutes, but lose a man to the bin for a tip tackle. And the Yahs score in the corner vacated by the wing in the bin. Miss the conversion. 20-19.
MP have a lieout 5m out, with five to go. Can they make it count? They’re desperately close… and another penalty under the posts. They tap, go and knock it on. That’s probably the game.
Oh dear. Get the 3 points and cough up a soft penalty from the restart. Wasps go to the corner… Edinburgh collapse the maul, yellow card… but no penalty try? Launchbury off! To change his bloodied shirt. Not sure holding up play for that is allowed, is it?
Ref’s lost control here. Should have been a penalty try to Wasps, but then he tells Launchbury to go off to get blood sorted, then change his shirt, then get the rest of the blood wiped off, then a sub comes on, then Wasps score a try after all.
Ovally Balls 
In case I forget, I’ll just say what we’re all thinking…
GWAN LEICESTER!!!!!!!!!
UP THE MIDLANDSH!!!!!
WORDS THAUM!!!
etc
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Craigs – there seems to be some kind of typo in the first of your capitalised statements. Obviously the other two are correct.
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Thaum – Ben Youngs to zimmer frame over for the winning try.
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He’ll have to knock Sexton’s zimmer frame out of the way first.
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And he will
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Cardiff score after 4 mins.
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And again!
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And now a (harsh) penalty try.
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BP try.
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Fifth try!
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Sarries in better than Bath shock.
Mind you, the OvallyBalls Over 50s are better than Bath.
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Jamie George is a lucky lad. His shoulder hits Reid in the head, as he goes to tackle him, but he’s saved by the fact that he was moving away from the contact as it happened. Yellow only.
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30-man handbags on the touchline.
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35-0 to Cardiff as the second half starts.
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Zebre score at last.
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sarries getting the rub of the green from the ref. Can’t see how the Thorley yellow could be compared to the George one, looked a straight red. Dip in height my arse. Numerous other decisions iffy too.
Come on Glaws, stick it to them in the second half.
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SBT – not having watched the match, I am completely in agreement.
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Check this out, those of an Irish persuasion: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-interactive/2022/may/06/northern-ireland-election-2022-live-results-assembly-seats-and-votes
It’s looking good so far!
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As I write, South Belfast, where I grew up and which was predominantly Prod but with a minority Catholic population too, has declared one seat only … for SF. Alliance has won seats in East Belfast and the Lagan Valley.
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Even Strangford has one Alliance for its one DUP as yet.
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Looks like Zebre got another try while I wasn’t looking. 35 -14.
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I really, really hope the DUP come in third (at best).
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Cardiff in again just before time’s up.
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42-14 at FT.
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Billie Holliday prog on BBC4. I *love* BH.
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Thaum – i see Sinn Fein have made ground. Is this good? Vaguely remember them being the baddies and I’m too drunk to really research it.
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And Wikipedia is unclear.
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SF have a progressive, left-leaning platform. They have the history of being the political wing of the IRA.
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Moana Pasifika are 20-14 up against the Tahs after 54 minutes, but lose a man to the bin for a tip tackle. And the Yahs score in the corner vacated by the wing in the bin. Miss the conversion. 20-19.
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Christian Leali’ifano scores his 1000th Sper Rugby point. Good for him, having beaten cancer a couple of years ago!
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Tahs in again, exploiting the space out wide. They lead for the first time in the match, 26-20. Still 17 to go.
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MP have a lieout 5m out, with five to go. Can they make it count? They’re desperately close… and another penalty under the posts. They tap, go and knock it on. That’s probably the game.
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Thanks for the new ATL, Thauma, I’m spending the next two weeks in Nigeria, so maybe I’ll be able to pen a new travel tale for the notablog.
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Lovely try Embra!
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Wasps strike back after munching Embra scrum.
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Re: SF doing well:
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Oh Edinburgh. Take the restart! Go 10 points up, fail to take the restart and Wasps then score the try. 20-17 now.
Chimpie will be pffft-ing mightily.
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Wasps turning on the power now. 20-27.
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BB, Edinburgh just getting overpowered up front. They won’t win an arm wrestle here, need to get it wild and unstructured.
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But then Edinburgh get a try back through Bradbury! All level now.
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That’s more like it! Lovely lines and hands!
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Oh dear. Get the 3 points and cough up a soft penalty from the restart. Wasps go to the corner… Edinburgh collapse the maul, yellow card… but no penalty try? Launchbury off! To change his bloodied shirt. Not sure holding up play for that is allowed, is it?
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Ref’s lost control here. Should have been a penalty try to Wasps, but then he tells Launchbury to go off to get blood sorted, then change his shirt, then get the rest of the blood wiped off, then a sub comes on, then Wasps score a try after all.
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Wasps score from the lineout maul after all the shenanigans. 34-30 to Wasps with a couple to go and a man down.
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Ball slapped out of the hands of Pyrgos surely from an offside position? Ref losing it as BB says.
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This is ridiculous.
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Gee. That last 10 minutes was a tad controversial.
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Wasps deserve the win, but then Edinburgh could have had scores themselves.
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Bit of POM brilliance to turn the ball over.
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Oof – Murray blammoed by a ‘small bus’.
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