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Leicester, Leinster, Bordeaux record round two Champions Cup wins
By PA
Leicester have coasted to a 56-17 victory against the Sharks in Pool One of the Investec Champions Cup at Mattioli Woods Welford Road. The South African visitors were without a number of Rugby World Cup-winning Springboks, including Siya Kolisi, Eben Etzebeth and Bongi Mbonambi, and Leicester tore them apart.
Hooker Julian Montoya scored two early tries before wing Ollie Hassell-Collins and centre Solomone Kata crossed, with Tigers collecting a bonus-point after just 35 minutes. Fly-half Handre Pollard added a fifth try before the interval – he also kicked six conversions for a 17-point haul.
A Jack van Poortvliet touch down took Tigers past 40 points and forwards Charlie Clare and Emeka Ilione completed the rout, with Jamie Shillcock landing two conversions.
Pool Two favourites Leinster backed up their impressive victory over Bristol Bears by beating Clermont Auvergne 15-7 at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium.
Garry Ringrose and Jordie Barrett scored first-half tries after Alivereti Raka claimed an early Clermont score, with Leinster fly-half Sam Prendergast adding a conversion and penalty.
Ulster’s hopes of progressing from Pool One suffered another setback after they lost 40-19 against Bordeaux-Begles in Belfast. A week after conceding 60 points to Champions Cup holders Toulouse, Ulster led 19-14 at half-time following tries from Cormac Izuchukwu, Nick Timoney and Werner Kok.
Bordeaux, though, overwhelmed Ulster after the break as Damian Penaud, Guido Petti, Louis Bielle-Biarrey and Ugo Boniface claimed the tries that followed a first-half penalty try and a score for Tevita Tatafu.
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I didn't mean the national body literally have them contracted, I just mean that they are locally contracted (so by the clubs within the country).
That's a change for Ireland is it? What do you think is behind that? Are the top ups just for players that get offered big million dollar (well 500k pound for you I suppose) contracts?
But yep, I assume with the URC that has probably dictated that (SA has done the same), with money possibly going straight to the teams now?
Go to commentsIt's the same situation, in my case Read did win a WC for us though.
We're not criticizing Ardie for this of course but the parallel that was being made was to the hindrance to development of the side. If you remember we played Ardie at blindside specifically because Read was captain and thought undropable.
You can think of his selection as causing someone like Sotutu (when he quite rightly should have been benched early in the season and caused Razor to change his loosie makeup), who could prove unplayable with the right selections around him, from leaving the country and doing the same against us instead, or slowing the development of young players like Sititi.
Others have already clearly made the point re your reference to him being the best this year, I was just expressing the another picture that actually needs more attention. Youre right, he could have been the best forward on the northern tour at least (thanks to constant opportunity), but at what cost?
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