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Weekend Round-Up: Belfast Try Bonanza
By RugbyPass
Catch up on the best of the weekend’s games on Rugby Pass as the Champions Cup pool stage gets very interesting.
Champions Cup: Ulster vs Clermont
Clermont were number one on the Top 14 table and the unbeaten leaders of Champions Cup Pool 5 as they turned up to Kingspan Stadium in Belfast as the favourites to keep it rolling against Ulster. A try in the first minute to Peceli Yato looked like an ominous sign, but the home side struck back almost immediately through Luke Marshall. This set the pattern for the rest of the game, a high-scoring thriller and unquestionably the match of the weekend.
Champions Cup: Munster vs Leicester
Munster have a formidable home record in Champions Cup rugby, and their form over the last couple of months has seen them beat the Maori All Blacks and withstand whatever their club rivals could throw at them. So it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that they would hold a 19-0 lead over Leicester at half time of their Champions Cup clash this weekend. Tyler Bleyendaal’s unerring boot did most of the damage, while Ireland star Simon Zebo added a try. Could the battered Tigers muster a second half comeback?
Champions Cup: Racing 92 vs Glasgow
Last year’s finalists Racing Metro looked to get their Champions Cup campaign kickstarted this weekend as Glasgow Warriors rolled into Paris. The early running belonged to the home side who took a 7-0 lead through a try from – who else? – Juan Imhoff. But Glasgow soon struck back through the boot of Finn Russell, and an Alex Dunbar try put them ahead at half time. Could they hold on for a crucial Pool 1 win?
Champions Cup: Toulon vs Scarlets
Watch: Full Game | Condensed
Mamuka Gorgodze got the home side off the the best possible start at Stade Felix Mayol, the big Georgian back-rower’s try putting Toulon up 7-0 after just 5 minutes. The French glamour club have overcome a troubled start to the season to be one of the form sides in the Top 14 at the moment, but the boot of Rhys Patchell and a 35th minute try from Ken Owens meant Scarlets were still in the game at halftime... but only just.
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I agree with a lot of this. Especially changing the contract side of AB rugby - even if the current structure is not the main reason Razor and others before him keep selecting players past their prime and only introducing new ones when forced to by injury. Then they act all surprised when a new player lives up to their potential and performs! Deification of good older players is a problem because, like Foster, it implies they have secret knowledge that plebs don't - despite the evidence before our eyes. Razor's first year has been a pretty big average and one hopes he gets some courage back around selection and game plan from lessons learned this year. Not hopeful though based on the selection for Italy. If they win well, (as they should) he will tout it as justification for his persistence this year but the reality is a "second" team from the squad would probably do the job.
Go to commentsIrish injury count is going up by the minute.
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