Gloucester v Connacht

Great try by connacht. Contender for the best try of the week. Come on Connacht.

Can Sharples, JSD and Tindal rally and beat the Irish minnows. Or will the men from the west get their maiden Hcup win?

hope connaught get a result on there maiden venture into HC

The Irish and Scots guys doing commentary for Sky couldn't be more pro Con if they tried.

It makes for an amusing listen.

Connacht playing a blinder. Should have had a try there, ref played advantage for too long. Still ahead though.

Really impressed with Niall O'Connor.

trebellbobaggins wrote:The Irish and Scots guys doing commentary for Sky couldn't be more pro Con if they tried.

It makes for an amusing listen.

Makes a nice change.

I am enjoying this match

Score is about fair I reckon, Sharples looked like he grounded the ball too but wasn't given.

EnglishReign wrote:Score is about fair I reckon, Sharples looked like he grounded the ball too but wasn't given.

True.

mankiaow wrote:Connacht playing a blinder. Should have had a try there, ref played advantage for too long. Still ahead though.

Really impressed with Niall O'Connor.

Really? O'Connor was awful at Ulster, would be great if he is doing good in Connacht!

It's the first time i've seen him. He hasn't put a foot wrong. Great kicking and distribution.

Hi folks ....great stuff from Jonny O'Connor....wheres he been since 2006?.....

mankiaow wrote:It's the first time i've seen him. He hasn't put a foot wrong. Great kicking and distribution.

Great news!

Niall O'connors a good player, he kept Humph out of the Ulster side for while. Think Ulster made a mistake letting him go and he just needs game time.

Connacht are really doing well to hang on here

Come on Glaws.

Cmon Connacht. A famous win on here.

Never underestimate the power and pace of Jonny May.

Try May & of all the players to have missed the tackle it was Jonny Oconnor who has been outstanding up until then.

Looks as though it may have been Flavin sorry Jonny!

Fresh legs helps.

Not over yet.

EnglishReign, that was just down to poor tacklin, O'Connor went way too high. Heartbreaking for Connacht.

Fantastic try. A real shame as Connacht were looking good to hold on

Glos leaving it late there and trolling the commentators like never before.

Two poor teams though at this level. Nothing to trouble the good teams on either side.

Robbed..should have been a penalty for Connacht before the try...

Well played Connacht great effort.

It was a very good,close game. Connacht may have been the btter side but Gloucester took their chance and May took his try well.

trebellbobaggins wrote:Glos leaving it late there and trolling the commentators like never before.

Two poor teams though at this level. Nothing to trouble the good teams on either side.

Interesting how Glos got a losing bonus point at Toulouse and Quins got battered on their own ground. Connacht are a tricky side to beat.

Darn it!

trebellbobaggins wrote:Glos leaving it late there and trolling the commentators like never before.

Two poor teams though at this level. Nothing to trouble the good teams on either side.

Cheer up.

Commentary was balanced. It was an exciting game. Connacht were superb, considering their circumstances. Glos just had a bit too much in the end.

Connacht have done themselves and Irish rugby proud once again. They just need to learn how to close out games at this level. It was another fantastic effort again.

Congrats to Gloucester on a deserved victory though .

EnglishReign wrote:

trebellbobaggins wrote:Glos leaving it late there and trolling the commentators like never before.

Two poor teams though at this level. Nothing to trouble the good teams on either side.

Interesting how Glos got a losing bonus point at Toulouse and Quins got battered on their own ground. Connacht are a tricky side to beat.

That's true to be fair. Nothing exciting but gritty it seems.

Bu tthen Quins aren''t too great. English rugby as a whole is pants from top to bottom at the mo. Probably 5 years at least to get near the good Celtic and French sides.

A poor performance by most and a dire one by some! But a win is a win and I do feel this performance illustrates that Glaws are lacking confidence at the moment, so I am hoping that this helps us build momentum and we can recapture the form and performance Glaws are more than capable of.

On a seperate note, the Connacht fans were very vocal and good fun, you would be very welcome back! Good luck for the rest of the season

Bu tthen Quins aren''t too great. English rugby as a whole is pants from top to bottom at the mo. Probably 5 years at least to get near the good Celtic and French sides.

Really? 5 yeaes behind? Don't agree with that at all. Getting a bit ahead of yourselves......again!

trebellbobaggins wrote:English rugby as a whole is pants from top to bottom at the mo. Probably 5 years at least to get near the good Celtic and French sides.

Didn't Saracens just beat the second ranked PRO12 team home and away (breaking a 6 year run), and midtable AP sides Northampton & Gloucester come within a couple of points of beating Munster & Toulouse away in probably the two most difficult stadiums in Europe to visit?

That's nearer than many good Celtic and French sides have manged in recent times.

trebellbobaggins wrote:Bu tthen Quins aren''t too great. English rugby as a whole is pants from top to bottom at the mo. Probably 5 years at least to get near the good Celtic and French sides.

Yeah, Quins are terrible. How many Celtic sides have won at Stade Ernest-Wallon by the way? And how many have given Castres a 5 try nilling?

Dont forget leicester (7th in the table) beating Clermont (2nd in top 14) yesterday.....