Heineken Cup Round 1 (Pool 4): Ulster v Castres - Friday 12th 8pm

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Initial squad announced from Ulster, and Ruan is back! I would have thought he required resting, will he really play a part? Williams hasn't yet been ruled out so there is hope yet.

FORWARDS (16):
Rob Herring, Rory Best, Nigel Brady, Neil McComb, John Afoa, Tom Court, Adam Macklin, Callum Black, Johann Muller, Dan Tuohy, Lewis Stevenson, Stephen Ferris, Mike McComish, Iain Henderson, Chris Henry, Nick Williams.

BACKS (11):
Ruan Pienaar, Paul Marshall, Michael Heaney, Paddy Jackson, Paddy Wallace, Darren Cave, Luke Marshall, Andrew Trimble, Tommy Bowe, Craig Gilroy, Jared Payne.

Has Trimble really done enough to warrant a place at the expense of Gilroy?


Castres are sitting at 6th in Top14, only winning half their games so far.

Pedrie might not play on Ravenhill again. I'm not sure of his status, but he did not feature in their squad last week. injured?

By the way, Castres just beat Clermont! Were Clermont resting players?

We SHOULD win this based on form.

SUFTUM

Golden - I'm not using that, I'll PM you mine

Golden - check your PM.

23 - 10 with less than three minutes in the first half to go.

Excellent start from Ulster 23 - 10 HT.

Cheers Cari thats better.

Ulster look very strong this season

You're welcome.

Yeah they are. They've assembled a good side though, and have a decent little kicker in Jackson now too.

and still Piennar to come back

Marshall through for his second by the looks of things

yup its given. One away from a bonus point

Yep it's allowed. Good going Marshall!

Come on Ulster, you can get the bonus one...

28 - 10 conversion missed.

How far from an Ireland start is Paul Marshall? Has he been capped before?

Why are they going for the penalty when they are 18 points up??

Hmmmm strange choice to go for the points there. Personally I would've gone for the corner to ramp up the BP try attempt.

31 - 10 after the kick anyway.

Hes played for the Wolfhounds but never for Ireland. I would say hes realistically fourth in line for the 9 jersey. Although he is playing better than a couple of them

so he is just fourth choice in Kidneys eyes?

Well before TOL left for LI even was getting picked in the squad ahead of Marshall who was playing well so yes. However he does have a point Marshall isnt exactly reliable. Hes a brilliant option to have on the bench but Id rather have murray, reddan or boss starting ahead of him.

Try Castres. Good score for them.

31 - 17.

Those Castres shirts are minging.

Great HC debut for Henderson so far,that kid is going to be some player.Will he play lock or backrow in the future?

That was a terrible scrum though. Castres having all the possession now.

Tom Court is binned now too.

Id love for him to settle at lock cos Ireland arent exactly blessed with promising young second rows, but hell see more gametime in the back row this season anyway.

Court in the sin bin

ref is a naughty naughty boy, Castres collapsed an Ulster maul in the Castres 22 in the first half and they didn't get a yellow, then they kill the ball in their own 22 and still no yellow.

Surely Castres should have a yellow there too? Why are Ulster going for points again? They really need to take the corner chances.

34 - 17 after 62 minutes. If Ulster don't secure a BP tonight, they'll be fuming. Pienaar on.

Gilroys on

My Boy's off he's not had a bad day at the office.

Ulster have done well to hold off Castres whilst Court's been off and not conceded a point.

This ref needs shot.

Oh come on ref!! How come Castres aren't binned again?! He swung a punch at Stevenson!!

Artful_Dodger wrote:This ref needs shot.

whats he done wrong?

Cari wrote:Oh come on ref!! How come Castres aren't binned again?! He swung a punch at Stevenson!!

It doesn't matter that he threw a punch, it didn't connect.

Bit of a joke. who is Andrew Small

Still 34 - 17 with just under ten minutes to go. Ulster get a penalty and they should go for the corner, which they do.

next infringement they need to have someone yellowed. Having said that, its always a different player. Lots of little errors by Ulster really isn't helping them.

Argh nooo...Ulster lose the ball. I can see this ending frustratingly...fairdo's to Castres though.

hehe, he won't be kcicking the ball away again anytime soon!

More frustration...Best loses the ball and that was a great opportunity....still, they get a penalty.

At last Castres get binned.

Good turn over that.

Good kick Jackson. They've gone for the corner again. The time is now Ulster...get your BP try!

Arrrgh no...penalty Castres with under four minutes to go.

Good defence by Castres

Stephenson has been everywhere in the second half

Marshall is MOTM

two minutes to go...will Ulster get the elusive point? Can't see it myself...

Its infringement central by castres

nathan wrote:

Artful_Dodger wrote:This ref needs shot.

whats he done wrong?

Are you serious? What match are you watching, collapsing mauls in their own 22, killing ball in their own 22, throwing punches and no yellow card till 5 mins from the end. Ridiculous.

getting fed up of the whining by caste, wish smalls would tell the to shut it

Artful_Dodger wrote:

nathan wrote:

Artful_Dodger wrote:This ref needs shot.

whats he done wrong?

Are you serious? What match are you watching, collapsing mauls in their own 22, killing ball in their own 22, throwing punches and no yellow card till 5 mins from the end. Ridiculous.

Yes, I am serious. I've only just turned over to this.

No need to be such a dick about it.

YAHHAHAHAHAH

HAVE SOME OF THAT.

What are Castre doing, just ridiculous decision making, nothing to gain by playing on, everything to lose...

LOST!!!

Sorry nathan I thought your post was insinuating he'd done nothing wrong.

oh and you don't get yellowed unless the punches make contact.

Unbelievable
Luke Marshall made up for his poor pass

Did they just let piennar through there?