Leicester v Ulster

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Leicester Tigers (v Ulster, Welford Road, Saturday 6pm)
15 Mathew Tait
14 Niall Morris
13 Matt Smith
12 Anthony Allen
11 Vereniki Goneva
10 Toby Flood (c)
9 Ben Youngs
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Tom Youngs
3 Dan Cole
4 Ed Slater
5 Graham Kitchener
6 Jamie Gibson
7 Julian Salvi
8 Jordan Crane

Replacements
16 Rob Hawkins
17 Boris Stankovich
18 Fraser Balmain
19 Louis Deacon
20 Steve Mafi
21 David Mélé
22 Owen Williams
23 Scott Hamilton


Ulster

Callum Black
Rory Best
John Afoa
Johann Muller
Dan Tuohy
Roger Wilson
Chris Henry
Nick Williams
Ruan Pienaar
Paddy Jackson
Craig Gilroy
Luke Marshall
Darren Cave
Andrew Trimble
Jared Payne

Rob Herring, Tom Court, Ricky Lutton, Iain Henderson, Robbie Diack, Paul Marshall, David McIlwaine, Michael Allen

Get discussing folks!

Both teams flat out at the moment. it's going to come down to an error from pure exhaustion

This game shows why the English teams and the Irish teams need to stay in the Heineken Cup. Or whatever European competition is created.

Jeez - Pienaar is some player.

Biltong wrote:I can see why Pienaar has such a fanbase at Ulster.

PPPPPIIIIEEEEENNNNNNAAAAARRRRRR!!!!!

Flip!

Great work from Marshall

Payne's had a bit of a nightmare by his own standards.

Neil Best kicks on!

Blow the full time whistle ref!

Who the f*** is Neil Best?

Miles Harrison, sort your s*** out.

Thats a lineout i think

Think thats in

Noooooo!!!!

Or not. Looked the other way to me

The fix is in!

Dont think i've seen a call quite like that,

really 50/50 tbh

This game has everything.

Yeeesssss!!!!!!!!

What a scrum

Crap call the last 2 scrums were penalty to Tigs.

 Not crap call re last scrum was pen to Ulster but the 2 before.

Tom Court take a bow son!

Helluva scrum by ulster. Doff yer cap stuff....

What a shove!!

Wow! That was one of the best scrum battles Ive seen. Cracking by Court and Afoa

Ulster cynically killing time with these scrums. Both should have been Tigers penalties but nothing given by Owens. Ulster provide one good scrum and the penalty is straight there. Frustrating.

The injuries have hurt us here, can't afford to lose the impetus from the bench against a team as good as Ulster.

And it's all down to the last play.

Ah!

formerly known as Sam wrote:Ulster cynically killing time with these scrums. Both should have been Tigers penalties but nothing given by Owens. Ulster provide one good scrum and the penalty is straight there. Frustrating.

The injuries have hurt us here, can't afford to lose the impetus from the bench against a team as good as Ulster.

 We miss Manu so much in the backs to provide front ball in the backs.

Welly wrote:Crap call the last 2 scrums were penalty to Tigs.

 Not crap call re last scrum was pen to Ulster but the 2 before.

Can't work out why the first one was reset, I thought it was a clear cut penalty.

I can't watch!

Definitely, with Tait going off as well we've really lacked any penetration in the backs.

Needed a bit of luck really, a yellow for Jackson's very early hit on Morris for instance. That's rugby though.

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

Oh god

Now that was a rugby match!

Stand up Leicester and Ulster.

Great game.

Hard luck Tigers fans, that could have gone either way, what an epic - best of luck in the QF.   

What a game, Ulster at home for the QF against Saracens it is then

Woah - this is what the Heineken Cup is about - round 6 epics.

Big credit to the Tigers fans, they are a classy bunch and I've had a message from a Tigers congratulating me on the victory already....also the respectful silence for Pienaar's kicks even the kick that give us a 3 point lead they were absolutely silent for it.

One of the most tense games I have ever watched.

Well done Ulster!   

Commiserations to the Tigers, that was one of the hardest games we have played.

Bloody Ulster why won't you lose.

 Oh well looks like we are of to France.

 Best game I have seen this season. Have to say I will miss the heinken.

 Best of luck ulster should be a rematch against sarries at yours.

Pienaar, what an uber- legend! Surely now surpasses Cuchulainn and Fionn McCool as the greatest Ulsterman!

Rory_Gallagher wrote:One of the most tense games I have ever watched.

Well done Ulster!   

Commiserations to the Tigers, that was one of the hardest games we have played.

It wasn't THAT tense, I was quite relaxed.   

When I was 10 years old, I was at a home semi-final for Ulster versus Stade Francais- I was there when David Humphreys went streaking down the touchline and I think that was the moment I fell in love with the game of rugby.

That was the last European Cup knockout game to be played at Ravenhill. I feel rather emotional at this, tbh. I'm just about keeping it together. We'll be finally taking a game back to Ravenhill. All those wet Friday nights over the last 15 years, all those last-minute heartbreaks all those long years.

All hell might stand against us, but I wouldn't bet on anyone else.

Johann Muller, leader of men.

Leicester are a great team, they deserve to be in the quarter final. I'm just proud of the mental resilience.

Most teams go 19-9 down at Welford Road in a game like this when they are pumped and the crowd is in full voice never recover. To not concede a single point after that...

Chris Henry, face bleeding. One stupid offside decision aside he was brilliant, and Wilson & Best were absolutely superb in the pack. Tight match, tighter than it should have been. Best team won. But Leicester showed their pedigree in this competition and what a bloody good team they are. Welford Road is a fortress but we managed it. We might not be good enough to win the tournament but this shows how far we have come in a short period of time.

Notch wrote:When I was 10 years old, I was there when David Humphreys went streaking down the touchline and I think that was the moment I fell in love with the game of rugby…..

Humphreys streaking in front of a 10-year old……..

Is there nothing these Ulstermen won't do to recruit fans?

Well done Ulster... Great result never easy to win at welford road

Pot Hale wrote:

Notch wrote:When I was 10 years old, I was there when David Humphreys went streaking down the touchline and I think that was the moment I fell in love with the game of rugby…..

Humphrey's streaking in front of a 10-year old……..

Is there nothing these Ulstermen won't do to recruit fans?

  

Oh behave!.

Notch wrote:When I was 10 years old, I was at a home semi-final for Ulster versus Stade Francais- I was there when David Humphreys went streaking down the touchline and I think that was the moment I fell in love with the game of rugby.

That was the last European Cup knockout game to be played at Ravenhill. I feel rather emotional at this, tbh. I'm just about keeping it together. We'll be finally taking a game back to Ravenhill. All those wet Friday nights over the last 15 years, all those last-minute heartbreaks all those long years.

All hell might stand against us, but I wouldn't bet on anyone else.

This.  If there was a hug emoticon I'd use it right here.  Sums up exactly how I feel right now.