ERCC: Pool 4, Round 6 - Bath Rugby v Glasgow Warriors

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Bath Rugby v Glasgow Warriors
Pool 4, Round 6
Sunday 25 January 2015, KO 13:00
The Recreation Ground, Bath

Live on BT Sport

Referee John Lacey (Ireland)
Touch Judge 1 Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
Touch Judge 2 Olly Hodges (Ireland)
Fourth Official Peter Huckle (England)
TMO Marshall Kilgore (Ireland)
Citing Commissioner Yves Thieffine (France)

A. Teams:

1. Bath Rugby

15 Anthony Watson
14 Horacio Agulla
13 Jonathan Joseph
12 Kyle Eastmond
11 Matt Banahan
10 George Ford
9 Chris Cook
1 Paul James
2 Rob Webber
3 Dave Wilson
4 Stuart Hooper (c)
5 Dominic Day
6 Matt Garvey
7 Francois Louw
8 Leroy Houston

16 Ross Batty
17 Nick Auterac
18 Henry Thomas
19 Dave Attwood
20 Carl Fearns
21 Peter Stringer
22 Ollie Devoto
23 Sam Burgess

2. Glasgow Warriors

15. Sean Maitland
14. Tommy Seymour
13. Mark Bennett
12. Alex Dunbar
11. DTH van der Merwe
10. Finn Russell
9. Herny Pyrgos

1. Gordon Reid
2. Pat MacArthur
3. Mike Cusack
4. Jonny Gray
5. Al Kellock (Captain)
6. Leone Nakarawa
7. Fraser Brown
8. Richie Vernon

16. Kevin Bryce
17. Jerry Yanuyanutawa
18. Jon Welsh
19. James Eddie
20. Sean Lamont
21. Niko Matawalu
22. Peter Horne
23. Peter Murchie

B. Tournament Form:

1. Bath Rugby

18/1/15 - Toulouse 18 - 35 Bath

12/12/14 - Bath 32 - 12 Montpellier

5/12/14 - Montpellier 5 - 30 Bath

2. Glasgow Warriors

18/1/15 - Glasgow 21 - 10 Montpellier

13/12/14 - Glasgow 9 - 12 Toulouse

7/12/14 - Toulouse 19 - 11 Glasgow

C. Head to Head

7 Played 7
5 Wins 2
2 Losses 5
0 Draws 0
19 Tries 18
11 Conversions 13
19 Penalties 17
0 Drop Goals 0
174 Points 167

It was flat. Been said already but Glasgow need to get points everytime they visit the 22. Ball security and presentation in contact is what's leading to the knockons/balls going loose. I reckon they should grubber in behind to the corners more, bath wingers are generally quite high in defense.

Who will be the fittest? Who will have the best bench impact?

Baths discipline very good as well. Glasgow with a fair amount of ball in their 22 and no pens given away. That is good.

teh_Dingmeister wrote:It was flat. Been said already but Glasgow need to get points everytime they visit the 22. Ball security and presentation in contact is what's leading to the knockons/balls going loose. I reckon they should grubber in behind to the corners more, bath wingers are generally quite high in defense.

And you have Bananaman - the worlds most ponderous winger.

tj are you watching the same game?

bath looked far more dangerous to me. which team conceded all the penalties trying to slow the ball down?

weegies have had 2 great lineout moves, and a lot of great defense. not much else.

scrum weakness, plus tired legs,are going to mean watson, eastmond, banahan and agulla are going to threaten more and more. imo of course.

The thing is i don't think Welsh will improve things much at scrum time.

quinsforever wrote:tj are you watching the same game?

bath looked far more dangerous to me. which team conceded all the penalties trying to slow the ball down?

weegies have had 2 great lineout moves, and a lot of great defense. not much else.

scrum weakness, plus tired legs,are going to mean watson, eastmond, banahan and agulla are going to threaten more and more. imo of course.

Really - I think your telly is upside down

Weegies have taken them apart attack and defense. Bath have only made progress up field from pens. Everytime they get the ball glasgow push them backweards

I agree fitness will be key. Eastmonds off isn't he? So he won't do much in the rest of the game and Bananaman is so so its not funny. glasgow are used to playing at this pace - are Bath?

i meant joseph obviously, who is having a really strong game. best bath player in the first half.

no idea who is fittest, but at this pace it does feel like there are going to be spaces opening up as the game goes on. especially for teams who have the guts to attack from deep.

Yanuyanutawa and Welsh on

I think I'll sign off and just enjoy the game. Same old, same old.

quinsforever wrote:i meant joseph obviously, who is having a really strong game. best bath player in the first half.

Yup - the only bath player who looks dangerous to me.

quinsforever wrote:no idea who is fittest, but at this pace it does feel like there are going to be spaces opening up as the game goes on. especially for teams who have the guts to attack from deep.

Both teams will give that a try I guess. Glasgow Already have twice.

This is going to be a good test of Ford as well - Glasgow are so good at closing the space he is going to have to make the right decisions and quickly with a Glasgow player right in his face. If he comes thru this well he is going to increase his standing. Glasgows defense is one of the best around and is based around rushing and denying space

quinsforever wrote:tj are you watching the same game?

bath looked far more dangerous to me. which team conceded all the penalties trying to slow the ball down?

Eh? Glasgow have made 3 clean breaks to Bath's 1. How is that more dangerous?

Yanu had a nudge here Wilson collapsed..

Bath - 7 phases on the 22 - 5 m made, pen Glasgow as they run out of numbers and hold on. No hint of a real break

Should Fraser Brown just play at 7 more instead of Hooker?

madmaccas wrote:

quinsforever wrote:tj are you watching the same game?

bath looked far more dangerous to me. which team conceded all the penalties trying to slow the ball down?

Eh? Glasgow have made 3 clean breaks to Bath's 1. How is that more dangerous?

2 from the back of a lineout which i already gave credit for. and bath had several breaks. watson. agulla. joseph. whether they get technically defined as clean breaks i will leave to the statisticians.

Arghhhhh, terrible to see Dunbar go off.

TJ wrote:Bath - 7 phases on the 22 - 5 m made, pen Glasgow as they run out of numbers and hold on.  No hint of a real break

except i would have given the pen to bath. tackler did not release the player and was lying on top of him with hands on the ball. lacey may be consistently lenient but i am always red hot on that against defending teams.

Epic try!!!!! RV!

Oh my god!!

wow. nice try.

Try glasgow. :-)

OHHH TJ DONT BE AN ARSE

Will be a crying shame if that's chalked off!

quinsforever wrote:

madmaccas wrote:

quinsforever wrote:tj are you watching the same game?

bath looked far more dangerous to me. which team conceded all the penalties trying to slow the ball down?

Eh? Glasgow have made 3 clean breaks to Bath's 1. How is that more dangerous?

2 from the back of a lineout which i already gave credit for. and bath had several breaks. watson. agulla. joseph. whether they get technically defined as clean breaks i will leave to the statisticians.

They don't. How's this then, 179 to 138 meters run?

Naka pls... Surely that's not a penalty

Frak OFF

Common sense prevails, thank godness

Try of the tournament!

Lacey trying his best to spoil it, at least TMO has some sense!

TMO system works well again. Worth looking at but no pen

WELL DONE TMO

Glad to see common sense being used there.

Reckless from naka, but not a penalty.

GLove39 wrote:OHHH TJ DONT BE AN ARSE

Thought you meant me for a moment ;-)

PRAISE THY TMO!

Yes, I said it. But that would've been a crime to disallow that.

Unlucky with the conversion.

What a try.

glasgow going to get themselves in trouble at the breakdown.

good decision by the tmo, but naka neednt have done it as it was petulant and on the bath side of the ruck and the ball was on glasg's side. risky.

Montpellier ahead against Toulouse!

Boo

floogates about to open methinks.

Bath pack are going to win this for them.

Nothing like giving away points and a man immediately...

Pen try and Yellow. Boooooooooooooooooooo foul play in there earlier tho against Bath

Lacey learn the laws... Not for the pen try but that kickoff

and a penalty from the restart Lacey?????? No

bath seem to have a real problem catching the ball from kickoff. was the same against toulouse last week. bit strange.

what a set of subs to bring on! bath are lucky indeed. going to make life tough for the glas tight 5

That wasn't even forward from DTH..

That was a fair contest from Yanu

Lacey will cost Glasgow the game here guys

glas 7 was clearly in from the side and resting all his weight on his forearms on the ground. open your other eye.

held up