EPCR - Round 1 (Games without a thread)

[LondonTiger]

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Bath v Toulouse - Saturday 13:00


Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
AR1: John Lacey (Ireland)
AR2: Eddie Hogan-O'Connell (Ireland)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Broadcasters: BT Sport beIN Sports


Exeter v Munster - Saturday 15:15


Referee: Jérome Garcès (France)
AR1: Ludovic Cayre (France)
AR2: Jonathan Dufort (France)
TMO: Eric Briquet Campin ()
Broadcasters: BT Sport




Gloucester v Castres - Sunday 13:00

Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
AR1: Manuel Bottino (Italy)
AR2: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
TMO: Stefano Penne (Italy)
Broadcasters: BT Sport beIN Sports



Lyon v Cardiff - Sunday 13:00


Referee: JP Doyle (England)
AR1: Ian Tempest (England)
AR2: Wayne Falla (England)
TMO: David Grashoff (England)
Broadcasters: beIN Sports BT Sport




Toulon v Newcastle - Sunday 15:15


Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
AR1: Craig Evans (Wales)
AR2: Wayne Davies (Wales)
TMO: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Broadcasters: BT Sport beIN Sports

[Artful_Dodger]

Pretty blunt description of reffing in the Gloucester match. (Healy said he was rubbish!)

Dodgy looking decision to disallow a Gloucester try promoted it.

Who's the ref?

[mikey_dragon]

Good score by Anscombe just then. Cardiff better than Lyon at the breakdown and in attack.

[Heaf]

Pretty blunt description of reffing in the Gloucester match. (Healy said he was rubbish!)

Dodgy looking decision to disallow a Gloucester try promoted it.

Who's the ref?

Marius Mitrea (Italy) ... have to say the overall standard so far has been pretty poor ...

[Artful_Dodger]

Pretty blunt description of reffing in the Gloucester match. (Healy said he was rubbish!)

Dodgy looking decision to disallow a Gloucester try promoted it.

Who's the ref?

Marius Mitrea (Italy) ... have to say the overall standard so far has been pretty poor ...

Mitrea is usually pretty good, one of the better refs in the Pro14.

[Heaf]

Didn't see the whole match so he may have been OK overall but that decision was a bit odd as he based it on a player 'not being part of the breakdown' when he seemed to be pretty involved ... although to be fair the clearout did seem to go quite a bit beyond the ruck.

[Sgt_Pooly]

Great start Falcons.....jeez man. 10-3 down after a Young charge down, starting to settle a bit now.

[Sgt_Pooly]

Great comeback...10-10, Falcons!!!!

[Sgt_Pooly]

It's only Toulon 10-16 Falcons! Can we finish the game now?

[Heaf]

Looks like Falcons could still win this ...

[mikey_dragon]

I do hope that Newcastle win. Always good to see Toulon lose.

[mikey_dragon]

Great catch by Falcons 11, that's helped seal the win.

[Heaf]

woohoo - who would have bet on that?

[Maine man]

What a performance by Newcastle. Well deserved win.

[Heaf]

Think I watched the wrong match ...

[Sgt_Pooly]

What a game.....and we actually deserved it, I'm in shock.

[Rugby Fan]

Think I watched the wrong match ...

That's what I'm thinking.

Johnny Wilkinson must have mixed feelings.

[Artful_Dodger]

Well played Falcons, I thought based on Toulon's domestic form that 16/1 was very favourable to them but didn't expect them to lose at home, least of all to Falcons. I would pay good money to see the look on Boudjellal's face right now. That is probably Toulon's easiest game of the group bearing in mind they were at home.

Maybe they and Boudjellal will still get out of the group...........

............but maybe they won't and how sad that would be

[Heaf]

What a game.....and we actually deserved it, I'm in shock.

Huge result

[stub]

Just back in and have seen the Falcons score - amazing!!

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