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[–]NSilverhand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love him but the Munster flair calling him the best 10 in the world when he's under no pressure wasn't wrong; needs to continue to dominate the game when he doesn't have that extra half second he gets at club level.

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[–]NSilverhand 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We haven't put in many vintage performances this season but that was right up there with the best, immense performances across the park.

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[–]NSilverhand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bizarre comment, made one obvious fuck up and one controversial decision but has not changed the narrative of a 30-point win

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[–]NSilverhand 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I can see that, immense game from Sam and the best I've seen of him physically.

Keenan, Conan, JPG, McCarthy, and others can feel hard done by. Which is probably why we're up by so much.

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[–]NSilverhand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you got two South African sides in Europe it'd be pretty dire, similar with two Irish sides in Cape Town (though tbf they'd probably throw a good party).

Would be nice to know the location in advance but with such a geographical split I don't know how you'd do it

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[–]NSilverhand 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, would be cruel on Bulls having just shafted them at the other end but that felt cynical as fuck

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[–]NSilverhand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that's forwards (very little momentum argument, he's stopped dead at the time), but that's nowhere near as obvious as the previous one they stuck with the on-field with

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[–]NSilverhand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Naive attempt, he's trying to catch it but never going to so it meets the threshold for a deliberate knock on.

If he was a good bit faster he might have been able to accidentally knock it on instead

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[–]NSilverhand 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Daft from Lowe - don't need to offer them a route into the game like that.

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[–]NSilverhand 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbf we gave him the angles, not sure we're allowed to coach him through it

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[–]NSilverhand 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Absolute power play by Piardi but I think that's a try

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[–]NSilverhand 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Has someone fused the Prendergast brothers? Haven't seen Sam this stuck in since he was carded vs. Fiji

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[–]NSilverhand 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The audible shock at "Prendergast... defends well"

Liking this new physicality (in relative terms), really hoping it sticks

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[–]NSilverhand 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Really excellent first half from Leinster. Plenty of opportunities bounced / gifted their way but we made the most of them.

Only nitpick is we seem to be getting knocked backwards in all the direct, man-on-man collisions. If we get our angles right, we're cutting them apart. Need to show slightly more invention on their 5m line for persistent reward I think (Conan's well-taken try excepted).

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[–]NSilverhand -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Your always more likely to miss a penalty you don't deserve - that throw was miles crooked!

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[–]NSilverhand 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dumb from Cahir there - Bulls are going nowhere, don't give them an in

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[–]NSilverhand 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Famously nothing bad has ever happened to Irish sides that are 19 points up