Heineken Cup 2020/21

[neill_m]

Are the Qtrs and semis one off games or home and away matches still?

One off games for both Quarter and Semi Finals.

[riocard911]

I'd love us to get Toulon. Our win-lose ratio against them is in need of correction......

[hugonaut]

I'd love us to get Toulon. Our win-lose ratio against them is in need of correction......

Ditto.

They lorded it over us for three seasons in a row with their galactico-era team of centurions and World Cup winners when we were in a bit of a trough. To be frank, I thought the way that team was assembled was crooked – in our knock-out games in 2014 and 2015 we played against teams which featured Carl Hayman, Martin Castrogiovanni, Bakkies Botha, Ali Williams, Danny Rousseau, Juan Smith, Juan-Martin Fernandez-Lobbe, Chris Masoe, Jonny Wilkinson, Bryan Habana, Matt Giteau, Ma'a Nonu and Drew Mitchell, the majority of them in both games.

I've a very strongly held suspicion that they were cheating the rest of the teams in the Top14 with regards to the salary cap. I just don't believe that you can build a roster of acknowledged world greats like that, almost all of them players from SH countries who are looking to set themselves up for retirement with big salaries, and be in compliance with the Top14 salary cap.

Those lads were going to France for big money to capitalise on the massive names they had made for themselves in the international game [and I have absolutely no problem with that] so how could Toulon afford all of them? Every club wanted them.

I'd love to get them in the knock-outs and see if we can give them a hard time.

[cormac]

Draw starting for this shortly. Currently drawing the Challenge Cup QFs

[LeinsterLeader]

Jaysus there milking the f%~k outta this

Come on with the shooting boys!

[wixfjord]

Leinster v Toulon

Would definitely have taken that!

[cormac]

Toulon at home

[Twist]

Toulon at home. That's a big physical challenge at the end of a very trying period.

[LeinsterLeader]

Leinster v Toulon

Would definitely have taken that!

Yep should be good match that!

[Blueberry]

Happy out with Toulon !!

[wixfjord]

Scarlets or Sale would be a nice potential QF opponent...

[Twist]

Round of 16 in full

2/3/4 April

Munster v. Toulouse
Gloucester v. La ROGchelle
Wasps v. ASM
Exeter v. Lyon
Leinster v. Toulon
Bordeaux - v. Bristol
R92 v. Edinburgh
Scarlets v. Sale

[LeinsterLeader]

Balls! Away to Exeter

[cormac]

Come on Lyon

[wixfjord]

Hmmm that's not a good QF draw.

Hopefully Lyon do a job on them if we get through!

[Blueberry]

Grand - sure we had to do Exeter at some point.......

[Twist]

QF draw - home teams first

9/10/11 April

Exeter/Lyon v. Leinster/Toulon
Wasps/ASM v. Munster/Toulouse
Gloucester/La Rochelle v. Scarlets/Sale
Bordeaux/Bristol v. R92/Edinburgh

[OTT]

And what I’ve been reading and hearing lately is you can’t win anything the way Exeter (the current league and Heineken Cup holders) play so we should be grand

[Blueberry]

Exeter's results in the Premiership this year so far ain't exactly terrifying.....

Going to be a challenge though having these games back to back.

Ain't too happy down in Shelbyville.....

[wixfjord]

Three potentially cracking games in a row that will define our season. Lovely.

I'd fancy us to run the legs off of Toulon in the Aviva.

An Exeter QF could be a brilliant game. Am sure Leo et al will have an eye on how to counteract their tight forward play. Would be useful to get Doris back for that one.