Champions Cup 1/4 Final: Exeter V Leinster

[wixfjord]

That is ridiculous.

[Fan with smartphone]

VDF having a huge game.

Amazing fight. Him ruddock, toner.

[Hippo]

Reynal has plenty of previous on this.

Great recovery after that start, hats off.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

I mean...you could maybe find excuses not to give a red, but it’s a yellow at the very least.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

We need to cut out silly penalties and be more commanding in the air. Noticeable that Luke started to kick longer as the half went on, think that’s a good call.

[FLIP]

I'm the first to shout and scream at bad refereeing but it was a yellow at most.

[RoboProp]

Penalty only for that!

To me that it is as cynical as it comes, they're down to the bench out-half let's put him on a stretcher.

[tingman]

a yellow card at LEAST

[wixfjord]

Really, really impressive 25 minutes there I must say. We've been sloppy in a lot of places, but there's a clear blueprint there for how to play.

Kick long, good line speed and make them try to play out.

They can only get out of their half through box kicking. If we can tighten up our aerial game it'll go a long way. I'd have DK on for Larmour, but that's not going to happen.

Backrow has been excellent, particularly Josh & Conan.

Luke has been very, very ropey.

I'd have Baird for Fardy at 50 also.

[wixfjord]

Have to say, Raynal has got two major decisions wrong. The second try should've been a Rhys pen and was forward from Hogg.

That last incident was at the very least a yellow.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

I'm the first to shout and scream at bad refereeing but it was a yellow at most.

For a swinging arm that hits the face?

[Keith]

Unfortunately we get ahead of ourselves playing in the poor Pro 14, could get ugly this

Why do people turn straight to the pro 14 whenever a team has a bad spell

[Fan with smartphone]

Refereeing has definitely eased off this past 2 weeks, but that is the type of shot you want rid of. He’s teed off on the hit. If it goes wrong, even slightly and non-deliberately, it’s on the tackler. Raynal wanted to keep Exeter in it.

Exeter at home, up for it, get a great start, force some Leinster errors in scoreable positions, steal at least 5 yards on every kick. And they are still 6 down.

[ronk]

I mean...you could maybe find excuses not to give a red, but it’s a yellow at the very least.

Yes there mitigation. But it's a player dipping to protect himself from a king hit, not a rugby move.

He's way too high, jumping into contact and with a swinging arm. You can argue about force, I thought there was plenty. But it was reckless and unnecessary force.

[Twist]

Hell of a comeback and we had all the momentum at HT. I’d be worried about how much energy we burned getting here though

Raynal’s missed a couple of important calls, imo

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Just checked the laws. Mitigation doesn’t apply for highly reckless acts of foul play...that’s a textbook case of it for me.

[Dexter]

Raynal is such a poor ref. He's also constantly in the way.
Thats all.

[odyboody]

So Raynal logic says swinging arm to the face is OK as long as you have made contact somewhere else first.

[wixfjord]

Just checked the laws. Mitigation doesn’t apply for highly reckless acts of foul play...that’s a textbook case of it for me.

Ah I don't think that's a reckless act of foul play though.

I think he made the hit on shoulder and it slipped up, plus Ross did dip.

I said red originaly but it is probably yellow alright.

[Theleinsterlad]

I’m b(ll/xed after that half