mildlyinterested wrote: ↑December 15th, 2021, 2:12 pm
Ringrose could learn a thing or two from Hume..
"McCluskey & Hume are demonstrating a centre partnership which is an example to other Provincial partnerships".
Rather than view either in isolation and compare them with one other individual, at this point let's just watch this partnership develop.
Ringrose is clearly going to be compared to Hume given they are competing for the same green jersey... Hume looks the better attacker to me and if h keeps this up Ringrose will be under a lot of pressure for his position.
mildlyinterested wrote: ↑December 15th, 2021, 2:12 pm
Ringrose could learn a thing or two from Hume..
"McCluskey & Hume are demonstrating a centre partnership which is an example to other Provincial partnerships".
Rather than view either in isolation and compare them with one other individual, at this point let's just watch this partnership develop.
Ringrose is clearly going to be compared to Hume given they are competing for the same green jersey... Hume looks the better attacker to me and if h keeps this up Ringrose will be under a lot of pressure for his position.
My perspective is that it is unclear whether Faz views his best partnership as Bundee and Henshaw or Henshaw and Ringer ( it certainly doesn't appear to be Bundee and Ringer). Until another exhibition like last Saturday by Hume, I believe the jury is out as to whether a pairing of Bundee and Hume or Henshaw and Hume would be more effective that McCloskey & Hume.
The latter pair certainly set the bar fairly high last weekend.
Not convinced that a 6:2 split on the bench, with two second-rows named, is the ideal line-up to beat this Saints team. Admittedly McFarland knows precisely what injury doubts Ulster have going into the game but I would prefer more cover for Ulster's mid-field.
ronk wrote: ↑December 15th, 2021, 11:02 pm
The first part is getting clearly ahead of Chris Farrell.
I think you can safely say Hume is ahead of Farrell now. From an attacking perspective for sure anyway.
Farrell is living off the two games he stepped in for at the last minute and played really well. The last one of those was during the Grand Slam season, nearly 4 years ago.
ronk wrote: ↑December 15th, 2021, 11:02 pm
The first part is getting clearly ahead of Chris Farrell.
I think you can safely say Hume is ahead of Farrell now. From an attacking perspective for sure anyway.
Farrell is living off the two games he stepped in for at the last minute and played really well. The last one of those was during the Grand Slam season, nearly 4 years ago.
Tom Farrell should be nearer an Irish short at 13 than Chris Farrell!
I think you can safely say Hume is ahead of Farrell now. From an attacking perspective for sure anyway.
Farrell is living off the two games he stepped in for at the last minute and played really well. The last one of those was during the Grand Slam season, nearly 4 years ago.
Tom Farrell should be nearer an Irish short at 13 than Chris Farrell!
Deffo
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall who's the greatest player of them all? It is Drico your majesty.
Ulster go into the sheds at HT vs Northampton 19-12 up. They've three tries in the bag, but towards the end of the 1st 40 Northampton looked like they had the measure of them. Ulster could lose this, if they don't start well 2nd half....
Marty had one of those games that makes me think he could still have a great season or two in green and help us win something. Happens every 6 months or so, I'll never learn.
He needs to work on his fitness (understandably) but I think Jack looks really sharp since his comeback. Very happy for him and would love to see him keep this up and have a Healyesque resurgence for Ireland.
cormac wrote: ↑December 17th, 2021, 9:39 pm
Ulster look far less effective without McCloskey
The difference has been incredible. I said the other day that himself and Hume ran the show last weekend but didn't think they'd fall apart without one of them.
Northampton have stuck in this well. Ulster's discipline let them back into it but they've been good in their own right.
cormac wrote: ↑December 17th, 2021, 9:39 pm
Ulster look far less effective without McCloskey
The difference has been incredible. I said the other day that himself and Hume ran the show last weekend but didn't think they'd fall apart without one of them.
Northampton have stuck in this well. Ulster's discipline let them back into it but they've been good in their own right.
McCloskey's absence is keenly felt on two counts because not only is Stewart Moore not as good as him it means that Burns' mediocrity at 10 is further exposed
