I wouldn't worry too much a about it. He took a notion against his scrummaging early on and was unwilling to look for any other cause as the match went on. Maybe Buckley needed to do a bit more to make it look to the ref like he's following instruction but overall there's nothing wrong with his scrummaging 90% of the time.

Was also a little worrying how ofter Immelman penalised Denis in the scrums. Must have been at least half a dozen penalties called on him.

swift4prez wrote: What annoyed me tho is that the defender didn't make any attempt to move and tackle KM.
To be disallowed a try when the defender is being held, but he's making zero effort to stop the try scorer. That was a case of how rugby is going very soft

Dillane stepped away from the ruck and grabbed the shirt of a defender who was not in the ruck. That's a straight penalty regardless of whether Marmion breaks, passes or kicks.

As to the defender not making any effort to tackle Marmion, he was pushing/slapping Dillane away so it didn't look like he even saw him. Again, doesn't change that this was a penalty.

Finally, the Dragons player Dillane grabbed wouldn't have gotten within a timezone of Marmion, which just emphasises how dumb the offence was.

One thing stood out as annoyed me big time.
For KM disallowed try, Dillane was holding a defender and try disallowed the try.
By the law, ref was right, Dillane was wrong (stupid).
What annoyed me tho is that the defender didn't make any attempt to move and tackle KM.
To be disallowed a try when the defender is being held, but he's making zero effort to stop the try scorer. That was a case of how rugby is going very soft

Betty Swallocks wrote: Dragons were the worst side to visit Galway in the past five years. Felt sorry for Richard Hibberd at times.

Yet, Dragons should have scored a few tries in the opening 15mins. We dominated, but they cut us open a few times and should have scored except for some very sloppy passes.
Maybe it was down to there being so many players having not played together, Horowitz, Leader, deButlier, Goodwin would not have played as a unit. I hope that was the cause.

I thought Darragh Leader played very well. Looked hungry and sharp. He keeps his place for the SA games surely either on the wing or at FB. Impressed again with the Farrell/Godwin axis in the centre, and Horvitz looked tidy and competent at 10 with decent kicks at goal and penalties to touch although a little short when kicking from hand keeping the ball in play. Dillane playing very well this season and the back row dominated. Dragons were the worst side to visit Galway in the past five years. Felt sorry for Richard Hibberd at times.

Job done. First 20 we gave them a few opportunities and they spurned a simple 2 on 1 which was a turning point. Excellent 20 minutes before half time put them to the sword. 2nd half was scrappy.

Dragons honestly were terrible. Their season is already dead and buried will probably get lowest points in the league.

South African games are huge. Need two wins to set us up for the interpos. Hopefully get a few bodies back before then.

Professional first half but slid back to lose second half by 5. Maybe we will come back energised by the break and the excitement of 2 weeks in. SA. Ever hopeful.

Nice day out but very windy.
Sort of day you wouldn't mind an operator like Tovey at 10 :dry:

Edit: dragons kicking a lot in the warm-up, think our back 3 could be busy

Tg4, S4C and Premier Sports according to Ultimate Rugby.

Is this game being televised?

Please don't ...
The delete button is much more appropriate in these circumstances.

WillieMason wrote: Tiernan O’Halloran should be dropped his attitude is a disgrace.

Care to explain this at all?

Betty Swallocks wrote: Important that the Ospreys get nothing out of their game with Glasgow tonight, and it's 29-13 to Glasgow at half time.

Finished 20-29

Important that the Ospreys get nothing out of their game with Glasgow tonight, and it's 29-13 to Glasgow at half time.

sligsup wrote:

Bazzo wrote:

sligsup wrote:

Bazzo wrote: Just listened to Friend's interview during the week. Doesn't seem to impressed with the refereeing around the tackle/breakdown and thinks it's causing problems with the attack. Haven't noticed anything new there myself recently, is this just a difference between southern and northern hemisphere reffing?

Did you hear friend speaking in the interview about individuals pre match prep not where it should be.... seemed to be giving a dig at certain individuals thought it was a strange comment or maybe I interpreted it incorrectly.

Hadn't noticed that part to be honest. Was it just a throwaway comment or did he go into any more detail?

To me and this is totally personal ...it definitely was not throwaway and was intentionally placed while answering the question ... again it is totally down to ones interpretation, none of the craggy crew flagged it either on the podcast.

I noticed it too, and got the same impression. In general I thought he gave an excellent interview. How often do you hear a head coach admitting to the possibility of his team being complacent? I'm hopeful for a backlash from our lads tomorrow.