posted Oct 12, 2008

I am a fan of Toulouse, and have to say that Bath plaid very well today and could have won. i liked their willingness to attack all the time, and not to play too much with the forwards. I also like their fair-play. Toulouse was lucky to win at the end, but to their credit, they never gave up either.
A cracker game in Bath later on for sure...

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posted Oct 12, 2008

Bath played well and should have taken Toulouse in their own house. Would not be unduly worried about either of these two teams for the HC. Toulouse are flattering to deceive in the TOP14, methinks.

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posted Oct 12, 2008

Amateur mistake from Bath, just inexperience. The only team in europe who you would put your money on being able to stick the ball up the jumper til the final whistle is Munster.

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posted Oct 12, 2008

good game, bit unlucky, cant wait for toulouse to come over to the rec when it will be miserable wet and windy, perfect baaf rugby weather

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posted Oct 13, 2008

It was down to inexperience of the ELV's and mistrust of the refs. The Eurocup was always going to be where the most confusion would reign. Biaritz were moaning about their scottish ref and Munster didn't like Wayne Barnes, all due to elvs!
I've seen enough of the stupid things.

I'm not a Bath fan, I'm not a Montaban Fan, I am a rugby fan and I say from November we scrap all the elvs except the 5m meter scrum law and the quick throw and then get back to playing good rugby rather that the pap we are being forced to endure at the moment. The lineout is a joke, and I havent seen one maul all season that got further that two and a half meters before turning into a mess of prone players. How is that an improvement??? I can't believe we are actually going to waste an entire season "Testing" these dud rules! how many times do you have to walk into a brick wall before you work out its a dumb thing to do???

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, ENOUGH ALREADY!

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posted Oct 13, 2008

Bath great for 79 minutes, but they weren't unluky, they threw it away.

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posted Oct 13, 2008

Discipline, guys; can't afford to give away penalties, particularly in opponents' half. Some posters have commented on ELVs and referees' interpretion thereof; some are good (5m behind scrum, kicker back into 22) some are bad (pulling down mauls) supposedly for the sake of the game. RU used to be about ruck and maul. You can't 'ruck' any more (that's why players like Richie McCaw are so good 'falling on the wrong side') and now you can't really 'maul' anymore. Contrary to those who like to see 'the girls in the backs - to quote Mickey Skinner of England and Harlequins some years ago' make scything runs, some view rolling mauls as equally entertaining. It's supposed to be a 15-man game utillising teams' strengths and weaknesses to test an opposition's defensive gambit and counter it rather like a game of chess. If we want draughts I guess we'll just have to watch RL which is the way our game is going.

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posted Oct 13, 2008

But to go from the elation of the try a couple of minutes a go, to the depression of the penalty award. Then the elation when it looked like it was sailing wide only to swerve in at the depth, gutting.

have to agree with an earlier post for whilst I maintain that both teams will get tbetter as the tournament progresses I can't see either winning.

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posted Oct 13, 2008

bath did actually score 2 more tries than toulouse they just threw it away at the end

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posted Oct 14, 2008

great game bath but discipline is still key. A very good match to keep toulouse away from our line. We'll give them a hell of a game on or turf.

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