SUNDAY
TREVISO 5-28 MUNSTER
AWAY WIN DOES NOT
SHOW DEEPNESS OF MUNSTER WOUND
Early tries from Ronan O'Mahony and David Kilcoyne looked to
have seen off the Italian challenge.
But Treviso got back in it thanks to a drive-over try from
Marco Lazzaroni just before half-time.
Conor Murray strolled through to score in the second half,
and O'Mahony crossed to seal Munster's bonus point.
I Think that this win is hiding some serious problems that
Munster are having at the moment and
must be fixed if Munster are to be a force in Europe again
STADE FRANCAIS 36-21
LEISTER
DOUMAYROU TRY GIVES
SRADE BONUS POINT WOUND
Tigers had already secured a home tie in the last eight
after finishing top of Pool Four, and Stade progress as one of three best
runners-up.
Manu Tuilagi gave Leicester the lead, but the hosts ran in
26 unanswered points to earn the bonus point.
Tries from Dom Barrow and Harry Thacker gave Tigers hope but
Stade added a late fifth through Geoffrey Doumayrou.
I think that because Leister were through to the quarters
they did not care as much as they should because of this and that was what gave
Stade an advantage. I don’t think
that an all-powerful Leister would have went down so poorly as a fan of Irish
rugby as Ulster would have went through this disappointed me.
CLERMOUNT 28-37 BORDEUX
SIMPLE SILLY ERROR
PUTS CLERMOUNT OUT
Clermont Auvergne crashed out of the European Champions Cup after
getting their sums wrong in a dramatic finish to their final Pool 2 match at
the Stade Marcel-Michelin.
The home side would have progressed through to the
quarter-finals with a losing bonus point but they failed to realise the
significance of a last-minute penalty awarded to them in front of the posts
and, instead of going for goal, ran the ball in a vain attempt to score a fifth
try.
Clermont had led 28-20 after 62 minutes but conceded 17
points while down to 14 men with Julien Bardy in the sin-bin to suffer a 37-28
loss to Bordeaux-Begles.
Rugby in France is booming and some simplicity here would
have helped also. I think that there should have been knowledge of what was
going on elsewhere.
EXETER 33-17 OSPREYS
SHORT MAKES THINGTS
SHORT FOR OSPREYS
Thomas Waldrom and James Short each scored two tries for
Exeter with Kai Horstmann also going over
Exeter are through in a group that no one could be certain
of who would qualify from at any stage as Exeter were able to take control
against the ospreys. Now they are in the quarters I think that it will be a lot
tougher but I think thyat the Champiohns Cup is made for teams like Exeter at
the moment and you might get a few more coming from no where in England and
France to reach quarter finals
QUARTER FINAL DRAW
SARACENS V NORTHAMPTON
LEISTER V STADE FRANCAIS
RACING V TOLOUN
WASPS V EXETER
MY OPINION
With only Leinster qualifying for the quarter finals last
year and no pro 12 team qualifying this year the question I have to ask is has
the pro 12 served its purpose. Have the English and French become too powerful.
Do the English and French have a better reserve of player or something to do
with the World cup? I think that it is all of the above. There seems to be a
gap of control and I think it is going to get bigger which will not help
English, French, Irish or Welsh rugby. Ulster sit in 9th position
and if one more result had had went their way they would be in the quarters.
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