The ref was terrible but the yellow was evened out. Hate to say it but there's no other way of saying it, Connacht threw that game away, they weren't bet by a better team. I know it wasn't a night for flowing back moves, but as has happened so many times before aimless kicking did not work for us. There was maybe two knock one by Munster as a result of these high balls? That's not a good enough return for what must have been over 20, maybe even 30 high kicks. At least this year we have people chasing the kicks but it's still not enough.

The ref was as we usually expect, inconsistent and reffing the game on the basis of the way all Irish refs ref these games (small team v big team with big name players having a word in his ear)(imo there should be outside refs for interpros) but its still no excuse we blew that game all on our own.

The penalty try was probably going to be scored eventually but it was harsh, especially as I remember a couple of years ago a Connacht scrum with the last play being denied a certain try by Munster dragging down the scrum in a far more likely to score position and the ref went back for another penalty.

Also while Harris-Wright probably deserved a card, the ref was far more lenient on Munster on a couple of occasions while Connacht possession was deliberately killed in the red zone.

Parks has been a positive influence since he arrived but for the most part tonight he didn't deliver while Keatley did. Stringer too showed his experience at key times to keep his pack moving forward. Try came about due to countless Connacht mistakes in the lead up and then to concede two absolutely stupid penalties either side of half time gave us a mountain to climb by the time we eventually started to have a cut at it.

Missing the penalty at 12-16 was a killer as I think we'd have had the momentum to get a penalty or dg if we were just 1 behind. We were unlucky with the try that wasn't but its seems to be the usual story of self-destruction when we play Munster.

We have yet to turn any tight games into victories this year yet and thats why we are where we are in the table. There is no use saying we are getting there because the league table suggests otherwise.

The penalty against the rolling maul was really harsh IMO, didn't see what jhw was booked for but the penalty try was pretty ridiculous.

JHW was booked for killing the ball it was his second warning so fair enough and the penalty try is a IRB directive apparently. Not sure how I think about the ref at the mo so will let other people comment. Gutted for the boys though.

Well, that was a load of crap.

Game was lost either side of half time with two daft plays gifting them 6 points from two penalties. Writing was on the wall from that point on. Keatley was superb - the difference between the two sides. Try saving tackle and monster penalty capping it off.

lord god! naoupu what are you at!, screaming and not bothering to touch the ball down..gutted! connacht were far the better team. Reynecke fell down badly on crucial throws bad decision to take JHW off.
Good man eric about time some of the refs got it in the neck he was terrible

The penalty against the rolling maul was really harsh IMO, didn't see what jhw was booked for but the penalty try was pretty ridiculous. It's the keatley show atm, he's been really good.

Ref should be investigated! for match fixing this is ridiculous!
Make up some decent chants and make some noise! cant believe how quite it is

this is how poor we have been playing, even a win tomorrow will keep us in 10th. (even if treviso lose, they will more then likely get losing bonus point).
we need to cop on quick and fast and cut out the bullshit of losing to a mickey mouse cardiff team and being ahead of scarlets at half time by more then 10 still losing.

Defeats for Cardiff and Edinburgh tonight. A win tomorrow gets us back up towards Edinburgh, Cardiff and Treviso. The bottom half is still quite condensed if we can get a couple of wins together in the next 3 games (especially the 2 home games).

If Grace comes on he's needs a big performance, as essentially he's fighting for a contract here and if I was EE I'd be telling him so (and no stupid penalties like tripping someone in front of the ref).

The IMF wrote: Casey Laulala has ripped us apart by himself before but will be a good marker for where McShaz and Poolman are at coming up against Downey and Laulala.

Yeah, I hope Poolman has fully recovered from the knock to his head because he can expect a good pounding up the middle from those two. You wont want to be shying away from the contact or you get run over.

swift4prez wrote: ya its on tg4. 5.15 kickoff <strong><em>TOMORROW </em></strong>

oops :whistle: title of thread should have been my first clue haha but thanks swift4prez, guess i was looking forward to it to much

ya its on tg4. 5.15 kickoff TOMORROW

MM

Casey Laulala has ripped us apart by himself before but will be a good marker for where McShaz and Poolman are at coming up against Downey and Laulala.

I want to see S Archer retreating backwards at a rate of knots at every scrum. Wilko really needs to be going after him in a massive way. Nice to see Grace get some form of opportunity on the bench, hope he gets a good 20mins to make an impression.

Weather's not promising - wet and windy.