really is ours to lose. got to tighten up a bit.

griffin is a classy player.

healy same

heenan a real find.

henderson is some talent though isnt he?

Great try but needs to do more with ball in hand, mind you he is being made look great by Jackson who is having a shocker.

Parksy had a great try!

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sounded like a great try!

F@cking hell I wish I was there!!! I hate not living in Ireland anymore and missing days like this!!!

I got a good feeling you know... but then I always do...

connachta wrote: Excited but worried, The team was greater on the paper than on the field.. Be careful 2nd and back row Ulster is still very impressing... All depends on coaching : Muldowney, Poolman, and Naoupu/Fafita if injured, have to come in earlier (55 min max)

Unless Dan is having a stormer, I'd like to see Ronaldson on much earlier this time as well.

Excited but worried, The team was greater on the paper than on the field.. Be careful 2nd and back row Ulster is still very impressing... All depends on coaching : Muldowney, Poolman, and Naoupu/Fafita if injured, have to come in earlier (55 min max)

salmson in short no browne should have to pay for giving away two penalties which were i.m.o inexcusable

also o halloran made a woeful pass in the second half and also a little suspect under high ball despite doing ok earlier in the first half.

guess pat lam is trying to cut out any errors which can be avoided and also dropped george to bench after poor game the last day

still would have kept george in the second row instead of swifty so clarke partnering george and swifty as impact - this is swiftys third game in a row

Really excited . Sitting here in Surrey, UK.....game on tv.

really really want this.

munster lost
leinster lost











ulster lost?!!!!!!

Could be as important as setting up our season.....or making it look a long road.....

wp_rathead wrote: Is McKeon out injured or does Lam just not rate him? Much better option at 8 than Mul

From what i understand he was going for an MRI yesterday to get a clearer picture on the injury as they were not too sure about it

BR_Ulster wrote: I've just passed a last minute fatness test and am heading down to Galway for the night. O'Connells still the place to meet beforehand?

Accept no substitute.

How're the Ulster fans feeling about today?

Me I can't decide if I should be worried because Connacht have been less then brilliant against what are probably the worst two teams in the league, or hopeful because there's no better time to Ulster than when they're shorn of Best, Afoa, Touhy, Pienaar, Bowe and Trimble.

Either way the loser will struggle to qualify for the Nigel Wray Invitational Trophy next year....

I've just passed a last minute fatness test and am heading down to Galway for the night. O'Connells still the place to meet beforehand?

Big match for Connacht. The Cardiff result v Zebre further proves how poor our effort was last week. I was watching parts of Dragons v Scarlets this evening and it was a quality game. Dragons look a decent outfit again who'll take some scalps at home. Treviso showed their quality tonight also. This league is going to be extremely competitive and Connacht need to come up to the standard required tomorrow. If we are going to make progress there can't be any more excuses and the muck served up last Friday will see us seriously struggling.

That Ulster team is decent but is missing the key players and is far from unbeatable. Outside the backrow I'd respect them but wouldn't fear them. From the sounds of it Craig Clarke is mad to get playing, hopefully he will help in bringing a greater deal of cohesion and discipline to our display.

Ah You on the bench again? Seriously? I know the ref was bad last week but does he really deserve to be on the bench? As for some of the other decisions... who knows. I've been reamed on superbru this week with the results already from this wknd so we'll probably win by 12.

Ankle injury I think, he should be back next week along with McSharry.

Is McKeon out injured or does Lam just not rate him? Much better option at 8 than Mul