galway joey wrote: Dobby, to be fair our defense in the first half was really good. They camped out on our 5m line for well over 10 minutes on 2 occasions and came away with nothing.

You're debating with someone who didn't see the game.

galway joey wrote: Dobby, to be fair our defense in the first half was really good. They camped out on our 5m line for well over 10 minutes on 2 occasions and came away with nothing.

Our discipline was very bad in the scrum and maul which was very frustrating and in a championship game we would have had a good few in the bin.

Last night has personally raised my spirits for the season ahead.

How did O'Donnell and Thornbury play when introduced.

Dobby, to be fair our defense in the first half was really good. They camped out on our 5m line for well over 10 minutes on 2 occasions and came away with nothing.

Our discipline was very bad in the scrum and maul which was very frustrating and in a championship game we would have had a good few in the bin.

Last night has personally raised my spirits for the season ahead.

High praise indeed on the Wasp's forum.

Jack singled out a number of times in the Wasp's match report

I read somewhere that Ronaldson hobbled off at half time, which is worrying.

[edit] Eh, it appears that most of what I've posted here is stuff I read further up the thread.

Looking at the Wasp's forum they seemed to be impressed with our fly half (not sure if they are referring to Carty or Crosbie as both were probably our best players last night, presume it was Carty they were referring to). They seem to recognise that we essentially fielded a completely different XV in the 2nd half bar 2. Good to see from an Irish perspective that they liked the look of Macken and are calling for him to start at 13.

Conn Not 65 wrote: I don't normally comment this early in the season but........... IMO Connemara Man made reasonable comments , ie big changes at half time , game time , protect players etc. This is a friendly!! We didn't even see it and Dobby is on a rant! Read your post, Dobby Welcome to a new season Jesus wept !

I have a mute button for Dobby i.e. I see his name and don't read , I advise the same, he's a troll!!!!

I don't normally comment this early in the season but........... IMO Connemara Man made reasonable comments , ie big changes at half time , game time , protect players etc. This is a friendly!! We didn't even see it and Dobby is on a rant! Read your post, Dobby Welcome to a new season Jesus wept !

connemara man wrote: We changed a full team practically of course it's going to effect the outcome.

Replacing a team that won the first half with 13 players that were a mix of academy, a debutant and some senior heads had an impact

The point of a pre season friendly is for players to get a run out. And see against decent opposition how things work. Read Joey's post above a lot to be positive about.

Let's give them a few league games before throwing them under the bus

It is something that irritates the daylights out of me. We hare open season to other players. On a 5M line we are simply are a walk-in. We have not one player that can resist. If you watch last season, it is blatant. That would be a start

We changed a full team practically of course it's going to effect the outcome.

Replacing a team that won the first half with 13 players that were a mix of academy, a debutant and some senior heads had an impact

The point of a pre season friendly is for players to get a run out. And see against decent opposition how things work. Read Joey's post above a lot to be positive about.

Let's give them a few league games before throwing them under the bus

connemara man wrote: www.connachtrugby.ie/wasps-40-connacht-22/

The Connacht match report

13 changes at half time, no wonder the second half was so different

I am bordering on getting annoyed. Connemara Man. So we changed players. Are you honestly telling me that we lost the game..

We lose these games all the time. You are just giving an excuse.

www.connachtrugby.ie/wasps-40-connacht-22/

The Connacht match report

13 changes at half time, no wonder the second half was so different

Galway Joey is owed a pint!

He moved to 12 as far as I could see. I took a lot of positives from that game (scoreline flattered wasps).

Crosbie looked awesome when he came on. Clearance kicks were spot on, ran some brilliant lines and bossed the game for the first 20 minutes of the second half. His place kicks looked good too. Carty got better when moved to 12. Could be something to look at. He seemed to run impressive lines with speed which I have rarely seen from him. Different player at 12.

Mitchell looked very comfortable at scrum half. Crisp passing and made good decisions.

Scholes and Leader looked like a good partnership with some nice kick chases.

Our scrum was shocking but the lineout was working really well and used as good platforms to attack.

Our passing was top notch (brought me back to 2016 season). I think we miss placed 1 pass all game which is a massive improvement.

Worrying sight was Ronaldson limping off at half time. Apart from that a clean bit of health hopefully. I still think Healy has so more to offer. He has not been his best since 2016. He lacks in defensive duties and dosnt have that edge we have seen of him going forward.

Without Wade wasps didn't look too dangerous. I think KK will be reasonably happy, good platform to build on.

Looks like Carty stayed on when Crosbie came on (and had a stormer if the Wasps report is anything to go by). Anyone there able to tell us if he stayed at 10 or moved to 12 or 15?

www.wasps.co.uk/fixtures-results/match-report/fixture242039

Wasps match report

Wasp's are just one of those teams that you simply can't live with if they click and you aren't prepared which Connacht wouldn't have been in that second half of the second half (understandably so though considering it was essentially kids on the field then).