sea_point wrote:

Gorgeous George wrote: Hi,

New member all the way from Australia....Looking forward to supporting your team and of course Dan Parks in his new venture. Hopefully they will show your games on Setanta (in Aust)...we only get two or three pro12 games a week which are hand picked ...on pay TV...fingers crossed.

Good Luck Parksy ! (when u get on the park in a couple of weeks) :blink:

Welcome aboard GG, whereabouts in Oz are you and are you ex-Pat or true blue...?

Hi Mate, I'm in Sydney.... and true blue aussie. DP has a few friends and family following him from home.

Gorgeous George wrote: Hi,

New member all the way from Australia....Looking forward to supporting your team and of course Dan Parks in his new venture. Hopefully they will show your games on Setanta (in Aust)...we only get two or three pro12 games a week which are hand picked ...on pay TV...fingers crossed.

Good Luck Parksy ! (when u get on the park in a couple of weeks) :blink:

Welcome aboard GG, whereabouts in Oz are you and are you ex-Pat or true blue...?

Gorgeous George wrote: Hi,

New member all the way from Australia....Looking forward to supporting your team and of course Dan Parks in his new venture. Hopefully they will show your games on Setanta (in Aust)...we only get two or three pro12 games a week which are hand picked ...on pay TV...fingers crossed.

Good Luck Parksy ! (when u get on the park in a couple of weeks) :blink:

Hi George, do you know if Setanta use TG4 and/or RTE feeds? If they only use RTE feeds then I'm afraid you're going to miss out, they're covering our game away to Ulster and that's it. Nothing else in the first half of the season.

Thanks, the Quins one is good! Unfortunately I only have time to lurk here normally (that's why it took 5 days to put up the video!).

swift4prez wrote: seen this on twitter 5mins ago and said id wait before i posted the video here as you dont post much here. great clip. the best one you took is the last 4mins vs quins, keep up the good work

seen this on twitter 5mins ago and said id wait before i posted the video here as you dont post much here. great clip. the best one you took is the last 4mins vs quins, keep up the good work

Here are some video clips I took at the game that I stitched together. Sorry but I had no control over the comments from other supporters!



Really hope things have improved for the next game.

Hi,

New member all the way from Australia....Looking forward to supporting your team and of course Dan Parks in his new venture. Hopefully they will show your games on Setanta (in Aust)...we only get two or three pro12 games a week which are hand picked ...on pay TV...fingers crossed.

Good Luck Parksy ! (when u get on the park in a couple of weeks) :blink:

connachtexile wrote: As a matter of interest how did Copeland play?

Shepherds crook just after half time. But then the whole Cardiff pack was beaten up a stick in the first 40.

sea_point wrote:

Diom wrote: I would leave Swifty off with Kearney to start, bring on Swifty later. I would also start JOC, and have Faloon come on later.
I thought that JOC was hard done by to be honest. The ball was lifted by the scrum half and so was out of the ruck... playable IMO.

I would leave Nikora on as well. The poor decisions in the half backs came from Marmion not keeping the ball in the pack, not Nikora.

Swifty has to start, you just can't start in Italy with two lightweight second rows, you have to match Italian packs up front on the road from the start or you'll be in a lot of trouble if they get on the front foot.

I wouldn't rate Macca as a lightweight 2nd row, and the reason why I think we need Kearney to start is that we will match them up front with Kearney while he is fresh, and then have Swift come on to turn the screw. Also the game will hopefully have some dry weather and be more open than the Blues match, so will need a more mobile pack to get around and secure ruck ball.

As a matter of interest how did Copeland play?

Diom wrote: I would leave Swifty off with Kearney to start, bring on Swifty later. I would also start JOC, and have Faloon come on later.
I thought that JOC was hard done by to be honest. The ball was lifted by the scrum half and so was out of the ruck... playable IMO.

I would leave Nikora on as well. The poor decisions in the half backs came from Marmion not keeping the ball in the pack, not Nikora.

Swifty has to start, you just can't start in Italy with two lightweight second rows, you have to match Italian packs up front on the road from the start or you'll be in a lot of trouble if they get on the front foot.

I would leave Swifty off with Kearney to start, bring on Swifty later. I would also start JOC, and have Faloon come on later.
I thought that JOC was hard done by to be honest. The ball was lifted by the scrum half and so was out of the ruck... playable IMO.

I would leave Nikora on as well. The poor decisions in the half backs came from Marmion not keeping the ball in the pack, not Nikora.

First if Connacht cannot take advantage of the poor weather than the team should be moved to Spain. It's called home field advantage because they practice in the wind and driving rain all the time. They are not likely to see such an undermanned Cardiff side again so they have lost out on 3 points and will need to pick up a game they aren't expected to win if they hope to improve on last season.

I would keep the changes to a minimum for Zebre. In the pack I might move JOC to the bench as an impact sub, but keep Swifty as a starter. I'd be tempted to switch Flavin and Reynecke but in the end would probably leave them as they were though Reynecke's darts have often enough been a problem.

At half back, I would start Moore if fit and give Nikora another go. I think he proved last season after he replaced NOC that he can do the job. Though the back three to varying degrees have all been slated here I would again stick with them. It was after all Duffy's first game back and the better weather should suit both Vainakolo and TOH. At centre it really depends on the fitness level of players. If McSherry or Tonetti are healthy I might start them for a less than 100% Griffin or a green Fifita.

It looked like good play from JOC, but on closer inspection he was still in the ruck. Not allowed to contest for the ball.

''highlights'' here.
at 0.31 i feel we were hard done by, i felt JOC grabbed the ball out of his hands rather than a slap down.
at 1.48 thats denis buckley chasing the ball and ends up winning a peno.

rabodirectpro12.com/matchdaytv/?play=media&id=12690

mary hinge wrote: I must admit I had a little chuckle too when on another post most respondents nominated Parks as likely to be flop of the season. Utter bullshit.

I nominated him for flop of the year, and you're right, that's bull, if he's fit.

mary hinge wrote: Until he's fit...

D'oh!

Now you see my thinking...