Irish Vs Bristol, Sunday 15.00

[jimKRFC]

Bristol side:

15. Charles Piutau; 14. Luke Morahan, 13. Piers O’Conor, 12. Sam Bedlow, 11. Siva Naulago; 10. Callum Sheedy, 9. Andy Uren; 1. Yann Thomas, 2. Will Capon, 3. John Afoa, 4. Dave Attwood, 5. Chris Vui, 6. Steven Luatua (c), 7. Dan Thomas, 8. Mitch Eadie.

Subs: 16. George Kloska, 17. Jake Woolmore, 18. Jake Armstrong, 19. Ed Holmes, 20. Jake Heenan, 21. Tom Kessell, 22. Ioan Lloyd, 23. Alapati Leiua.

14 EQP, 8 academy and 5 Bristolians (in case Digby was wondering). Hopefully good enough to see off Irish after a couple of dodgy performances.

[jimKRFC]

Irish:

15 James Stokes, 14 Ben Loader, 13 Curtis Rona, 12 Theo Brophy Clews, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Ben Meehan
1 Will Goodrick-Clarke, 2 Matt Cornish, 3 Lovejoy Chawatama, 4 Steve Mafi, 5 George Nott, 6 Matt Rogerson (c), 7 Blair Cowan, 8 Albert Tuisue

Replacements: 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Allan Dell, 18 Ollie Hoskins, 19 Rob Simmons, 20 Sean O’Brien, 21 Nick Phipps, 22 Terrence Hepetema, 23 Tom Parton

[Mush]

Bristol look far too strong for LI and must target a BP win and a good performance in terms of pace and accuracy of moving the ball and in defence.

[Raggs]

Irish could do with a few false positives...

[Spiffy]

What a comeback by Irish! 34-34. Pity about the two early interception tries by Bristol.

[fivepointer]

Terrific comeback but Bris went to sleep, lost all momentum and subbed players far too early. Irish bench made an impact. Highly entertaining stuff all round.

[FKAS]

Terrific comeback but Bris went to sleep, lost all momentum and subbed players far too early. Irish bench made an impact. Highly entertaining stuff all round.

That Eadie yellow card was the momentum swing. LI bench was strong as well so it looks like a clear tactic to target Bristol later in the game. Brave choice given how explosive Bristol are. That yellow card and the subs just sent LI up a couple of gears and Bristol were desperately holding on there and if not for a fumbled pass it was try time and an LI win with the last play.

I only turned on in time for the first yellow card but glad I did.

[Oakboy]

Watching the whole 80 minutes, you can argue that the result flattered Bristol. Take out one or both of the interception tries and LI would have won. All interceptions are marginal risks in conception - deliberate knock-ons potentially, arguably.

[jimKRFC]

Well that was a bad second half... Fair play to Irish on a great come back!

Bedlow - lucky to stay on the pitch, thought it was Red myself.
Eadie - bloody stupid...
Armstrong - simply not good enough, scrum turns to crap everytime he's on.
Pat Lam - took off key players too soon (it turned out), but a reasonable mistake to make given the half time lead.
Naulago - glad he's shown he's improving!
CP - hitting form.

Bristol are finding out the 3rd/4th players are not good enough, fair enough with one or two in the team but injuries and 6N call ups are really hitting us now. Hopefully we can get one of the props fit so Armstrong isnt needed next week. Think we also struggled with the ref around the break down, there was clear example D.Thomas on feet, lifting the ball & he was done for holding on. There was also a suspicsion of Jackson losing the ball forward when Naulago smashed (L.I 4th try) him. Mafi also appeared to be infront of the ball (so offside I would think) before picking it up for his.

Just heard that England injured Randell now as well....

So could be worse - but not much.

[Timbo]

Well, could be a LOT worse in fairness. You’re points clear at the top of the league.

[jimKRFC]

Well, could be a LOT worse in fairness. You’re points clear at the top of the league.

True!

I kind of forget that, too used to being at the bottom...

[Mikey Brown]

Parton must be gutted he biffed that pass at the end.

[jimKRFC]

Sam Bedlow has been cited, suspect a hefty ban coming.

Just seen the Du Preez shoulder to Dombrandts head, if Bedlow is a red (& it is) and he's been cited, how the hell has he got away with that... He has a load of previous for it as well.

[Peej]

Parton must be gutted he biffed that pass at the end.

One of those ones where you have a couple of options, you aren't really sure who you are throwing it to, they aren't sure who's catching it or who it's for, and it turns into a cluster.

[Peej]

Sam Bedlow has been cited, suspect a hefty ban coming.

Just seen the Du Preez shoulder to Dombrandts head, if Bedlow is a red (& it is) and he's been cited, how the hell has he got away with that... He has a load of previous for it as well.

Which du Preez was it? Dan has just come off a ban.

[Mikey Brown]

Parton must be gutted he biffed that pass at the end.

One of those ones where you have a couple of options, you aren't really sure who you are throwing it to, they aren't sure who's catching it or who it's for, and it turns into a cluster.

Yep. It’s easy in that situation to almost throw it between them and hope instead of picking one.

[jimKRFC]

It was Jean-Luc, 1m 37 of this video - https://www.premiershiprugby.com/prtv/#pr-videos

[Peej]

It was Jean-Luc, 1m 37 of this video - https://www.premiershiprugby.com/prtv/#pr-videos

"Contact is on the shoulder" is a weird interpretation of an elbow to the head. I mean Dombrandt milks it, but even so

[jimKRFC]

It was Jean-Luc, 1m 37 of this video - https://www.premiershiprugby.com/prtv/#pr-videos

"Contact is on the shoulder" is a weird interpretation of an elbow to the head. I mean Dombrandt milks it, but even so

Bedlows is accidental - think most would agree that.

JLdP - on other side of ruck, moves round, lines up Dombrandt, elbow to head... clear as day and totally considered.

[jimKRFC]

3 week ban for Bedlow. Leaves Bris real short in the centres....

[Digby]

3 week ban for Bedlow. Leaves Bris real short in the centres....

Should've checked with Liam Williams' team on how not to get a ban

[Gloskarlos]

3 weeks also for VRR

[Digby]

Who pretty much did the exact same thing as Liam Wiliams, he too should've checked how that works