As it stands - Heineken cup 2019
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Its all sorted now, Here is the QF match ups:
March 29th,30th or 31st:
Club 1 v Club 8 (QF1) = Saracens v Glasgow
Club 4 v Club 5 (QF2) = Edinburgh v Munster
Club 3 v Club 6 (QF3) = Leinster v Ulster
Club 2 v Club 7 (QF4) = Racing v Toulouse
April 19th,20th or 21st:
Semi:
QF1 v QF2
QF3 v QF4
(Highest seed from pool stages has home country advantage)
Point of note: Racing v Toulouse is a fixture in the Top 14 on Feb 16th, will be worth a watch.
March 29th,30th or 31st:
Club 1 v Club 8 (QF1) = Saracens v Glasgow
Club 4 v Club 5 (QF2) = Edinburgh v Munster
Club 3 v Club 6 (QF3) = Leinster v Ulster
Club 2 v Club 7 (QF4) = Racing v Toulouse
April 19th,20th or 21st:
Semi:
QF1 v QF2
QF3 v QF4
(Highest seed from pool stages has home country advantage)
Point of note: Racing v Toulouse is a fixture in the Top 14 on Feb 16th, will be worth a watch.
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Ulster in the Aviva it is!
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Sorry missed rest of text so semi no matter what will be in france
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Nope. If it's Leinster v Toulouse it will be in Dublin.Theleinsterlad wrote:Sorry missed rest of text so semi no matter what will be in france
The rules have changed this year. Higher ranked team is at home in semi-final.
https://www.epcrugby.com/champions-cup/format/rules/
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At full strength, we would be a strong favorite. Next step is to pick up as few injuries as possible over the 6N.wixfjord wrote:Ulster in the Aviva it is!
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Yeah it's a long, long time away with a lot of games to be played before then.Fireworks wrote:At full strength, we would be a strong favorite. Next step is to pick up as few injuries as possible over the 6N.wixfjord wrote:Ulster in the Aviva it is!
I'd say even with a few injuries we'd be favourites though.
And of course they'll have Best, Hendo, Stockdale all playing a big part too.
Will be strange for the likes of Jordi, Cooney, Moore, O'Sullivan etc I'd say!
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Maybe Croke Park!
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If Munster get through and face Sarries I wouldn’t be surprised if they turn sarries over, old wounds there
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IRFU wouldn’t allow it they’d lose the rental on avivaMountjoy wrote:Maybe Croke Park!
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I'd be hugely surprised tbh.Theleinsterlad wrote:If Munster get through and face Sarries I wouldn’t be surprised if they turn sarries over, old wounds there
Sarries showed two years ago that they have too much in attack for Munster and can match their forward power.
I can't see how Munster have moved on too much since then going on last night, despite their additions in backline?
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https://www.epcrugby.com/2019/01/20/hei ... er-finals/
Dates will be announced by the end of the week, but looks like they have the stadia sorted already
Dates will be announced by the end of the week, but looks like they have the stadia sorted already
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Unless Munster lose players in the pack they now have a very strong front row and backup, second row is stronger with Beirne. Botha in backrow makes there stronger and then their back line is much better than that game. By comparison I would suggest sarries are no better or worse. I think that will make it tightwixfjord wrote:I'd be hugely surprised tbh.Theleinsterlad wrote:If Munster get through and face Sarries I wouldn’t be surprised if they turn sarries over, old wounds there
Sarries showed two years ago that they have too much in attack for Munster and can match their forward power.
I can't see how Munster have moved on too much since then going on last night, despite their additions in backline?
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Cockers will loving this, comes on here regularly or so I'm told.Theleinsterlad wrote:Unless Munster lose players in the pack they now have a very strong front row and backup, second row is stronger with Beirne. Botha in backrow makes there stronger and then their back line is much better than that game. By comparison I would suggest sarries are no better or worse. I think that will make it tightwixfjord wrote:I'd be hugely surprised tbh.Theleinsterlad wrote:If Munster get through and face Sarries I wouldn’t be surprised if they turn sarries over, old wounds there
Sarries showed two years ago that they have too much in attack for Munster and can match their forward power.
I can't see how Munster have moved on too much since then going on last night, despite their additions in backline?
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As it stands - Heineken cup 2019
No chance Munster would beat Sarries away. They’ve been awful away from home all season and have no attack at all. Only 4 teams in the entire competition have scored less tries than them, Sarries have comfortably beaten everyone home and away.Theleinsterlad wrote:Unless Munster lose players in the pack they now have a very strong front row and backup, second row is stronger with Beirne. Botha in backrow makes there stronger and then their back line is much better than that game. By comparison I would suggest sarries are no better or worse. I think that will make it tight
I actually fancy Edinburgh in the quarters for similar reasons.
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I think this Munster squad is much stronger than that one. Aside from the forward additions some of their players like Archer just look more better. That said I’m not sure the backs coach adds a lot of value.wixfjord wrote:I'd be hugely surprised tbh.Theleinsterlad wrote:If Munster get through and face Sarries I wouldn’t be surprised if they turn sarries over, old wounds there
Sarries showed two years ago that they have too much in attack for Munster and can match their forward power.
I can't see how Munster have moved on too much since then going on last night, despite their additions in backline?
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[/quote]footrush wrote:Cockers will loving this, comes on here regularly or so I'm told.
The QF round will be played on "Brexit Weekend": when our UK neighbours are supposed to leave the EU.
Could be an interesting one for the likes of Munster fans travelling to Edinburgh...
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True. But, if there’s “No Deal”, I suspect airports will be an inner circle of hell that weekend. God knows they can be miserable enough at the best of times.Dave Cahill wrote:Or Ulster fans...
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