Ulster v Connacht Friday 06 Oct 19:35 TG4/ BBC NI

Teams have been named :

(15-9) Tiernan O’Halloran, Cian Kelleher, Bundee Aki, Tom Farell, Matt Healy, Jack Carty, Kieran Marmion, (1- Denis Buckley, Tom McCartney, Finlay Bealham, Ultan Dillane, Quinn Roux, Eoin McKeon, Jarrad Butler, John Muldoon (Capt)
Replacements (16-23): Dave Heffernan, Denis Coulson, Conor Carey, James Cannon, Eoghan Masterson, Caolin Blade, Steve Crosbie, Eoin Griffin.


(1-: K McCall, R Herring, W Herbst, A O'Connor, K Treadwell, I Henderson, C Henry (captain), J Deysel;
(9-15): J Cooney, C Lealiifano, J Stockdale, S McCloskey, L Marshall, T Bowe, C Piutau;
Replacements (16-23): J Andrew, A Warwick, R Ah You, R Diack, S Reidy, P Marshall, P Nelson, L Ludik.

Strong squads named by both teams, last season it was a game against Ulster that got us back to winning ways, albeit in Galway let's hope we can shock them up there this year, and hopefully play a stronger game defensively

I'm struggling with this game. Caolin wouldn't rate in second division AIL. Would really like to see Kerins step up now as Caolin is pointless. He can go forward but he can't tackle. Honestly I would let Caolin go now before he really muddies the water with his performances. And I am not happy to see Muldoon back either. He offers nothing to the backrow.

MOD EDIT: No swearing, please.

You single handedly ruin this forum and the thread on Boards.

If you treat all his posts like extreme satire it's grand.

Muldoon offers nothing

Blade wouldn't make it in AIL 2A

Evil_g wrote: You single handedly ruin this forum and the thread on Boards.

Don't agree with him but it's a shame Kerins, a standout at u20 level, hasn't even played AIL 1B yet.

Ulster back 3 look scary.
Fingers crossed they do not see that much of the ball.

I think of our pack get into their faces.
And our midfield plays as unit in offence and more importantly defence.

I would take 1 point from this fixture at this moment.

Anyone know of a place in Dublin showing the game and not this bullshit soccer

Head to the river bar or woolshed they'll put it on for you

Have to say we're looking good in defence compared to what we've seen, but also this ref is a joke, some ridiculous calls both for and against us, no bias by him but he's hopeless at making decisions correctly

We really threw away a losing bonus point there should have taken the drop goal, and Blades lack of speed really killed us he seems to be very low on confidence, decent performance in general but nowhere near clinical enough, we really need to combine the defence of tonight with the attack of last week and we might have some chance of finally get things back on track

More moral victories