Leicester vs Exeter (Or, The Comeback Begins)

[Scrumhead]

Not watching, but struggling to picture May getting that angry.

Exactly - that’s why I was so surprised.

If you’re not watching, it’s been a really cracking game. Tigers worked their way down the pitch in the red to score a converted try.

Ford has been excellent.

[Banquo]

Great try though. Ford doing good stuff at the gainline.

[Timbo]

Ford would absolutely kill it in a dominant team. Imagine him behind a pack like Racing or Clermont.

[Mellsblue]

Or England.

[twitchy]

Sweet from slade.

[Mellsblue]

Ford’s nose dive will get some attention on Monday.

[Oakboy]

Is it coincidence that Ford looks so good when Youngs is missing?

[Mellsblue]

Surely Youngs can’t away with that.

[Mellsblue]

There was a horrible one in Quins v Sale last night, too. That went completely unpunished.

[Tigersman]

Now the ref's need to be consistent.
100% the right call, but it needs to be enforced a lot more.

Youngs, Kitchener, Williams, Fitzgerald, O'Connor are all part of the problem.
Why Murphy picked them over Wells and Thompson I will never know.

[Banquo]

Ford would absolutely kill it in a dominant team. Imagine him behind a pack like Racing or Clermont.

was just thinking how good he'd be for the AB's.

[Banquo]

There was a horrible one in Quins v Sale last night, too. That went completely unpunished.

Funny, I was saying this always gets called if its a tackle, but never as a clearout, only last week.

[Scrumhead]

Ford would absolutely kill it in a dominant team. Imagine him behind a pack like Racing or Clermont.

was just thinking how good he'd be for the AB's.

Lethal on front foot ball with good options around him. I will never understand why he is so underrated.

Leicester owe any of the decent rugby they’ve played this season to Ford.

[Mellsblue]

What was Genge doing with Nowell after the try? Very strange.

[Banquo]

Next Friday is the big one then

[Banquo]

would have been fun to let that stand, if only to see 10,000 people spontaneously combust

[Banquo]

Olowofela= sir butcher a lot

[Mellsblue]

Olowofela= sir butcher a lot

What was he thinking?

[Scrumhead]

Gigena and Heyes look oddly similar ...

[Banquo]

Olowofela= sir butcher a lot

What was he thinking?

x 3 by my last count.

[Mellsblue]

Comedy of errors. Tigers issues aren’t going to be easy to fix. Problems everywhere.

[Banquo]

Comedy of errors. Tigers issues aren’t going to be easy to fix. Problems everywhere.

Mostly having a terrible back row tbh.

[fivepointer]

No comeback for Tigers but there were signs of life, mostly prompted by Ford who was first rate. A few in the front 5 were just fine, but that back row is simply inadequate.
Exe looked a few classes above. Their attacking game was outstanding at times. Slade was majestic. He is now putting together consistently impressive performances.
The Youngs red was fair enough, I reckon.

[Scrumhead]

I agree with all of that fivepointer.

Slade was excellent and I like the look of his partnership with Devoto.

A quick shout out for Will Spencer who was brilliant in a losing cause.

[Timbo]

Is it coincidence that Ford looks so good when Youngs is missing?

Ford has been excellent all season.