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SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings: Heineken Cup

SHIT

BIlly Twelvetrees - Found out terribly at Ravenhill on Friday night.  Haplessness of evening summed up by the Ulster quick-tap bonus point try, when he stood like a statue gawping into space while a player whizzed past him.  

Gareth Davies & Rhodri Williams - Not a great day for the young Scarlets scrum-halves.  Rhodri Williams in particular butchered good possession in the latter stages of the final Scarlets drive to the line and threw the interception for Foden that killed the game.  In his defence, he's not yet 19 and looks a decent prospect.

Bath - Redefining what it means to be SHIT this season.

GOOD

Andrew Trimble - Could have put any one of the Ulster players in here to be honest, but Trimble was exceptional.  Scored two and was also magnificent in attack, often popping up in midfield with a great run or to link play intelligently.  It's been a mystery for some time how the likes of Keith Earls start Ireland games ahead of him, after this game it become Sherlock-esque in its complexity.

Ben Foden - One of the most depressing aspects of the late Johnson era was how poorly Foden played in the white shirt, this display vs Scarlets is ample evidence of how this deterioration was about coaching rather than the player.  We all know of Foden's attacking abilities, but the most impressive part of this performance was how solid his defence was; positioning, tackling, high balls, all were dealt with with aplomb.  

Casey Laulala - Showed the only true bit of class in the game vs Irish.  His wonderful dummy and break, in and out around the full-back and calm offload to Warburton leading to the Blues try that ultimately made the difference in this tie.   Much of the midfield attention paid to the Blues is inevitably on Henson, but Laulala is the true class act in there.

Honourable mentions to Owen Farrell and Akapusi Qera.

Who caught your attention this weekend, for the right or wrong reasons?

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SHIT/GOOD™ Ratings: Heineken Cup

SHIT

BIlly Twelvetrees - Found out terribly at Ravenhill on Friday night.  Haplessness of evening summed up by the Ulster quick-tap bonus point try, when he stood like a statue gawping into space while a player whizzed past him.  

Gareth Davies & Rhodri Williams - Not a great day for the young Scarlets scrum-halves.  Rhodri Williams in particular butchered good possession in the latter stages of the final Scarlets drive to the line and threw the interception for Foden that killed the game.  In his defence, he's not yet 19 and looks a decent prospect.

Bath - Redefining what it means to be SHIT this season.

GOOD

Andrew Trimble - Could have put any one of the Ulster players in here to be honest, but Trimble was exceptional.  Scored two and was also magnificent in attack, often popping up in midfield with a great run or to link play intelligently.  It's been a mystery for some time how the likes of Keith Earls start Ireland games ahead of him, after this game it become Sherlock-esque in its complexity.

Ben Foden - One of the most depressing aspects of the late Johnson era was how poorly Foden played in the white shirt, this display vs Scarlets is ample evidence of how this deterioration was about coaching rather than the player.  We all know of Foden's attacking abilities, but the most impressive part of this performance was how solid his defence was; positioning, tackling, high balls, all were dealt with with aplomb.  

Casey Laulala - Showed the only true bit of class in the game vs Irish.  His wonderful dummy and break, in and out around the full-back and calm offload to Warburton leading to the Blues try that ultimately made the difference in this tie.   Much of the midfield attention paid to the Blues is inevitably on Henson, but Laulala is the true class act in there.

Honourable mentions to Owen Farrell and Akapusi Qera.

Who caught your attention this weekend, for the right or wrong reasons?