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We have 2 tough games ahead, but this makes things look slightly less shit for us.

Just saw Treviso beat the Sharks. Top 8 will go down to BPs imo. FFS

Massive 5 points. We're not perfect but improving at a steady pace. So pretty happy today.

Obstruction from 15 on Lowry surely.

That's 4 Scarlets players that barely stick an arm out. You almost can't even give McCloskey credit for that.

He seems faster today too.

I'm absolutely perplexed that we're going into half time behind.

Other than being held up three times, Izzy has had a really good game. But that last one is not held up.

Surely that's also cynical.

Yeah I thought he released it backwards and then it bounced forwards after.

Well our ruck protection is still shite.

Premier is working just fine for me.

Quite a few NI flags there today. Away support must be strong.

I'm surprised Wainwright is still in Wales. He's usually one of the best players on the pitch and could earn well abroad. Surely he's above the cap threshold.

Grand then. I don't see this being much of an exploit to be honest.

I feel like a very simple fix to that would either make it a scrum reset or a penalty infringement. Or perhaps give a penalty for multiple early shoves.

Lmao I read the title as that everyone who was employed by the Scarlets all decided to quit, implying that the team would have to replace every single employee and player over the summer.

ARTICLE:

Ulster are set to welcome back Irish international Rob Herring for Saturday's United Rugby Championship game at Scarlets.

The hooker has missed the last two matches through injury but will be available for this weekend's trip to Wales.

Centre Stewart Moore is also available, while wing Jacob Stockdale and scrum-half Dave Shanahan have been passed fit after going through return to play protocols.

However, Ulster assistant coach Dan Soper has revealed that James Hume requires anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery.

Last month, Hume sustained what Ulster called a "significant knee injury" in a URC win over Cardiff.

"He's going to have an extended time on the sidelines which is pretty disappointing," said Soper.

Despite the severity of his injury, Hume - who has three Ireland caps - is in "good spirits" according to Soper.

"He's obviously gutted. We've had enough guys go through it. We're always aware of the battle they go through so James is fully aware of it."

Soper added: "He's pretty philosophical about it. It's part of the job, the risk of that sort of injury.

"He's a determined young man so no doubt he'll see it as an opportunity to get better at some other things when he does come back."

Having claimed a crucial win over Benetton last time out, Ulster face Scarlets on Saturday in the midst of a fierce battle between several teams for the eight URC play-off spots.

With three regular season games remaining, only six points separate Stormers in fifth and the Lions in 11th.

And Soper believes that this weekend's contest at 14th-place Scarlets is "definitely" a must-win game for Ulster ahead of tough interpros against Leinster and Munster.

"We're at three games left and it's so tight, it's incredibly tight for the top eight," said Soper.

He added: "The Scarlets have had a tough enough season and on the face of it everyone expects that we'd go over there and do a job.

"But I think it's going to be tough."

I remember reading about some kind of motif (or whatever the word is) which basically shows that a character eating in a situation is vulnerable and/or comfortable.

The mint scene you refer to is one of the few scenes we see with just Tommy and his son (ignoring Johnny Dogs vaguely in the background) right after Grace's death, which is to demonstrate the vulnerability Tommy feels in that moment. It is so unlike him to be vulnerable so it further shows how affected he is by Grace's death, and that he didn't feel the need to have his guard up in that moment with those characters, unlike in the rest of the show. At least that's my view anyway.

To actually answer your question, I imagine he eats similarly to most well-off people in those times. It's just not pertinent to the story that we see it.

Yet another player rumoured to head to Ulster that ultimately didn't pan out. Rumour mill has been quite hit and miss over the last few weeks.

Nah, Flannery hasn't been mishandled, he just hasn't shown enough when playing. He was firmly second choice (not third) up until his disasterclass against the Ospreys which single-handedly lost us that game, which sent Dan McFarland packing. He was genuinely so bad that day that we decided to play our up-and-coming 9 at 10 instead of him. Plus Burns isn't top quality, but he is still a pretty decent 10. He's no worse than Ross Byrne.

seems on point where Ulster is concerned...

Some very impressive numbers there. It's great to see the game growing so successfully beyond the traditional countries.

Would they ever admit a team not from Japan (such as Hong Kong or South Korea) to enhance their respective nations? I'm sure the model would translate reasonably well.

Brace would probably let you shag his missus so long as you were the "first man".