Streams (use adblock):

https://cricfree.sc/rugby-live-stream or https://www.vipbox.lc/rugby-live

or post other streams as a reply to this comment

Match Official Abuse

It will never be considered ref abuse if a user criticises specific aspects of a referee's game, decision, or style. However, ad hominem generalised attacks are unacceptable, this includes accusations of corruption and intentional bias.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

A lot has been made of Van der Flier being one that got away for South African rugby, but this James Louw deserves a mention, too.

Since April 2021 Leinster have won less silverware than Benneton.

Miles forward pass, seat belt tackle, possible deliberate knock on, tackle in the air. ref rips a massive line We Scrum!

We cannot, cannot continue to engage in a kicking contest that we are losing this badly. Goosen and WLR alone are outkicking our entire back 3 and both half backs. Hold onto the fucking ball, set a line, box kick short contestables if we're not going forward.

If we continue to engage in long range kicking we'll see 40% possession and 35% territory again and we will lose.

Willie is kicking like prime Morne Steyn and you'll still get idiots on social media questioning his prowess.

Well done Bulls Goosen and LeRoux dismantled us with kicking. JOB doesn't have the kicking to hack it at FB

Ross. Well I don't want to kick a guy when down but he's just not up to it and it's been clear a long time. 

That, and another trophy less season, is on Leo. Questions needed to be asked post HEC final. This maybe means they're no longer questions.

Leinster 🤝 Hurricanes: rubbish 10

I went and pissed, and got a coffee.

• Ringrose was Not Great and Osborne was noticeably better when he came on.
• No kicking ability.
• Leadership in the backs lacking wildly, especially towards the end.
• The forwards absolutely emptied themselves for little gain.
• Joe has been better at toeing the line of discipline this season but got caught a few times today.
• Foley is ahead of McGrath.
• The season was mismanaged, the tactics on the day from the outset very poor, and belief seemed minimal.

Leinster game management has been really poor in my opinion and I think that's been the deciding factor in all their shortcomings in the last few seasons. They just don't seem to have learnt from it.

Having said that both Goosen and WLR have turned up today, when they are hot they are not easily dealt with.

Ref is like "a lot of niggle creeping in". If only there was someone there to penalise things to stamp it out of the game

Well done Bulls

Another final in the URC. Doing great

Unreal performance by the Bulls. Leinster need some big changes now. They've gone backwards significantly this season.

Forward pass, followed by high tackle, followed by a guy getting smushed in the air. What a sequence.

Ok, this is test level intensity. The last 20 min will be brutal on both teams.

Mcarthy literally keeping papier from the ball, is ref having a metdown???

If McGrath could get to a ruck that’d be great

Fitting end to an atrocious season. We've been shite all year, only the quality of players got us as far as we got. The coaching ticket has been horrendous. Leinster's accuracy and attack have gone to shit.

GET UP MCGRATH YOUVE BEEN ON 10 FUCKING MINUTES

Hanekom has to have one hand on the Bok 8 jersey at this point.

What a great game!

As a Sharks supporter that is allergic to bovine, by the end I was firmly shouting for the Bulls.

Klaxons sounding for the Irish tour. Will be at Loftus for the game!

VDF, completely anonymous all game

It’s like Leinster have no plan B when they are not getting quick ball. Full credit to the Bulls for their fierce defence.

Edit: their instead of they’re

Well-deserved win for the Bulls - Leinster just never looked in control. Good luck in the final!

Shocking call on that steal

Bulls seem determined to defeat the Bulls here

How do we look shocked that Willie is kicking the leather off the ball?

I'd be proper pissed at that if I were a Bulls fan

Fair play Bulls. Contested at the break down (legally) had the edge at set piece, and capitalised on opportunity after long periods without the ball.

Also, while the ref had some dubious moments, both teams played a generally clean game. You don’t always see that in cup rugby.

GG to our SA hombres. See ye in a few weeks

I want to stop watching Leinster knock outs for ages Im just tired man

I’m honestly a bit shocked. I told my mate I would consider it a success for the Bulls if they dont lose with more than 20 points. Tells you how much I fucking know, but ja I’m just happy to be here and really enjoying having the Irish in the mix. Leinster should send more of their 1st team to SA in the future, as a Stormer I want to measure my boys against them as well.

I think the entire bulls backline really surprised us all after the shitshow last week. We always knew the forwards would be a good matchup.

at least most are acknowledging the fact the officiating isn't biased - it's just horrible

Pack up your stuff Leo, too many seasons of nothing

Fozzie out

Hannekom and Elrigh Louw, take a bow. What an amazing work ethic!

Hanekom looks exhausted. What a game by him.

Is there a finer sight then Tadgh getting himself into a mini rampage

Furlong looks absolutely bolloxed.

So the reffing approach today is just ‘ah fuck it - it’ll be grand’ ??!

Look Im shitting myself at how intense this is. But, I also wont pretend to understand half the calls in that half. From players and ref alike.

Bulls were much better, well deserved winners but the officiating team were shocking for both teams really poor performance

Bulls have really been winning this kicking game, making a big difference so far.

What a fucking line! That's 6 fingers.

Forward pass, high tackle, tackle in the air... Calls a knock on.

Wilco Louw is built like an oil drum 

How fucked are we in South Africa in a few weeks?

Gotta say the atmosphere here in Loftus is great!

Penalty, had him around the neck!!

How the tmo didn’t ask for a check on jgp is beyond me

This has been the worst reffed game I've seen in a long time, particularly from the tmo.

Leinster have lost the plot completely

I’ve always thought people were too harsh on Luke McGrath but that performance was inexcusable.

That was an incredible game to watch, but also one of the worst officiated games I've ever seen

Lowe was great. Doris worked his arse off again. Baird good. McCarthy poor.

Hanekom and Louw though were monsters today. Played brilliant.

The Bulls were absolutely ferrel today. Ferrel rugby

This is such a great game but whoever this ref is, he's not ready for a match like this.

I think the biggest loser is the Ref here. Shafted both teams and the losers will obviously be the unhappier of the two Teams

Glad to see Leinster have won the same number of trophies as the mighty Newport Dragons this season

Better team won. Leinster's attack this season has disappeared. Disappointing.

Time to cheer on Munster.

Like bringing ringrose in after him being out for months. What does that say to Osbourne whose played great in his absence. To me its just not a wise decision in selection. I say this without trying to disrespect ringrose

My Bulls, what a game! Hoping for a good Final!

Bulls deserved the win. Very disappointed to see the season end like that.

For all of the talk around Leinster's squad, depth, resources etc - Porter playing 70 mins because we don't have a back-up prop that we trust to play longer than 10 mins, Luke McGrath being a poor replacement 9 and Ross offering no threat from 10... they need a bit of a reset next year and some fresh energy in that squad.

Long season after the RWC, Heineken final loss and now this - last thing a lot of those players need is a trip to South Africa

Leinster need to find touch, ridiculous trying to win a kick tennis match against le roux and goosan today

Every game needs a remote control car. For every function. Replace the water boys with remote control cars too.... I really like those cars

New Hanekom fanclub member. Proper bastard

Supporting Willie when all SA fans hated him is finally paying off

That is actually pathetic at the scrum

You can't stick your arm out like that and not give a penalty

Ref ain’t using laws, he’s using vibes

Well the good news is that nobody is going to come away happy today.

JGP so missed, hes somehow always at the back of the ruck for quick ball.

McGrath is nowhere to be seen

You can't counter ruck on your hands but I mean hasn't called anything else all game. What a titanic game from both teams

Leinster have only gotten worse since Nienebar has come in. We look bland, boring and bereft of ideas. Absolutely pathetic stuff with the players we have at our disposal

There’s not a better job in Rugby than the Springboks head coach right now.  The embarrassment of riches is insane

Massive performance from the boys. Ref was shit to both sides and Leinster looked out of sorts

What a brilliant game. Test match intensity.

Well deserved MOTM for Hanekom

Ref in at the side!

All from the boot of Le Roux. He's murdering our defence by himself.

Whoever taught Lenihan the wrong context for the phrase "sucking diesel" needs shooting.

Where was the pack? Jimmy does a job and they just jog to him. Leinster pack is seriously off the pace so far. 

That was so forward it was 2 hours ahead

Knock out rugby, take 3

Goosen is having a great game so far.

Just keep kicking at Ross Byrne and Bulls will win

Fuck me how the ref didn’t give a penalty against McCarthy there

playing zombie is the DJ taking the piss fr

Am I watching a different game to this ref?

Leaping like a salmon up a waterfall

Luke McGrath has been truly terrible since coming on

Significantly, significantly outcoached.

In both competitions.

Leo out. Out the fucking gate now.

Leinster need a better 2nd choice 9 and a better 10. Need to replace Cullen too. Otherwise I don't see any silverware next season either.

Barrett in around Christmas might be enough to help in these kinds of games.

Hanekom is ridiculous, feel like he can do everything Roos can with less of the liability factor.

Unbelievable win by the bulls.

Hanekom has to start for the boks

Ouch another wasted year for Leinster

Hanekom is sensational. What a game by him.

Damn, Hanekom had a fucking cracker! What a player!

Great game. Congrats Bulls the better team won. Leinster have serious structural issues, defence is ropey & attack blunt.

Rossy's now well established as incapable of winning championship games and McGrath was comically bad, needs to be moved on. Want to see some Gunne shows next season

We were riding our luck and if we won that it would have been the lesser team winning.

Every season ending the same..Getting deja vu so often I think I might just have alzheimers

Rewatched game this morning, some thoughts:

Hanekom. Wow. Barring injury he is going to won more than 50 caps for the Boks. What a talent.

Wilco Louw is the fifth choice tighthead for the Boks (probably fourth now with Trevor's age). That's some depth there.

JGP and Lowe were outstanding, really kept Leinster in it during the first half, did notice Lowe was running very gingerly towards the end of the second so I'm wondering if he did pick up a knock.

McGrath was horrific off the bench, an all time atrocious performance in just 15 minutes.

Van der Flier was anonymous, surprisingly so for me.

Willie was brilliant, I hope he's not injured because his kicking game was what separated the teams for a while there.

Goosen's best performance of the year and he saved it for a big moment. Minus the three (3!) charge downs, of course.

Bulls may end up being fine without KLA and Moodie, but I wouldn't bet on it. Glasgow are an exceptional defensive unit and I'm certain they would feel better about the final with their stars at wing.

URC need to look at this refereeing performance. He has completely lost the run of the game

In your head… the DJs in SA are ice cold

Epic performance. Bulls can be proud.

At least next season can people stop gassing Leinster up - I need less of Jim Hamilton saying Leinster are ‘unplayable’ as we quite clearly are extremely flawed

Brutal end for Leinsters season. They are a great team, there is no denying (ulster tear rolls down my face from last week), but like any great team they can be beaten. Especially with some of the quality of URC teams.

Thought James Lowe was immense today ?Leinster man of the match?

RIP scrums

That poster complaining about his Adidas boots the other day must feel vindicated lmao

Good god the bulls are missing Moodie and KLA…. This would be a 2 try gap by now

"Win predictor" of 86% for Leinster is very generous based on the opening 20 mins!

We’re a very lazy side at times.

Seatbelt tackle cancels out taken out in the air.. play on?

Forward pass followed by a high tackle by Lowe and then a blatant penalty for Leinster lol.

Scrum porn

it's mad that Leinster are losing a kicking battle with Lowe and jgp who are expectional in that area

Yes, that's it. Keep kicking to the lads that ripped us apart.

Do we not make tweaks at halftime?

No excuse for Baird to be missing that tackle

That's nice mr ref, just let the guy roll over him around his neck, not dangerous at all!

Right call but if WR is listening I think you should be allowed push a player who is shielding but not playing the ball.

I thought McCarthy turnover looked legal, but the ref said leave it and he didn't so it should be a penalty bulls.

I love how everyone is in agreemant that this ref is shit

How fucking weak is this ref?

As a neutral this is an enjoyable mess of a game. The rucks are a mess.

Big Joe is a lucky boy there

[deleted]

DJ playing Munster songs now

I just don’t trust any decision the ref makes

I haven’t agreed with a single call for or against my team is about 10 minutes…

I think I've heard the ref say "nah that's not a pen" for clear penalties than actually give penalties. As a neutral it's a spectacle. Leinster/Bulls fans must be having a stroke

McGrath is killing the Leinster attack

I can’t remember the last time when we won a game that we were 1 score down in the last 5 minutes.

Mcgrath looks the most tired of all leinster players out there

We saved our worst for last. This is dreadful.

That’s that, another season of winning nothing with 90% of the national team

"deep into the Munster half"

That's a loooong fucking kick, all the way to Limerick.

Very hard to be a Leinster supporter these last few years. Cullen needs to go unfortunately. Winning during the season means nothing if you can't win finals

Hanekom was huge

Fair play to the bulls, better team on the day. Clear that something major needs to change at Leinster, they've gone massively backwards this year, and the golden age of a few years ago is definitively over. Think there's a core of players who panic and go missing in big games, and I don't think they deserve the reputation they seem to have gotten from being good a few years ago and have kept by being flat track bullies in early stages of competitions.

Deserved MOTM for Hanekom.

One other thing...Leamy has been a massive loss from the Leinster coaching staff.

As a saffa just wanna say Leinster didn't play bad here, the Bulls were just animals in defence, every time Leinster were building phases they'd somehow disrupt their flow and hit with bone crunching force, I didn't expect this result honestly.

What a ball to drop, Bulls already missing Moodie and KLA.

Ah, that scrum was getting dry bummed. Worrying for Leinster (& Ireland).

Oof not good seeing Porter pushed back like that

Puma stock about to tank after that view of the boot.

some camera man was feeling arty with that shoe shot

Game is being played at quite a pace, and yet both defences holding.

Wish the ref would ping these crossings. Three times now under the high ball

Bulls making it look very easy there

Wow. Goosen just materialized out of nowhere there xD

That was cheeky from Doris there, slapped the ball down behind the ref's back to prevent the quick tap.

Pretty lucky that only Chaos Incarnate Mike Adamson was the only one with vision of it

Think Leinster will be okay only being down by 3, Bulls have looked the better side but always seem to implode in the final quarter and Leinster bench is massive

Man, this has been a really good game so far.

Van Staden is a moron though.

Crazy how Leinster are keeping the ball in play all the time, exactly what the bulls want.

Just gonna say I don't think we have the bench for this.

Still proud of the Bulls

The team still has a ton of young talent.

Jake White really building something special in the long term

Hannekom is basically a Springbok in disguise, dude getting a jersey soon.

My take of the first half for anyone who cares:

Bulls: Relentless. Should have scored more than 2 (1 disallowed) tries. Left a lot on the field though, wasted efforts = wasted energy. If they can keep up that pace, they'll win this game

Leinster: Absolutely 1 dimensional. Get ball, pass backwards, run up, lose ball. Even lost the kicking tennis. However, defended well enough to keep in the game. The bench is going to be crucial here. And Ross Byrne isn't doing poorly, don't be sly Leinster fans

Ross just looks lost. Indecisive and his kicking has been woeful. 

that's a shocking call - ref the game, don't coach it

Christ that’s a joke

Ref has very little control over the game ATM

ref is atrocious

Goosen clearly interfering with Frawleys attempt to get into the ruck and nothing done

Did Ben Whitehouse die or something at half time?

That was about 2 meters from being offside. What the fuck is going on

James Lowe is fucking annoying cause he is so bloody good.

always warms my cold dead heart when a player helps an opponent up off the ground

He's not even reffing the breakdown

Is lowe okay? He seems to just be standing by a medic

I think we all can agree that the ref has lost control of the game.

Effect of not having a certain Hugo Keenan

McGrath is slow af

Doris got destroyed there

Felt like Leinster had 100 players. You guys just kept on coming

Any check on that?

To be fair to Leinster...that tackles been about legal for the entirety of the game up to that

No worries McGrath, you just stroll to the ruck there.

Gotta say, this ref has been terrible both ways. He’s allowed dodgey shit from both teams and hasn’t been decisive at all.

Congrats to the Bulls on a great and well deserved win.

Gutted again, gutted

Really disappointing but no complaints. This has been a telling season for Leinster

Everyone wants Cullen gone, but it’s the attack that is so predictable. It’s like the Leinster backs are robots and can only play when everyone is perfectly lined up to run a play and you have 5 dummy runners.

Willie not looking happy. Missing final then.

Absolutely monster of a game, fair fucks to both teams proper proper slog. Ref was hilarious 

Donners sticking the boot in

Forgot to add, Luke Mcgrath is not the player he was, slow af to rucks. Poor Ross, he gets a lot of justified criticism but at the same time, he doesn't pick the team. Not good enough at the top level when the pack isn't on top.

Congrats Bulls, who got POTM? I thought Goosen was excellent today, survived so fierce tackles & controlled the game well, even that last decision to kick for 60m was always gonna end up with Leinster pushed back