Dragons V Leinster Pro12 2015/16

[neiliog93]

sorry to bring it up again but Kirchner, for f%~k's sake. how the HELL did he get a renewal?? We're all prone to exaggerate on here a bit and maybe cases that genuinely defy logic are harder to perceive as they're lost in with exaggerated cases, but seriously...whatever about his initial signing (experienced but very unspectacular Springbok, late twenties..) how did he get another two years? How have his performances justified that as he goes further into his 30s? Just unbelievable. It really is ridiculous.

Bye bye losing bonus point. Nothing from a game we really should have won. This will cost us come the end of the season, be it in terms of semi-final placing or even next season's Euro Cup seeding.

[Donny B.]

We leave with nothing!

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Don't think we were that bad! Thought a draw would have been fair.

[Made Of Ale]

Hate to say it for a number of reasons but this reminds me a lot of a typical Connacht losing away performance. Great effort, lots of possession, not making the most of it, stupid mistakes and the odd basic handling error and a loss.

Anyway no shame in losing with the amount of players out and I think the young lads showed up pretty well all round. Not the first Leinster team to come a cropper in Dave Parade.

[Fred Funk]

FFS

[carlow man]

Can't blame dom Ryan. Maybe try telling jordi to do his job instead of getting pushed around like a school kid. Also their right winger looks good every time he gets the ball. Our right winger can't even catch the effing ball!! And why is noel Reid on? Joke of a performance last week from him and comes on tonight and carries on from last week. Also we are completely ballsed next year if Marsh is our 10 when sexton is away/injured/retired. That decision to let madigan leave is gets more embarrassing every week!!

[Armchair]

Very poor 2nd half from us.

[alanair]

I'll take the losing BP at this stage.

It's why the league is so sh!t. Playing without 30+ players and losing against sh!t teams is the biggest hinderence - not just for us, but any of the big teams.

All the massive derbies and great games are completely cancelled out when it's games like this that decide the league - your 4th string team on a football pitch.

C'mon... We had loads of chances to win in the 2nd half ... These are allegedly professional rugby players, but I've see. Better decision making from our Under 14s

[Dave Cahill]

Very poor 2nd half from us.

Hey, hey, hey, thats not fair - we scored 3 points in the second half - that makes it one of our best this season!

[Paulie Walnuts]

what kind of an eegit is Noel Reid? He should have cleared his lines instead of tapping and going in his 22 in these conditions. Overall how can intelligent blokes off the pitch be so brainless on it? You too Ferg, with that stupid shoulder charge. I could see us even losing that bonus point due to the lack of control we seem to have these days. We need to see more players taking charge on the pitch and using their brains.

[blaker]

Manky all round.
Can't draw any sweeps by statements from a game like that but one can quite comfortably be miffed at the senior bods who COULD have been expected to do better - Ferg front and center but not alone. Not sure Ryan was BAD as such but that's a game where you need your back row showing up big time and with 2 v experienced Irish internationals in there we could have expected bettwr

[carlow man]

Also great to see the home fans celebrating like they won the league after beating the Leinster reserves! Got to love the Welsh, boo every time decision goes against them until they get to the ref who then gets intimidated and gives them everything from then on!!

[Kinger83]

Too many silly errors. Reid forcing it at the end probably cost us a loosing bonus. Had alot of possession in the second half but couldn't turn it into points.

[Donny B.]

Don't think we were that bad! Thought a draw would have been fair.

I dunno, they converted chances better when they were on top in the first half and we were fortunate not to concede another couple of tries. A losing BP was there but for the stupidity of Ferg and Kirchner.

Molony was our best player. Triggs put in a decent shift too considering he isn't fully fit and Bent did a decent job holding up the scrum for the most part. Stupid card from Leavy but played better in the second half.

On the negative side, we still blew too many chances in the second half, our maul and maul defence is diabolical and has been since Leo has had responsibility for it. Ferg had a nightmare and could face another ban. Kichner was poor and Jordi was anonymous yet again.

[Oldschool]

Outrageous.
Reid what the f^ck.
Wheeled scrum. The ref f%~ked us.
Player picks up ball our side of ruck. No peno.
How is pretty much every other team can score from five meters but we can't.
Tonight was a night for % rugby.
% Lineouts. Pick and go. Ten man rugby.
My coup de gras. Glad Teo is going.
He's two seasons here and he still carries the ball high into contact.

[Dave Cahill]

I'm loathe to single a younger player out in a negative way, but Jordi made a huge mistake tapping and going wen we had a pen from a scrum early in the second half. We were on top in the scrum and we should have stuck with it

[Paulie Walnuts]

Couldn't agree more. Our maul in attack is useless - this should be Leo's forte. Also, we seem to be useless from 5 yards out when attacking - endless phases but we don't have the smarts, speed or intensity to get over the line. One man going on his own is rarely going to make his way over - it's really frustrating to watch.

[carlow man]

If we get Henshaw in as Te'o,s replacement then it's a massive gain. How can as guy as big and powerful as him coming from rugby league background get the ball ripped from him so easily? He may be able to offload but the first thing he should be able to do is keep the ball and go to ground if he can't pass or beat the man. His handling is very poor for a talented guy!

[Oldschool]

Can't blame dom Ryan. Maybe try telling jordi to do his job instead of getting pushed around like a school kid. Also their right winger looks good every time he gets the ball. Our right winger can't even catch the effing ball!! And why is noel Reid on? Joke of a performance last week from him and comes on tonight and carries on from last week. Also we are completely ballsed next year if Marsh is our 10 when sexton is away/injured/retired. That decision to let madigan leave is gets more embarrassing every week!!

Just for balance but Madser was out OH for all of the second half.

[Grumpy Old Man]

Incredibly frustrating. We need to be more clinical in the red zone, sort out our maul and maul defence and cut out silly errors.

I'm off to kick something.