Glasgow v Leinster Saturday September 10th 3pm (Sky)

[LeRouxIsPHat]

that was pathetic from McCarthy

He's knackered again.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Couldn't have been more obvious that Glasgow came in from the side there. Right in front of the TJ and should have been obvious to Lacey too.

[Hippo]

Flying high tackle led to the turnover for the try,right in front of Lacey

[Fan with smartphone]

They are going to have to win this twice.

[Ruckedtobits]

The vast majority of our line breaks in first half were inside balls. When we've tried to find extra men, outside in this half, and it's cost us two tries. Keep it in hand and using the ball and support the ball carrier. We can take these guys.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Are high tackles legal now?

[Fan with smartphone]

Mick Kearney looks in fair old order. Mike McCarthy looks a few weeks from full fitness.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Someone holding Brian Byrne by the neck in a ruck there. Another one missed by the officials.

[Ruckedtobits]

Very disappointing to get nothing from that performance. Like the Argies this morning our patterns and concentration dissipated on 50 mins and Glasgow have the skills and teamwork to capitalise.

More detailed analysis of why it happened requires a second look. Maybe Glasgow were that much better, and our defensive line requires top level fitness and concentration, and once one element weakens, the other disappears!

[domhnallj]

Someone holding Brian Byrne by the neck in a ruck there. Another one missed by the officials.

You're surprised? I expect nothing less from Lacey. Gutted by that loss, we gifted them a couple but we had enough to beat them. Looking forward to next week already.

[Bogger]

what a collapse in second half two OGs and porous defence let Seymour rescued Glasgow from certain defeat. We looked good for a lot of that game still disappointing not to get even a bonus.

[paddyor]

Didn't expect a win but that was disappointing. 2 soft tries (though one of them I think came from dodgy high tackle) put them back in control and they never looked back. Seemed to run out of steam a bit.

From 10 points up to losing by 9.

[Fan with smartphone]

It was taking exceptional work to keep them at bay I thought even in the first half. Longer it went on, the harder that was to sustain and their big bodies started moving forward. They are a couple of years ahead of that leinster 15. There is the small matter of 2 tries given up so easily, both 7 pointers, being hard to overcome too. But irrespective of those, the longer it went on the worse that was going to get.

[riocard911]

It was taking exceptional work to keep them at bay I thought even in the first half. Longer it went on, the harder that was to sustain and their big bodies started moving forward. They are a couple of years ahead of that leinster 15. There is the small matter of 2 tries given up so easily, both 7 pointers, being hard to overcome too. But irrespective of those, the longer it went on the worse that was going to get.

True but our bench didn't seem to give us any umph. Our scrum was under pressure the whole time. Our lineout ditto.

[D'Arse]

Not too impressed with the new scrum half from NZ. Can't seem to pass the ball properly.

[Bogger]

It was taking exceptional work to keep them at bay I thought even in the first half. Longer it went on, the harder that was to sustain and their big bodies started moving forward. They are a couple of years ahead of that leinster 15. There is the small matter of 2 tries given up so easily, both 7 pointers, being hard to overcome too. But irrespective of those, the longer it went on the worse that was going to get.

Thought we were well on top had they not nicked the two tries when they did I think we would have ended up comfortable winners...Seymour saved their bacon.

[Ruckedtobits]

Reviewing match reports of this fixture from previous 8 seasons, a number of which I attended, we have rarely played as well for 50 minutes as we did today and never during that time, headed them by 9 points over there.

Ultimate outcome was a big experience for many on the pitch. Glasgow may get stronger as the season progresses, but not much. We should improve by a lot, but more importantly, many Leinster players MUST learn from today that playing, without taking your chances when you create them, will never be enough to beat good teams.

Yes, we gifted them two soft tries in 3 minutes to change the momentum, but teams that become winners learn from that experience and learn how not to allow it happen again. Carbery will be annoyed with the intercept, but he should be more annoyed about the subsequent restart, which gifted Glasgow possession again without pressure.

We have many players who have skills, fitness and determination. Now they also need to get mean and understand that the story on the scoreboard is the only measure of performance that matters every week in professional sport. We can be winners this season, possibly with every team we field, but only if we learn to be more ruthless in attack and more effective in defence, and that means every time opponents have the ball.

For our coaches, they may realise that pre-determined, timed, substitutions are not always appropriate, especially in the season-deciding games. There's little doubt that our raft of substitutions today disturbed our defence more than it enhanced our attacking capabilities. This needs to be managed better and with more attention to the impact on our team units.

We created enough to have won that game by the same margin as we lost. But reviewing it on tape, we didn't look like a team in the last 18 minutes, just fifteen guys wearing the same jersey. This wasn't about technical coaching, this was about game management, on and off the pitch. Lancaster will certainly have seen where he can earn his corn with that performance. IMO, he will also have been impressed with the skills levels of many of the Leinster players whose names were less familiar to him.

[MrSensible]

Very exciting @ times just a pity about the result. Little bit more organisation needed

[MrSensible]

This may seem like a strange question but why is Lukr McGrath Captain ?
Nothing against the guy but I presume Leo is selecting Captains !!!!!
I would have thought we would of had a lot more senior players suitable to the role ??

[ronk]

Gutted about the result but lots to be positive about.

That was a fairly promising defence out there even though we leaked 5 tries.

It's 2 matches in a row this season where chasing a try hasn't looked all that convincing in the last few minutes but hopefully we'll get over that and start coming out on top in the close ones.

We were careless to give so much to them and they're a quality side.


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