Lions tourarsebiscuits1 wrote:I would take great pleasure framing all the bizarre excuses the English media would throw out if Munster and Leinster managed to make up 2 finals ha
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Lions tourarsebiscuits1 wrote:I would take great pleasure framing all the bizarre excuses the English media would throw out if Munster and Leinster managed to make up 2 finals ha
I seem to remember an article a years back when all the Irish provinces had done very well in Europe (2014 post Northampton possibly?)simonokeeffe wrote:Lions tourarsebiscuits1 wrote:I would take great pleasure framing all the bizarre excuses the English media would throw out if Munster and Leinster managed to make up 2 finals ha
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Stephen Jones is writing it as we speakarsebiscuits1 wrote:I seem to remember an article a years back when all the Irish provinces had done very well in Europe (2014 post Northampton possibly?)simonokeeffe wrote:Lions tourarsebiscuits1 wrote:I would take great pleasure framing all the bizarre excuses the English media would throw out if Munster and Leinster managed to make up 2 finals ha
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The headline was "Irish success merely points towards tournament decline" or something equally awful.
I have no doubt in my mind that some journo somewhere will be able to point a potential Leinster Munster Pro14 final to Billy Vunipola being missing
17-0 after 52 minswixfjord wrote:Scarlets currently 10-0 down nearing HT in Treviso.
22-7 62 mins. G'wan the Italians!!!!Cianostays wrote:Scarlets can rack up points pretty damn quickly. I'd feel happier with another Treviso try [WHITE SMILING FACE]
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76' Benetton 22 Scarlets 12LeinsterLeader wrote:22-7 62 mins. G'wan the Italians!!!!Cianostays wrote:Scarlets can rack up points pretty damn quickly. I'd feel happier with another Treviso try [WHITE SMILING FACE]
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Yessssss! GTF inwixfjord wrote:BOOM! No LBP for Scarlets, meaning we top the conference!
Two teams with a need for redemption - sets up an already tasty fixture!johng wrote:Advantage yes. But all for naught if they come over here and do what they did in May.
They are due a bounce back after losing in Italy.
Hopefully we are ready for them with revenge for May on our minds.
Benetton were missing around 15 players I believe. If the Scarlets depth is so weak that they can't manage to even get a LBP away to Benetton then that augers well. During the 6Ns last year we wiped the floor with Scarlets, and they are missing more players this year. We'll get a couple of guys back and I'm sure Isa will start. We really should be able to manage this one. The big question mark is the return fixture tbh.johng wrote:Advantage yes. But all for naught if they come over here and do what they did in May.
They are due a bounce back after losing in Italy.
Hopefully we are ready for them with revenge for May on our minds.
Given the state of play with Henrose, it's very important that Leinster don't rush Isa back into action.molloyjh wrote:Benetton were missing around 15 players I believe. If the Scarlets depth is so weak that they can't manage to even get a LBP away to Benetton then that augers well. During the 6Ns last year we wiped the floor with Scarlets, and they are missing more players this year. We'll get a couple of guys back and I'm sure Isa will start. We really should be able to manage this one. The big question mark is the return fixture tbh.johng wrote:Advantage yes. But all for naught if they come over here and do what they did in May.
They are due a bounce back after losing in Italy.
Hopefully we are ready for them with revenge for May on our minds.
But when you look at the remaining fixtures it really is advantage Leinster:
Leinster | Scarlets
Scarlets (H)|Leinster (A)
Kings (H) | Ulster (H)
Scarlets (A)|Leinster (H)
----- END OF 6Ns -----
Ospreys (A)|Munster (A)
Zebre (H) | Glasgow (H)
Benetton (H)|Edinburgh (A)
Connacht (A)|Dragons (A)
I'd be reasonably confident that we can see this out now. Our PD and tries scored are well ahead of Scarlets (around 30 points better off and 7 tries more scored). At worst we'll know what we need from the Connacht game to top the conference. With any luck we'll have top spot secure before the last weekend.