Leinster v Zebre Sat 2pm TG4

cormac · Post by **cormac** » April 6th, 2018, 2:54 pm

Where's Rhys?

mildlyinterested · Post by **mildlyinterested** » April 6th, 2018, 2:56 pm

Rested. Obviously rushed back for Sarries and now going to be careful with him and not over burden his hamstring.

mildlyinterested · Post by **mildlyinterested** » April 6th, 2018, 3:55 pm

7 players from club only background:

Tadhg Furlong (25/New Ross RFC)
Mick Kearney (27/Clontarf RFC)
Adam Byrne (23/Naas RFC)
Conor O’Brien (22/Mullingar RFC)
Peter Dooley (23/Birr RFC)
Vakh Abdaladze (22/Coolmine RFC)
Ciarán Frawley (20/Skerries RFC)

Post by **limecat** » April 6th, 2018, 4:06 pm

Match Preview

Leinster did the business against Saracens and are in the Champions Cup semi-final in two weeks time.

The minute you saw them open Saracens up so easily for the first try, you had the feeling this was going to be a good day. Saracens are still a good team but they're not what they were, especially in defence, but Leinster took advantage ruthlessly in a knock-out fifteen minutes after half-time. They were possibly guilty of trying to see the game out too early leading to a nervier last ten minutes that was necessary however it was a great performance and a great win.

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ronk · Post by **ronk** » April 6th, 2018, 9:02 pm

wixfjord wrote:15. Barry Daly (23)
14. Adam Byrne (35)
13. Rory O’Loughlin (38)
12. Conor O’Brien (2)
11. James Lowe (9)
10. Ross Byrne (45)
9. Jamison Gibson-Park (46)
1. Cian Healy (185)
2. James Tracy (59)
3. Tadhg Furlong (79)
4. Devin Toner (212) CAPTAIN
5. Mick Kearney (32)
6. Josh Murphy (8)
7. Dan Leavy (50)
8. Max Deegan (17)

16. Bryan Byrne (25)
17. Peter Dooley (46)
18. Vakh Abdaladze (1)
19. Ross Molony (60)
20. Peadar Timmins (10)
21. Nick McCarthy (22)
22. Ciarán Frawley (2)
23. Gavin Mullin (0)

What a bizarre team!

Our young and inexperienced backline has a lot of caps

mildlyinterested · Post by **mildlyinterested** » April 6th, 2018, 9:10 pm

15. Daly -25
14. Byrne -23
13. ROL -24
12. COB -22
11. Lowe -25
10. Byrne -22
9. JGP - 26
21. McCarthy -23
22. Frawley -20
23. Mullin -20

curates_egg · Post by **curates_egg** » April 7th, 2018, 8:38 am

Ruddock injured, adding to all the other injuries there. The cupboard is essentially bare.
An injury to Leavy and our season is in big trouble: is there an argument for late withdrawal?

artaneboy · Post by **artaneboy** » April 7th, 2018, 9:23 am

curates_egg wrote:Ruddock injured, adding to all the other injuries there. The cupboard is essentially bare.
An injury to Leavy and our season is in big trouble: is there an argument for late withdrawal?

Woah- that sounds a bit panicky. Is Ruddock’s injury a relapse or a different season one?

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Xanthippe · Post by **Xanthippe** » April 7th, 2018, 11:19 am

FLIP wrote:Does this make Toner the tallest captain of a top level team? One for the statos that.

That depends on where you check for his height. Martin Bayfield captained Saints and he’s listed as 2.08 (6’10”) as is Dev which would make them joint tallest. However my niece asked Dev once exactly how tall he was and he said he was 6ft 10 AND three quarters (2.10)

That little tidbit always stayed with me because I have a sister who is 5 foot and half an inch and all her life that half inch was hugely important to her so it sounded funny to hear someone so tall stressing their three quarter of an inch as if it was really important too!

Raydollard · Post by **Raydollard** » April 7th, 2018, 12:13 pm

That is indeed a tall tale.

CiaranIrl · Post by **CiaranIrl** » April 7th, 2018, 12:24 pm

artaneboy wrote:
curates_egg wrote:Ruddock injured, adding to all the other injuries there. The cupboard is essentially bare.
An injury to Leavy and our season is in big trouble: is there an argument for late withdrawal?
Woah- that sounds a bit panicky. Is Ruddock’s injury a relapse or a different season one?

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Dead leg after the qf. He'll be fine.

Ruckedtobits · Post by **Ruckedtobits** » April 7th, 2018, 2:38 pm

Overseas and TG4 stream is Basketball. Anybody got a link?

mildlyinterested · Post by **mildlyinterested** » April 7th, 2018, 2:41 pm

no link but its been an awful performance so far

FLIP · Post by **FLIP** » April 7th, 2018, 2:47 pm

Seemingly lost video from the RDS? Weather playing havoc?

wixfjord · Post by **wixfjord** » April 7th, 2018, 2:51 pm

Sweet jaysus that was a bad half of rugby.

Our half backs have been atrocious.

mildlyinterested · Post by **mildlyinterested** » April 7th, 2018, 2:56 pm

yup id swap em now.

Raydollard · Post by **Raydollard** » April 7th, 2018, 3:27 pm

What a bore fest.A few of us know that Ross Byrne has nothing to offer - now or ever.

CiaranIrl · Post by **CiaranIrl** » April 7th, 2018, 3:35 pm

Raydollard wrote:What a bore fest.A few of us know that Ross Byrne has nothing to offer - now or ever.

While the rest of us know your opinions have nothing to offer.

wixfjord · Post by **wixfjord** » April 7th, 2018, 3:47 pm

Our banch front row has comprehensively outplayed our staring one.

Vakh has been excellent, fair play.

mildlyinterested · Post by **mildlyinterested** » April 7th, 2018, 3:49 pm

mccarthy has brought much better tempo and ross byrne looks much more comfortable with him

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