Pre-Season 2018/19

[LeinsterLeader]

CONFIRMED: Leinster will play @UsmSapiacRugby and @FalconsRugby in the two @bankofireland pre-season friendlies - full details https://bit.ly/2JQVPFy #FromTheGroundUp #BOIrugby

[the spoofer]

Why no game outside of Dublin? That's disappointing.

[johng]

Guessing energia want their pound of flesh. There is another weekend though.

[ronk]

2 games. 1 home 1 away. Interesting

[LeinsterLeader]

Maybe they'll add another game yet!

Is it not tradition that we let Ulster beat us in Pre-season to get their confidence up for the season ahead?

I think is was part of the 'Good Friday' agreement!

[ronk]

They stole Jordi.

[Flash Gordon]

They stole Jordi.

And Greg Jones.

[LeinsterLeader]

They stole Jordi.

And Greg Jones.

Ah I forgot about them. Well that's that then. No pre-season booing practice for them

LEINSTER SAYS NO!!!!

[johng]

And Nick Timoney

[Xanthippe]

They've also got John Cooney; Tommy O'Hagan; Alan O'Connor and Dave Shanahan - next season's interpros are going to be good!

[johng]

Well if we're counting Cooney......





Then ladies and gentlemen...... I give you......






Marty Moore!

[ChrisUppy]

The Newcastle game is interesting to me - is this our first meeting with Richards since blood gate?

[LeRouxIsPHat]

I've been trying to figure out why we'd play Montauban, is there any chance they've paid big bucks to play the European champions? Or does that only happen in football?

[cormac]

I've been trying to figure out why we'd play Montauban, is there any chance they've paid big bucks to play the European champions? Or does that only happen in football?

We started last season with a visit to a Pro D2 side in France.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Ha, I was at the two games here and have absolutely no recollection of there being one before them.

[johng]

Is Paddy Jackson going to montauban next season?

[neill_m]

Is Paddy Jackson going to montauban next season?

No he signed for Perpignan.

[johng]

That was a joke. We played per pig nan last year and now Jackson signed for them.....

So now we're playing..... Ah never mind.... sh!t joke

[Ruckedtobits]

I've been trying to figure out why we'd play Montauban, is there any chance they've paid big bucks to play the European champions? Or does that only happen in football?

They had an excellent season and only slipped out of automatic promotion place in last month of the Season. Very well coached but no big names. A good choice IMO.

[BlueBlue]

I've been trying to figure out why we'd play Montauban, is there any chance they've paid big bucks to play the European champions? Or does that only happen in football?

They had an excellent season and only slipped out of automatic promotion place in last month of the Season. Very well coached but no big names. A good choice IMO.

We'll be missing around 12 to 15 players like the start of every season, so we'll have a skeleton senior team and plenty of academy players involved. This game you can throw the young lads in, experiment a bit. Blow off the cobwebs. French teams are usually ahead in preseason prep as their season starts earlier, so we are likely to face a full strength Montauban v's an academy heavy 1st blow out Leinster. Makes good sense to me and good prep for Newcastle who came 4th in AP.