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Leicester V Leinster teams

  • 18-01-2008 1:34pm
    #1
    Paulw
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    Leicester Tigers: G Murphy; J Murphy, O Smith, S Rabeni, T Varndell; A Goode, F Murphy; M Castrogiovanni, B Kayser, J White, L Deacon (capt), M Wentzel, B Deacon, B Herring, J Crane.
    Replacements: G Chuter, M Ayerza, D Young, B Kay, B Youngs, I Humphreys, A Erinle.

    Leinster: G Dempsey; L Fitzgerald, B O'Driscoll (capt), G D'Arcy, R Kearney; F Contepomi, G Easterby; S Wright, B Jackman, S Knoop, L Cullen, M O'Kelly, S Keogh, S Jennings, J Heaslip.
    Replacements: O Le Roux, C Healy, C Jowitt, K Gleeson, C Keane, J Sexton, G Brown.
    Gary Brown (22) faces a late fitness test. If he is ruled he will be replaced by Brian Blaney.

    Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)


Comments

  • #2
    Sabre0001
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    Murphy v Dempsey should be an interesting battle considering the approaching 6N (depending on how open Eddie is to change that is...) Should be a cracking match anyway!

    🤪



  • #3
    terry mac
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    Just wondering which of the leinster props also play's hooker?


  • #4
    Stev_o
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    terry mac wrote: »
    Just wondering which of the leinster props also play's hooker?

    None do Blaney is the alt no 2


  • #5
    Podge_irl
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    Le Roux can cover hooker and Healy appanently can as well (or did so at underage level).


  • #6
    Stev_o
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    Podge_irl wrote: »
    Le Roux can cover hooker and Healy appanently can as well (or did so at underage level).


    Le Roux at hooker now that would be a funny sight if i ever saw one. Widest scrum in the history of rugby probably :P


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  • #7
    the hoff
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    I have to say I think it's terrible that Leinster have brought back Guy Easterby...Here's a 36 year old guy who retired from professional rugby last year that has now been coaxed back into playing just because young cillian willis had a coupla average games. Cillian Willis represents the future of Leinster rugby and deserves to game time to learn the game and yes make mistakes thats part and parcel of developing of developing as a rugby player. Guy Easterby was an average rugby player in his prime and now he's just an old fart making a few bucks and stunting the development of young players...Sorry if that sounds a bit ranty but had to get that one of my chest :)


  • #8
    Podge_irl
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    He was hardly brought back just because Willis had a few bad games. With a long term injury to Whitaker they needed cover anyway, but Willis has simply not recaptured his form following his major shoulder surgery. His lightning pass is just gone at the moment, and it may take a good bit longer to recover it. He doesn't really have any other aspect to his game than his pass (he isn't a breaking scrum-half), so if that's gone awry he's not much use. Personally, I think its much of a muchness between Easterby and Keane, they're both slow to deliver the ball but at least they have some physicality.


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