Leinster vs Treviso friday 7.10pm RTE2

durkadurka

Wright STARTS!!!!!!

Should have just enough to win this at home....


LEINSTER:
15: Isa Nacewa CAPTAIN
14: Andrew Conway
13: Eoin O'Malley
12: Eamonn Sheridan
11: David Kearney
10: Ian McKinley
9: Isaac Boss
1: Heinke van der Merwe
2: Richardt Strauss
3: Stan Wright
4: Ed O'Donoghue
5: Devin Toner
6: Kevin McLaughlin
7: Dominic Ryan
8: Stephen Keogh
REPLACEMENTS:
16: Jason Harris-Wright
17: Jack McGrath
18: Clint Newland
19: Rhys Ruddock
20: Paul Ryan
21: Paul O'Donohoe
22: Ian Madigan
23: Niall Morris


BENETTON TREVISO:
15: Joseph Maddock
14: Michele Sepe
13: Ezio Galon
12: Andrew Vilk
11: Benjamin De Jager
10: Willem De Waal
9: Ludovico Nitoglia
1: Michele Rizzo
2: Enrico Ceccato
3: Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet
4: Antonio Pavanello CAPTAIN
5: Corniel Van Zyl
6: Benjamin Vermaak
7: Gonzalo Padrò
8: Marco Filippucci
REPLACEMENTS:
16: Franco Sbaraglini
17: Matteo Muccignat
18: Pedro Di Santo
19: Enrico Pavanello
20: Michele Sutto
21: Andrea Pratichetti
22: Andrea Marcato
23: Simon Picone
REFEREE: Neil Hennessy (WRU), ASSISTANT REFEREES: Dave Wilkinson (IRFU), Richard Kerr (IRFU)
4th OFFICIAL: Dan Wallace (Leinster Rugby Referees), 5th OFFICIAL: Gordon Murray (Leinster Rugby Referees), TMO: Tony Redmond (IRFU)

Loving the squad rotation. No second rows on the bench so we'll probably see a flanker popping into lock when the subs come on. Leinster with BP win.

jolley123

Hopefully Sheridan and O'Malley don't switch like they did against Cardiff. I want to see Sheridan at 12 this time.

CouchSmart

Disappointed not to see McFadden in there, we could really use him. 10 - 14 are just too inexperienced. We should be aiming for a try bonus in this game but it seems unlikely.

crisco10

What's that Treviso team like?

The only thing I notice is that Botes isn't playing...

durkadurka

As far as I know treviso have a lot of internationals missing

thebaz

if mckinley and sheridan can step up again , we should win -
also would like to have seen cullen, hines or ruddock , to beef things up a bit pack wise, though front row is strong

durkadurka

CUllen and Hines are in international squads

durkadurka

Alley les blues!!!!

Spore

durkadurka wrote: »

Alley les blues!!!!

Oh dear lord...

And you managed to spell 'alles' wrong.

durkadurka

It's 'allez' actually, if we're going to go on about spelling, and the typo was down to my phone

durkadurka

durkadurka wrote: »

It's 'allez' actually, if we're going to go on about spelling, and the typo was down to my phone

I think he's taking the piss

We need a sarcastic smiley

LeeroyJones

I think it could catch on

!!!LEINSTER UBER ALLES!!!

jolley123

Why are they playing Sheridan at 13 again. It's wierd...

wixfjord

Score update lads?

Burgo

Leinster 9 - 0 Treviso

Conas

Scrappy as hell. Lots of mistakes.

Conas

Great try by Kearney there. Leinster 14-0 up now. Game over

Burgo

Leinster 16 - 0 Treviso, try Kearney!

Podge_irl

I didn't even notice that was Sheehan commentating. I thought it was Toland. Goes to show how much better Frankie is when Munster aren't involved.

Scrappy game, but Leinster are clearly the better team. They need to stop giving away silly penalties though.

Keogh and Ryan off at this stage? Or did Ryan stay on?

Sangre

VDM getting killed in scrum all night

Podge_irl

If an advancing maul is brought down a couple metres from the line how can it be anything but the defending team taking it down?

corny

Toner turned over twice now carrying the ball. Really has to work on it because even backs knock him backwards.

Lots of mistakes and a referee who wants to get involved aren't a good combp for a spectacle.

Try Treviso.

Podge_irl

Deleted User wrote: »

Keogh and Ryan off at this stage? Or did Ryan stay on?

Ryan is still on.

Burgo

Leinster 16 - 5 Treviso , try in the 40th minute

durkadurka

Newland on for stan.....we need stop giving away pens. And score next.

durkadurka

Excellent break away try. I'm liking McKinley. Bp should be the target now

LeeroyJones

YES
a 14 pointer in effect.

Treviso break into Leinsters 22 and could have gotten under the posts, Leinster rob and a handful of phases later sends McKinley over under the posts!

Burgo

Try for McKinley, Leinster 23 - 5 Treviso

wixfjord

Great try, Kearney is a good player. Far better than Conway so far in his games.

Peter B

Great offloading in the tackle by both teams

durkadurka

Lineout is a shambles

wixfjord

Jaysus this is poor

durkadurka

Treviso 5 binned, this is a great chance but we bollix up the lineout again

durkadurka

Half backs changed

durkadurka

How many tries can we blow?

wixfjord

POD was ****ing awful during that break, completely overran EOM :mad:

ambid

Steady on lads. It's a very young team and they're doing pretty well.

wixfjord

ambid wrote: »

Steady on lads. It's a very young team and they're doing pretty well.

It's a pretty young team and they're doing poorly would be my opinion. Just because they're young doesnt mean we shouldnt expect more.
Handling errors, awful lineout and poor scrum, and these are an awful team.

durkadurka

Incredibly frustrating game. We should have 50 points

durkadurka

Five lineouts lost, how many times have we knocked on in their 22?

RuggieBear

bp left behind.

meh

durkadurka

Try Conway on 80 mins, ISA converts, 30-5 ft. Disappointing. Only 8 points from two home games against Italians....

Burgo

Final score Leinster 30 - 5 Treviso.

Ciaran-Irl

Criticism on here is way over the top.

ambid

wixfjord wrote: »

It's a pretty young team and they're doing poorly would be my opinion. Just because they're young doesnt mean we shouldnt expect more.
Handling errors, awful lineout and poor scrum, and these are an awful team.

You have high standards buddy. Fair enough, but I guess I'm happy enough with a win, three tries, and some really promising individual performances. The opposition was poor though.

Next week against a much better scarlets team will tell a lot more about whether some of these guys are as good as we hope.

durkadurka

Schmidt pretty disappointed too

Meh, not the best result, happy with a lot of things, not delighted with others. Great stuff from some of them tbh. Even more confidence in the the youth side of things.

KidneyPunch

David Kearney is a good finisher. Nacewa was brilliant again and Stan Wright looked commanding lots of positives in this match but that bonus point could be the difference between a home semi.:(

CouchSmart

Pretty disappointed with us leaving the BP behind, it was a real oppurtunity. McKinley was my MOTM, thought he was excellent throughout. It's great seeing him do so well after what happened last year, a definite star of the future. With every week I'm becoming more and more confident having Madigan and McKinley backing Sexton up for the next couple of seasons - not too shabby.

Lineout is a shambles, serious investment needed. I was against it when I first heard of Hines leaving but I really hope we get someone top class in there for next season.

On a final note, it's great to see Conway, Kearny jr. and Morris, over the last couple of weeks, finally starting to deliver on the big stage - the futures bright.