Match Thread: Cardiff Blues vs Leinster Rugby, Friday 08th Feb 7:30pm, NO TV

molloyjh

Poor weather, terrible pitch, no internationals. Still though I wish it were on the box!

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15: Dave Kearney|15: Jason Tovey
14: Andrew Conway|14: Owen Williams
13: Brendan Macken|13: Gavin Evans CAPTAIN
12: Andrew Goodman|12: Dafydd Hewitt
11: Darren Hudson|11: Harry Robinson
10: Ian Madigan|10: Rhys Patchell
9: Isaac Boss|9: Lewis Jones
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1: Jack McGrath|8: Robin Copeland
2: Aaron Dundon|7: Rory Watts-Jones
3: Michael Bent|6: Michael Paterson
4: Leo Cullen CAPTAIN|5: James Down
5: Tom Denton|4: Macauley Cook
6: Dominic Ryan|3: Taufa'ao Filise
7: Shane Jennings|2: Rhys Williams
8: Jordi Murphy|1: Sam Hobbs
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16: Thomas Sexton|16: Marc Breeze
17: Heinke van der Merwe|17: Nathan Trevett
18: Jamie Hagan|18: Scott Andrews
19: Ben Marshall|19: Luke Hamilton
20: Rhys Ruddock|20: Josh Navidi
21: John Cooney|21: Alex Walker
22: Noel Reid|22: Ceri Sweeney
23: Fionn Carr|23: Richard Smith

CatFromHue

The bookies have Cardiff slight favourites for this game at -1.

ssaye

CatFromHue wrote: »

The bookies have Cardiff slight favourites for this game at -1.

Patchell V Madigan

Stronger Backrow for Leinster

Madigan hopefully to play the conditions and that the new scrum combo clicks.

Leinster win 1-5

irishbucsfan

Is there any rugby on the box (in the UK) tonight at all?

ssaye

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Is there any rugby on the box (in the UK) tonight at all?

Ulster game BBC 2

http://entertainment.ie/tv/display.asp?channelid=0&programme=Sport&programme_day=08+February+2013&programme_time=time6&submit=Search

durkadurka

Look at you and your 'grids'..

It was far from grids we were brought up on.

ongarite

Will we have to rely on Twitter for this or is it going to be on radio anywhere?

molloyjh

durkadurka wrote: »

Look at you and your 'grids'..

It was far from grids we were brought up on.

Excuse me, they are fancy schmancy tables I'll have you know. And they are so what the young kids are doing these days. Totes amazeballs and all that.

It has nothing to do with the fact that I'm a nerd that works with Excel all day. Nothing at all.

fanki na pengin

I love these 6N rabo games. Feckin disgusted it's not being shown though, so many players I'd love to watch out for.

Hudson, McGrath, and Macken are ones I'm hoping for a big game from. Madigan to score a trademark 5 metre run in. Jordi Murphy start knocking on the door marked 'regular'. but then there's Dippy, wanting to remind us of his promising for before injury......

I WISH I WAS IN IRELAND TO WATCH THIS.

.ak

fanki na pengin wrote: »

I WISH I WAS IN IRELAND TO WATCH THIS.

You wouldn't want to be, it's in Cardiff.

fanki na pengin

DAMN! You quoted me, so now I can't edit. :pac:

durkadurka

I'm just glad you didn't say you wished you were in Wales .

Digifriendly

No internationals - are Isaac Boss, Michael Bent, Leo Cullen and Shane Jennings not capped?

CatFromHue

No current internationals.

molloyjh

CatFromHue wrote: »

No current internationals.

What he said.

vienne86

Has anybody tried the 'live ' update button on the rabodirectPro12 web site this evening? I know the match hasn't started yet, but it is not working for me for the Ulster match either, and that started a few minutes ago.

Foxtrol

Didn't know there was a separate match thread. Posted in the Leinster Thread

Foxtrol wrote: »

Is EOM on the bench for Leinster instead of Fionn?

Fionn did the draw for the Junior Cup earlier when I would have expected him to be at least on his way to Cardiff.

This picture from the Leinster Rugby Twitter looks like its EOM at 23 (obviously cuts off most of the one name we need).

https://twitter.com/leinsterrugby/status/299953035088650242/photo/1

totallegend

http://matchdaylive.rabodirectpro12.com/?mobile=1

Working on mobile anyway, Leinster 3-0 up

.ak

Denton YC, 3-3

EOM defo on the bench

justsomebloke

3-14 after a try by boss

thomond2006

Looking good for Leinster, a win here would be great considering the number of absentees.

justsomebloke

3-16 after conversion.

Baby bitching about me posting and telling me to go back to feeding him

corny

Try (Boss) just before HT. 14-3 Leinster

justsomebloke

Another try and more crying as a result

.ak

Ha this time Murphy gets it.

jamiedav2011

3-23 at HT!
This is going really well, very surprised actually!

Hope we can keep going.

ongarite

3-23. Very nice first half. Sounds like we are dominating in the scrum and getting both tries as a result.

justsomebloke

justsomebloke wrote: »

Another try and more crying as a result

3-23 ht and now a dirty protest by baby

durkadurka

Blimey, seems to be going well!

Is o malley on the bench?

Glass Prison 1214

Where are you getting the match updates from?

thomond2006

I'm following all the games here: http://matchdaylive.rabodirectpro12.com/index.php?mobile=0

Foxtrol

Glass Prison 1214 wrote: »

Where are you getting the match updates from?

https://twitter.com/leinsterrugby

.ak

Twitter, @leinsterrugby

Grimebox

thomond2006 wrote: »

I'm following all the games here: http://matchdaylive.rabodirectpro12.com/index.php?mobile=0

Does that update automatically or do you have to refresh teh page?

thomond2006

updates itself, not the fastest though. It is pretty useful for following all the games.

.ak

Cardiff try. Not converted. 8-23

justsomebloke

11-23

.ak

EOM on

.ak

Madigan pen, 11-26

justsomebloke

11-26

matthew8

I know we can't see the match, but this is a very encouraging start to the Ian Madigan era.

jamiedav2011

Game over 11-26.

Feckin delighted with that. Great win.

jamiedav2011

Schmidt praising Jack O'Connell in the pre game. Interesting I thought VDM was on the bench!

Tox56

Joe Schmidt wrote:

Madigan kicked very well. It was a telling point, helping us to build scoreboard pressure. Good bit of game management from Ian

Hopefully a sign of things to come

totallegend

Tox56 wrote: »

Hopefully a sign of things to come

No idea how he played obviously but 100% kicking from the tee is an encouraging stat.

Glass Prison 1214

totallegend wrote: »

No idea how he played obviously but 100% kicking from the tee is an encouraging stat.

For me its not about his place kicking, his stats are constantly around 90% and he is one of the most accurate you will find despite what some will have you believe, its about his kicking out of hand and decision making regarding when to kick and when to pass/run. If Joe has come out praising the one flawed aspect of his game its f***ing great news.

fanki na pengin

Great result. Frustrating that we can't talk about more individual performances.

opinionatedfan

No vdm in this match, Jack O'Connell on the bench.

The more of mcgrath(23), joc(22), moore(21) and furlong(20) we see the happier I am.
4 very promising young players.

Leinster coach Joe Schmidt was understandably delighted with the victory.

"I am delighted with the win, we had 15 guys in camp with ireland. We had to draw on some of the young guys in some sticky conditions under foot."

"Jack McGrath did well and so did Jack O Connell when he came on. Michael Bent was very strong in scrum. Dominic Ryan hasn't had a massive amount of rugby but played very well."

Speaking about Ian Madigan's 100% record with the boot, Schmidt added, "Madigan kicked very well, Ian was 100% which allows you to build score board pressure. It was good game management from Ian tonight."

.ak

Glad to hear Bent did well. No doubt his confidence would've taken a bit of a battering the way he was handled in the Irish camp. Thightheads live on a diet of confidence.

.ak

Fingers crossed some analysis vids will surface from the Leinster camp.

Fishooks13

.ak wrote: »

Glad to hear Bent did well. No doubt his confidence would've taken a bit of a battering the way he was handled in the Irish camp. Thightheads live on a diet of confidence.

Was he handled poorly? I mean, he can hardly complain about being dropped