Match thread: RDP 12 Treviso v Leinster Sunday 2pm Irish time, no TV

durkadurka

The fixture is being covered on a delayed basis only on TG4 at 5pm on Sunday.
BENETTON TREVISO:
15: Brendan Williams
14: Ludovico Nitoglia
13: Andrea Pratichetti
12: Christian Loamanu
11: Angelo Esposito
10: Mat Berquist
9: Fabio Semenzato
1: Alberto De Marchi
2: Franco Sbaraglini
3: Ignacio Fernandez-Rouyet
4: Marco Fuser
5: Corniel Van Zyl CAPTAIN
6: Manoa Vosawai
7: Dean Budd
8: Marco Filippucci
REPLACEMENTS:
16: Enrico Ceccato
17: Matteo Muccignat
18: Pedro Di Santo
19: Antonio Pavanello
20: Filippo Giusti
21: Alberto Sgarbi
22: James Ambrosini
23: Alberto Di Bernardo

LEINSTER:
15: Darren Hudson
14: Lote Tuqiri
13: Brendan Macken
12: Noel Reid
11: Darragh Fanning
10: Jimmy Gopperth
9: John Cooney
1: Michael Bent
2: Aaron Dundon
3: Martin Moore
4: Tom Denton
5: Quinn Roux
6: Rhys Ruddock CAPTAIN
7: Dominic Ryan
8: Leo Auva'a
REPLACEMENTS:
16: James Tracy
17: Jack O'Connell
18: Tadhg Furlong
19: Ben Marshall
20: Jordi Murphy
21: Eoin Reddan
22: Cathal Marsh
23: Collie O'Shea
REFEREE: Neil Paterson (SRU), ASSISTANT REFEREES: Elia Rizzo, Giorgio Sgardiolo (both FIR), TMO: Mauro Dordolo (FIR)


Will be tough enough to squeeze a result out of this one.

Great to see Jordi on the bench. Nice to see some academy players there. Who is this Reddan kid?

CatFromHue

Berquist v Gopperth.....and this time it's for money!

.ak

Write up of the season.

oneshot0kill

Why will this be a difficult game? Looking at the Leinster team, there are some familiar names with decent experience. Have to admit though I'm unfamiliar with the Treviso team. I hope Tuqiri has sorted his hamstring as I'd like to see him at his best. Would be great if the Leinster players would pass it to him too.

durkadurka

.ak wrote: »

Write up of the season.

If molloyjh wants to chip in two or three thousands words and do one of his super duper fcukin tables (fancy Dan) then he's welcome to.

I bet he'll come to basically the same conclusion.

But let's face it: it's a poxy low end Rabo game

Fireball07

daniigan wrote: »

Why will this be a difficult game? Looking at the Leinster team, there are some familiar names with decent experience. Have to admit though I'm unfamiliar with the Treviso team. I hope Tuqiri has sorted his hamstring as I'd like to see him at his best. Would be great if the Leinster players would pass it to him too.

It's a decent enough Treviso team, experienced half-backs, couple of threatening backs and a few decent players in the pack. Plus, at home, they're hard to beat at the best of times.

Leinster have a very callow backline, Tuqiri hasn't really shone to date and will be relying on a big game from Gopperth. Pack looks good enough, but Denton and Auva'a for example, aren't exactly great.


Will be close.

Tox56

Great to see Hudson in at 15, probably his best position but he's been royally screwed with injuries, particularly last season he would have got a massive chunk of game time but for injury

Fireball07 wrote: »

It's a decent enough Treviso team, experienced half-backs, couple of threatening backs and a few decent players in the pack. Plus, at home, they're hard to beat at the best of times.

Leinster have a very callow backline, Tuqiri hasn't really shone to date and will be relying on a big game from Gopperth. Pack looks good enough, but Denton and Auva'a for example, aren't exactly great.


Will be close.

If Reid and Macken are callow at this level they have problems going forward with Leinster. Reid is on the bubble in terms of getting a renewed contract or not but Macken really should be putting in big performances at this level

Fireball07

Tox56 wrote: »

If Reid and Macken are callow at this level they have problems going forward with Leinster. Reid is on the bubble in terms of getting a renewed contract or not but Macken really should be putting in big performances at this level

They're both promising players but Pratichetti and Loamanu are pretty decent. They may not be world-beaters but they're quite experienced and could exploit any defensive weaknesses they may have.

[Jackass]

Jeez didn't even realise Berquist ended up with this lot.

Going to be a very tough game. Is that bench the same that was named earlier? Didn't realise Jordo was back? Great news all the same.

Hard to call, if we have faith in the young fellas we should manage it, but Treviso away has claimed many scalps, not sure what to expect to be honest.

Madworld

Maybe somebody in the know might be able to tell me this, but what is the logic of having this game on at the same time as the Ireland match?

Cookiemunster

Madworld wrote: »

Maybe somebody in the know might be able to tell me this, but what is the logic of having this game on at the same time as the Ireland match?

All that counts for this is that it doesn't clash with the Italian game. Mediaset don't really care about what's happening in Ireland.

.ak

I presume all the bars around lansdowne will be showing this on delayed coverage?

molloyjh

durkadurka wrote: »

If molloyjh wants to chip in two or three thousands words and do one of his super duper fcukin tables (fancy Dan) then he's welcome to.

I bet he'll come to basically the same conclusion.

But let's face it: it's a poxy low end Rabo game

I've mixed feelings about this one. It is going to be tough. It won't be pretty (but then even with a full squad we haven't been doing "pretty" either). And it is a 3rds versus a lower tier 2nds.

However it will be a good measure of where some of the younger lads are at and after a few weeks off to focus on this one I'd hope we'd be geared up and well prepared for it.

Morf

.ak wrote: »

I presume all the bars around lansdowne will be showing this on delayed coverage?

I'll be watching Ire on BBC just to be sure the result isn't ruined.

ConFurioso

Just thought I'd bump this to get the ball rolling etc etc....

And also to try and get over the disappointment ....

CorsendonkX

What happened the game? TG4 still has the GAA on.

ConFurioso

Extra time, just a few more mins. I think.

P_1

My Da'll be happy that Castlebar won all the same :P

ConFurioso

This isn't the full match.....

EDIT: unless its to cover the GAA coverage.

Nice play so far. 12-0 Leinster.

Hagz

Fair amount of midges.

P_1

Hagz wrote: »

Fair amount of midges.

Isn't that part of Italy mostly marshland?

ConFurioso

Epic defence from Treviso when on their own try line. They certainly woken up since the first couple of tries.

ConFurioso

Jaysus, Zane was released??

Also, Lote is looking decent so far, best performance for us by a mile.

P_1

Oof, big missed forward pass in the lead up to Gophert's penalty there.

ConFurioso

Some iffy play, but winning away to Treviso is always good. Especially with manybppayers missing.

Tox56

Ruddock had a big game, looks like he lost a few pounds this season and now looks very light in his feet in open play while still keeping his strength in the tight, can't be far from the H Cup team now. Unfortunately for him McLaughlin was very impressive for Ireland today, would still like to see Ruddock get a run in the full team though, has been consistently impressive this season

.ak

Tiquiri our best back by far today. Hate to say it but I told ye so. Tiquiri didn't look good for us because he was playing with an injury. He'd be a handy player to keep for the rest of the season.

Hagz

Regardless I'd rather see someone like SCM or Boyle play in his place.

.ak

Hagz wrote: »

Regardless I'd rather see someone like SCM or Boyle play in his place.

Why? Their time will come. I'd rather see them given game time WITH the internationals rather than throwing them in the deep end of an away tough grind in Italy without them.

jamiedav2011

.ak wrote: »

Tiquiri our best back by far today. Hate to say it but I told ye so. Tiquiri didn't look good for us because he was playing with an injury. He'd be a handy player to keep for the rest of the season.

Sorry AK, that's complete self love. Great, looking good against a second Treviso with 21 players down.

Tox56

.ak wrote: »

Why? Their time will come. I'd rather see them given game time WITH the internationals rather than throwing them in the deep end of an away tough grind in Italy without them.

Will it? They're final year academy and I don't think they've made a single appearance for Leinster between them, either we see what they can offer now or there isn't much reason to give them a contract. SCM is in his 4th year too, their time has to be running out. That said they should be there ahead of Fanning if anyone

.ak

jamiedav2011 wrote: »

Sorry AK, that's complete self love. Great, looking good against a second Treviso with 21 players down.

21? They had 10 missing? With a lot of talent. Doesn't explain why the rest of our backline was average compared to him.

All I was saying was give the chap a chance.

jamiedav2011

.ak wrote: »

21? They had 10 missing? With a lot of talent. Doesn't explain why the rest of our backline was average compared to him.

All I was saying was give the chap a chance.

We had 21 missing.

Great, give him a chance, but that doesn't change the fact that he's been very disappointing so far and doesn't deserve to be paid big bucks for the full year based on what he's served up.

.ak

jamiedav2011 wrote: »

We had 21 missing.

Great, give him a chance, but that doesn't change the fact that he's been very disappointing so far and doesn't deserve to be paid big bucks for the full year based on what he's served up.

Disappointing because he was injured. The way people were going on he was some foreign invader stealing our jobs.

Maybe SCM and Boyle aren't impressing at training. Maybe MOC doesn't think they're ready. Either way they will get time. But probably in the right circumstances.

former legend

Thought Macken was poor enough today, Reid mixed the sublime with the awful but the standout performer was ruddock.

A win in Treviso at any stage is nothing to be sniffed at.

And Tuqiri had to play. A back three of Hudson, Fanning and SCM? No.

Fireball07

Tuqiri was excellent today, made ground every time he touched the ball.

As was Vosawai for Treviso, who is a serious ball-carrier.


Excellent win for Leinster, there were lots of mistakes and everything, but it was a heavily depleted team against a decent Treviso team. Didn't look like they were going to do it after Esposito's try but they worked hard for it. Gopperth didn't have his best game, Ruddock had a good game, and Macken looked lively.

.ak

Fireball07 wrote: »

Tuqiri was excellent today, made ground every time he touched the ball.

As was Vosawai for Treviso, who is a serious ball-carrier.


Excellent win for Leinster, there were lots of mistakes and everything, but it was a heavily depleted team against a decent Treviso team. Didn't look like they were going to do it after Esposito's try but they worked hard for it. Gopperth didn't have his best game, Ruddock had a good game, and Macken looked lively.

Agree with everything apart from Macken. Had a couple of breaks but didn't really link up well, thought Reid had a better showing (although had some horror tackles).

Was trying to figure out how the backline was lining up at the end of the game... At one stage all of Tiquri, Kirchner, Fanning, Hudson and Macken were on the field am I right?

Tox56

.ak wrote: »

Agree with everything apart from Macken. Had a couple of breaks but didn't really link up well, thought Reid had a better showing (although had some horror tackles).

Was trying to figure out how the backline was lining up at the end of the game... At one stage all of Tiquri, Kirchner, Fanning, Hudson and Macken were on the field am I right?

Think Hudson has played 12 before, I'd say he'd be a good one

Glass Prison 1214

What was wrong with O Shea? Wasn't he originally supposed to be on the bench?

Hagz

Glass Prison 1214 wrote: »

What was wrong with O Shea? Wasn't he originally supposed to be on the bench?

Kirchner became available so he took his spot.

Morf

Hagz wrote: »

Kirchner became available so he took his spot.

He took Marsh's spot.

Hagz

Oh. Well then surely O'Shea just didn't get on the pitch. Like Tracy and O'Connell.