Leinster V Dragons: the tale of 46 men and an Ark; Fri 14th Feb; TG4 7.45pm

justsomebloke

With all the swooning over .ak, it seems no one put up a match thread

LEINSTER:

15: Zane Kirchner
14: Fergus McFadden
13: Brendan Macken
12: Noel Reid
11: Darragh Fanning
10: Ian Madigan
9: Eoin Reddan
1: Jack McGrath
2: Sean Cronin
3: Martin Moore
4: Leo Cullen CAPTAIN
5: Mike McCarthy
6: Rhys Ruddock
7: Shane Jennings
8: Jordi Murphy

REPLACEMENTS:

16: Aaron Dundon
17: Michael Bent
18: Tadhg Furlong
19: Tom Denton
20: Dominic Ryan
21: Isaac Boss
22: Jimmy Gopperth
23: Darren Hudson

Dragons Team to face Leinster
Hallam Amos, Matthew Pewtner, Pat Leach, Ashley Smith, Will Harries, Jason Tovey, Richie Rees; Owen Evans, T. Rhys Thomas, Nathan Buck, Cory Hill, Rob Sidoli (c), Lewis Evans, Nic Cudd, Netani Talei.

Replacements
Sam Parry, Aaron Coundley, Francisco Chaparro, Matthew Screech, Jevon Groves, Wayne Evans, Steffan Jones, Ross Wardle.

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

Def going ahead? Pissing down for the last three hours where I am

ssaye2

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience wrote: »

Def going ahead? Pissing down for the last three hours where I am

Yeah defo

Confirmed by LR

justsomebloke

if I've finally psyched myself up to going, it better damn well be going ahead

COME ON LEINSTER!!!!!

durkadurka

I think the high standard of OPs for match threads for big games has intimidated others from starting match threads for shytey games like this one.


Anyhoo, the team is considerably improved from last week with the inclusion of Ireland's second choice front row, + Reddan and Ferg.
In filthy conditions and with a rather callow back line I dont expect fireworks tonight but hopefuly we have enough to dog our way through with an outside change of a BP.

Pity we have no Lukey, a week too soon and all that.

We are 16 pt favourites with pp but I wouldnt say that's good value - a 10 - 12 point spread would be fair enough in these conditions.

Also no Strauss - slightly worried.....

LEINSTER:

15: Zane Kirchner
14: Fergus McFadden
13: Brendan Macken
12: Noel Reid
11: Darragh Fanning
10: Ian Madigan
9: Eoin Reddan
1: Jack McGrath
2: Sean Cronin
3: Martin Moore
4: Leo Cullen CAPTAIN
5: Mike McCarthy
6: Rhys Ruddock
7: Shane Jennings
8: Jordi Murphy

REPLACEMENTS:

16: Aaron Dundon
17: Michael Bent
18: Tadhg Furlong
19: Tom Denton
20: Dominic Ryan
21: Isaac Boss
22: Jimmy Gopperth
23: Darren Hudson

REFEREE: Marius Mitrea (FIR), ASSISTANT REFEREES: Mark Patton, Barrie O'Connell (both IRFU) CITING COMMISSIONER: John Cole (IRFU) TMO: Kevin Beggs (IRFU)

[Jackass]

Good team, conditions not the worst in D4 even if the pitch will be heavy going, but certainly not so bad that we couldn't attempt a fairly expansive game plan imo.

Almost more so than the head to heads, these are the kind of games that make or break the league campaign. Anything other than a win would be a disaster, but I would still be disappointed if we didn't manage to be clinical enough to secure a BP win over the 80 minutes. We need to keep the pressure on at the top, the BP win in Zebre was a massive result given the venue and players available, I think we should expect one more from this game than we could have from that one, so not securing the BP win would undo some of that good work. Ospreys, Ulster, Munster and Glasgow are all involved in fixtures this round where they probably should get BP wins, so I hope we keep that in mind.

(Ulster being postponed, but whenever they get around to this round of fixture).

stephen_n

Why are there two match threads?

durkadurka

Oops, never saw the other one- mods please lock the least sexy one.

stephen_n

This could be a very low scoring game given the conditions, it's awful out there.

justsomebloke

stephen_n wrote: »

This could be a very low scoring game given the conditions, it's awful out there.

ah it's clearing up nicely I thought

stephen_n

justsomebloke wrote: »

ah it's clearing up nicely I thought

Not from where I'm sitting but not as bad as earlier I suppose.

thomond2006

Many thanks to Kulgan for the tickets tonight!

In my bestest D4 accent: C'mon you boys in bleu!

Will have Lobbe pyjamas for sale. No need to PM. You'll see me.

[Jackass]

For anyone in the terrace, or I suppose at the game in general, this is an important piece of information.

A life long Leinster fan by the name of Carl Lawlor sadly passed away recently. Many of you will know him from his spot at the front of the large terrace pitchside, where he stood for every home game and would often be seen on TV during match days too, with his mascot "Lenny" the lion.

As he was such a piece of furniture at Leinster games, he had become well known to many terrace dwellers and members of the OLSC.

As such, in tribute to his fanatical fandom of Leinster and for his family who will be watching the game tonight, the OLSC and some supporters have arranged to start a chant at the 5 minute mark of the game, when there is a break in play. It will originate from the large terrace section of the ground (under the Anglsea Stand at the North stand side)

"There was only one Carl Lawlor"

This will be lead by a group on the terrace, and if you are attending, it would be very touching to all the people that knew him and his family if you would kindly join in. Feel free to tell people around you about it before the game and to encourage people to join in too. I'm sure it would mean the world to his family and friends if this can be heard throughout the ground, and would have meant the world to on of the most die hard Leinster fans there has been, so I'd strongly encourage anybody attending to get involed in this great gesture of respect.

This is not a personal effort of myself, but is being arranged by Donny B on Leinsterfans and members of the OLSC who have tweeted about it.

RIP Carl Lawlor

OldRio

Great tribute that.

With the Ulster game called off BBC2 Wales have switched their coverage to the Leinster v Dragons game.

durkadurka

Bummer


@dk3lly: Late change, Bent for McGrath. A Healy precaution, I hear. Ankle still dodgy, I guess. Pitch in great nick, I know. #LeinsterRugby

thomond2006

Jesus I hope that's just a precaution for Healy, he's so important for Ireland.

sullivlo

RDS currently empty!

Jack McGrath been announced as starting by stadium announcer...

.ak

I am wet.

Hagz

.ak wrote: »

I am wet.

The boards matchmaking doesn't lie.

sullivlo

.ak wrote: »

I am wet.

98fm giving say ponchos behind grandstand.

RuggieBear

greasy

Swiwi.

Bent looks a lot like McGrath...

Guess Healy is OK.

duckysauce

it's on bbc2 wales aswell

Swiwi.

Hagz wrote: »

The boards matchmaking doesn't lie.

Only if .ak is .ak-ette in fairness.

vienne86

OldRio wrote: »

Great tribute that.

With the Ulster game called off BBC2 Wales have switched their coverage to the Leinster v Dragons game.

Thank goodness!

RuggieBear

good kick tbf

P_1

Score? Shockingly they have neither tg4 or bbc wales in dortmund

sullivlo

P_1 wrote: »

Score? Shockingly they have neither tg4 or bbc wales in dortmund

0-0. 10 mins.

Irlandczyk

P_1 wrote: »

Score? Shockingly they have neither tg4 or bbc wales in dortmund

0-0 11 minutes in. Not much to see so far. Very greasy out.

Swiwi.

P_1 wrote: »

Score? Shockingly they have neither tg4 or bbc wales in dortmund

Neither side troubling the scorers to date. Guten Abend P_1!

errlloyd

3-0 leinster.

errlloyd

3-0 leinster.

Irlandczyk

Madigan slots a kick from 40m out. 3-0

shuffol

Ruddock continuing his good form of late.

mr. pleasant

decent kick by mads

mr. pleasant

leinster getting quite a few penalties from the scrum

sullivlo

Bent sporting a Darce-esque beard

mr. pleasant

heaslip as waterboy.

messy game. many knock-ons on both sides.

main positive so far: leinsters scrum and defense against the maul attempts.

RuggieBear

3-3

Karl Stein

Dragons giving away a ridiculous number of penalties.

mr. pleasant

meh.

should have been lineout in dragons half after good lick by mcf.

funny to see the replay with the linesman almost falling over while trying to spaot where the ball lands - and still making the wrong call.

RuggieBear

dragon th binned

durkadurka

Ferg back with his step and fall over party piece

RuggieBear

ffs. every time we get into their 22 we knock on or concede a pen

RuggieBear

good man mcgrath

errlloyd

Mcgrath try

petebricquette

Jack you beauty!

Hagz

G'wan Healy

mr. pleasant

try jack mc grath. nice work

corny

Great power from McGrath. Shrugged off a Second row.

durkadurka

Finally....
Jack McGrath