Leinster v Treviso match thread.

Kanrith

Just thought there should be a thread for this.

Leinster 8-0.

armchaircoach

Absolutely dominating the breakdown, easily protecting our own ball, even sloppy ball.

armchaircoach

Odriscoll going off

Looks like an accidental shoulder to his chest while attempting a tackle on a rising player

Buer

Little grubber seems to be the tactic of the day. Obviously we don't think much of the handling of their back three.

Buer

Looks like a rather sore bash to the face for BOD there.

Kanrith

Why did O'Driscoll go off?

Podge_irl

Cronin over.

Game over.

thomond2006

haha gift for Cronin

Buer

Well, we know who should replace BOD.

Kanrith

Hah, nice step by Cronin there.

Losty Dublin

Well, Cronin can still run in spite of a fair bit of gut on him

Buer

Kanrith wrote: »

Why did O'Driscoll go off?

Freak collision with one of the Treviso players toppling backwards and cracking BOD in the face with his head.

Kanrith

Buer wrote: »

Freak collision with one of the Treviso players toppling backwards and cracking BOD in the face with his head.

Is it a temporary replacement or permanent?

Never mind, he answered it. :P

armchaircoach

Cronin pounces on a loose ball from a sloppy Line out and sprints 50m for a try under the posts

Buer

Kanrith wrote: »

Is it a temporary replacement or permanent?

I'll give MOC a buzz and let you know! :pac:

thomond2006

That was a nasty collision

Podge_irl

Ouch.

Very heavy clash while going for a high ball. Looks like a Leinster and Treviso player down.

BOD back on.

armchaircoach

Kanrith wrote: »

Is it a temporary replacement or permanent?

Hes back on now

Buer

Nasty collision there. Both players land heavily.

Tox56

Back to the Payne incident we go...

If anything that looked worse

thomond2006

Loamanu's leg was shaking violently after the collision. Scary.

Kanrith

armchaircoach wrote: »

Hes back on now

Cheers, would just be disappointed to see him go off so early, so good to see him back on.

armchaircoach

Leamanu off injured after a nasty collision in the air with kirchner.

armchaircoach

Tox56 wrote: »

Back to the Payne incident we go...

If anything that looked worse

Well to clarify the rules, if you injure the other guy its a citing, if you nut yourself it's play on apparently

Buer

Tox56 wrote: »

Back to the Payne incident we go...

If anything that looked worse

From the far end angle, it actually did look quite similar with the Treviso lad in the role of Payne. Both watching the ball and a collision with one player way above the other.

Tox56

armchaircoach wrote: »

Well to clarify the rules, if you injure the other guy its a citing, if you nut yourself it's play on apparently

I actually think Payne was lucky not to suffer a similar fate to the Treviso player in this case

Buer

From looking at the north and south ends there, there's actually a surprisingly good crowd there. Not a full house but looks like it could be over 16k.

armchaircoach

Tox56 wrote: »

I actually think Payne was lucky not to suffer a similar fate to the Treviso player in this case

Yes probably, but I think neither Payne nor leamanu acted in bad faith, they were both going for the ball. I think Payne just got shafted by a bad ref, with a sham of a citing to try and legitimise the decision. And because of that decision everytime there is a similar collision in the air the question is going to be asked what makes this one different that its not a card and citing.

Podge_irl

Treviso player finally carted off. Hope he's ok, that looked nasty.

Tox56

Jesus what has happened to Gopperth's hands in the last few weeks

Reid continues to impress/surprise

razorblunt

Tox56 wrote: »

Back to the Payne incident we go...

If anything that looked worse

I didn't see the Payne incident live, but images seemed to show Payne underneath Goode, here the were 50/50 kirchener slightly ahead and as a result the center caught him full on unawares.

armchaircoach

Jamie lannister has better effing hands than jimmy gopperth!!!

Podge_irl

Tox56 wrote: »

Jesus what has happened to Gopperth's hands in the last few weeks

Reid continues to impress/surprise

Shocking number of dropped balls alright. Those 8 weeks without a game probably didn't help!

Tox56

Ruddock has become an absolute force of nature this season

Kanrith

That was easy.

Buer

razorblunt wrote: »

I didn't see the Payne incident live, but images seemed to show Payne underneath Goode, here the were 50/50 kirchener slightly ahead and as a result the center caught him full on unawares.

The angle from the far end behind the Treviso goal showed ZK well above.

Tox56

Too easy

Have to say, although it didn't make headlines, Cronin can feel aggrieved with how he was dropped for the two big games (Munster, Toulon) when he was having a cracking season. Although today is perfect for him he's having a great game

Buer

Just pummelling through them.

As derided as he is, Fanning has been hugely effective and is wrecking the Treviso defensive line with his carrying off the inside ball.

Kanrith

Lovely break by O'Driscoll there, pity it was knocked on.

Mahatma Geansai

Pass forward by BOD there, maybe?

Podge_irl

Yeah, always thought Strauss was brought back in more on reputation than anything. I think he's ultimately the better player but he did nothing to take the jersey from Cronin.

Nice break from BOD ends in knock on.

Tox56

Going to miss that guy

The break was good obviously but that pass was beautiful, threaded the needle

Buer

Bonus point before half time would be great.

Tox56

Buer wrote: »

Bonus point before half time would be great.

And then get McGrath on ASAP

Although OK today Boss has gone backwards this season and maybe McGrath isn't up to it, but he needs this kind of experience with a quality backline so we can find out sooner rather than later

Hagz

There were about three punches thrown by the Treviso player. Lucky to be staying on.

Kanrith

Way too easy.

Buer

And scene.

Podge_irl

BP try from ZK.

This is almost annoyingly easy.

Kanrith

Our handling has improved anyway.

Mahatma Geansai

There won't be too many happy bunnies after Gopperth creating that try with a brilliant break. :pac:

Tox56

Jesus what has happened to Treviso this season

Thats the BP anyway, great stuff. Wouldn't mind Macken on, game is made for him and BOD needs protecting