Leinster vs Embra, RDS 6.30

durkadurka

Heading off to the match now.
This better be good reading when I get back!




LEINSTER TEAM V EDINBURGH
9 May 2014 12:01pm


LEINSTER:
15: Zane Kirchner
14: Fergus McFadden
13: Brian O'Driscoll
12: Gordon D'Arcy
11: Dave Kearney
10: Jimmy Gopperth
9: Isaac Boss
1: Jack McGrath
2: Richardt Strauss
3: Mike Ross
4: Leo Cullen
5: Mike McCarthy
6: Sean O'Brien
7: Jordi Murphy
8: Jamie Heaslip

REPLACEMENTS:
16: Sean Cronin
17: Cian Healy
18: Martin Moore
19: Rhys Ruddock
20: Dominic Ryan
21: Luke McGrath
22: Ian Madigan
23: Rob Kearney

Referee: Leighton Hodges (WRU) Assistant Referees: Peter Fitzgibbon, Kieran Barry (both IRFU) Citing Commissioner: Peter Ferguson (IRFU) TMO: Seamus Flannery (IRFU)

irishbucsfan

Edinburgh: 15 Carl Bezuidenhout, 14 Sam Beard, 13 Matt Scott, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Harry Leonard, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c),
8 Dave Denton, 7 Tomas Leonardi, 6 Mike Coman, 5 Ben Toolis, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 WP Nel, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Al Dickinson

Replacements: 16 James Hilterbrand, 17 Wicus Blaauw, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Alex Toolis, 20 Dimitri Basilaia, 21 Grayson Hart, 22 Piers Francis, 23 Ben Atiga

blackdog2

Is this on tv atall atall lads?

EDIT: TG4 has us covered

Dero

Hmm. Twitter says Kirchner out, RK to full back, Macken on the bench.

blackdog2

Dero wrote: »

Hmm. Twitter says Kirchner out, RK to full back, Macken on the bench.

Twatter

Only one Foreign Player, not bad :cool:

Rovi

blackdog2 wrote: »

Is this on tv atall atall lads?

EDIT: TG4 has us covered

Anywhere else, does anyone know?

BBC Alba are covering the Glasgow-Zebre match.

NoelJ

Rovi wrote: »

Anywhere else, does anyone know?

BBC Alba are covering the Glasgow-Zebre match.

Yeah saw that too. Came here hoping to find one but can't think of anywhere else it could be. Obviously isn't on S4C.

matthew8

The weather has saved its absolute worst for this match. Really bad now. Not a great evening to have the minus 21. Hopefully they get the rolling maul going.

sydthebeat

fecking leighton hodges!

One of my least fav refs.....

Now I won't mention him again until after the game.

Davei141

sydthebeat wrote: »

fecking leighton hodges!

One of my least fav refs.....

Now I won't mention him again until after the game.

He has one of them punch-able faces.

NoelJ

Can you watch tg4 online? I thought you could but cant see it on their site now.

Grimebox

NoelJ wrote: »

Can you watch tg4 online? I thought you could but cant see it on their site now.

http://www.tg4.ie/en/player/tg4-player.html

NoelJ

Grimebox wrote: »

http://www.tg4.ie/en/player/tg4-player.html

Ah cheers it was saying some womens football was on for some reason.

Tox56

...and SOB knocks on with his first touch

Although in fairness he did obliterate the first guy who tried to tackle him

sydthebeat

Tox56 wrote: »

...and SOB knocks on with his first touch

Although in fairness he did obliterate the first guy who tried to tackle him

And very nearly knocked on with his secOnd touch too

matthew8

That must have been 30 phases. Very slow making the ground but a try for Murphy.

KERSPLAT!

Job! 5-3 missed conversion

errlloyd

Strauss deserves the assist for his epic toss.

Tox56

Dave K looks sharp

Nice finish from Murphy with not much momentum. For a flanker he knows how to score a try

aimee1

harsh call on Embra i think?

sydthebeat

Nothing wrong with that pass

matthew8

Let off for Leinster. Edinburgh touch the ball down but a forward pass denies them the try. The conditions are good out there somehow so it's time to start showing how much better they are than Edinburgh.

Tox56

aimee1 wrote: »

harsh call on Embra i think?

Yeah on that pass it was but there was a hilariously wrong call on that Leinster maul at the other end of the pitch that it came from

sullivlo

Cian Healy just squatted with McGrath on his shoulders. Beast.

sydthebeat

Has this been clarified before... what's the story with the use it call from a static scrum? What's the basis for it?

ThisRegard

aimee1 wrote: »

harsh call on Embra i think?

I thought so too.

matthew8

Tox56 wrote: »

Yeah on that pass it was but there was a hilariously wrong call on that Leinster maul at the other end of the pitch that it came from

Yeah they were so illegal at that maul I couldn't believe it.

I thought that was a fair call, depended purely on when you thought the ball left his hands.

matthew8

Leinster scrum under a lot of pressure, Nel has been good for Edinburgh this year.

sydthebeat

matthew8 wrote: »

Yeah they were so illegal at that maul I couldn't believe it.

I thought that was a fair call, depended purely on when you thought the ball left his hands.

I'm not even sure he did pass it. .. just seemed to hand it into his chest.

matthew8

Scrum is being murdered.

mr. pleasant

what is going on at scrum time? how does ebra have the upper hand there?

PeteFalk78

The first 25 minutes has encapsulated Leinster this year. Very sloppy, little creativity from backline and generally off the pace.

dregin

Denton off. Massive, massive blow for Edinburgh.

Quint2010

Leinster are pathetic.

Tox56

Boss just isn't with it this year. Please god McGrath/Cooney come through next season or we're in big trouble

Irlandczyk

dregin wrote: »

Denton off. Massive, massive blow for Edinburgh.

Agreed. We absolutely have to push on from here now.

matthew8

You'd have to fancy Leinster to pull away later but this has been a really slow start.

Irlandczyk

Not nearly in touch. What was the touch judge looking at?!

Tox56

Cringing every time BOD goes into contact. Picking up a 4 week injury here means the end of his career, this should not be his last game

Davei141

Leinster in being average as feck shocker.

Kanrith

Surely off his feet there.

matthew8

Big wind making it hard to get into the right places.

danthefan

Kanrith wrote: »

Surely off his feet there.

I think he'd gained possession and was then taken off his feet, Cullen's limp attempt at a clearout was the issue there.

mr. pleasant

big wind? or maybe it is just another disappointing performance. ebra are closer to scoring next than leinster is.

Tox56

This is absolutely appalling

danthefan

mr. pleasant wrote: »

big wind? or maybe it is just another disappointing performance. ebra are closer to scoring next than leinster is.

Leinster have been seriously poor so far. Attacking play is basically - pass one out from the ruck, run into nearest defender. Pass one out from the ruck, run into nearest defender. Etc etc.

corny

Poor defending

matthew8

We'd be doing well to get to 5-3 at half time.

Grimebox

Redden injured?

Irlandczyk

mr. pleasant wrote: »

big wind? or maybe it is just another disappointing performance. ebra are closer to scoring next than leinster is.

The scary thing is that they've looked more dangerous and creative than we have. My guess is just another disappointing performance. Marketing dept will have to come up with something better than 'Leinstertainment' for next season, methinks...

matthew8

6-5 to Edinburgh, nearly half time.