Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread V

Hagz

Tox56 wrote: »

Bib theory:
Fitz appears to be sitting it out but I can't see a second winger so ill presume it's him.

Mick McGrath?

Neil3030

former legend wrote: »

Hmmm.

Ah feck is he injured again?

Tox56

Hagz wrote: »

Mick McGrath?

Actually correcting myself what about Fanning? Is he injured? Cant see him in any of those pictures

ssaye2

Neil3030 wrote: »

Ah feck is he injured again?

Every game is a bonus with Luke,

Did they not say they will manage his time very cautiously, maybe he will only play when we least expect it :pac:

ssaye2

End of the game, seemed fine, hopefully any tests/scans after all ok too, you will drive yourself insane if we start worrying too much.

ssaye2

Tox56 wrote: »

Actually correcting myself what about Fanning? Is he injured? Cant see him in any of those pictures

Surely deserves a break most minutes of anyone

former legend

Neil3030 wrote: »

Ah feck is he injured again?

Well he's not even stripped to train and he has a face like a smacked arse so something is up.

Hopefully it's just tightness after his first game in so long.

LostArt

I wouldn't be too surprised if Luke was given extra recovery days compared to everyone else

ssaye2

http://thescore.thejournal.ie/ben-teo-kane-douglas-leinster-chieka-1749988-Oct2014/?utm_source=twitter_self

Mr.Applepie

former legend wrote: »

Hmmm.

1st game in 7 months an he plays 80mins. Should be rested to give the body time to easy into it

Theta

stephen_n wrote: »

True enough, but refs seem to pick up on dropping the bind quicker, dark arts of the front row. Still prefer him at LH but he is doing a good job at TH considering.

I was wondering about this, during scrums when the Ref was not on Bents side the Castres prop directly after set would wrap his arm around and push it into Bents chest. Did anyone else notice this?

Hagz

It's a 5 day turn-around. Don't want to take any extra risks with Luke.

stephen_n

Theta wrote: »

I was wondering about this, during scrums when the Ref was not on Bents side the Castres prop directly after set would wrap his arm around and push it into Bents chest. Did anyone else notice this?

Some refs would interpret that as trying to hold a bind with Bent dropping off, others would see it as not binding correctly, it's a bit of a lottery but more often than not the ref will penalise dropping the bind.

For some strange reason the other officials seem to give little or no help to the ref when he's on the other side of the scrum.

Tox56

ssaye2 wrote: »

Surely deserves a break most minutes of anyone

Yeah that would make sense alright. Although when Rob K, Dave K, McFadden and Luke Fitz come back his minutes will naturally go down so I wouldn't be too worried about overplaying him. He has had a huge workload recently though

Theta

stephen_n wrote: »

Some refs would interpret that as trying to hold a bind with Bent dropping off, others would see it as not binding correctly, it's a bit of a lottery but more often than not the ref will penalise dropping the bind.

For some strange reason the other officials seem to give little or no help to the ref when he's on the other side of the scrum.

It was odd, it almost looked like he was pushing Bent up or putting pressure on his chest when the ref wasnt around because Bent would try get his hand off him.

Neil3030

Ben Teo speaks to the media....

Interview with a Vangepire, you might say....

Fireball07

Neil3030 wrote: »

Ben Teo speaks to the media....

Interview with a Vangepire, you might say....

:D

Thanos

ssaye2 wrote: »

End of the game, seemed fine, hopefully any tests/scans after all ok too, you will drive yourself insane if we start worrying too much.

That has to be one of the worst pics of Luke I have ever seen, can't imagine he is too pleased with it either...............

Morf

In complete contrast to:

.ak

Tox56 wrote: »

Yeah that would make sense alright. Although when Rob K, Dave K, McFadden and Luke Fitz come back his minutes will naturally go down so I wouldn't be too worried about overplaying him. He has had a huge workload recently though

It'd be more a case of resting the muscles after 80 minutes after a long period of no rugby. No amount of rehab replaces the pain of playing for the first time in a long time.

.ak

Also, anyone know if anywhere in NYC will be showing this?

Podge_irl

.ak wrote: »

Also, anyone know if anywhere in NYC will be showing this?

Shutup .ak

scott1974

.ak wrote: »

Also, anyone know if anywhere in NYC will be showing this?

You Could try the Brass Monkey in the Meatpacking District.
The owner is Irish.

Buer

There's some really nice places in the South Bronx that you should try. In fact, it would be unfair to name any single place. Just wander around the area and some of the locals will surely be happy to help by directing you.

justsomebloke

Thanos wrote: »

That has to be one of the worst pics of Luke I have ever seen, can't imagine he is too pleased with it either...............

You obviously don't remember the 'happily married' pics of Luke and Madigan that did the rounds a few years ago before being taken down rather rapidly

artvandelay48

.ak wrote: »

Also, anyone know if anywhere in NYC will be showing this?

Pretty sure the Blue Oyster Bar shows the matches

Baxtardo

.ak wrote: »

Also, anyone know if anywhere in NYC will be showing this?

Go to the Brass Monkey. Watching the France 6N match there in March was one of the happiest days of my life. The time difference legitimizes early drinking too. If you're looking for somewhere smaller / bit quieter try Dorian Grey in the East Village. Since it's an Irish match there will be a good few places showing it.

SuperCet

Not sure if I'm posting this in the right place, but just wondering if the post Christmas match against Ulster is already mostly sold out, or do the tickets normally go on sale in a staggered manner?

There's nothing showing for the Grandstand and only a splattering of single seats for the Anglesea... Tried to get tickets for the same game last year for the Grandstand but couldn't get any!

LostArt

The Christmas/New Year games always sell really well if not sell out completely, I'd imagine what's up there is all that's left

SuperCet

Feck - had been keeping my eyes peeled for the last couple of weeks and only saw them on sale recently. That's a pain!