Toulon v Leinster 16.15 local, 15.15 Irish. Sky Sports

CatFromHue · 13-12-2015 1:51pm #1

15. Delon Armitage; 14. Bryan Habana, 13. Mathieu Bastareaud, 12. Ma'a Nonu, 11. Drew Mitchell; 10. Matt Giteau, 9. Eric Escande; 1. Florian Fresia, 2. Guilhem Guirado, 3. Matt Stevens, 4. Samu Manoa, 5. Romain Taofifenua, 6. Mamuka Gorgodze, 7. Steffon Armitage, 8. Duane Vermeulen
16. Anthony Etrillard, 17. Xavier Chiocci, 18. Levan Chilachava, 19. Juan Smith, 20. Tom Taylor, 21. Maxime Mermoz, 22. Anthony Meric, 23. Jocelino Suta

15. Rob Kearney; 14. Fergus McFadden, 13. Ben Te'o, 12. Luke Fitzgerald, 11. Isa Nacewa; 10. Johnny Sexton, 9. Isaac Boss; 1. Cian Healy, 2. Richardt Strauss, 3. Mike Ross, 4. Devin Toner, 5. Mike McCarthy, 6. Rhys Ruddock, 7. Josh Van Der Flier, 8. Jamie Heaslip
16. Sean Cronin, 17. Jack McGrath, 18. Martin Moore, 19. Tom Denton, 20. Jordi Murphy, 21. Eoin Reddan, 22. Ian Madigan, 23. Dave Kearney

Leinster pretty much in a do or die game here, lose and they're out.

Last season the best runners up had 17, 18 and 19 points so a draw here, 3 wins from the rest of the games, and at least 3 TBP's might squeek it.

Similar to Leinster Toulon had a good few guys at the RWC so season form running up to this game is not hugely relevant.

What we do know is Leinster ran them very close with a weaker team last year in France and in a 10 min spell after half time the year before let Toulon run away with it.

After a bad loss to Wasps Leinster (Toulon also had a poor loss on the same scale to Wasps in round 2) went to Bath and really stuck it up to them. A poor scrum though gave away 16 points though and was the downfall of the team.

Verdict: Leinster in 13 seconds

sheep? · 13-12-2015 2:00pm

13-12-2015 2:30pm

Looking forward to the game and have no expectations. Hope the lads walk off the pitch proud whatever happens.

Regardless, I'll be there next week in blue cheering on my team no matter what the result today.

flouncer · 13-12-2015 3:25pm

If Leinster play to their ability they can win this game. I hope they do. Would like to see sexton play well. Would like to see them all play well. I'm just back from the bookies. 7/1 is simply too good to pass up. However its not about the money. They need it for their own self confidence. Toulon are no longer world beaters. They may have a lot of money invested but that doesn't make them a team. Go leinster

Clegg · 13-12-2015 3:52pm

Jaysus lads I'm bricking it.

Need big games from Healy and Ross especially. They've been very lucky to retain their places. Ruddock has performed well against Toulon in the past and I'm hoping JVDF can make the step up.