Glasgow v Leinster Match Thread

Adbrowne

Weather glorious, plastic pitch. think Leinster will do well to get anything out of this

Buer

Regardless of the result, we deserve to lose for that jersey.

Adbrowne

Buer wrote: »

Regardless of the result, we deserve to lose for that jersey.

jersey could be the winning of the game given the glare of the sun off it. Glasgow players will need sunglasses :cool:

Adbrowne

John Lacey:eek:

Anyone else got cricket on sky sports 3?

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Didn't realise the back of the Leinster jersey was yellow. It's hideous. Could live with it if it was the grey colour on the back.

Buer

Really good phase play before Murphy forces a speculative pass after a good carry. Can't be leaving the Glasgow 22 so softly or we're in for a long afternoon.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Did Murphy even look before throwing that?

Buer

Blatant offside. Glasgow player kicks the ball from a yard behind the ruck into his own man in the ruck.

Dave_The_Sheep

Buer wrote: »

Blatant offside. Glasgow player kicks the ball from a yard behind the ruck into his own man in the ruck.

Yeah, but we got Lacey reffing, not Owens, sadly.

Neil3030

A tackle breaking winger really is such an asset.

Adbrowne

Neil3030 wrote: »

A tackle breaking winger really is such an asset.

its also the metres he gains even if he doesnt break the tackle.

LEIN

Adbrowne wrote: »

John Lacey:eek:

He's decent ref.

Swan Curry

Neil3030 wrote: »

A tackle breaking winger really is such an asset.

we barely have tackle breaking forwards

Buer

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Yeah, but we got Lacey reffing, not Owens, sadly.

You don't need Nigel Owens to know a ball into your own man and then collecting it is offside. He can't even claim he didn't see it as he called play on as it wasn't a knock on.

Good try. Punched Leinster back through the middle and we were always scrambling. Great passing to move it wide quickly as we were pushing up hard.

Peregrine

Buer wrote: »

Regardless of the result, we deserve to lose for that jersey.

From the back, it looks like Leinster are playing in high-vis vests.

Buer

Poor direction to give that to Reid but he should have had the sense to come back in.

errlloyd

We've actually made a lot of half breaks.

Buer

Swan Curry wrote: »

we barely have tackle breaking forwards

Forwards are carrying and handling the ball excellently, I think.

awec

This match looks like a training match with one team wearing bibs.

Adbrowne

no mcfadden, who is the leinster placekicker?

ThisRegard

Buer wrote: »

Regardless of the result, we deserve to lose for that jersey.

I didn't think it started until 3.30 so when I switched on 5 minutes ago I thought it was lads out wearing training bibs.

Larbre34

Adbrowne wrote: »

no mcfadden, who is the leinster placekicker?

Why wouldnt Carbery?

Buer

Don't think that was knocked forward at all.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Larbre34 wrote: »

Why wouldnt Carbery?

He didn't last week. I assume he will now though with McFadden not playing.

CardinalJ

Ill never understand how someone signed off on that jersey. Its horrific.

Peregrine

Adbrowne wrote: »

no mcfadden, who is the leinster placekicker?

Carberry according to Sky Sports earlier.

errlloyd

That turnover is a penalty for not releasing. So frustrating.

ThisRegard

Is the dyed hair a charity thing?

Adbrowne

thats a great score

Larbre34

CardinalJ wrote: »

Ill never understand how someone signed off on that jersey. Its horrific.

It is.

Be a shame if the white change strip is canned. Seems odd to have to essentially dark gears.

Great score

Super touch conversion, question answered

Adbrowne

ThisRegard wrote: »

Is the dyed hair a charity thing?

yes for kurt mcquilkin who left last month to go home for family health issues

vienne86

Ah nice there by both Kearneys.

And what a conversion from Carberry!

awec

Nice try, awful missed tackle by Glasgow there.

Swan Curry

i don't want to pile a load of hype on carberry but he makes it difficult not to

Buer

errlloyd wrote: »

That turnover is a penalty for not releasing. So frustrating.

I didn't understand that. The guy tackles. They're both on the ground and then the ball is ripped by the tackler, on the deck. It's laws 101.

Good try anyway. Murphy has picked some lovely lines and was patient that time.

Tasty conversion from the young lad.

Great try, superb power from Kearney. Carberry having a stormer, Jordi Murphy and VDF both having great games as is McCarthy.

Entertaining game so far, Glasgow have so much class.

Edit: great try from Glasgow, stuff coaches love, soak a score and go back up the pitch and return the favor.

mr. pleasant

what a start to the season and professional career for Carberry. unbelievable stuff.

Larbre34

Aargh, frustrating. Great structure and discipline from the Warriors

stephen_n

Anybody care to explain to Lacey that you can't offload the ball to someone standing in front of you!

vienne86

Glasgow are really impressive. That was an excellent try.

Buer

Poor concentration on the restart is punished. Sloppy and Glasgow don't need a second invite.

mr. pleasant

and glasgow sure make scoring tries look easy. so comfortable near the line.

vienne86

I'm delighted with the way McCarthy is going today.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Swan Curry wrote: »

i don't want to pile a load of hype on carberry but he makes it difficult not to

As long as nobody starts calling for him to be in the starting 15 against New Zealand we'll be alright.

errlloyd

Again, ruck infringements in the red zone

Swan Curry

simone 'richie mccaw' favaro

Larbre34

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

As long as nobody starts calling for him to be in the starting 15 against New Zealand we'll be alright.

He's still number 4 best outhalf available to Joe Schmidt. Madigan out of contention makes him 3. Bit of a farce that that is the case but there you go.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

As long as nobody starts calling for him to be in the starting 15 against New Zealand we'll be alright.

One would wonder - with Madigan away, who is 3rd choice right now? Wouldn't be terribly surprising to see him bench against Italy in the 6N.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Larbre34 wrote: »

He's still number 4 best outhalf available to Joe Schmidt. Madigan out of contention makes him 3. Bit of a farce that that is the case but there you go.

Probably a conversation for another thread but based on 1.5 games you'd put him ahead of Keatley and Carty?

Glasgow lying all over the ball there - aaaaand advantage. Should be card here to be honebst.