Leinster vs Munster Match Day Thread, 08th Oct 2016, Aviva Stadium, SS1 & TG4

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Clegg wrote: »

Was that Earls Ringrose just turned into his bitch?

Twas.

wp_rathead

Ringrose did well on Earls

clsmooth

Great by Ringrose bouncing Earls off. Poor by Earls though, he was an open target

accensi0n

Should the block down not have been a penalty? Was a play from the ground.

Felix Jones is God

Good half, POM playing well but CJ our standout performer so far.....I'm still laughing at the Ringrose attempt as he fell over the line

Clegg

I'm biased but I thought Leinster were comfortably the better side in that half. Blew two tries but we're making yards for fun once they put a bit big pace on the ball. Not too impressed with Munster's defence other than a few metres from their line. Leinster may rue not being further ahead.

Having said that Munster are still very close on the scoreboard so its far from a foregone conclusion.

leakyboots

Curate's egg of a game... Munster handling errors are through the roof, hard to build up sustained pressure.

Errors on the Leinster side, Ringrose mixing the good with the bad a lot.

Both lineout and scrums are even match. Scannell has been the best of the Munster backs (bar the deciding to run on his own line, was that pre-called move? Mistake either way). Sexton is the difference for me, running the Leinster backs well.

Still all to play for, Munster could do with the first score though, wouldn't like to have to chase it

MarinersBlues

There is no atmosphere there.
I thought this was THE Irish derby.

The sportsground was infinitely better yesterday.

awec

IMO neither team is all that great, either side can still win this.

Still 100 times better than last season though!

Adbrowne

MarinersBlues wrote: »

There is no atmosphere there.
I thought this was THE Irish derby.

The sportsground was infinitely better yesterday.

25000 daytrippers does that at 2pm on a saturday

ThisRegard

MarinersBlues wrote: »

There is no atmosphere there.
I thought this was THE Irish derby.

The sportsground was infinitely better yesterday.

Crowd today have higher standards.

In fairness it's a decent atmosphere and it's always harder to come across on tv in a big stadium.

leakyboots

MarinersBlues wrote: »

There is no atmosphere there.
I thought this was THE Irish derby.

The sportsground was infinitely better yesterday.

Seems poor enough alright. 2pm kickoff doesn't help but with a fixture like this it shouldn't matter

Why does the referee keep calling 'move it' to scrum halfs at scrum time? It's not up to him to decide that.

Leinster had Munster under pressure at one stage and he hurried Heaslip/McGrath up.

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leakyboots wrote: »

Seems poor enough alright. 2pm kickoff doesn't help but with a fixture like this it shouldn't matter

19000 in the rds would be infinitely better atmosphere

MarinersBlues

MarinersBlues wrote: »

There is no atmosphere there.
I thought this was THE Irish derby.

The sportsground was infinitely better yesterday.

Yeah to be honest it's all blue at the aviva but Leinster fans are still fairly quiet. Not a great atmosphere but I think we're one decent handbags away from people getting into it.

Swan Curry

the aviva's nearly always deathly quiet with the occasional roar when a try is scored, this is nothing new

ThisRegard

Fitzy has a career ahead of him as a tv pundit anyway.

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Deleted User wrote: »

Why does the referee keep calling 'move it' to scrum halfs at scrum time? It's not up to him to decide that.

Leinster had Munster under pressure at one stage and he hurried Heaslip/McGrath up.

if the scrum is going nowhere he will, but the scrum was moving.

Bits_n_Bobs

Who's the bellowing wind bag on tg4? No idea what he spluttering on about but he always manages to irritate me

yosser hughes

Atmosphere has been rubbish at these games for years.
Leinster look stronger to.Peter O'Mahoney looks wrecked already.
Bench will make a huge difference and Leinster look to have the advantage there I think.
The ref doesn't fill me with confidence,I expect him to make his mark one way or another.

AlfaZen

Images from the Leinster dressing room there show who is really in charge. Lancaster.

Clegg

McGrath's taking too long to get the ball from the breakdown. Letting Munster get ready for the next wave.

stephen_n

If Munster cut out the ball handling errors, this could be a very tight game. I'd expect Leinster to open up more gaps though in the second half as Munster tire.

ThisRegard

That guy should have won the tickets for the final for that beard alone.

stephen_n

Clegg wrote: »

McGrath's taking too long to get the ball from the breakdown. Letting Munster get ready for the next wave.

In fairness Munster are getting away with murder, with hands in!

Adbrowne

if its gone around before he picked it is it a turnover, or has the law changed?

irishbucsfan

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Why does the referee keep calling 'move it' to scrum halfs at scrum time? It's not up to him to decide that.

Leinster had Munster under pressure at one stage and he hurried Heaslip/McGrath up.

Rules have changed. Ball is supposed to be won and (the ball) stationary though I believe.

Adbrowne

thats clueless from munster

LuckyGent88

So old rubbish in attack. Slow, ponderous with a complete lack of ideas

leakyboots

F**king knockons