Leinster vs Scarlet; 19th May 2017 19:45; RDS; TG4, SS2, BBC Wales

molloyjh

Don't have time for a preview I'm afraid.

6-2 split, opensides galore, Molony over Toner, probably raining, if forwards win you games, Scarlets good, Leinster haven't lost in the RDS in over 2 years, home side win semis

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01. Jack McGrath|01. Rob Evans
02. James Tracy|02. Ryan Elias
03. Tadgh Furlong|03. Samson Lee
04. Ross Molony|04. Lewis Rawlins
05. Hayden Triggs|05. Tadhg Beirne
06. Rhys Ruddock|06. Aaron Shingler
07. Josh van der Flier|07. James Davies
08. Jack Conan|08. John Barclay
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09. Luke McGrath|09. Gareth Evans
10. Jonathan Sexton|10. Rhys Patchell
11. Isa Nacewa|11. Steffan Evans
12. Robbie Henshaw|12. Scott Williams
13. Garry Ringrose|13. Jonathan Davies
14. Adam Byrne|14. Liam Williams
15. JOey Carbery|15. Johnny McNichol
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16. Richardt Strauss|16. Emyr Phillips
17. Cian Healy|17. Wyn Jones
18. Michael Bent|18. Werner Kruger
19. Devin Toner|19. David Bulbring
20. Dan Leavy|20. Will Boyd
21. Sean O'Brien|21. Jonathan Evans
22. Jamison Gibson-Park|22. Hadleigh Parks
23. Zane Kirchner|23. DTH van der Merwe
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Referee: Marius Mitrea

Does anyone else find it weird that Newport Gwent Dragons logo is a tail, and Scarlett's logo is a Dragon?

Team announcements these days are showing a distinct lack of Ferg.

I've nothing else to add, Leinster by 15+

irishbucsfan

Leinster by 16+

irishbucsfan

Also god love the poor Dragons pack when Leavy and SOB get released from the bench.

thomond2006

12. Robbie Henshaw 12. Scott Williams
13. Garry Ringrose 13. Jonathan Davies

*drools*

sydthebeat

leinster gone from -13 to -11 after team announcements.

will probably get shorter the closer to KO if these thunder storms happen

Former Former

sydthebeat wrote: »

leinster gone from -13 to -11 after team announcements.

will probably get shorter the closer to KO if these thunder storms happen

No Ferg.

If he's injured for the final, I'd expect a run on the Euro as people look for the safety of the Swiss franc.

The real mccoy 91

Deleted User wrote:

Team announcements these days are showing a distinct lack of Ferg.

Does he really deserve to be in the team at the moment? I haven't seen much from him when he has played and it's not really the time of year to be hoping players hit form

The real mccoy 91

The real mccoy 91 wrote: »

Does he really deserve to be in the team at the moment? I haven't seen much from him when he has played and it's not really the time of year to be hoping players hit form

Careful now.

Former Former

ROL is named at 23 in the table in the OP. Did I miss something, or is this a typo?

Podge_irl

Former Former wrote: »

ROL is named at 23 in the table in the OP. Did I miss something, or is this a typo?

Molloy's tables are style over substance.

connemara man

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Does anyone else find it weird that Newport Gwent Dragons logo is a tail, and Scarlett's logo is a Dragon?

Why this doesn't get talked about more is beyond me

pickarooney

Leinster v Scarlet
15/1 odds then?

Winters

The line up in numbers..

17/23 Ireland capped players (74%)
19/23 Internationally capped players - added Isa and Zane (83%)

15/23 Players who have only ever played for Leinster (65%)
16/23 Leinster developed players - added Sexton (70%)
17/23 Ireland developed players - added Henshaw(74%)
19/23 Irish Eligible Players - JGP, Zane, Triggs and Isa NIQ (83%)

Not quite as indigenous as other line ups this season but still impressive.

awec

Since when has Nacewa had the tat?

CIARAN_BOYLE

awec wrote: »

Since when has Nacewa had the tat?

He got it sometime between January 17 and April 17 so its pretty new

CIARAN_BOYLE

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

He got it sometime between January 17 and April 17 so its pretty new

From that photo it's hard to make out but I'm fairly sure it's a tattoo of Willy Nelson.

38 - 17 to Leinster.

Synode

Scorchio outside at the minute but there's a small bit of rain forecast for later

degsie

[Deleted User] wrote: »

38 - 17 to Leinster.

Go on then, how many tries/conversions/penalties/drop kicks? Need some granularity

degsie

degsie wrote: »

Go on then, how many tries/conversions/penalties/drop kicks? Need some granularity

4 Tries 20pts
3 Conv 6pts
3 Pens 9pts
1 DropG 3 Pts
38pts Leinster


2 Tries 10 Pts
2 Conv 4 Pts
1 Pen 3pts
17pts Scarlets

You heard it here first folks.

pickarooney

We need scorers and times. Literally anyone could guess the score correctly. There's no prizes for that kind of vague prediction.

Dave_The_Sheep

Synode wrote: »

Scorchio outside at the minute but there's a small bit of rain forecast for later

The weather's been all over the shop the last few days. We could have rain for two hours followed by blazing sunshine for two hours. Just depends when it happens.

irishbucsfan

I unfortunately have to travel north of the wall tonight to have some dinner with some wildlings in Belfast. May not be able to catch any of the match at all.

However in terms of omens for tonight... the year I gave up my season ticket we stopped winning in Europe. I just purchased mine back for next year now that I've un-re-emmigrated, so we should be on track for a few more years of silverware.

pickarooney

pickarooney wrote: »

We need scorers and times. Literally anyone could guess the score correctly. There's no prizes for that kind of vague prediction.

Deleted User wrote: »

4 Tries 20pts
-Conan 6 Mins
-Luke McGrath 17 mins
-Jack McGrath 49 minutes
-Zane Kirchner 65 minutes
3 Conv 6pts
-after the tries obvs
3 Pens 9pts
Sexton 2 mins
Sexton 33 mins
Sexton 42 mins
1 DropG 3 Pts
-Sexton 11 mins
38pts Leinster


2 Tries 10 Pts
-Can't be arsed
2 Conv 4 Pts
-Getting bored now
1 Pen 3pts
-Need to get back to work
17pts Scarlets

You heard it here first folks.

QED

molloyjh

SOB is out so Ross Byrne comes into the 23.

Buer

molloyjh wrote: »

SOB is out so Ross Byrne comes into the 23.

Things becoming a little bit worrying about him now.

Going with Byrne is curious and you'd wonder about just where the coaching team see Carbery in the pecking order at 10.

CatFromHue

You'd wonder if SOB being on the bench was purely to see if he could get any match time.

For the final I can't see any spot in the 23 going to someone with injury doubts over them.

pickarooney

SOB must be a bit of a doubt for the Lions at this rate.

scott1974

pickarooney wrote: »

SOB must be a bit of a doubt for the Lions at this rate.

I'd be happy if he didn't go in his current state...
The update says he has a tight calf....which I reckon is BS.

molloyjh

He said before that if he got another hamstring injury he'd really have to consider calling it quits. I'm getting the impression then that any tightness or anything like that in the hamstrings and he's pulled. They don't want to take that risk. Thing is, if that is the case, you simply can't have a rugby career with it hanging over you like that.

whatawaster

Buer wrote: »

Things becoming a little bit worrying about him now.

Going with Byrne is curious and you'd wonder about just where the coaching team see Carbery in the pecking order at 10.

I think it's more that with SOB fit it was very difficult to drop any back row. With SOB out a 6 2 split is no longer nearly as compelling.

I don't think Carbery has anything to do with it in all honestly.

Buer

whatawaster wrote:

I think it's more that with SOB fit it was very difficult to drop any back row. With SOB out a 6 2 split is no longer nearly as compelling.

The question was more why Byrne when we have multiple options for outhalf on the field and not ROL or McFadden.

whatawaster

I guess they don't want to move Carbery from fullback unless they have to. Coaches often prefer to disrupt only one position instead of two. If McFadden came on for Sexton, there is twice as much reshuffling to be done.

.ak

Buer wrote: »

Things becoming a little bit worrying about him now.

Going with Byrne is curious and you'd wonder about just where the coaching team see Carbery in the pecking order at 10.

Am I the only one scratching their head at the 2nd option being reverting to a 5-3 split? Surely the 6-2 split was tactical, why not replace SOB with one of the thousand backrowers we have?

.ak

molloyjh wrote: »

He said before that if he got another hamstring injury he'd really have to consider calling it quits. I'm getting the impression then that any tightness or anything like that in the hamstrings and he's pulled. They don't want to take that risk. Thing is, if that is the case, you simply can't have a rugby career with it hanging over you like that.

It's his calf and they can be notoriously difficult to keep on top of. Same thing with Sexton recently.

Peregrine

.ak wrote: »

Am I the only one scratching their head at the 2nd option being reverting to a 5-3 split? Surely the 6-2 split was tactical, why not replace SOB with one of the thousand backrowers we have?

Ryan, Murphy, Heaslip and now SOB are all injured. Ruddock, VdF, Conan and Leavy are already in the squad. That leaves Deegan and Timmins. They're very young and have very few senior starts between them. I'm not sure I'd go for a 6-2 split to include either of them in a SF. The benefits don't outweigh the risks like it does when doing it for someone like SOB.

ThisRegard

Seems the game is on Sky Sports 1 and not Sky Sports​ 2 like the thread title states, just in case anyone is wondering why they're watching 70s rugby or tennis.

Absolutely lashing here about 7 miles south of the RDS

ThisRegard

And fabulous evening here the other side of the city, although I can see the black clouds over the county.

bilston

Is this game not a sellout? Still a couple of minutes to kick off but I'm surprised at the number of empty seats.

clsmooth

BBC Wales bullish. 'Triggs playing his last game for Leinster tonight'

Bits_n_Bobs

How I loath the Irish commentary.....gobbledegook....

Dave_The_Sheep

Early possible neck roll there by ... Sexton I think it was? Borderline maybe to be fair.

Buer

Very good, accurate start. Certainly no complacency in that opening passage.

Squidgy Black

Sexton a bit rattled by the hit earlier?

clsmooth

Did Furlong just throw a long skip pass? :eek:

Elvisjuice

class try

connemara man

Well taken try, could see them lining up for it

v good try