‪Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread IX: The Last Jordi [****]

.ak

Continued from: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057684506&page=665

Yeah_Right

The Roman numeral for 8 is VIII. You could use the Irish for 8 which is JH.

Revenge of the STH will never be beaten.

molloyjh

Following on from YRs idea of the play on the 8:

The Barbarian vs The Wolverine

Deegan and the Saviours


Anyone who remembers Rugby08 might get this one:

Lowe Happening

irishfan9

Indo reporting no ringrose or lowe this weekend.

molloyjh

Not surprised by either. Lancaster basically said as much for Lowe and said Ringrose would be back in the next week or two. Meaning two.

MattD

Or Christmas themed - Lowe Actually.

With rumours of Tracy and Byrne starting and McGrath on the bench for Ireland it doesn't look like a huge amount of the players will be coming back...!

It seems like we can only hope for Bent, Murphy, one of Conan or Ruddock and Dave.

Byrne, Cronin, Bent, Fardy, Molony, Conan, Murphy, Deegan, JGP, Byrne, McFadden, Reid, O'Loughlin, Daly, D.Kearney

Porter, Byrne, Heffernan, Nagle/Doris,Timmins, McCarthy, Marsh, Larmour

There could easily be other injuries I'm forgetting

molloyjh

MattD wrote: »

Or Christmas themed - Lowe Actually.

With rumours of Tracy and Byrne starting and McGrath on the bench for Ireland it doesn't look like a huge amount of the players will be coming back...!

It seems like we can only hope for Bent, Murphy, one of Conan or Ruddock and Dave.

Byrne, Cronin, Bent, Fardy, Molony, Conan, Murphy, Deegan, JGP, Byrne, McFadden, Reid, O'Loughlin, Daly, D.Kearney

Porter, Byrne, Heffernan, Nagle/Doris,Timmins, McCarthy, Marsh, Larmour

There could easily be other injuries I'm forgetting

I certainly can't see us getting Ruddock back anyway. And either Conan or Murphy are likely to be the extra back row. I'd also bet that Dave will stay with the squad as well. The other problem is that anyone we do get back won't have trained at Leinster for weeks. Not sure on the status of Nagle, Leavy or Daly either. Our back row stocks will probably be tested severely.

Byrne Cronin Bent
Molony Fardy
Timmins Deegan Leavy

McCarthy Byrne
Reid ROL
Larmour Nacewa McFadden

Strauss, Dooley, Heffernan, Josh Murphy, Doris, JGP, Marsh, Daly

Buer

Star Wars is f*cking boring.

There. I said it.

irishbucsfan

Buer wrote: »

Star Wars is f*cking boring.

There. I said it.

That's like saying the north side is boring

arsebiscuits1

Should I be honoured that my nonsensical reference from The Office was the last post in the old thread?

Buer

irishbucsfan wrote: »

That's like saying the north side is boring

No comparison whatsoever. At least Luke Skywalker managed to figure out who his dad was.

Neil3030

Is Barry Daly fit? I could have sworn I read in the injury updates that he is out...

prawnsambo

It's VIII not IIX :mad:

Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VIII: Lowe lie the fields of AthenRyan

Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VIII: The Two Thirteens

Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VIII: The Silence of the Lowe's

Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VIII: James and the giant Peach

Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VIII: Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VII, we Fardy knew ye

Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VIII: Still Madi-gone

Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VIII: Warren and Sean go to white castle

Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VIII: Toner: Ragnaruck

irishbucsfan

IIX

irishbucsfan

irishbucsfan wrote: »

IIX

Look - I.., I explained this already.

arsebiscuits1

Deleted User wrote: »

Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VIII: Lowe lie the fields of AthenRyan

Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VIII: The Two Thirteens

Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VIII: The Silence of the Lowe's

Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VIII: James and the giant Peach

Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VIII: Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VII, we Fardy knew ye

Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VIII: Still Madi-gone

Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VIII: Warren and Sean go to white castle

Leinster Team talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VIII: Toner: Ragnaruck

Strongly vote for this one.

Perhaps The Fields of Athy?

Borrowed that one from a suggestion on LF ha

irishbucsfan

Deleted User wrote: »

Look - I.., I eXplained this already.

...

CIARAN_BOYLE

Neil3030 wrote: »

Is Barry Daly fit? I could have sworn I read in the injury updates that he is out...

Last I heard was 6 weeks injury in late October so due back mid December.

.ak

Buer wrote: »

Star Wars is f*cking boring.

There. I said it.

Deadly, I haven't banned anyone in a while...

.ak

I may have misspelled the title but shame on all of you for not realising we're on the 9th thread.

awec

Adding the Leinster thread mascot back to this new thread. Can't believe he was omitted from the opening post.

prawnsambo

It should be Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread IX: So Lowe, A Leinster Story.

molloyjh

15. Jordan Larmour (6)
14. Fergus McFadden (156)
13. Rory O’Loughlin (29)
12. Noel Reid (88)
11. Isa Nacewa (174) CAPTAIN
10. Ross Byrne (33)
9. Jamison Gibson-Park (37)
1. Ed Byrne (12)
2. Seán Cronin (137)
3. Michael Bent (95)
4. Ross Molony (52)
5. Scott Fardy (6)
6. Josh Murphy (1)
7. Jordi Murphy (93)
8. Max Deegan (7)

16. Richardt Strauss (149)
17. Peter Dooley (40)
18. Andrew Porter (15)
19. Ian Nagle (11)
20. Jack Conan (59)
21. Nick McCarthy (12)
22. Cathal Marsh (24)
23. Conor O’Brien (1)

molloyjh

prawnsambo wrote: »

It should be Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread IX: So Lowe.

Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread IX: Lowe and Behold!

irishfan9

Leinster Rugby (caps in brackets):

15. Jordan Larmour (6)
14. Fergus McFadden (156)
13. Rory O’Loughlin (29)
12. Noel Reid (88)
11. Isa Nacewa (174) CAPTAIN
10. Ross Byrne (33)
9. Jamison Gibson-Park (37)
1. Ed Byrne (12)
2. Seán Cronin (137)
3. Michael Bent (95)
4. Ross Molony (52)
5. Scott Fardy (6)
6. Josh Murphy (1)
7. Jordi Murphy (93)
8. Max Deegan (7)

16. Richardt Strauss (149)
17. Peter Dooley (40)
18. Andrew Porter (15)
19. Ian Nagle (11)
20. Jack Conan (59)
21. Nick McCarthy (12)
22. Cathal Marsh (24)
23. Conor O’Brien (1)

irishbucsfan

Nacewa returns to the back 3

molloyjh

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Nacewa returns to the back 3

That's really where he's needed at the moment I suppose with Rob, Dave, Carbery, Byrne, Daly and Lowe unavailable. Would have thought they'd put him at FB and Larmour on the wing though.

Buer

Glad to see Deegan getting the start even with Conan released. Team should be good enough to get a win but I certainly wouldn't be counting on a BP for this one.

Dragons team:

15 Angus O’Brien, 14 Jared Rosser, 13 Adam Warren, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Ashton Hewitt, 10 Gavin Henson, 9 Sarel Pretorius; 1 Sam Hobbs, 2 Ellis Shipp, 3 Lloyd Fairbrother, 4 Joe Davies, 5 Matthew Screech, 6 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Ollie Griffiths ©, 8 James Benjamin.

Replacements; Gerard Ellis, Luke Garrett, Brok Harris, Rynard Landman, Ben Roach, Dan Babos, Arwel Robson, Connor Edwards.

scott1974

Not a bad team considering so many away with Ireland.
Good to see Isa back. A decent bit of impact from the bench

arsebiscuits1

Referee: Sam Grove-White (SRU – competition debut)

I hope this has no bearing on the outcome of the game

kuang1

That's exactly where Larmour should be imo.
And hopefully will nail down that spot over the next couple of seasons.
I'm not anti Rob K by any means, I just think Larmour has the potential to usurp him pretty rapidly.

arsebiscuits1

Buer wrote: »

Glad to see Deegan getting the start even with Conan released. Team should be good enough to get a win butI certainly wouldn't be counting on a BP for this one.

Dragons team:

15 Angus O’Brien, 14 Jared Rosser, 13 Adam Warren, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Ashton Hewitt, 10 Gavin Henson, 9 Sarel Pretorius; 1 Sam Hobbs, 2 Ellis Shipp, 3 Lloyd Fairbrother, 4 Joe Davies, 5 Matthew Screech, 6 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Ollie Griffiths ©, 8 James Benjamin.

Replacements; Gerard Ellis, Luke Garrett, Brok Harris, Rynard Landman, Ben Roach, Dan Babos, Arwel Robson, Connor Edwards.

Our pack is more than a match for them. Home at the RDS after a long break. Players will be very up for this.

I'd be exceptionally disappointed if we didn't out 5 on these lads

irishfan9

kuang1 wrote: »

That's exactly where Larmour should be imo.
And hopefully will nail down that spot over the next couple of seasons.
I'm not anti Rob K by any means, I just think Larmour has the potential to usurp him pretty rapidly.

would be said to lose the 2nd playmaker.

Larmour has a lot of work to do positionally..

molloyjh

With Ireland:
Healy, McGrath, Tracy, Furlong, Toner, Ryan, SOB, Ruddock, McGrath, Sexton, Henshaw, Byrne, R Kearney, D Kearney

Injured:
M Kearney, Leavy, VDF, Heaslip, Carbery, Ringrose, T Daly, B Daly

Add to that the fact that Lowe isn't up to speed yet and that's 23 players we're missing. With that much in the way of absentees I'm pretty happy with that squad.

connemara man

molloyjh wrote: »

Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread IX: Lowe and Behold!

Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread IX: swing Lowe sweet chariot

kuang1

irishfan9 wrote: »

would be said to lose the 2nd playmaker.

Larmour has a lot of work to do positionally..

He does indeed, agree with you.
And it's opportunities like this that should help him to get that work done.

Buer

arsebiscuits1 wrote: »

Our pack is more than a match for them. Home at the RDS after a long break. Players will be very up for this.

I'd be exceptionally disappointed if we didn't out 5 on these lads

Scratch team who haven't played in a few weeks made up of 2nd and 3rd string players. I'd look for a solid win but 4 tries will be precisely what it's referred to....a bonus.

Granny15

irishfan9 wrote: »

would be said to lose the 2nd playmaker.

Larmour has a lot of work to do positionally..

He makes up for his positional naivete with his pace.

He is however very small and haven't seen him get very high in the air yet under the high ball.

Granny15

molloyjh wrote: »

15. Jordan Larmour (6)
14. Fergus McFadden (156)
13. Rory O’Loughlin (29)
12. Noel Reid (88)
11. Isa Nacewa (174) CAPTAIN
10. Ross Byrne (33)
9. Jamison Gibson-Park (37)
1. Ed Byrne (12)
2. Seán Cronin (137)
3. Michael Bent (95)
4. Ross Molony (52)
5. Scott Fardy (6)
6. Josh Murphy (1)
7. Jordi Murphy (93)
8. Max Deegan (7)

16. Richardt Strauss (149)
17. Peter Dooley (40)
18. Andrew Porter (15)
19. Ian Nagle (11)
20. Jack Conan (59)
21. Nick McCarthy (12)
22. Cathal Marsh (24)
23. Conor O’Brien (1)

Not a full strength team presumeably because its against the Dragons.

A chance for a few down the pecking order to put their hands up.

molloyjh

Buer wrote: »

Scratch team who haven't played in a few weeks made up of 2nd and 3rd string players. I'd look for a solid win but 4 tries will be precisely what it's referred to....a bonus.

To be fair it's probably a marginally better side than the one that took the field against Glasgow a few weeks back and they managed 3 tries against a superior team. Probably should have bagged the 4th really. At home against a relatively poor Dragons side (albeit they haven't come bearing the white flag) I'd be hopeful that we could get all 5.

scott1974

The Dragons beat The Scarlets last week in the Anglo cup although I say both teams were experimental..

Rigor Mortis

Great to see Nagle back in harness in time to begin Project Tokyo.

durthacht

molloyjh wrote: »

...
23. Conor O’Brien (1)

Delighted for O'Brien to have an opportunity again after such a difficult debut last time, especially his poor kick. Good luck to him.

molloyjh

scott1974 wrote: »

The Dragons beat The Scarlets last week in the Anglo cup although I say both teams were experimental..

The Scarlets team was completely. There are a few of the Dragons players from that 23 that have been selected for this week too so a bit less so on their part.

durthacht wrote: »

Delighted for O'Brien to have an opportunity again after such a difficult debut last time, especially his poor kick. Good luck to him.

Yeah, he wasn't too bad overall but definitely looked like a guy getting his first cap. That kick was one to forget.

Rigor Mortis

RObbie has a hamstring injury.

irishbucsfan

Ah yes of course, time for key Ireland players to go back into hibernation until the 6 Nations.

molloyjh

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

RObbie has a hamstring injury.

Crap. Crap, crap, crap.

irishfan9

hopefully henshaws hammy isn't really bad

the baby bull elephant

irishfan9 wrote: »

hopefully henshaws hammy isn't really bad

Hopefully Henshaw's harrowing hammy hasn't horribly hurt him.