Leinster v Toulouse - RDS - 12th Jan

degsie

Team announcements...

Leinster: J Larmour; A Byrne, G Ringrose, R O’Loughlin, D Kearney; R Byrne, L McGrath; C Healy, S Cronin, T Furlong; S Fardy, J Ryan; R Ruddock (capt), J van der Flier, J Conan.

Replacements: J Tracy, E Byrne, A Porter, R Molony, M Deegan, J Gibson-Park, N Reid, C O’Brien.

Toulouse: Maxime Médard; Cheslin Kolbe, Sofiane Guitoune, Romain Ntamack, Yoann Huget; Thomas Ramos, Antoine Dupont; Clément Castets, Julien Marchand (Capt), Charlie Faumuina; Richie Arnold, Joe Tekori; Francois Cros, Rynhardt Elstadt, Jerome Kaino.

Replacements: Peato Mauvaka, Cyril Baille, Dorian Aldegheri, Piula Faasalele, Louis Madaule, Alban Placines, Sébastien Bézy, Zack Holmes.

Key players missing for Leinster, should be an interesting match.

accensi0n

What's kaino like these days? Still as good as a few years ago?

ionadnapokot

accensi0n wrote: »

What's kaino like these days? Still as good as a few years ago?

Don’t know. But I reckon he’s still a rubbish lock!

Dave_The_Sheep

Not confident. Looking forward to the atmosphere though. Not too many games like this in the RDS these days.

Buer

Very odd that they've selected Ramos at 10 ahead of Holmes or even Ntamack. Ramos is a full back; he started the last couple of T14 games at 10 for them but, aside from those and one or two games in previous seasons, he has never played outhalf.

sydthebeat

Buer wrote: »

Very odd that they've selected Ramos at 10 ahead of Holmes or even Ntamack. Ramos is a full back; he started the last couple of T14 games at 10 for them but, aside from those and one or two games in previous seasons, he has never played outhalf.

yeah i was reading the list above and assumed they had somehow mixed up the huget, ntamack, ramos axis.

hes their top try scorer this season i think, and thats a huge risk to take him out of the back three

edit: not top try scorer, but top points scorer due to his boot.

the only thing is we would have been training expecting him to play 10.... as Lancaster predicted here 4 days ago.

RasTa

How much will the touts be asking outside the rds? Home for two days and forgot to source a ticket

degsie

RasTa wrote: »

How much will the touts be asking outside the rds? Home for two days and forgot to source a ticket

Your youngest child should cover it...:cool:

troyzer

I've done well out of boards before ticket wise.

We have a spare one going, one of our group can't make it. If you're a season ticket holder, I think he can send it over to your account.

South stand.

dregin

troyzer wrote: »

I've done well out of boards before ticket wise.

We have a spare one going, one of our group can't make it. If you're a season ticket holder, I think he can send it over to your account.

South stand.

Any email address can be used to transfer tickets. No season ticket required.

troyzer

dregin wrote: »

troyzer wrote: »

I've done well out of boards before ticket wise.

We have a spare one going, one of our group can't make it. If you're a season ticket holder, I think he can send it over to your account.

South stand.

Any email address can be used to transfer tickets. No season ticket required.

Do you not need a season ticket account to open them for the mobile pass?

dregin

troyzer wrote: »

Do you not need a season ticket account to open them for the mobile pass?

No, the recipient just prints the tickets.

troyzer

dregin wrote: »

troyzer wrote: »

Do you not need a season ticket account to open them for the mobile pass?

No, the recipient just prints the tickets.

Oh right, didn't know that.

RasTa

I'll take it obviously but a season ticket holder I am not. Living in brexit land

RCK1

RasTa wrote: »

I'll take it obviously but a season ticket holder I am not. Living in brexit land

Just an email address you need then print the tickets in case you missed it above

troyzer

RCK1 wrote: »

RasTa wrote: »

I'll take it obviously but a season ticket holder I am not. Living in brexit land

Just an email address you need then print the tickets in case you missed it above

PM your email address.

Thermoman12

degsie wrote: »

Team announcements...

Leinster: J Larmour; A Byrne, G Ringrose, R O’Loughlin, D Kearney; R Byrne, L McGrath; C Healy, S Cronin, T Furlong; S Fardy, J Ryan; R Ruddock (capt), J van der Flier, J Conan.

Replacements: J Tracy, E Byrne, A Porter, R Molony, M Deegan, J Gibson-Park, N Reid, C O’Brien.

Toulouse: Maxime Médard; Cheslin Kolbe, Sofiane Guitoune, Romain Ntamack, Yoann Huget; Thomas Ramos, Antoine Dupont; Clément Castets, Julien Marchand (Capt), Charlie Faumuina; Richie Arnold, Joe Tekori; Francois Cros, Rynhardt Elstadt, Jerome Kaino.

Replacements: Peato Mauvaka, Cyril Baille, Dorian Aldegheri, Piula Faasalele, Louis Madaule, Alban Placines, Sébastien Bézy, Zack Holmes.

Key players missing for Leinster, should be an interesting match.

Do people actually think we can win tomorrow with this team? Doesn’t look the strongest tbh, I could see Toulouse winning this one by the scruff of the neck

troyzer

Thermoman12 wrote: »

degsie wrote: »

Team announcements...

Leinster: J Larmour; A Byrne, G Ringrose, R O’Loughlin, D Kearney; R Byrne, L McGrath; C Healy, S Cronin, T Furlong; S Fardy, J Ryan; R Ruddock (capt), J van der Flier, J Conan.

Replacements: J Tracy, E Byrne, A Porter, R Molony, M Deegan, J Gibson-Park, N Reid, C O’Brien.

Toulouse: Maxime Médard; Cheslin Kolbe, Sofiane Guitoune, Romain Ntamack, Yoann Huget; Thomas Ramos, Antoine Dupont; Clément Castets, Julien Marchand (Capt), Charlie Faumuina; Richie Arnold, Joe Tekori; Francois Cros, Rynhardt Elstadt, Jerome Kaino.

Replacements: Peato Mauvaka, Cyril Baille, Dorian Aldegheri, Piula Faasalele, Louis Madaule, Alban Placines, Sébastien Bézy, Zack Holmes.

Key players missing for Leinster, should be an interesting match.

Do people actually think we can win tomorrow with this team? Doesn’t look the strongest tbh, I could see Toulouse winning this one by the scruff of the neck

To be fair, this is what most teams in Europe are like.

Leinster fans are sort of spoiled by being used to a 23 made up entirely of top test level players.

Stout Warrior

Expecting big games from Byrne and Kearney tomorrow. They have the most to prove of all the Leinster players

troyzer

Does anyone know a good rugby pub in Paris? My girlfriend is over there with her Mam and they want to watch it.

Clegg

Thermoman12 wrote: »

degsie wrote: »

Team announcements...

Leinster: J Larmour; A Byrne, G Ringrose, R O’Loughlin, D Kearney; R Byrne, L McGrath; C Healy, S Cronin, T Furlong; S Fardy, J Ryan; R Ruddock (capt), J van der Flier, J Conan.

Replacements: J Tracy, E Byrne, A Porter, R Molony, M Deegan, J Gibson-Park, N Reid, C O’Brien.

Toulouse: Maxime Médard; Cheslin Kolbe, Sofiane Guitoune, Romain Ntamack, Yoann Huget; Thomas Ramos, Antoine Dupont; Clément Castets, Julien Marchand (Capt), Charlie Faumuina; Richie Arnold, Joe Tekori; Francois Cros, Rynhardt Elstadt, Jerome Kaino.

Replacements: Peato Mauvaka, Cyril Baille, Dorian Aldegheri, Piula Faasalele, Louis Madaule, Alban Placines, Sébastien Bézy, Zack Holmes.

Key players missing for Leinster, should be an interesting match.

Do people actually think we can win tomorrow with this team? Doesn’t look the strongest tbh, I could see Toulouse winning this one by the scruff of the neck

Leinster's pack is still very good. The problem is the replacements. Injuries mean our bench just isn't as strong as normal. We won't get the boost that substitutions have given us in recent games.

Thermoman12

Thermoman12 wrote: »

Do people actually think we can win tomorrow with this team? Doesn’t look the strongest tbh, I could see Toulouse winning this one by the scruff of the neck

I'm excited to be going to the RDS for a match that isn't a forgone conclusion tbh

Really nervous that this could be the end of our campaign

First Up

troyzer wrote:

Does anyone know a good rugby pub in Paris? My girlfriend is over there with her Mam and they want to watch it.

Kitty O'Sheas. Near Vendome.

sydthebeat

Time too see if our policy of blooding youngsters will beat fruit.

Putting 50 points up on poor Welsh opposition is all well and good, now let's see what they can do against a powerful and flairful French team.

Allez les bleus. !!!!!

troyzer

First Up wrote: »

troyzer wrote:

Does anyone know a good rugby pub in Paris? My girlfriend is over there with her Mam and they want to watch it.

Kitty O'Sheas. Near Vendome.

Sound.

alwald

troyzer wrote: »

Does anyone know a good rugby pub in Paris? My girlfriend is over there with her Mam and they want to watch it.

I've been to O'Sullivans Rebel Bar which is close to châtelet metro station several times. Right at the heart of Paris' city center and great buzz.

Dave_The_Sheep

Mate and his gf have bailed on this. Two tickets for the South stand going free, unreserved obviously. First come first served, pm me your email address. Only stipulation is that you've posted in the rugby forum before today.

[edit] These have been taken. You people are quick off the mark today.

LessOutragePlz

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Mate and his gf have bailed on this. Two tickets for the South stand going free, unreserved obviously. First come first served, pm me your email address. Only stipulation is that you've posted in the rugby forum before today.

Fair play I'm sure they'll be snapped up!

kuang1

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Mate and his gf have bailed on this. Two tickets for the South stand going free, unreserved obviously. First come first served, pm me your email address. Only stipulation is that you've posted in the rugby forum before today.

Very fair Ts and Cs there!

Dave_The_Sheep

LessOutragePlz wrote: »

Fair play I'm sure they'll be snapped up!

Took all of 4 minutes!

ionadnapokot

Really looking forward to seeing Dupont again.
Plays heads up rugby & backs himself. Already has a nice highlights reel against Irish teams.
Oct ’16 Lev v Cast – Makes Stretch looks silly
https://youtu.be/6EeV-CFwCIs?t=2125
Jan ’17 Cast v Len – Poor Stretch
https://youtu.be/ks_eQaMvEtE?t=28
Feb ’18 Fra v Ire - Called the quick lineout and set TeddyT away……
https://youtu.be/GlgwxecnOx8?t=117
Oct ’18 Touls v Len – Came on at 10 & made some nice breaks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaKuGfUw1bw

scott1974

ionadnapokot wrote: »

Really looking forward to seeing Dupont again.
Plays heads up rugby & backs himself. Already has a nice highlights reel against Irish teams.
Oct ’16 Lev v Cast – Makes Stretch looks silly
https://youtu.be/6EeV-CFwCIs?t=2125
Jan ’17 Cast v Len – Poor Stretch
https://youtu.be/ks_eQaMvEtE?t=28
Feb ’18 Fra v Ire - Called the quick lineout and set TeddyT away……
https://youtu.be/GlgwxecnOx8?t=117
Oct ’18 Touls v Len – Came on at 10 & made some nice breaks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaKuGfUw1bw

On the last clip, I had forgotten Ryhs kicked the ball away in such a great position.

Heymans

ionadnapokot wrote: »

Really looking forward to seeing Dupont again.
Plays heads up rugby & backs himself. Already has a nice highlights reel against Irish teams.
Oct ’16 Lev v Cast – Makes Stretch looks silly
https://youtu.be/6EeV-CFwCIs?t=2125
Jan ’17 Cast v Len – Poor Stretch
https://youtu.be/ks_eQaMvEtE?t=28
Feb ’18 Fra v Ire - Called the quick lineout and set TeddyT away……
https://youtu.be/GlgwxecnOx8?t=117
Oct ’18 Touls v Len – Came on at 10 & made some nice breaks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaKuGfUw1bw

Yes Castres really missed a gem there when he left them

mangobob

Im seeing lots of positivity about our chances on various fora. While not exactly being presented as a foregone conclusion, from what I have heard and read its seems there is a confident expectation among analysts, neutrals and most Leinster fans (many of whom are more knowledgeable and astute than I) that we will win this with some expecting it to be pretty handy in the end.

Am I the only one not feeling it?

We are playing a very formidable and resurgent team that is in an incredible run of form. They have pretty much their first team out as far as I can see, whereas we are missing a very significant number of first choice starters. But its the absence of Sexton, Lowe and Toner that worry me most. We were beaten already by Toulouse, albeit narrowly, with a far better team than the one that takes the field today. We are missing arguably the best flyhalf in the world, our most potent attacking weapon in Lowe and our chief lineout option and organiser. There is no like for like replacements for any of them. On top of that, for yet another game we have a bench that just underwhelms in terms of its impact.

Can home advantage and the traditional french flakiness when playing away mitigate all of these factors? I just don't see it. I think going on form and looking at those two teams, Toulouse should be favourites. I think a 1 point win would be a fantastic result for us, however I think that we might be battling for a LBP by the end.

Squidgy Black

mangobob wrote: »

Im seeing lots of positivity about our chances on various fora. While not exactly being presented as a foregone conclusion, from what I have heard and read its seems there is a confident expectation among analysts, neutrals and most Leinster fans (many of whom are more knowledgeable and astute than I) that we will win this with some expecting it to be pretty handy in the end.

Am I the only one not feeling it?

We are playing a very formidable and resurgent team that is in an incredible run of form. They have pretty much their first team out as far as I can see, whereas we are missing a very significant number of first choice starters. But its the absence of Sexton, Lowe and Toner that worry me most. We were beaten already by Toulouse, albeit narrowly, with a far better team than the one that takes the field today. We are missing arguably the best flyhalf in the world, our most potent attacking weapon in Lowe and our chief lineout option and organiser. There is no like for like replacements for any of them. On top of that, for yet another game we have a bench that just underwhelms in terms of its impact.

Can home advantage and the traditional french flakiness when playing away mitigate all of these factors? I just don't see it. I think going on form and looking at those two teams, Toulouse should be favourites. I think a 1 point win would be a fantastic result for us, however I think that we might be battling for a LBP by the end.

We've become so accustomed to having such strength in depth that even with a rake of our first choice internationals out injured, there's still an expectation that we'll be the better team.

Personally I think it'll be an extremely close game, if we can keep things tight up front and starve their backline of possession we're in with a chance of squeaking out a win. And if we win this it'll be huge for the squad I think, being able to go out and beat a team like Toulouse who are in fantastic form, while missing some of our bigger names.

Either way it's going to be a cracking game.

Former Former

Incredible turnover by VDF

razorblunt

Did the ref not say taken back in at the ruck before McGrath just cleared the lines?

murtyd17

Fast start to this

Dial Hard

Jamie calling JVdF "Van der Flyer" is annoying me already.

KERSPLAT!

Good start

Losty Dublin

TV 3 commentary informs us that Ross Byrne has played 13 games in this competition and never lost a game. And he's started five game for Leinster in the cup, of which he was won all five :rolleyes:

Come back Ryal Nugent, all is forgiven

Hurrache

Losty Dublin wrote: »

TV 3 commentary informs us that Ross Byrne has played 13 games in this competition and never lost a game. And he's started five game for Leinster in the cup, of which he was won all five :rolleyes:

Come back Ryal Nugent, all is forgiven

I've already switched to Channel 4, only problem there is the crowds noise is much lower than on Virgin.

Burkie1203

When that knock on happened did the toulouse player kicked it forward from offside position

razorblunt

Heaslip is cheerleading on Channel 4.
Scrum penalty to Toulouse, referee saying Healy dropped it.
"I'm not going to say who did or didnt drop it, but its a fair penalty". Just say Healy dropped it then FFS.

fullstop

Toulouse getting over the gain line every phase so far is worrying.

razorblunt

Huget doesn't seem interested at all, he's jogging around, playing touch tackling, caused that knock on by half ársing a line.

KERSPLAT!

Looking offside a few times...?

KERSPLAT!

Ffs

Bridge93

Any danger of offside ever being called properly?

Former Former

Incredible defence

blackwhite

Breakdown is a mess. No effort to get tacklers to roll at all