Leinster v Toulouse - RDS - 12th Jan

scott1974 · 12-01-2019 11:26am

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 · 12-01-2019 11:40am

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 · 12-01-2019 1:37pm

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 · 12-01-2019 1:59pm

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 · 12-01-2019 2:04pm

Incredible turnover by VDF

razorblunt · 12-01-2019 2:05pm

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

murtyd17 · 12-01-2019 2:06pm

Fast start to this

Dial Hard · 12-01-2019 2:07pm

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

KERSPLAT! · 12-01-2019 2:08pm

Good start

Losty Dublin · 12-01-2019 2:13pm

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 · 12-01-2019 2:15pm

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 · 12-01-2019 2:16pm

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

razorblunt · 12-01-2019 2:16pm

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.