Edinburgh v Leinster

No anthem rugby returns.

Clegg

Frawley doesn't even have a picture for the team line up graphic.

Larbre34

Eir sport had no image of Jimmy O'Brien at 15 so just used Seanie again.

Larbre34

Larbre34 wrote: »

Eir sport had no image of Jimmy O'Brien at 15 so just used Seanie again.

I coughed up some popcorn chuckling at that.

Sorry.. prawns, I coughed up prawns.

Clegg

Gonna say Edinburgh win. They have playoff qualification on their minds whilst Leinster's selection is geared towards getting players for for next week.

Clegg

Clegg wrote: »

Gonna say Edinburgh win. They have playoff qualification on their minds whilst Leinster's selection is geared towards getting players for for next week.

I'm inclined to agree with you - but that Leinster team is just about capable of beating Edinburgh and I'd like to see the provinces step up after Ireland disappointment.

Last weeks capitulation should be a fire in the belly for all 4 teams this weekend.

Larbre34

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I coughed up some popcorn chuckling at that.

Sorry.. prawns, I coughed up prawns.

Well done sir

Clegg

There was a try on if Bent didn't have crap hands.

Clegg

Clegg wrote: »

There was a try on if Bent didn't have crap hands.

I could have sworn there was an Edinburgh hand in there.

Ferocious start - nice to see an Irish team rucking aggressively.

razorblunt

Barclay is blowing hard already.

FILTH.

Clegg

Leinster have played some excellent rugby in this opening 5 minutes.

Need to get points from this scrum though.

razorblunt

Lol, Whitehouse shouted “Edinburgh back” at Watson who’s stood there, doesn’t move, makes the tackle on the line and gets “ good” from Whitehouse.

Clegg

Cue Tomane bashing.

Buer

Definite penalty but I would disagree that he knew what he was doing. He was just scrambling to get back into the defensive line.

Clegg

Was Reid dump tackled there?

Buer

That's a red card letter of law.

Second man involvement might save him.

Clegg

Lifted above the horizontal, let go in the air and landed on the side of his head.

razorblunt

Locked like a throw but there’s no care. Yellow.

Squidgy Black

Noel Reid absolutely flung like a rag doll into the air there.

Larbre34

Red all day.

I was about to say Reid was milking that but actually he was dropped on his head. Yellow coming up, quite possibly red.

thegreycity

Lands on his shoulder and head, I'd call it a red.

Burkie1203

Red card all day long

razorblunt

What was the TJ doing, he didn’t react at all.

Tomane is a bit of a brute. Tackling props and winning gainline in defence. Looks fit, aware and plenty of power on display.

Buer

They were looking for an out there. His shoulder made contact but his head bounced off the deck.

Squidgy Black

This is a perfect example of why the trial for the in-game citing commissioner is being brought in. By the rules that's a red.

Clegg

Is that not a deliberate knock on?

Squidgy Black

One hand, wasn't close to controlling that for an intercept.....

Clegg

This is a fabulous start from Leinster.

razorblunt

Clever from Matt Scott with a head like a pint of Guinness trying to destruct the lads.

Lovely endeavour from Leinster.

Bit of Leinstertainment going on here.

Larbre34

Can someone explain to me why, if the exact same act by a player, which dependent on the breeze, gravity and perhaps the dimension of the player himself, results in that man landing on his head/neck or shoulder/arm with just a few cms in it, that that outcome rather than the act determines the colour of the card?

Yer lad lifted him from the lower legs straight up through the horizontal and flung him away, with no effort to check his landing. If thats not a Red, then all other player welfare efforts we hear coming down the track are boooolshyte.

Squidgy Black

Set piece couldn't be going any better.

Delighted for Cronin. Still don't know what to make of his post Italian treatment but won't do his headspace any harm bagging yet another try.

razorblunt

Reid staying off, should have been a red for sure.

Clegg

Reid is staying off. CoB on permanently.

Buer

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Set piece couldn't be going any better.

Front five really confounding expectations. Ed Byrne having a great start against WP Nel; his stock keeps going up.

Clegg

Barry Daly is so, so handsome.

I hate him.

razorblunt

McGrath has heavy strapping but looks to be moving really well.

razorblunt

Clegg wrote: »

Barry Daly is so, so handsome.

I hate him.

The Mrs just said the same, also “he doesn’t look like a Barry Daly”

It would never have occurred to me that Barry Daly was handsome. My misses asked me who Josh Van der Flier was, she never asks who players are so I took that as sufficient to put him on my death list.

I still want to cuddle with Scott Fardy. Platonic cuddling.

Clegg

Leinster have defended very well.

Tomane's tackling has been rather impressive.

Buer

Clegg wrote: »

Leinster have defended very well.

Tomane's tackling has been rather impressive.

Has absolutely smashed some forwards.

That's a bit if a harsh high tackle against Kearney. Edinburgh are going to be raging if they come away empty handed here.

Squidgy Black

Clegg wrote: »

Leinster have defended very well.

Tomane's tackling has been rather impressive.

It just shows how well coached the players are. Our defensive structures carry across regardless of who is on the lineup, the level of organisation and trust in the system as well as the ability to execute it even when we have 3rd string players out there is amazing.

yerrahbah

Who missed the tackle on Mata there?

Clegg

Josh Murphy is winning that turnover of Cronin hadn't come in at the side.

yerrahbah

yerrahbah wrote: »

Who missed the tackle on Mata there?

Ah, we stopped the try so it didn't mata in the end.










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Faugheen

Josh Murphy is going really well in the row imo.

yerrahbah

Ah good defense, shame couldn't hold out