Leinster v Toulouse L'effort pour cinq contre The Drive for Five

Rigor Mortis · 21-04-2019 7:48am #1

Leinster
15. Rob Kearney (207)
14. Jordan Larmour (35)
13. Garry Ringrose (61)
12. Robbie Henshaw (33)
11. James Lowe (26)
10. Johnny Sexton (156) CAPTAIN
9. Luke McGrath (109)
1. Cian Healy (204)
2. Seán Cronin (169)
3. Tadhg Furlong (98)
4. Devin Toner (228)
5. James Ryan (27)
6. Rhys Ruddock (158)
7. Seán O’Brien (124)
8. Jack Conan (85)

16. James Tracy (90)
17. Ed Byrne (42)
18. Michael Bent (121)
19. Scott Fardy (40)
20. Max Deegan (41)
21. Hugh O’Sullivan (13)
22. Ross Byrne (67)
23. Rory O’Loughlin (59)

Toulouse: Thomas Ramos; Yoann Huget, Sofiane Guitoune, Pita Ahki, Cheslin Kolbe; Antoine Dupont, Sebastien Bezy; Clement Castets, Peato Mauvaka, Charlie Faumuina; Richie Arnold, Richie Gray; Rynhardt Elstadt, Joe Tekori, Jerome Kaino.

Replacements: Guillaume Marchand, Cyril Baille, Maks Van Dyk, Selevasio Tolofua, Piula Faasalele, Francois Cros, Romain Ntamack, Maxime Medard.

Ref Wayne Barnes

Shefwedfan · 21-04-2019 7:50am

Can’t wait, this will be incredible game....

Had ticket for premium and nabbed a few for the box so happy days

Buer · 21-04-2019 7:58am

Leinster should win but any sort of purple patch in the game from Toulouse could see them score a couple of tries and turn things completely.

Should be a belter of a game. I reckon the pace will be frantic. Toulouse have gone with as much pace and energy as possible from the bench which could be key. Hopefully we run the legs off their starters before they can come on.

Rigor Mortis · 21-04-2019 8:11am

Yep, the biggest worry here is how many of our players are playing a first game after a long lay off or very recent injuries, Furlong, Sexton, Ringrose, Henshaw. Its great to have them back, but you gotta hope they havent been rushed

Anyway Leinster by 8

vienne86 · 21-04-2019 9:28am

Great day for the match. On the train from Rosslare, picking up Leinster fans at every stop. Leinster should win this but we need the likes of Sexton to hit the ground running after their layoffs. Expecting the game to be played at a frantic pace.

swiwi_ · 21-04-2019 9:42am

...L'effort pour cinq...

Cinq ou swim?

thomond2006 · 21-04-2019 9:53am

Yeah this is definitely a pear and bacon day.

steves2 · 21-04-2019 9:58am

What a day for a game. Leinster are not in the best place coming in to this, many big players with not a lot of game time. Hopefully it'll be our day and we can go on to beat Saracens!

is_that_so · 21-04-2019 10:01am

steves2 wrote: »

What a day for a game. Leinster are not in the best place coming in to this, many big players with not a lot of game time. Hopefully it'll be our day and we can go on to beat Saracens!

There is that clicking thing which they haven't done very much this season. Do that and they should be too strong but have a feeling it will be very tight and would not be surprised at it going either way. Hoping for Leinster win.

thomond2006 · 21-04-2019 10:23am

thomond2006 wrote: »

Yeah this is definitely a pear and bacon day.

Closed.

awec · 21-04-2019 10:24am

Leinster by 10+.

stephen_n · 21-04-2019 10:29am

awec wrote: »

Leinster by 10+.

I like your optimisim but unless Leinster match the level of intensity they reached against them in the RDS, don’t see that happening. I’m not saying they won’t but they haven’t come close to it since.

thomond2006 · 21-04-2019 10:30am

Ended up in Metro Cafe, beside a table of Toulouse fans! They're consuming prime soakage.

Larbre34 · 21-04-2019 11:06am

thomond2006 wrote: »

Ended up in Metro Cafe, beside a table of Toulouse fans! They're consuming prime soakage.

You do know that Brunch on William St is about the most Leinster thing a person can do, careful you don't turn blue....

Although the MOST Leinster thing I ever saw was on a bus to Thomond, coincidentally, where a few lads had two full 2L 7up bottles, one with home-mixed Mojito, the other with Gin & Tonic. They also had a charcuterie selection in a cooler bag. Particularly tasty olives as I recall.

mikeldavis · 21-04-2019 11:32am

Live :- tinyurl.com/y3gn4ohq

Sunday, 21 April 2019

awec · 21-04-2019 11:34am

Larbre34 wrote: »

You do know that Brunch on William St is about the most Leinster thing a person can do, careful you don't turn blue....

Although the MOST Leinster thing I ever saw was on a bus to Thomond, coincidentally, where a few lads had two full 2L 7up bottles, one with home-mixed Mojito, the other with Gin & Tonic. They also had a charcuterie selection in a cooler bag. Particularly tasty olives as I recall.

That was probably .ak.

mfceiling · 21-04-2019 11:47am

I'm going to miss this as I'm doing a surf lesson in Kerry at the same time.

*That's a leinsterish thing to be doing?*

Squatter · 21-04-2019 11:47am

awec wrote: »

Leinster by 10+.

By +1 will do me fine. No need to overdo it. Plus, we need to conserve some of our energy to ensure that we beat Jordie's boys up in Ravinghill next weekend!

molloyjh · 21-04-2019 11:51am

En route for a few pre-match pints. Good few blue jerseys about already. Good sign. Nerves are kicking in now. This is a bloody good Toulouse side and we have a few question marks over our ability to find some form today. But we've Toner, Sexton, Henshaw and Lowe back in since the Ulster game. If we're going to find form it's with those guys. Retain possession and move them around a lot. In this weather we may well be able to open them up in the middle half of the game. But as Buer says, we also need to be on top of the when they get momentum, which they inevitably will.

COME ON LEINSTER!!!!!

Former Former · 21-04-2019 12:13pm

Backed Leinster -7 on the handicap. Think it will be similar to the pool match, if we can keep them from scoring early tries we'll pull away as it goes on.

Synode · 21-04-2019 12:28pm

Just about to head in. Belter of a day. Really looking forward to the match and confident we can beat them again.

MikeCork2009 · 21-04-2019 12:43pm

Depressed Munster fan back from Coventry. In London. Hoping to see a Leinster win so I can see you guys stick it to Saracens in Newcastle. Any ideas for somewhere to watch the game in central London?

Principal Skinner · 21-04-2019 12:46pm

Ruddock out sick. Fardy starts. Doris bench

Burkie1203 · 21-04-2019 12:46pm

Fcuk

https://twitter.com/RuaidhriOC/status/1119944346403594242?s=19

WoollyRedHat · 21-04-2019 12:48pm

Fardy more than capable to rise to occasion. Hopefully Ruddock will be ok.

AbusesToilets · 21-04-2019 12:58pm

FFS

Can Ruddock actually catch a break. Jesus wept.

bobbyss · 21-04-2019 1:14pm

An amateur rugby fan here. Excuse my ignorance in advance. I see that Sexton had Davd Alred this week to assist him. I think he is a kicking coach.

Also O'Gara was a kicking coach with Stade F when (I think) Carter was playing there. I may be wrong there however.

What exactly does a kicking coach do? Has Sexton forgotten how to kick? Was O'Gara showing Carter how to kick s rugby ball?

irishbucsfan · 21-04-2019 1:18pm

bobbyss wrote: »

An amateur rugby fan here. Excuse my ignorance in advance. I see that Sexton had Davd Alred this week to assist him. I think he is a kicking coach.

Also O'Gara was a kicking coach with Stade F when (I think) Carter was playing there. I may be wrong there however.

What exactly does a kicking coach do? Has Sexton forgotten how to kick? Was O'Gara showing Carter how to kick s rugby ball?

Dave Alred is a performance coach in general. He works with golfers as well. Helps on the mental side as well as the technical side.

Clegg · 21-04-2019 1:20pm

bobbyss wrote: »

An amateur rugby fan here. Excuse my ignorance in advance. I see that Sexton had Davd Alred this week to assist him. I think he is a kicking coach.

Also O'Gara was a kicking coach with Stade F when (I think) Carter was playing there. I may be wrong there however.

What exactly does a kicking coach do? Has Sexton forgotten how to kick? Was O'Gara showing Carter how to kick s rugby ball?

The 42 rugby podcast were talking about Alred this week. He prefers his players to use a spiral kick. One that gets you more distance but isn't as reliable when it comes to direction. These days players prefer to kick the ball end over end. Maybe he was helping Sexton brush up on his technique.

21-04-2019 1:25pm

Is it kick off yet?

No?

Suppose I might as well have another beer so.

griffinlee · 21-04-2019 1:28pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Is it kick off yet?

No?

Suppose I might as well have another beer so.

im butchered sitting in the garden already

Squidgy Black · 21-04-2019 1:36pm

bobbyss wrote: »

An amateur rugby fan here. Excuse my ignorance in advance. I see that Sexton had Davd Alred this week to assist him. I think he is a kicking coach.

Also O'Gara was a kicking coach with Stade F when (I think) Carter was playing there. I may be wrong there however.

What exactly does a kicking coach do? Has Sexton forgotten how to kick? Was O'Gara showing Carter how to kick s rugby ball?

Kicking coach is very similar to a swing coach in golf. Players are constantly trying to find different ways to get incremental increases in their swings/kicks, so a coach is used to try and study their swing/kicking position and see where they can try get those tiny extra margins to improve consistency etc.

awec · 21-04-2019 1:47pm

They’ve got rid of the Guinness in the Aviva for this game. Poxy Murphy’s.

I’d nearly head home.

bobbyss · 21-04-2019 1:49pm

Squidgy Black wrote:

Kicking coach is very similar to a swing coach in golf. Players are constantly trying to find different ways to get incremental increases in their swings/kicks, so a coach is used to try and study their swing/kicking position and see where they can try get those tiny extra margins to improve consistency etc.

I see. And ( not wishing to deviate but just a quickie) was Carter in Stade when O Gara was a kicking coach there?

irishbucsfan · 21-04-2019 1:54pm

bobbyss wrote: »

I see. And ( not wishing to deviate but just a quickie) was Carter in Stade when O Gara was a kicking coach there?

O’Gara wasn’t a kicking coach. He was defense/skills/attack coach a various times. Maybe he did some kicking coaching as well. They did overlap though yes, I believe Carter played a role in O’Gara ending up down in Canterbury

Clegg · 21-04-2019 2:12pm

Fardy starting probably strengthens the starting 15 a bit. But it's a huge hit on the replacements who we were no doubt looking to to take the game away from Toulouse.

eagle eye · 21-04-2019 2:13pm

I'm really looking forward to this. I think it'll be a great show of attacking rugby. I wouldn't predict a winner clearly Leinster have to be favourites but Toulouse will punish mistakes with five pointers.