Leinster vs. Cheetahs, Saturday 15th February, 14.30 (Eir Sport 1, Freesport)

Dave_The_Sheep

Leinster

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Cheetahs

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15. Rob Kearney | Rhyno Smith
14. Fergus McFadden | Clayton Blommetjies
13. Jimmy O'Brien | William Small-Smith
12. Joe Tomane | Benhard Janse van Rensburg
11. Dave Kearney | Rabz Maxwane
10. Ciarán Frawley | Tian Schoeman
9. Luke McGrath | Ruan Pienaar
1. Peter Dooley | Charles Marais
2. Rónan Kelleher | Joseph Dweba
3. Michael Bent | Aranos Coetzee
4. Ross Molony | Walt Steenkamp
5. Scott Fardy | JP du Preez
6. Rhys Ruddock | Chris Massyn
7. Will Connors | Junior Pokomela
8. Max Deegan | Jasper Wiese
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16. Seán Cronin | Wilmar Arnoldi
17. Michael Milne | Boan Venter
18. Roman Salanoa | Luan de Bruin
19. Ryan Baird | Aidon Davis
20. Scott Penny | Gerhard Olivier
21. Jamison Gibson-Park | Tian Meyer
22. Harry Byrne | Louis Fouche
23. Cian Kelleher | Chris Smit


Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU) (ugh)
Assistants: Stuart Gaffikin (IRFU), Gwyn Morris (WRU)
TMO: Ian Davies (WRU)

molloyjh

You haven't centred the crests Dave. I'm disgusted. Have I taught ye lot nothing. Have I!?

Dave_The_Sheep

molloyjh wrote: »

You haven't centred the crests Dave. I'm disgusted. Have I taught ye lot nothing. Have I!?

I actually did! It's the image I chose that is off center. Finding a poxy Cheetahs logo in icon size is harder than you might assume.

I spent a good ... three minutes ... on it and that was the best one I found.

I regret nothing.

sydthebeat

leinster forwards should be well able to create a playform fo rthso ebaacks to exploit.

if the weather isnt too bad, i can us by about 20.

if its torrential rain than its a slog fest and us by half that

stephen_n

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU) (ugh)

100% ugh

sydthebeat wrote: »

leinster forwards should be well able to create a playform fo rthso ebaacks to exploit.

if the weather isnt too bad, i can us by about 20.

if its torrential rain than its a slog fest and us by half that

Met Éireann seems to think slog fest unfortunately.

About 6 miles from the stadium here and the weather is not exactly conducive to running rugby. Serious gale blowing and lashing.

Planning on heading in with the kids but reckon this will put people off.

stephen_n

Deleted User wrote: »

About 6 miles from the stadium here and the weather is not exactly conducive to running rugby. Serious gale blowing and lashing.

Planning on heading in with the kids but reckon this will put people off.

It’s due to peak around the time the match is on. Going to be an up the jumper day I’d say.

Quick question - I've always printed season tickets, can you have the digital copy on your phone or do they need to be printed?

juke

Deleted User wrote: »

Quick question - I've always printed season tickets, can you have the digital copy on your phone or do they need to be printed?

Printed, I'm pretty sure.

stephen_n

Have the card, so never tried the phone. Think you can download a QR code to your phone though as I did that to share mine before.

Dave_The_Sheep

I used the phone before for regular tickets that my aul one had. I had a backup printout but I wanted to see if it would work. It did.

I would assume the same holds for transferred season ticket tickets, though I''ve always just used the card.

accensi0n

Any chance it could be cancelled?

vienne86

accensi0n wrote: »

Any chance it could be cancelled?

Twitter saying 16 mins ago that North and South stands closed, ticket holders will be accommodated in other stands. So now I might go after all.

accensi0n

accensi0n wrote: »

Any chance it could be cancelled?

Orange weather alert now - I'm a little surprised it's going ahead. Getting ready to head in now.

Larbre34

FROM LEINSTER SOCIAL MEDIA - THE NORTH AND SOUTH STANDS ARE CLOSED - FANS WILL BE ACCOMMODATED IN THE COVERED STANDS ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS

Dave_The_Sheep

I feel bad now for having offloaded my tickets in the South stand.

A-Train

I’m not going to the match today so my 2 seats in the grandstand are free for use.

Pm and I’ll send them on, first come first served. Must have a few posts in the rugby forum.

Leinster twitter account saying the game will definitely be played. Half the province is under an orange alert which means essential travel only.

I'm a tiny bit surprised it's still going ahead but it's probably just shy of the point where the game would ordinarily be postponed.

Clegg

Cheetahs have played a few games recently whereas Leinster are going in cold. Will be a very tricky game.

Neil3030

Deleted User wrote: »

Planning on heading in with the kids but reckon this will put people off.

Ah people don't hate you and your kids that much, Venjur

Clegg

Clegg wrote: »

Cheetahs have played a few games recently whereas Leinster are going in cold. Will be a very tricky game.

Yeah, the team sheet tells you we're taking the game pretty seriously which is fair given Cheetahs position in our conference.

Clegg

Purple shirts?

I hope we lose.

Fireball81

Clegg wrote: »

Purple shirts?

I hope we lose.

Need to sell the stock, a load of PR bull **** during the week talking about the passion behind them.

Neil3030

I just see navy - is that the rain or my mild colorblindness?

Squidgy Black

Neil3030 wrote: »

I just see navy - is that the rain or my mild colorblindness?

Definitely colourblind Neil, although they are a dark purple but it's pretty noticeable.

Clegg

That Cheetahs lineout started crooked and then moved back to the middle when caught by the wind.

mfceiling

Lads it is bucketing down in terenure. Hope it's not headed your way.

Even a good few rows under the stand still getting soaked.

Going to be 80 minutes of scrums.

Squidgy Black

Weather's just starting to get worse, sympathies for anyone who decided to actually leave their house for this

Fireball81

Neil3030 wrote: »

I just see navy - is that the rain or my mild colorblindness?

https://www.lifestylesports.com/ie/adult-leinster-alternate-jersey-2019-20-57837743.html

Buer

I can see both teams struggling to reach double figure points here.

Neil3030

Fireball81 wrote: »

https://www.lifestylesports.com/ie/adult-leinster-alternate-jersey-2019-20-57837743.html

Mad, that just looks like dark grey to me. I always knew I had trouble telling apart some blues and greens, guess I can add purple to the list!

Clegg

Good finish from Connors. Took a few hits when spinning over for the try.

kmart6

Great finish to spin out and ground it.

Squidgy Black

Ref must've called advantage 3 or 4 times in that phase

A-Train

A good try and finish in the conditions. They should have a yellow card also, at least 4 penalties called there before the try

mangobob

This is mad stuff lol

A-Train

That yellow was coming, too many penalties

Squidgy Black

Cheetahs just have no idea what to do with the conditions

A-Train

Great kick in the conditions by Frawley.

Urethral Buttercup

Score anybody?

salmocab

Urethral Buttercup wrote: »

Score anybody?

10 _ 0

A-Train

Good work and Bent gets over the line for the second try.

Good conversation. 17-0

Clegg

Great hands from Frawley and line from Deegan for the break. Deserved that try. Playing some good rugby despite the awful conditions.

kmart6

Urethral Buttercup wrote: »

Score anybody?

17 - 0

kmart6

Buer wrote: »

I can see both teams struggling to reach double figure points here.

Expect a bonus point from here TBH

Squidgy Black

Delighted to see Bent get on the score sheet.

Fun fact, before this season he only had one try in over 100 appearances for Leinster over 7 years, scored 3 this season already

Buer

Kelleher deserved that. He has had a great game despite appalling conditions for a hooker.

A-Train

Great maul and a good finish by Kelleher. Good try just before half time.

Granny15

Kelleher having a very assured performance in tough conditions

Croohur1

Looking at this rain and the handling errors, I'm assuming the handling gloves that Drico used to wear in his blond hair phase are now banned.
When did this happen and what was the reason given does anyone know??