Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread XII (The Byrne Supremacy)

sydthebeat

stephen_n wrote: »

How often have you seen a winger made captain? If you think about it for a while, you might see there is a reason for that.

Dan Evans is captain tonight for ospreys from 15

no big deal with having a back 3 player as captain

Rigor Mortis

To be fair FB is different to wing. FB has a better view of the totality of the game and is better positioned to engage with the full team. Wing is a terrible position to captain from.

.ak

Clear winner on the poll, though I have to say I'm terrible disappointed 'Koh Samui Cup Championes' didn't do better, some of you really need to send it.

bayern

LH Prop(5)
Cian Healy(33/Belvedere/Clontarf) - bench for Ireland.
Ed Byrne(27/Clongowes/UCD) - irish squad.
Peter Dooley(26/Birr RFC/Lansdowne) - starting for Leinster.

Michael Milne(22/Birr RFC-Roscrea/UCD) - injured.(???)
Marcus Hanan(21/Clane RFC/Old Belvedere) - bench for Leinster.

TH Prop(6)
Michael Bent(35) - starting for Leinster.
Tadhg Furlong(28/New Ross RFC/Clontarf) - starting for Ireland.
Andrew Porter(25/St. Andrews/UCD) - bench for Ireland.
Vakh Abdaladze(25/Coolmine RFC/Clontarf) - injured.(BACK)
Greg McGrath(24/Wexford RFC/Lansdowne)

Tom Clarkson(21/Blackrock/DUFC) - bench for Leinster.

Hooker(5)
Sean Cronin(34) - starting for Leinster.
James Tracy(29/Newbridge/UCD)
Ronan Kelleher(23/St. Michaels/Lansdowne) - bench for Ireland.
Dan Sheehan(22/Clongowes/Lansdowne) - bench for Leinster.

John McKee(21/Campbell/Old Belvedere)

Lock(9)
Scott Fardy(36) - starting for Leinster.
Devin Toner(34/Castleknock/Lansdowne) - starting for Leinster.
Ross Molony(26/St. Michaels/UCD) - starting for Leinster.
James Ryan(24/St. Michaels/UCD) - injured(HIA)
Jack Dunne(22/St. Michaels/DUFC) - bench for Leinster.
Ryan Baird(21/St. Michaels/DUFC) - bench for Ireland.

Charlie Ryan(22/Blackrock/UCD) - injured.(???)
Brian Deeny(21/Wexford RFC/Clontarf) - injured.(KNEE)
Joe McCarthy(19/Blackrock/DUFC)

Backrow(12)
Rhys Ruddock(30/Exile/St. Marys) - irish squad.
Jack Conan(28/St. Gerards/Old Belvedere) - starting for Ireland.
Josh Van Der Flier(27/Wesley/UCD) - starting for Ireland.
Dan Leavy(26/St. Michaels/UCD) - injured.(KNEE)
Josh Murphy(25/St. Michaels/UCD) - starting for Leinster.
Will Connors(24/Clongowes/UCD) - injured.(KNEE)
Max Deegan(24/St. Michaels/Lansdowne) - injured.(KNEE)
Caelan Doris(22/Blackrock/DUFC) - injured.(HIA)
Scott Penny(21/St. Michaels/UCD) - starting for Leinster.

Martin Moloney(21/Athy RFC/Old Belvedere) - injured.(??)
Sean O'Brien(20/Blackrock/UCD) - bench for Leinster.
Alex Soroka(20/Belvedere/Clontarf) - injured.(SHOULDER)

Scrumhalf(6)
Jamie Gibson Park(29) - bench for Ireland.
Luke McGrath(28/St. Michaels/UCD) - injured.(HIA)
Rowan Osborne(24/Clongowes/DUFC) - starting for Leinster.
Hugh O'Sullivan(23/Belvedere/Clontarf) - bench for Leinster.

Paddy Patterson(22/Blackrock/UCD) - starting for Munster
Cormac Foley(21/St. Gerards/Lansdowne)

Outhalf(6)
Jonathan Sexton(35/St. Marys/St. Marys) - starting for Ireland.
Ross Byrne(25/St. Michaels/UCD) - irish squad.
Ciaran Frawley(23/Skerries RFC/UCD) - starting for Leinster.
Harry Byrne(21/St. Michaels/Lansdowne) - starting for Leinster.

David Hawkshaw(21/Belvedere/Clontarf) - injured(ANKLE)
Tim Corkery(19/Kilkenny RFC/UCD) - bench for Leinster.

Centre(8)
Robbie Henshaw(27) - starting for Ireland
Rory O'Loughlin(27/St. Michaels/UCD) - starting for Leinster.
Garry Ringrose(26/Blackrock/UCD) - injured.(ANKLE)
Conor O'Brien(25/Mullingar RFC/Clontarf) - injured.(KNEE)
Jimmy O'Brien(24/Newbridge/UCD) - injured.(hamstring)
Tommy O'Brien(22/Blackrock/UCD) - injured.(ankle)

Liam Turner(21/Blackrock/DUFC) - injured.(???)
Jamie Osborne(19/Naas RFC/Naas) - starting for Leinster.

Back Three(11)
Dave Kearney(31/Clongowes/Lansdowne) - starting for Leinster.
James Lowe(28) - irish squad.
Adam Byrne(26/Naas RFC/UCD) - injured.(quad)
Cian Kelleher(26/St. Michaels/Lansdowne) - injured.(hamstring)
Hugo Keenan(24/Blackrock/UCD) - starting for Ireland.
Jordan Larmour(23/St. Andrews/St. Marys) - bench for Ireland.

Michael Silvester(22/Clongowes/DUFC) - injured.(???)
Aaron O'Sullivan(21/Exile/Blackrock) - injured.(???)
Max O'Reilly(21/St. Gerards/DUFC) - starting for Leinster.
Andrew Smith(20/St. Michaels/Clontarf) - bench for Leinster.
Niall Comerford(20/Blackrock/UCD) - injured.(???)

Squidgy Black

.ak wrote: »

Clear winner on the poll, though I have to say I'm terrible disappointed 'Koh Samui Cup Championes' didn't do better, some of you really need to send it.

Are you sure they didn't put you in a coma during your stint in the hospital ak that's like so 2019.

salmocab

.ak wrote: »

Clear winner on the poll, though I have to say I'm terrible disappointed 'Koh Samui Cup Championes' didn't do better, some of you really need to send it.

Can we get the poll taken down? There’s an awful habit of leaving them there meaning more stuff to flick by on some threads.

dub_skav

salmocab wrote: »

Can we get the poll taken down? There’s an awful habit of leaving them there meaning more stuff to flick by on some threads.

Let's have a vote

salmocab

dub_skav wrote: »

Let's have a vote

Is there another word for vote?

.ak

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Are you sure they didn't put you in a coma during your stint in the hospital ak that's like so 2019.

Yeah but 2020 didn't happen so...

.ak

I actually don't think you can remove it... I'll look into it tho.

.ak

... so I checked the mods forum for this, and found a post I followed 7 years ago.

Turns out the answer is still no.

Absolute scenes goys.

ionadnapokot

bayern wrote: »

Tim Corkery(19/Kilkenny RFC/UCD) - bench for Leinster.

Centre(8)
Jamie Osborne(19/Naas RFC/Naas) - starting for Leinster.

I wonder will Osbourne end up as a 13?
I think this is his 2nd start and both have been at 13.

Anyone know anything about Corkery?

bayern

ionadnapokot wrote: »

I wonder will Osbourne end up as a 13?
I think this is his 2nd start and both have been at 13.

Anyone know anything about Corkery?

From Kilkenny RFC, he was starting outhalf of very talented u18 club side in 2018, but didn't make an irish u18 sides that season. He failed to make the Leinster u19 summer training squad after initial selection but was brought in as an alternative after injury ruled out another outhalf, he went on to be the starting outhalf for the leinster 19's in the interpros over highly rated schools outhalves, one of whom played for ireland u18.

He earned a sub-academy place after his time with the 19's and a Leinster 'A' appearance while still only 18, He made last season irish 20's a year young and was the bench outhalf in the three games they played. He faces strong competition for this seasons 20's 10 jersey but he would have to be favourite for it now. Finally he is very young for his age grade, not turning 20 until December.

arsebiscuits1

ionadnapokot wrote: »

I wonder will Osbourne end up as a 13?
I think this is his 2nd start and both have been at 13.

Anyone know anything about Corkery?

Osborne is a very big boy.

Initially I thought he was a bit wiry and undersized - something to be absolutely expected for his age.

But Leinster put up a pic of him beside Tracy, JOB and Hanan last week after Zebre and he's massive.

A center of his physical profile and ability could be a lot of use to us. I think he'd be a very good fullback also

pickarooney

Any idea if Conor O'Brien is expected back?
He looked like a real handful when he got a couple of games but it's been so long since he played it doesn't look great

bayern

pickarooney wrote: »

Any idea if Conor O'Brien is expected back?
He looked like a real handful when he got a couple of games but it's been so long since he played it doesn't look great

next season.

realhorrorshow

arsebiscuits1 wrote: »

Osborne is a very big boy.

Initially I thought he was a bit wiry and undersized - something to be absolutely expected for his age.

But Leinster put up a pic of him beside Tracy, JOB and Hanan last week after Zebre and he's massive.

A center of his physical profile and ability could be a lot of use to us. I think he'd be a very good fullback also

Saw him playing fullback for Leinster u19s a while back and he was indeed very good. Scored a beautiful try where he cut a brilliant line from deep and cut clean through the Connacht defence from 40-odd metres out. Definitely went away from that game thinking Osborne was the standout back from that age group, which was a surprise as at the time I had heard lots about Cosgrave and Karl Martin but very little about Osborne.

bayern

realhorrorshow wrote: »

Saw him playing fullback for Leinster u19s a while back and he was indeed very good. Scored a beautiful try where he cut a brilliant line from deep and cut clean through the Connacht defence from 40-odd metres out. Definitely went away from that game thinking Osborne was the standout back from that age group, which was a surprise as at the time I had heard lots about Cosgrave and Karl Martin but very little about Osborne.

Martin was playing a year up for that 19's side and at that stage had played two years of irish u18's with another season to come at that stage.

Cosgrave had all the schools hype around him from a young age.

Not much was known of Osborne really until this season, apart from his impressive showings at 15 for leinster u18's and on the wing for ireland u18's.

salmocab

.ak wrote: »

... so I checked the mods forum for this, and found a post I followed 7 years ago.

Turns out the answer is still no.

Absolute scenes goys.

You see this is why democracy doesn’t work. You give people the vote and they’re stuck with the thing.

ionadnapokot

It's amazing really that they are playing Osbourne at 13 considering he doesn't really have any experience there. He's 19?
Must be a bit of a natural footballer.

bayern

ionadnapokot wrote: »

It's amazing really that they are playing Osbourne at 13 considering he doesn't really have any experience there. He's 19?
Must be a bit of a natural footballer.

Turns 20 in november.

He played centre underage for his club and school. But he has no experience there at a interprovincial level etc.
.

ionadnapokot

bayern wrote: »

Turns 20 in november.

He played centre underage for his club and school.
.

Ok. Thanks.
That makes a bit more sense.

Squidgy Black

ionadnapokot wrote: »

It's amazing really that they are playing Osbourne at 13 considering he doesn't really have any experience there. He's 19?
Must be a bit of a natural footballer.

He played 13 for the A team in the interpros vs Ulster, played 12 vs Munster the month before.

He definitely seems to have the skill level to cover across the backline.

Rigor Mortis

.ak wrote: »

Clear winner on the poll, though I have to say I'm terrible disappointed 'Koh Samui Cup Championes' didn't do better, some of you really need to send it.

10 years on from the Unicorn Jizz shirt its a disgrace that that wasnt even included in the vote. It's a police state around here.

cameramonkey

I see Ronan O'Gara and johnny Sexton have made up.
https://twitter.com/StevenPConnolly/status/1372943949678137345

eire4

sebdavis wrote: »

At the moment Dev should be resigned. I expect Fardy will be released and Toner is playing decent rugby for Pro14 level. He will be a great player to have during the international windows

Especially when your playing so many young academy players in those windows having the experience of someone like Toner in the team is huge as long as he can keep it up.

.ak

cameramonkey wrote: »

I see Ronan O'Gara and johnny Sexton have made up.
https://twitter.com/StevenPConnolly/status/1372943949678137345

Can't unsee that now.

arsebiscuits1

ionadnapokot wrote: »

It's amazing really that they are playing Osbourne at 13 considering he doesn't really have any experience there. He's 19?
Must be a bit of a natural footballer.

Literally all of his senior rugby has been at 13 not including A games.

Where else would he play?

Clegg

Leinster are pretty much at their limit now. The squad has managed the last few months expertly, but injuries and Ireland call ups have stretched us extremely thin.

For the final I hope we'll be given as many test players back as possible. I honestly don't care about the QF the following week. A league final must always take precedence.

arsebiscuits1

Really hoping we get the fringe Irish lads back next week.

If we manage to get Ruddock, Ed, Lowe, JGP, Ross, Baird, Larmour back that will be helpful.

I'll be pragmatic and say we won't see Frawley or Penny next week which is problematic.

Could be looking at a ROL, JOB midfield.

Or maybe they'll back Osbourne.

Against Farrell and DDA it's s big ask