Leinster v Edinburgh Saturday 7.15pm

The Lost Sheep · 21-09-2018 12:20pm #1

Teams named
Leinster
15. Jordan Larmour
14. Fergus McFadden
13. Garry Ringrose
12. Robbie Henshaw
11. James Lowe
10. Johnny Sexton CAPTAIN
9. Luke McGrath
1. Cian Healy
2. James Tracy
3. Michael Bent
4. Devin Toner
5. James Ryan
6. Max Deegan
7. Josh van der Flier
8. Jack Conan
16. Seán Cronin
17. Peter Dooley
18. Tadhg Furlong
19. Mick Kearney
20. Dan Leavy
21. Jamison Gibson-Park
22. Ross Byrne
23. Joe Tomane

Edinburgh
15. Dougie Fife
14. Jamie Farndale
13. Chris Dean
12. Juan Pablo Socino
11. Duhan van der Merwe
10. Jaco van der Wal
9. Sean Kennedy
1. Allan Dell
2. Ross Ford
3. Simon Berghan
4. Fraser McKenzie
5. Ben Toolis
6. Luke Hamilton
7. Jamie Ritchie
8. Magnus Bradbury
Replacements: 16. Dave Cherry; 17. Pierre Schoeman; 18. Murray McCallum; 19. Callum Hunter-Hill; 20. Luke Crosbie; 21. Nathan Fowles; 22. Simon Hickey; 23. James Johnstone
Referee: Dan Jones (WRU)

arsebiscuits1 · 21-09-2018 12:30pm

Edinburgh are a team that have real niggle about them. A very very good pack that love to slow it up and very hard to break down.

Looking forward to this game

molloyjh · 21-09-2018 5:17pm

Weather could be a bit crappy but it’s a bloody strong selection from Leinster while Edinburgh seem to have rested a few guys. We need to be targeting a TBP win here. 16 from a possible 20 that included 2 away games in Wales would be a very fine start to the season.

21-09-2018 5:27pm

Larmour is going to be the talking point after this game.

Heymans · 21-09-2018 5:32pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Larmour is going to be the talking point after this game.

It will be interesting to see if he’s getting so many starts in close to full strength teams because Lancaster sees him as potential first choice this season. My feelings are that he is still behind Kearney but is pushing for inclusion in Heineken match day starting lineups despite the competition in back 3 being fierce.

Jump_In_Jack · 22-09-2018 7:41pm

Stop start so far.

Buer · 22-09-2018 7:42pm

Excellent counter ruck from Lowe to follow up ripping the ball off their No. 8 in the air.

Ryan starting very well too.

Edinburgh with an excellent passage of play. They were moving the ball so smoothly despite Leinster trying to disrupt their possession a number of times. They look p*ssed off ater last week.

chupacabra · 22-09-2018 7:42pm

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elderlemon · 22-09-2018 7:44pm

Mine too. Bloody meteorites. What do I do now?....

chupacabra wrote: »

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22-09-2018 7:48pm

https://www.vipleague.lc/1-leinster-vs-edinburgh-live-streaming

Clegg · 22-09-2018 7:54pm

YES DEV

ongarite · 22-09-2018 7:54pm

Great block and then pick up from Dev

Squidgy Black · 22-09-2018 7:54pm

Amazing. I wanted him to cross the line with it so bad.

22-09-2018 7:56pm

Omg.. can you imagine if Toner scored that himself. Try of the year material!

22-09-2018 7:56pm

Some savage skills from the ref

awec · 22-09-2018 7:56pm

Big Dev offside

22-09-2018 7:56pm

Knock on there possibly.

Buer · 22-09-2018 7:56pm

Love the footage of Toner making that run and reaching the ball back.

Squidgy Black · 22-09-2018 7:57pm

That all came from the 9 panicking because the ref told him he had 5 seconds to use it. Happy to see refs being a bit more strict when they tell players to use it.

Buer · 22-09-2018 8:06pm

Incredible passage of defence and ineptitude from Edinburgh.

Clegg · 22-09-2018 8:07pm

That was sensational defending from Leinster.

Buer · 22-09-2018 8:08pm

Clegg wrote: »

That was sensational defending from Leinster.

It was but Edinburgh just decided to try and out muscle them in an 8 v 8 battle in a tight space. It was the height of stupidity. The first time they tried to do something different they nearly got in and won penalty advantage.

22-09-2018 8:11pm

This is a brutally physical game. So many big hits, VdF folded a lad earlier and has been monstering in defence in that last passage, pretty huge performance from him.

We look a bit flat.

Clegg · 22-09-2018 8:13pm

Buer wrote: »

Clegg wrote: »

That was sensational defending from Leinster.

It was but Edinburgh just decided to try and out muscle them in an 8 v 8 battle in a tight space. It was the height of stupidity. The first time they tried to do something different they nearly got in and won penalty advantage.

Yeah it was very one dimensional. But it takes a massive amount of concentration and physicality to keep a side out for 30+ phases.

Buer · 22-09-2018 8:14pm

A lot of sloppy knock ons.

Amazing footwork from Healy.

Clegg · 22-09-2018 8:14pm

Try was on there.

Should've spun the ball wide when we were under the posts.

22-09-2018 8:16pm

That carry from Healy deserved a try.

Clegg · 22-09-2018 8:19pm

A loop with Toner as pivot.

Sweet Jesus.

Buer · 22-09-2018 8:19pm

No idea what happened there in real time! Some slick hands.

ongarite · 22-09-2018 8:20pm

Lowe with a great finish.

Clegg · 22-09-2018 8:20pm

Lovely offload from Larmour and finish from Lowe as well.

22-09-2018 8:20pm

Home Games.

Lowe is a genius.

Squidgy Black · 22-09-2018 8:21pm

That was a beautiful offload

22-09-2018 8:21pm

WOW what a try.

Buer · 22-09-2018 8:21pm

Toner was brilliant there. Having a fine game right from the kick off catch. And he takes another one perfectly.

Former Former · 22-09-2018 8:21pm

The skill levels for that try are off the charts

22-09-2018 8:22pm

Devin Toner is having a fantastic game

swiwi_ · 22-09-2018 8:23pm

Highlights of that half were Lowes try and the Edinburgh medic. Both very tidy.

22-09-2018 8:24pm

Who was it saying recently that Larmour couldn't pass?

Buer · 22-09-2018 8:25pm

swiwi_ wrote: »

Highlights of that half were Lowes try and the Edinburgh medic. Both very tidy.

Jesus, the Glasgow one earlier was only lovely too.

Maybe I should go to Scotland for my groin strain.

Clegg · 22-09-2018 8:25pm

Good scoreline at HT but Edinburgh have posed us difficulties. Very physical and should have at least a try to their name. Need a big second half.

Buer · 22-09-2018 8:26pm

I think we should have a collection and set a reward to capture the fat b*stard who ate Luke Fitz.

22-09-2018 8:30pm

Edinburgh have been really good. Ball retention has been excellent, and they're making yards.

VdF and Luke McGrath's defensive efforts so far are ridiculous.

Jump_In_Jack · 22-09-2018 8:31pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Who was it saying recently that Larmour couldn't pass?

Ha, way to misconstrue, the point was that he made loads of carries down blind alleys, not that he couldn’t pass, but that he didn’t.
His flick pass for the try was top drawer, more of that please!

22-09-2018 8:31pm

Clegg wrote: »

A loop with Toner as pivot.

Sweet Jesus.

Huge involvement in both tries. He's basically our Beauden Barrett.

swiwi_ · 22-09-2018 8:31pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Edinburgh have been really good. Ball retention has been excellent, and they're making yards.

VdF and Luke McGrath's defensive efforts so far are ridiculous.

Edinburgh’s attack is awful sorry. Monotonous one off the ruck.

Kaizer Sosa · 22-09-2018 8:33pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Who was it saying recently that Larmour couldn't pass?

I think you'll find people were saying that he should introduce some variation to his game by using the pass more to keep people guessing. This was a beautiful example of him doing just that and it resulted in a great team try.

swiwi_ · 22-09-2018 8:34pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Huge involvement in both tries. He's basically our Beauden Barrett.

Ah but can he kick goals?

22-09-2018 8:36pm

swiwi_ wrote: »

Ah but can he kick goals?

Probably better than BB!

Buer · 22-09-2018 8:38pm

Edinburgh are going to lift the niggle stakes this half by the looks of it. Can see a yellow card at some point.

Buer · 22-09-2018 8:41pm

Probably deserved on the balance of play but sloppy from Leinster to allow the break down the near side and slip off a couple of tackles.

Leinster v Edinburgh Saturday 7.15pm

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