antietam1 wrote: » Born in Connacht? did you mean Henshaw I thought he was born in Westmeath. Leinster would not need 7 if they were not supplying so many to the Irish team, Definitely nee Fardy and Lowe. Anyhow Lyon v la Rochelle Lyon 45 to 17. Is it still the case French clubs don't perform away from home. If I reacall one of the second rows is Mayo.
The Lost Sheep wrote: » henshaw is from coosan which is in westmeath but all his rugby in minis and youths club rugby and schools rugby was in connacht school/club.
Richie_Rich89 wrote: » No point arguing with the 'Henshaw is from Leinster' types. They just don't want to know. Michael Bent, and even Jamison Gibson-Park, are more Leinster developed than Henshaw is.
stephen_n wrote: » Is there an importable calendar for all the games anywhere. Only coped I’m working next Saturday. Well it only clicked that the game is next Saturday, should have tried to swap shifts. Need to add the games to my calendar, don’t want to have to do it manually.
MaybeMaybe wrote: » https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/downloadable-fixture-list/
Clegg wrote: » Cummiskey seems to be speculating more than anything else. I would have thought Munster would give their own U20 Grand Slam winner a go at 10. Ben Healy and Harry Byrne are at very similar stages of their career.
thomond2006 wrote: » As it stands Munster have Bleyendaal, Ben Healy and Rory Scannell as cover. It's fine for the moment.
Former Former wrote: » It's more that; - Munster might need cover - IRFU might force them to take someone from within the Irish system - Harry Byrne could be an option It's not a case of Munster actually looking for H Byrne.
Deleted User wrote: » Hard to know what way the team will shape up for the weekend. Anyone else feel that the gap between Porter and Furlong has gotten pretty narrow? Furlong not quite in top form this year. Will Fardy go to the back row? Presume Ruddock starts at 8? JGP v McGrath another very tight call. Really impressed with Jameson this season. Was Henshaw sick or injured at the weekend? Tomane was my pick of the backs against Connacht, we've solid enough cover in mid field. Be interesting to see what way we go at Fullback. I feel that Kearney's contract was a compromise deal instead of him moving on after the world cup. I think he'll be used sparingly enough. I joked a while ago about Leinster needing to sign a 10 but I think we may need to make a call there depending on whether either Frawley or Harry Byrne show they've international calibre. Ross Byrne is a good, game managing 10 but I think he's too limited a threat to be an international regular. Cummisky reporting Harry Byrne going on loan to Munster for a spell. Might work out well for Leinster in the medium term.
wise7 wrote: » What about his try yielding cross-field kicks over the past few seasons and his try assit passes and his putting others in space, do these attributes not constitute an attacking threat or does it only come down to what a 10 can do as an individual player making individual plays rather than an all-round playmaker?
wise7 wrote: » Game management for a 10 is primary and RB ticks that box very adequately. Attacking threat doesn't only mean running with ball in hand but yet RB has displayed in the past 12 months his capacity to do just this, e.g. Toulouse in the RDS, Ulster in Aviva and as recently on Friday night at the Sportsground. What about his try yielding cross-field kicks over the past few seasons and his try assit passes and his putting others in space, do these attributes not constitute an attacking threat or does it only come down to what a 10 can do as an individual player making individual plays rather than an all-round playmaker?
Serbian wrote: » It's clearly something he's trying to work on, but I think it's important that your 10 has some level of individual attacking threat, otherwise it makes your attacking patterns a lot more predictable. If Byrne never attacks the line, he's never going to suck in defenders and create space along the defensive line. It also means defensive line speed can be much faster and the defensive centres can always commit to rushing their man because there's always a second receiver. Even if he can get to the point of attacking the line, consistently drawing in a defender and releasing a good pass across the front of the defensive line, that's probably good enough. That's what Sexton does most of the time, he doesn't make line breaks himself all that often anymore.
Deleted User wrote: » This is probably more critical sounding than it is, I'd take him over peak 2015 Madigan in a heart beat - I just don't know if he is good enough to be Leinster's first choice 10.
Deleted User wrote: » The more I think about it the more I think we need to make a big name signing for next season at outhalf.
Deleted User wrote: » Outside of Sexton, Byrne is the best game managing and distributing 10 we have. Carbery looks like he's brought this aspect of his game on but he is rarely on the pitch to show it so who knows. Byrnes issues are purely genetic. He lacks speed and acceleration and it limits parts of his game. It's not just his attacking threat - it's his ability to cover ground in defence, get into position to make covering tackles and even just accelerating into contact to win the odd collision - he just doesn't have what I would see as the basic minimum athleticism for top flight rugby. He is playing with a mobile pack and honestly I think he'd struggle to stay with a fair few of them on a breakaway. This is probably more critical sounding than it is, I'd take him over peak 2015 Madigan in a heart beat - I just don't know if he is good enough to be Leinster's first choice 10. The more I think about it the more I think we need to make a big name signing for next season at outhalf.
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