Leinster vs. Connacht, leg the second (Aviva, Friday 14th April Stupid 5.30pm, BT Sport One)

Fortunately for Aungier, there was nothing on the line. But this ill-disclipined rubbish from Connacht has got to be cut out. Three cards between two legs...

Would like to see Frawley come on. Game is well over and would be good to have another playmaker in the centres to get the ball wide.

2 cards. But I agree discipline had been very bad this season in general

I was including Daly's red from the first leg.

Really starting to boil my piss having to squint at the tv with one team wearing turquoise and the other blue…. Whomever designed the Connaught jerseys wasn’t the brightest spark.

Really starting to boil my piss having to squint at the tv with one team wearing turquoise and the other blue…. Whomever designed the Leinster jerseys wasn’t the brightest spark.

I wouldn't have given MoTM to Lowe. He was very good, but the game was won up front by Leinsters forwards getting over that gain line constantly.

Probably would've given the award to Doris again. Thought he was excellent today.

Think Ross Bryne had a real nice spell today. Two exceptional efforts to create tries. Can't see how he doesn't get a spot for NZ if he keeps the form up.

Totally agree. Would have given it to Josh, but the principle is the same.

Lowe is just pure class

Connacht's inconsistency is maddening. They have a few decent players coming in and an excellent team of individual players in situ but something is wrong when they can't string a series of performances together. That said, Leinster are hitting the high gears after a so so season so far. If they keep this level of forward play up they'll be very hard to beat in Europe this year. The difference Kelleher and Porter bring is really something to watch.

I'd say RB has booked his ticket to NZ over the last few weeks. He is head and shoulders ahead of any other ten bar Johnny in the country. Say what you like about him playing deep but the guy creates chance for his backs and doesn't make mistakes. You can't say that about any other others as none of them have done it with any consistency, some because of a lack of game time and some because they just aren't at the level he is at.

If you're running at pace and you pass a ball, even if you pass it backwards, the forward momentum you have from running can still see the ball drift forwards from the spot it was thrown

Right.

But who else do we have that is?

No I'm not. It may well be that Sexton is our only international class 10. But just because Byrne is the least poor, doesn't make him good enough.

All I'm saying is Ross Byrne isn't an international fly half and at 27, isn't going to turn into one. Taking him to NZ is a waste of time. Because we'll just ending up saying what we already know and what we're saying about Carbery. He's not good enough. He looks good for Leinster behind a dominant pack in a highly cohesive system with world class players inside and outside him. Carty would look just as good in blue.

We'd be better off taking Healy or even trying out Frawley. Worst case scenario is they aren't good enough, in which case we're no worse off than we'd be with R.Byrne.