Leinster v Munster match thread

Not a word of a lie, the guy in front of me was reading poetry about 20 mins in and the ball was in play.

Not checking his phone, reading poetry.

I have two must haves on Leinster game day in the stadium. My champagne flute and my Yeats copy. I can't help it if I have standards.

Ryan went into clear out a ruck about 10 minutes before that, in the Leinster 22 with his head, no arms involved at all and diving in that wasn't even looked at, maybe you should tell Ryan about his concussion issues.

I'd say there might have been 10-20K event junkies that were there because there was a big event on and they might as well and they couldn't say they cared about the Rugby never mind the try bonus point.

That said Leinster playing Munster in the Aviva is a major financial success. Between an extra 25,000 fans compared to the RDS and being able to sell corporate box tickets I wouldn't be surprised if Leinster earned an extra million or more into their pockets (as opposed to the rent and the costs to open the stadium) compared to if the game was in the RDS. Not to mention rent to the IRFU.

Moving games to the Aviva is a big part of the success of Leinster as it provides significant additional financial muscle.

Yes it has an effect on the atmosphere but thats how you keep a rugby team going. It pays salaries and allows for signings.

And Kleyn jumped into him every bit as much. There was literally no other possible outcome to what happened there. Osborne didn’t have time to adjust his run or slow/stop. Kleyn was never going to end up doing anything other than landing full force into Osborne. And the crazy, crazy lengths that some people here will go to in order to twist that is bizarre but is also part of what has turned this forum from a worthwhile place to come and chat to a bit of a dumpster fire.

Agree, if he’d blocked the ball there would have been a question about Osborne taking him out in the air. Duty of care definitely relevant when you run straight into a player in the air.

It's bad faith because you're arguing something different to what was being discussed.

Everything was centred around the discussion of Kleyn elbowing Osborne in the head; people trying to justify his actions; and making points trying to put the blame on the injured party. You then waded in, making accusations of hypocrisy and engaging in your own bad faith argument.

Can understand Cullen being displeased. Baird was taken out in the air by the Sharks and suffered a concussion. They also received a red card for a high hit on a Leinster player. Now we've had another player taken out by a high shot.