Connacht vs Leinster Sportsground Saturday December 2nd 7.35 live on Rte

sydthebeat · 03-12-2023 02:39AM

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Archer got away with some belly flops that sumo wrestlers would have been proud of.

Busby had an idea in his head of how Porter scrummed, and totally forgot he was up against an opponent who scrums as well.

Porter needs to learn that when he has his opponent beaten, he's needs to reassess, twist his hips, and push back against the curve. He's a powerful scrummager but had never given a tight head their wings, because once he turns in, he continues.

Lost Ormond · 03-12-2023 10:05AM

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It wasn't leinsters request. No team would ever be allowed do that

phog · 03-12-2023 10:35AM

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Porter was driving in at an angle and Busby didn't penalise him even though he spoke to him about it, which again, is the point I was making.

Hippo · 03-12-2023 11:17AM

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Injured I believe. LO is correct, no referee would be changed at a team's request, it's an absurd suggestion.

Another ropey performance from Leinster, that excellent final move for the winning try failed to cover up the lack of accuracy both in set piece and broken play. So much work to be done to get to the level required.

03-12-2023 03:51PM

Why do all the scrums wheel clockwise now a days? Never the other way. Suggests all teams are driving diagonally into the opposition tighthead and the same side as the referee (to look like a penalty. Loosehead (Porter) is going to look like he is driving diagonally if the opposition front row take a step to the left as they set. This is how LaRochelle got their penalty try against Leinster (that changed the match) in the final last year, and how NZ negated our scrum advantage.

pickarooney · 03-12-2023 04:00PM

Very possible. This is the kind of thing McBride or whoever needs to be on top of. No reason Leinster can't adapt to the way the game is reffed. It's exasperating watching the props look baffled time after time when decisions go against them when the opposition always seems to have figured it out.

RichieRich_89 · 03-12-2023 04:04PM

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The scrum has always been more likely to wheel that way. Imagine you have a bird's eye view. Both looseheads have less opposing them than the tightheads, so they're more likely to move forward.

Lost Ormond · 03-12-2023 04:55PM

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It's not so much these days but all time. And it isn't that teams are not scrummaging straight or diagonally into tight head.

StormForce13 · 03-12-2023 06:26PM

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It could be.

It could also be that Buzzer hasn't got much of a clue (as comment #190 - also by you - might suggest!).

04-12-2023 11:59AM

To me - for the second week in a row Leinster were poor, and ground out the win, but I did feel the talk of Connacht being unlucky was a bit overblown too.

The three tries they scored (similar to Munster's sole try the week before) came from line breaks in their own half of the field, where the aggression and disjointed nature of Leinster's defensive line caused a big hole, and it was then brilliantly executed.

But what teams haven't done to Leinster in recent weeks at all is be able to break them down and really apply pressure to their defence in extended sequences. Connacht had only 43% possession and 34% territory on Saturday night, and similar to when Munster got into Leinster's half the previous week, at those points Leinster's defence looked particularly stifling.

I'd be confident that they'll tighten up the shooters and gaps in the defence to prevent giving us those big line breaks, but hopefully without losing the aggression in line speed they've shown so far.

Bigger concern for Leinster so far is the lack of cohesion in attack and the problems with the set piece.

Shelflife · 05-12-2023 06:39PM

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Brace was injured.

Simple as that.

Connacht vs Leinster Sportsground Saturday December 2nd 7.35 live on Rte

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