Leinster Team Talk Thread (Love you Furlong time)

Leinster have been poor against a Sale second strong.

Need a big second half. The opposition is still down a man for the opening five minutes.

I believe there is a very strong wind, which was against Leinster in the first half. It might explain some of the kicks.

Scene was set right from the kick off which wasnt claimed. Slowly clawing our way back in. Handling and accuracy pitiful I'm the first half.

Referee forgot that he gave Sale their final warning for infringements in their 22.

JGP bombed a certain try there.

Charlie Ngatai is a great impact sub

Prendergast just put in our best kick all night.

You can see what Leinster are trying to do in defensively. They're up very hard and fast to flood the midfield with potential tacklers. At times it has worked excellently and stalled any momentum Sale had built up. But their timing has been off in a few occasions and Sale have been able to play around or over the line. A few more months under Nienaber's tutelage and that will be sorted.

Judging by how he pulled up, I'm not sure he will be playing for a while.

I agree. I think he did ok. He had lots of scrappy ball but managed it well. Ball from the 9 was ok but some of the open play stuff that he was served up was the definition of hospital pass.

Unforgivable giving up 14 points at the end. No intel on the flyer who came on for Sale?! Gutted for Ngatai. Hope it's just a twist but did not look good. Him and big Joe were immense when the came on.

The co captains things is mess I think.

Leinster dominated the second half. Completely blew Sale away in contact on both sides of the ball.

It's frustrating that we allowed them two soft trys right at the end, but overall I thought it was a decent performance. The side will improve with more time spent under Nienaber. At the minute they're not quite there when it comes to the rush defence.

Attacking patterns need some work as well. But I think some of that might be down to Ross Byrnes absence. He's a significantly better 10 than Frawley.

Can't wait to watch this one. After reading the posts in the 2st half, I thought we was fecked.