Leinster Team Talk Thread (Love you Furlong time)

Just home now and had a quick look, the tv doesn’t catch what happened.

Looking forward to the media over the next week. Summation:

Media: can Leinster beat LAR? If not it will destroy them

Beat them in the group stage away from home

Media: can Leinster beat LAR. But in a game that matters (ask LAR if that loss at home cost them this year)? If not it will destroy them

Beat the reigning champions by 27 points.

Media: can Leinster win a European Cup? If not it will destroy them.

Northampton up next. They’ll be a big challenge. They have an excellent team and have scored some superb tries this year. Beating Munster away from home with 14 men and backing it up at home is nothing to be sniffed at.

I guess the lads head off to S.A tomorrow? We might have a very healthy looking squad traveling. J.O.B and Ringrose will surely travel. Ruddock and Deegan and Penny will be back. Sam P and HB will surely be on the plane. We might return with some points!!!

Does anyone feel there's much of a drop from VDF/Conners to Penny?

Challenge as I see it is you either need to leave a significant number of players behind or send nearly full strength to SA.

If you try to get a middle ground then you're splitting your starters for nearly three weeks leading up to semi. Not only is that a issue for cohesion but you end up with guys training for three weeks at home against a bunch of sub-academy players.

They're either going all or nothing here.

Feel they'll do the same as last year and leave a huge number home. One option they could try is to do the best of both worlds and treat it like a warm weather camp, having the starters over there training but only giving a few of them in need actual game time. Not sure if that is feasible though with space and cost.

You'd imagine Harry and Sam will get a start each in south africa.

Sam P and HB will surely be on the plane. We might return with some points!!!

I would be amazed if Harry Byrne goes anywhere near South Africa as they will need at least two fly halves for training in Dublin, and Frawley will surely train at full back instead with all the injuries to Keenan.

I imagine Prendergast and Tector will travel to SA, with Prendergast starting both games and Tector getting some minutes.

Joe Macs ability to go the full 80 mins today was a huge plus for the team going forward

Now I think Osbourne, Henshaw, Larmour and Frawley are undroppable regardless of who’s back from injury for Northampton game. Obviously Keenan goes to fullback but Frawley keeps the 22 jersey for me. I don’t think there’s a way back into the squad for Jimmy O’Brien/ Ringrose/Ngatai.

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So some people are more boisterous than others. It’s live sport. If you prefer silence and boredom stay at home with the tv muted.

I honestly doubt it will sell out, 82k tickets is alot. If its priced sensiblely it might

watching back the highlights, there’s an incredible moment right before Gibson Park’s try at 37 minutes where Frawley is carrying the ball and he runs into aldritt and boshes him straight to the ground. Aldritt fell on his ass and looked absolutely shook afterwards and stumbled as he was getting up. Thought it was one special moment among many that illustrated how powerful leinster were today.

You’ll need some sudocream after that mauling.

I’ve been a It worried that our 6N performance after France and Italy was so so and tha some of our big performers were flat. Today put those concerns to rest with a lot of them. This was Leinster’s. best performance in years. I look forward to seeing some of this steel in green.

i think it will have a much bigger crowd. Croker novelty factor, it's a SF etc