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Leinster Team Talk Thread (Love you Furlong time)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,972 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    Been a very good second half really.

    Still think our structured attack could be better, but we've really improved our ability to attack off transition and to punish opposition mistake.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,173 ✭✭✭bingobango12


    Henshaw having a fantastic game.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,019 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    Pure filth from Larmour.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,829 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Doris with the critical offload to make the break.

    Larmour with the dancing feet to finish it



  • Posts: 1,300 ✭✭✭ Alexander Unsightly Tightrope




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,019 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    Ross Byrne has been grand. Not amazing, not awful. Place kicking has been very impressive.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 106 ✭✭lonester99


    Milne and Clarkson just cant scrummage, that or Mcbryde is a shite coach, no sign of Milne or Clarkson even improving in that area



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,829 ✭✭✭ongarite


    TOB is the one of few Leinster players with some genuine pace.



  • Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 32,766 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    The chasm between JGP and McGrath is worrying.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,972 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    Ngatai and TOB been excellent since coming on.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,019 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    Ngatai wandering between the sublime and the ridiculous at times.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,019 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    Ngatai has had two absolutely wild passes since he came on which would have been punished by better teams.

    But a couple of excellent contributions too.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,659 ✭✭✭realhorrorshow


    Think he'll start picking up some caps as soon as he can put a run of games together.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,829 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Beautiful worked move



  • Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 32,766 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    Leo Cullen and Jacques Nienabar know more than me….

    but I'll never understand why they aren't just pushing either Foley or Murphy out there to make a claim for the 22 jersey for the final.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,173 ✭✭✭bingobango12


    Has it been announced where Ngatai is playing next season? He’s a very solid player.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,019 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    Jordan Larmour is in the form of his life at the moment.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,829 ✭✭✭ongarite


    That's a cracking try. JOB with beautiful kick through.

    JOB and TOB coming back from injury at the perfect time of the season IMO.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,019 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    Back up to the highest points tally which could be important in the grander scheme of things.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,957 ✭✭✭✭AbusesToilets


    Definitely think he'd have been capped this season if he'd not picked up an injury, probably over Nash.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,733 ✭✭✭A-Train


    A night and day performance between the 1st and the 2nd half. Some great scores, Jimmy O’Brien had a great game, TOB and Charlie had great games from the bench.



  • Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 32,766 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    Downsides:

    McGrath is done and I'm worried about next year

    Frawley is not a fullback

    Upsides:

    Mostly everything else



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,972 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    The Premier Sports commentator mentioned that Connors absence was precautionary.

    He had a tight calf during the captain's run and Leinster decided not to risk it. Hopefully he gets a run out next week.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,756 ✭✭✭All_in_Flynn


    Some of McGraths passing even off clean ball was really poor.

    Byrnes passing also looks dodgy at the moment. No zip to it. I wonder did the bicep injury cause and lasting issues there. He's not playing at the level that got him back into the Ireland fold in my opinion.

    Furlong looks like he's found that extra few percent again. His passing is back to the level it was a couple years ago.

    Very excited by TOB. Just needs to stay fit.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 366 ✭✭antietam1


    Clarkson slowly improving, Milne is poor even allowing for him being only 24.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 909 ✭✭✭johnh6767


    Agree , he has had limited game time but in SA he has the look and composure of a world class scrum half in the making, solid, low centre of gravity, and maturity with an intellect which will give us much excitement in the years ahead.



  • Posts: 12,836 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    At the same time the LAR game is probably his best ever performance



  • Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 32,766 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    Some of McGraths passing even off clean ball was really poor.

    I was really hoping Foley would get a shot in these games but it seems like McGrath is still clearly the backup. I get it - experience etc - but he is so terrible at this point…



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,819 ✭✭✭Dubinusa


    RB didn't do much except shovel the ball on. He didn't threaten the line and was so easy to read.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,173 ✭✭✭bingobango12


    It’s not really the time of the season to throw in Foley is the thing, he was also very poor himself in SA (most were in fairness to him). I thought McGrath was better yesterday than the past few months but obviously still not great. 20 minutes to go vs Toulouse and JGP goes down, I’d still want McGrath to come on ahead of Foley to manage that.
    Would imagine things will be different from next season and he might see McGrath fairly sparsely like we have for Ruddock this season.

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