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saw the nure lansdowne game albeit on the stream not at it in lakelands….. one of the players got a huge hit on casper in the 1st half felt for the rest of the game he couldnt shake it off bar a brilliant break down the wing in the early stages of the 2nd half. hes a quality player but felt that he wasnt up to usual standards yesterday and one stage slotted into 15 and moved egan to 10. on form lansdowne probably full credit for the win better team on the day nures phase play just never struck i felt. belvo with a good win yesterday. 1b interesting enough wesley just about holding on by a point with 2 more games to go can the students catch them?

UCD with a fine win vs Hinch. Mary’s unlucky vs Belvo. Not our best performance.
Clontarf have a home semi locked in with 2 games to spare. 1 point from the next 2 games should see Mary’s lock in theirs.
Lansdowne get a win in Lakeland’s and move to 3rd. Fassbender getting top 4 and still getting the marching orders is very Lansdowne.

Was at Belvo Mary’s myself and thought Belvo were full value for the win. Seemed to have a lot of the possession but found it tough to break down Mary’s.

Thought Mary’s looked the better team when they got going and their defence was very strong, but didn’t seem to get their attack flowing until the last 10 minutes.

From a Belvo perspective both centres were good and Ericson was excellent. Meredith good also, particularly when he moved to 15.

Good form at home all season only losing to Tarf and Lansdowne but only beating UCD and Nenagh away. 1 more away win with a couple of bonus points and they would be in the picture for a playoff spot.

Really positive season all in all.

Assuming they avoid each other in the Semis I think it will be a Mary’s Clontarf final.

Very Lansdowne ? How so ?

I think with Nure and Cork Con playing each other this weekend it means Belvo won’t be able to get top 4? Unless I’m reading the table wrong as winner of that will get above 50 points.

Agree on the set piece. I thought the lineouts were too complicated at the start with the amount of movement going on but they kept hitting the right man so worked out well.

Mary’s face Cookies at home tomorrow’s Mary’s home semi is 2 points away, Young Munster don’t have much to play for you’d think? The game of the week is Terenure vs Con. You’d have to think that this game is a top 4 decider. Lansdowne play Clontarf. Clontarf have their home semi final nailed on and Lansdowne are desperate to win to confirm top 4. Prediction. Mary’s / Terenure / Lansdowne

Wesley play Naas this weekend in 1B, Naas really struggling this year. Wesley should win that and maybe win the league if results go their way?

Some interesting fixtures ahead of the final regular round.

In 1A Marys are safe for a home semi despite 2 losses on the bounce. Unless they're badly beaten by Tarf and Lansdowne put a serious score on Con then Lansdowne could sneak a home semi on points difference. Very unlikely.

Con need a tbp from their game with Lansdowne and Terenure to get nothing from their game against UCD to get a semi final spot. Unlikely also. UCD a very porous side so at the very least Terenure would be looking at a 4 try bonus point.

All odds looking like 4 Dublin clubs in the semis.

1B is shaping up for a Box office finish for the automatic promotion spot.

Wesley are away to Armagh while Trinity are away to Rock. Both would be tipped to win.

Wesley are on top by a point and a very marginal points difference. Could come down to try bonus points.

Given UCD are in the relegation playoff I don't see them going down. Leinster will ensure they're sufficiently resourced.

It could well be a colours playoff between Trinity and UCD. What a fixture that would be!

Inst and Garryowen will want their say as well as they round off the playoff spots

Marys PD is +200 to Lansdownes +123

So Marys would need to lose by 35+ and Lansdowne would need to win by 35+ or varying combinations of those scores for a home semi.

Big weekend for Mary’s away to Clontarf. Can finish the regular season in first, wonder how much the mental games come through in these sort of game!

Wesley only need to win to claim 1B

They have won 2 out of their last 5. Away to Armagh who have nothing to play for. Wesley apparently doing a documentary on their year.

Barnhall will be presented their trophy at home this weekend. A win for Sean Skehan’s Wanderers this weekend will confirm them in the top 4.

Exciting weekend.

A win doesn't guarantee Wesley top spot as I understand it (however it's extremely likely)

Trinity are only 1 point behind and -10 pd behind them

A win for Trinity with a TBP and good points differential and a win for Wesley without a TBP would see Trinity sneak the top spot

Jack Deegan has looked great for Blackrock the last couple of weekends, scoring tries in both performances. He was unfortunate to miss the U20 6 Nations, and Rob Carney was superb IMO in that tournament, but have to figure Deegan will come right back into the mix for the U20 RWC.

Same in the 12 shirt if Sean Walsh is healthy, even though James O'Leary was superb in the U20 6 Nations.

What is the feeling down in Nenagh after their first season in 1A? Great achievement getting up to 1A in the first place.

Would have been nice to see them win a game or two.

Is it feasible to get up to 1A again but try and stay there or would it require a lot more investment?