Leinster Team Talk Thread (Love you Furlong time)

I'd say Porter and McCarthy are being wrapped in cotton wool because they've niggles, everyone else who's feeling good is playing.

Have read on Leinsterfans the expectation is that Porter will make the Toulon game, much less sure about Joe McCarthy though. He would be an enormous loss, especially given how potent Toulon's maul has been at times this season.

I like our selection though for the most part other than that.

The two centres need to deliver if they want to feature next week. Rieko has looked a lot more comfortable and effective on the wing in recent weeks and would have had him pencilled in for that shirt v Toulon, but Jimmy O'Brien was excellent v Ulster last week and another good showing here could see him nab the shirt. Jamie Osborne's last two outings at 12 in Europe were both poor performances. On the flip side, Garry & Robbie were excellent last week, and that's the pairing I'd go for unless Osborne puts in a very big performance here.

We have some nice impact to come off the bench here though. After the performance Benetton turned in last week, we have to come away with 5 points here.

Happy with that team. He has messed it up for years but looks like Cullen has managed these games well before the semi final. Pretty much anyone in contention for next week will have gotten a run out, bar the injured (Porter may be wrapped in cotton wool and only play in knockout games from here in my opinion).

Outside of world class there is no other metric for a 'top player' that whether he is best or second best where he plays, which in the case of Crowley is Ireland. He also led Ireland to a 6N and second place in a 6N in the two opportunities he had as first choice ten. Maybe Russel or Jalibert/Ntmack ahead of him by 6N standards but most coaches would have him over any of the English or Welsh or Italian options. Sure, Ireland's quality at ten isn't what it might be, but bar Sexton, Crowley would give any of our pro era tens a run for their money, incl ROG.

Toulon resting Ribbans and Ollivon for tomorrow

Because sometimes, something will come up and fans of other provinces will want to comment on it. And in this case, it directly involved Munster.

An obviously bigger story, but should all the Leinster fans commenting in the Munster thread about the Roger Randle appointment not have been able to do so?

Same principle.

Agree

Very poor, we kept kicking the ball back to them. Zero leadership on the field from experienced players.

Not a single brain cell across the entire coaching team or players, cant wait to see the back of this shower of frauds we have for a coaching ticket.

If Prendergasgt cant recognise when to kick it off because were losing momentum then he should spend next season playing AIL rugby

First half like most games this season, loads of opportunities but sloppy as ****. Second half pretty terrible all round.

Ah lads, this was a poor performance but I see no reason to dismiss our chances of winning next week.

Leinster have shown the ability to raise their game depending on the fixture and will probably beat Toulon. They'll snap back into a competitive mindset next week. The return of James Ryan will see to that. I think we underestimate how important he is for setting the tone of performance.

Reiko two good outings at wing = centre.

Osborne two shocking outings at centre = centre

Penny POTM last week = 77th min entry

Henshaw 8/10 last week = have a week off.