Leinster Team Talk Thread (Love you Furlong time)

I know previously i have gotten "full" refund from TM (less fees) for Euro knockout games when this happened but it was more than 2 weeks or something until the event. So I returned the tickets i didnt want and just got the new ones

Enabling that functionality this week would soften the blow a lot. As someone who prefers the upper deck, I would totally get a refund for my lower deck ticket and take the loss on some fees to get the Upper Deck ticket (and it would still be cheaper)

I thought they might have used Frawley in a 6:2 split on the bench given the opposition and the weather forecast.

Sam is a big call too. He'll definitely be targeted by their openside and Andy Farrell will be watching closely.

Still, it's a strong team so fingers crossed we get the result.

Bulls team named too:

VODACOM BULLS

1. Gerhard Steenekamp
2. Johan Grobbelaar
3. Francois Klopper
4. Ruan Vermaak
5. Ruan Nortje
6. Marcell Coetzee (Capt)
7. Elrigh Louw
8. Cameron Hanekom

9. Embrose Papier
10. Handre Pollard
11. Stravino Jacobs
12. Harold Vorster
13. Canan Moodie
14. Kurt-Lee Arendse
15. Willie le Roux

16. Marco van Staden
17. Jan-Hendrik Wessels
18. Wilco Louw
19. Cobus Wiese
20. Jeandre Rudolph
21. Zak Burger
22. Stedman Gans
23. Nizaam Carr

A lot stronger than the team from 12 months ago.

Who are you starting JOB ahead of?

Don't think we realised it at the time at but Bordeaux was Ciaran Frawley's last game for us.

This will be Luke, Rieko & Lowe's last game.

The Stormers semi was Rabah's last game (his turnover penalty was a huge moment there).

John McKee's last game for us was a good start in Round 17 v the Lions. Same game was Will Connors' last game too.

Form?

Tommy has scored 10 tries this season for Leinster in c. 200 less minutes than Jimmy (plus another 4 tries for Ireland) to Jimmy's 7. He has scored 6 tries in his last 6 games for Leinster (and 3 tries in his last two appearances for Ireland immediately before that).

Jimmy's form has been good in recent weeks too - 5 tries in his last 6 games for Leinster, but don't really see the argument his form is better. He's played a softer fixture list too than Tommy arguably.

Porter missing the summer series with his injury.

To be honest I'm nearly glad for him. The summer off will do him good.

Agreed. It will also hopefully mean he is in position to tour SA in rounds 1 & 2 of the URC next season (hopefully alongside Paddy McCarthy), as the likelihood is we've got Smyth & Sparrow on the tight head side of the scrum for those games.

He had surgery again a few weeks back; he isn't playing this week for Leinster and isn't going on the summer tour so he's basically out till next season.

Is anyone going to the "flanzone" on Friday?

Decades, not really true, Leinster really only got their act together in 2008/2009.

Whats the logic in not having Frawley on the bench??

Same as the last few games; he’s our third best ten and his versatility isn’t needed with all the other players we have who can play multiple positions

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