Leinster vs Northampton Saints; 14/12/14, 6pm - live on Sky Sports 2

wp_rathead · 14-12-2013 08:52PM

Score?

thomond2006 · 14-12-2013 08:52PM

Was listening in the car, mad last few minutes.

ThisRegard · 14-12-2013 08:52PM

dregin wrote: »

Eh, lads... look at the table. We're still top.

Yeah, don't get the blown the group comments, but still.

Mahatma Geansai · 14-12-2013 08:52PM

Tough to watch Hartley being interviewed after his captaincy almost cost his side the win.

sydthebeat · 14-12-2013 08:52PM

Gutted here, but simple individual mistakes cost us.

Not once was a chip kick attempted against a very flat defensive line.

spiralism · 14-12-2013 08:53PM

dregin wrote: »

Eh, lads... look at the table. We're still top.

Castres away? Good luck with that, we're ****ed.

Times like these are why i hate sport so much sometimes. Rugby has delivered some kicks in the balls lately too.

blackdog2 · 14-12-2013 08:53PM

desaparecidos wrote: »

Typical Heaslip

Typical inspiring a fightback when most of the team were in the doldroms?

chupacabra · 14-12-2013 08:53PM

Hard luck lads. My eyes were glued to my monitor in the dying seconds.

blackdog2 · 14-12-2013 08:53PM

sydthebeat wrote: »

Gutted here, but simple individual mistakes cost us.

Not once was a chip kick attempted against a very flat defensive line.

Chip or a little grubber would have gone down a treat alright

Quint2010 · 14-12-2013 08:53PM

dregin wrote: »

Eh, lads... look at the table. We're still top.

Luckily we got a BP last week. We would not have deserved to steal it but poor performance.

thomond2006 · 14-12-2013 08:53PM

So is Austin Healey going to say the standard of HEC is great now?

P_1 · 14-12-2013 08:54PM

wprathead wrote: »

Score?

9-18

desaparecidos · 14-12-2013 08:54PM

Irlandczyk wrote: »

Ah **** off with that ****e. I'm sorry, but its not 'typical Heaslip'...

He's a waste of space.

CatFromHue · 14-12-2013 08:54PM

Northampton were good for their win.

Disappointing loss all the same as we never really looked like scoring a try.

That move were Kirchner was put into touch after we moved the ball from a scrum on the very far side of the pitch summed up our back play. It was poor and Northampton didn't have to do much to defend against it.

North won the battle of the 13's and only once was he caught in defence when Fitzgerald cut inside him in broken play. Attack wise he looked good and created for Northampton too.

Funkstard · 14-12-2013 08:54PM

ThisRegard wrote: »

Yeah, don't get the blown the group comments, but still.

What does it mean for the outcome of the group? Leinster are still 4 points clear

ThisRegard · 14-12-2013 08:54PM

The nonsensical posts begin, time to bail.

14-12-2013 08:54PM

That was awful to watch. It was almost as sickening as possible given the finish. Throw in a team I hate anyway and the gloating commentary throughout and am in a total fowler now. Raging even if NH deserved to win

jimjamcos · 14-12-2013 08:55PM

Northampton deserving winners. Ridiculous how much O'Brien is missed. He sets the tempo and physicality, every single time.

Dozen Wicked Words · 14-12-2013 08:55PM

Not a Union fan in the slightest, and don't even like the Saints, but glad my hometown team salvaged a lot of pride after the last game. Thought they would keep it tight but delighted with the win. Completely deserved in my biased, uneducated in the finer points of unions eyes

Mahatma Geansai · 14-12-2013 08:55PM

Funkstard wrote: »

What does it mean for the outcome of the group? Leinster are still 4 points clear

All it means is that it will be tougher for Leinster to get the home quarter. They will still win the group.

ThisRegard · 14-12-2013 08:55PM

Funkstard wrote: »

What does it mean for the outcome of the group? Leinster are still 4 points clear

Still 4 ahead I think, Castres got nothing in their last game.

val_jester · 14-12-2013 08:55PM

Mahatma Geansai wrote: »

Tough to watch Hartley being interviewed after his captaincy almost cost his side the win.

In fairness to him, if they had scored from them everyone would be saying the opposite, and when your kicker is kicking like a drain it is much harder to say we'll take the three points when its less than 50-50 chance of getting them.

Fireball07 · 14-12-2013 08:56PM

Heaslip was the standout player in Leinster's pack, they wouldn't have been in the position to sneak it at the end without him.

It was a bad mistake but BOD made a couple of costly poor decisions tonight, and no one is saying he's shít.

Leinster's entire performance wasn't good enough tonight, bar maybe Luke Fitz. Couldn't hold possession, were beaten by NH's physicality, scrum and at the breakdown. Not down to Heaslip.

CatFromHue · 14-12-2013 08:56PM

I don't see why people are having a go at Hartley for turning down kicks at goal. Myler isn't a great goal kicker and most of the penalties were out near the touchline. Northampton were having a good return from the lineout and were beating Leinster up front so his decisions made sense to me.

yosser hughes · 14-12-2013 08:57PM

Our scrum was poor today and they won at the breakdown. Despite all that. Leinster could still have won, even playing very poorly.
Leinster gave away far too many penalties.You have to play the ref.
The crowd booing their kicks was bad form as well.
Hartley was everywhere as was Heaslip for us..
Disappointing but hopefully another lesson learnt.

pickarooney · 14-12-2013 08:57PM

Would Northampton be better off moving away from Franklin Gardens? They seem to be much more comfortable playing just about anywhere else.

14-12-2013 08:58PM

Absolutely no answer tonight to their maul.

Irlandczyk · 14-12-2013 08:58PM

desaparecidos wrote: »

He's a waste of space.

So all of the great play over the last few weeks is forgotten very quickly when Leinster lose. Well done. /logic

spiralism · 14-12-2013 08:58PM

Funkstard wrote: »

What does it mean for the outcome of the group? Leinster are still 4 points clear

It means that losing in Castres next will would rightly **** us over, and it would be a brave man that bets on any outcome other than a loss out there.

Kayless · 14-12-2013 08:58PM

Almost turned the match off after the first 20, Sky need to sort out the bias English commentary is any wonder people are happy the English teams are out of the H-cup next year.

Leinster vs Northampton Saints; 14/12/14, 6pm - live on Sky Sports 2

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