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Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread XI (The Finals Countdown)

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    #1592
    Clegg
    Registered Users Posts: 16,669 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    Kearney, despite scoring a hat trick, has been crap.


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    #1593
    Exclamation Marc
    Registered Users Posts: 11,285 ✭✭✭✭Exclamation Marc


    So many simple errors that keep bringing Benetton back in. Only themselves to blame if they don't win this.


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    #1594
    Rockbeast2
    Registered Users Posts: 798 ✭✭✭Rockbeast2


    Lucky there. Terrible kick.

    * Kearney's missed a tackle or two alright.


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    #1595
    Clegg
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    Bloody hell

    More kicks out on the full.


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    #1596
    Exclamation Marc
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    Shockingly poor performance all things considered for Leinster.

    Defending for their lives to save a win despite having an extra man for 32 minutes.

    Benetton have just kept coming and coming and we keep making errors.


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    #1597
    Clegg
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    Very bitty performance. It's the first game of the season, with a third string side so that's to be expected. Thought our pack was impressive when we managed to actually keep possession. Made good metres and pushed Benneton back.


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    #1598
    Former Former
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,728 ✭✭✭Former Former


    Happy enough with that. Plenty to work on but there won't be too many teams coming away from Treviso with a BP win this season.

    Game time for a lot of younger guys, all very scrappy but sure look, job done


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    #1599
    durkadurka
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    Who was the commentator on eir sport? He seemed to be fairly clueless at times


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    #1600
    A-Train
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    Happy with the result. Good start.

    A lot of teams won’t come away from Treviso with points this season.


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    #1601
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 40,983 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    durkadurka wrote: »
    Who was the commentator on eir sport? He seemed to be fairly clueless at times

    Probably the same guy who was on rugby pass.


    Dunno if he'd ever watched a game of rugby before.


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    #1602
    Dog Botherer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭Dog Botherer


    durkadurka wrote: »
    eir sport clueless

    FYP


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    #1603
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 40,983 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Two birr men played for Leinster yesterday!

    'mon the faithful.


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    #1604
    arsebiscuits1
    Registered Users Posts: 3,515 ✭✭✭arsebiscuits1


    I think people aren't giving Benetton enough credit.

    Crowley has them playing an extremely effective brand of rugby which their entire squad has bought into. Yes they went down to 14. But they lost a winger and they're more than happy to play 10 man rugby for multiple phases. We saw that in the RDS last season.

    Leinster could have been better with the ball but as far as first season hit outs goes I thought it was pretty good.

    Special mention for Ben Whitehouse. I know rugby is an extremely hard game to ref but there were 2 stark non calls that were just black and white.

    JGP had an absolute shocking brain fart with the quick tap and go from 5 out. But how did Whitehouse miss literally the entire Benetton team being offside?! Not a single one of them retreated..

    Second one is Adam dives on a loose ball and is given no chance to play it by the Benetton player. Literally just dives on top of him. Frustrating non calls that both had big impacts.

    JGP had a mixed bag but I really forgot just how good his passing can be.

    His ability to whip a ball 25-30 metres without any massive wind up is incredibly impressive.


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    #1605
    Clegg
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    Tomane was quite effective with his carrying. Was easily his best performance for Leinster so far. I checked the official Pro 14 site and he's down for 7 defenders beaten. I'd like to see him develop a passing game during his time here too. But for a first hit out it was a good performance. A decent platform to build upon.


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    #1606
    Shefwedfan
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    Clegg wrote: »
    Tomane was quite effective with his carrying. Was easily his best performance for Leinster so far. I checked the official Pro 14 site and he's down for 7 defenders beaten. I'd like to see him develop a passing game during his time here too. But for a first hit out it was a good performance. A decent platform to build upon.


    I think he was decent last season, nothing spectacular but good overall. Now he is settled in and with the team over 12 months I expect a step up and he showed that at weekend.....


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    #1607
    Burkie1203
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    Hearing that Conan will miss Euro group stages completely. Balls


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    #1608
    Shefwedfan
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    Burkie1203 wrote: »
    Hearing that Conan will miss Euro group stages completely. Balls


    What did they do? pull his leg off?


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    #1609
    arsebiscuits1
    Registered Users Posts: 3,515 ✭✭✭arsebiscuits1


    https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/preview/cullen-names-squad-for-first-rds-game-of-the-season/?FixGuid=19LO0689

    15. Hugo Keenan (6)
    14. Fergus McFadden (178)
    13. Rory O’Loughlin (62)
    12. Joe Tomane (14)
    11. James Lowe (30)
    10. Ross Byrne (72)
    9. Jamison Gibson-Park (71)
    1. Peter Dooley (62)
    2. Rónan Kelleher (3)
    3. Michael Bent (125)
    4. Devin Toner (232)
    5. Scott Fardy (44) CAPTAIN
    6. Josh Murphy (22)
    7. Will Connors (6)
    8. Caelan Doris (17)

    16. James Tracy (93)
    17. Michael Milne (1)
    18. Vakh Abdaladze (8)
    19. Ross Molony (83)
    20. Max Deegan (47)
    21. Rowan Osborne (0)
    22. Harry Byrne (1)
    23. Conor O’Brien (17)

    First time we've had JGP, Lowe and Fardy in the same squad! Happy days.

    Think Pattersons time in limited in Leinster now. Saw Osborne in an A game a few weeks back and he has a lovely pass. Keen to see how he gets on.

    Ospreys were very soft against Ulster. No front foot ball the whole game. Reasonably beefy pack with Tomane, Lowe and Ferg to get us over the gainline should be enough. Weather meant to be appalling


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    #1610
    FellasFellas
    Registered Users Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭FellasFellas


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    What did they do? pull his leg off?

    He was lifting in the captains run and one of the locks came down full force on his foot. Full fracture of his foot so could be 8-10 weeks.


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    #1611
    KBurke85
    Registered Users Posts: 1,099 ✭✭✭KBurke85


    arsebiscuits1 wrote: »
    https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/preview/cullen-names-squad-for-first-rds-game-of-the-season/?FixGuid=19LO0689

    15. Hugo Keenan (6)
    14. Fergus McFadden (178)
    13. Rory O’Loughlin (62)
    12. Joe Tomane (14)
    11. James Lowe (30)
    10. Ross Byrne (72)
    9. Jamison Gibson-Park (71)
    1. Peter Dooley (62)
    2. Rónan Kelleher (3)
    3. Michael Bent (125)
    4. Devin Toner (232)
    5. Scott Fardy (44) CAPTAIN
    6. Josh Murphy (22)
    7. Will Connors (6)
    8. Caelan Doris (17)

    16. James Tracy (93)
    17. Michael Milne (1)
    18. Vakh Abdaladze (8)
    19. Ross Molony (83)
    20. Max Deegan (47)
    21. Rowan Osborne (0)
    22. Harry Byrne (1)
    23. Conor O’Brien (17)

    First time we've had JGP, Lowe and Fardy in the same squad! Happy days.

    Think Pattersons time in limited in Leinster now. Saw Osborne in an A game a few weeks back and he has a lovely pass. Keen to see how he gets on.

    Ospreys were very soft against Ulster. No front foot ball the whole game. Reasonably beefy pack with Tomane, Lowe and Ferg to get us over the gainline should be enough. Weather meant to be appalling

    Is Cian Kelleher injured? Looking like a bad idea for him to move back if hes not injured and not making the 23 during this world cup period.


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    #1612
    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    From Leinster:
    New Queuing System

    Dear xxx

    Please note ahead of our game against Ospreys in the RDS tomorrow night, there will be a new queuing system in place across all entrance gates.

    All of our entrance gates will now be split by Priority Season Ticket Holder and General Access lanes.

    We hope that the dedicated Priority lanes will offer improved speed of entry and access to the grounds for all our Season Ticket Holders.

    You can continue to enter the grounds by using any gate. We ask you to please keep an eye out for the Priority lane signs and to follow these for Season Ticket Card / mobile scanning and entry.


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    #1613
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,263 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    do STH not massively outnumber "normal" ticket holders?


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    #1614
    Niallof9
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,287 ✭✭✭Niallof9


    arsebiscuits1 wrote: »
    https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/preview/cullen-names-squad-for-first-rds-game-of-the-season/?FixGuid=19LO0689

    15. Hugo Keenan (6)
    14. Fergus McFadden (178)
    13. Rory O’Loughlin (62)
    12. Joe Tomane (14)
    11. James Lowe (30)
    10. Ross Byrne (72)
    9. Jamison Gibson-Park (71)
    1. Peter Dooley (62)
    2. Rónan Kelleher (3)
    3. Michael Bent (125)
    4. Devin Toner (232)
    5. Scott Fardy (44) CAPTAIN
    6. Josh Murphy (22)
    7. Will Connors (6)
    8. Caelan Doris (17)

    16. James Tracy (93)
    17. Michael Milne (1)
    18. Vakh Abdaladze (8)
    19. Ross Molony (83)
    20. Max Deegan (47)
    21. Rowan Osborne (0)
    22. Harry Byrne (1)
    23. Conor O’Brien (17)

    First time we've had JGP, Lowe and Fardy in the same squad! Happy days.

    Think Pattersons time in limited in Leinster now. Saw Osborne in an A game a few weeks back and he has a lovely pass. Keen to see how he gets on.

    Ospreys were very soft against Ulster. No front foot ball the whole game. Reasonably beefy pack with Tomane, Lowe and Ferg to get us over the gainline should be enough. Weather meant to be appalling

    Adam Byrne really needs to leave..in and out of squads constantly.


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    #1615
    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    do STH not massively outnumber "normal" ticket holders?

    I would have thought so. That said there were never any problems with ticket scanning / entry in the RDS.


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    #1616
    troyzer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,199 ✭✭✭troyzer


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    do STH not massively outnumber "normal" ticket holders?

    Yeah, you'd be better off using the normal queue you'd imagine.


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    #1617
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 40,983 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Steve wrote: »
    From Leinster:

    Seems unnecessary in the extreme


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    #1618
    Shefwedfan
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    Steve wrote: »
    I would have thought so. That said there were never any problems with ticket scanning / entry in the RDS.

    The first home game is always a disaster with people picking up season pack and trying to get entry

    Maybe it’s just for this game so regular fans can not get stuck in a huge queue fof STH trying to get in etc


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    #1619
    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    The first home game is always a disaster with people picking up season pack and trying to get entry

    Maybe it’s just for this game so regular fans can not get stuck in a huge queue fof STH trying to get in etc

    No mention of it 'just being for this game' however, your opinion has been noted. :)


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    #1620
    Exclamation Marc
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    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    The first home game is always a disaster with people picking up season pack and trying to get entry

    Maybe it’s just for this game so regular fans can not get stuck in a huge queue fof STH trying to get in etc

    Season ticket pack collection is not where tickets are checked at entry and never has been, so that would have zero effect on queuing in. There'll be more or less the same amount of STH attending this game as any other.

    It's not going to make much difference but is likely just something (a dedicated STH entrance) that they're trying to make a 'perk'.


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    #1621
    accensi0n
    Registered Users Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭accensi0n


    FellasFellas wrote: »
    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    What did they do? pull his leg off?

    He was lifting in the captains run and one of the locks came down full force on his foot. Full fracture of his foot so could be 8-10 weeks.

    Any inkleynation who it was?


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