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

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    #5432
    stephen_n
    Registered Users Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    I went for the third option, money was always gone as far as I was concerned. Prefer to see it going to supporting the branch through this.


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    #5433
    [Deleted User]
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    Leinster's best NIQ XXIII?


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    #5434
    Exclamation Marc
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    Saracens refund came through today.

    Nice to get it back so handily given the grief on any other refunds these days.


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    #5435
    Jersey Puller
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Jersey Puller


    Owen Finnegan’s brief stint worth a mention.


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    #5436
    Clegg
    Registered Users Posts: 16,779 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    Leinster have posted their top 5 cross field kick trys. Basically the Ross Byrne show. I love it.

    https://youtu.be/abVo_J6cwsE


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    #5437
    molloyjh
    Registered Users Posts: 24,745 ✭✭✭✭molloyjh


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Leinster's best NIQ XXIII?

    That's pretty tough, especially the back row....

    VDM Strauss Bent
    Fardy Hines
    Jowitt Auva'a Elsom

    Whitaker Gopperth
    Contenpomi Te'o
    Lowe Nacewa Tomane

    Dundon, OLR, Wright, Triggs, ???, JGP, Berne, Kirchner

    Cant think of a 4th back row tbh. Fardy could move to 6 with Truggs coming into the starting XV and Jowitt dropping to the bench. There are a bunch of 2nd rows that I can think of, none of whom though really stood out over the other. Douglas or Sykes would be the best of them.


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    #5438
    sydthebeat
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    Brad thorns reign as leinster King was quickly forgotten


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    #5439
    salmocab
    Registered Users Posts: 11,296 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    sydthebeat wrote: »
    Brad thorns reign as leinster King was quickly forgotten

    A few weeks ago there was argument that he wasn’t around long enough to be a legend now he’s being blanked. We’re so fickle


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    #5440
    Former Former
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    salmocab wrote: »
    A few weeks ago there was argument that he wasn’t around long enough to be a legend now he’s being blanked. We’re so fickle

    Not as fickle as molloyjh including capped Irish internationals in his NIQ XXIII...


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    #5441
    Bridge93
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    Was young enough so maybe I’m remembering wrong but I’d pick David Holwell over Gopperth if contepomi is playing 12. Spooner was alright too


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    #5442
    Hippo
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    Bridge93 wrote: »
    Was young enough so maybe I’m remembering wrong but I’d pick David Holwell over Gopperth if contepomi is playing 12. Spooner was alright too

    Correct re Holwell. Terrific player, very underrated.


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    #5443
    Former Former
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    VDM
    OLR
    Wright
    Hines
    Thorn
    Fardy
    Elsom
    Finegan
    Whitaker
    Gopperth
    Nacewa
    Contepomi
    Te'o
    Tomane
    Kirchner

    Vermaas
    Van der Linde
    Green
    Douglas
    Jowitt
    Holwell
    Goodman
    Tuqiri

    Best I can do if excluding guys who qualified on residency.


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    #5444
    Faugheen
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    I 100% agree on David Holwell. He was an excellent player.


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    #5445
    Buer
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    Hippo wrote: »
    Correct re Holwell. Terrific player, very underrated.

    Not sure if he's underrated at all by Leinster fans, to be honest. We all thought the sun shone out of his arse.


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    #5446
    Burkie1203
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    No Hekenui lads?

    Or Finegan?


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    #5447
    irishbucsfan
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    Buer wrote: »
    Not sure if he's underrated at all by Leinster fans, to be honest. We all thought the sun shone out of his arse.

    He also rose again on the third year to deliver us from the perils of injury


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    #5448
    molloyjh
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    Former Former wrote: »
    Not as fickle as molloyjh including capped Irish internationals in his NIQ XXIII...

    Oops.


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    #5449
    Granny15
    Registered Users Posts: 1,129 ✭✭✭Granny15


    Clegg wrote: »
    Leinster have posted their top 5 cross field kick trys. Basically the Ross Byrne show. I love it.

    https://youtu.be/abVo_J6cwsE

    I don’t. Basically it was a tactic the England rugby union team started using in early 2000’s with Johnny Wilkinson. It was then a rugby league tactic imported into Union and made widespread after Ben Cohen And Dan Luger scored a few tries off it. I seem to remember it first being used on the Lions around that time also. Always hated the tactic for that reason.

    The kids that employ it nowadays are akin to showing off to their fathers how good they are without really having any conscience Or rugby knowledge about how it came about and what it represents.


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    #5450
    Burkie1203
    Registered Users Posts: 11,190 ✭✭✭✭Burkie1203


    Granny15 wrote: »
    I don’t. Basically it was a tactic the England rugby union team started using in early 2000’s with Johnny Wilkinson. It was then a rugby league tactic imported into Union and made widespread after Ben Cohen And Dan Luger scored a few tries off it. I seem to remember it first being used on the Lions around that time also. Always hated the tactic for that reason.

    The kids that employ it nowadays are akin to showing off to their fathers how good they are without really having any conscience Or rugby knowledge about how it came about and what it represents.

    The cross field kick is an additional attacking ploy which for example a 10 can use to exploit space out wide or in order to get by a defence, defences dominate the game nowadays


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    #5451
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    Granny15 wrote: »
    I don’t. Basically it was a tactic the England rugby union team started using in early 2000’s with Johnny Wilkinson. It was then a rugby league tactic imported into Union and made widespread after Ben Cohen And Dan Luger scored a few tries off it. I seem to remember it first being used on the Lions around that time also. Always hated the tactic for that reason.

    The kids that employ it nowadays are akin to showing off to their fathers how good they are without really having any conscience Or rugby knowledge about how it came about and what it represents.


    What are you talking about?


    So because it was used by league it shouldnt be used in Union???? or because it was used by English?


    When executed correctly it is very effective tactic. Ross Byrne one of the best in World at it as well


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    #5452
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    The curse of the cross field kick was actually invented in Clongowes, when they accidentally watched some gaelic football one day and were infected by it. They then decided to test it out in rugby league and sent over some shadowy figures to teach them how to do it, through jesuit links in Manchester. Years later it was introduced into rugby union by the back door, by bringing it in through the English premiership where they have no morals anyway. It's one of the more shameful parts of rugby's history. Most people don't even know this, because they have absolutely no appreciation for the history of the game


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    #5453
    Granny15
    Registered Users Posts: 1,129 ✭✭✭Granny15


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    The curse of the cross field kick was actually invented in Clongowes, when they accidentally watched some gaelic football one day and were infected by it. They then decided to test it out in rugby league and sent over some shadowy figures to teach them how to do it, through jesuit links in Manchester. Years later it was introduced into rugby union by the back door, by bringing it in through the English premiership where they have no morals anyway. It's one of the more shameful parts of rugby's history. Most people don't even know this, because they have absolutely no appreciation for the history of the game

    Tell that to Gerry Adams and he’d probably agree. The Redmondites Haven’t gone away you know.


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    #5454
    molloyjh
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    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    The curse of the cross field kick was actually invented in Clongowes, when they accidentally watched some gaelic football one day and were infected by it. They then decided to test it out in rugby league and sent over some shadowy figures to teach them how to do it, through jesuit links in Manchester. Years later it was introduced into rugby union by the back door, by bringing it in through the English premiership where they have no morals anyway. It's one of the more shameful parts of rugby's history. Most people don't even know this, because they have absolutely no appreciation for the history of the game

    I WaNt mY GaMe bAcK!


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    #5455
    Bazzo
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    Jeeeesus


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    #5456
    jacothelad
    Registered Users Posts: 5,911 ✭✭✭jacothelad


    Granny15 wrote: »
    I don’t. Basically it was a tactic the England rugby union team started using in early 2000’s with Johnny Wilkinson. It was then a rugby league tactic imported into Union and made widespread after Ben Cohen And Dan Luger scored a few tries off it. I seem to remember it first being used on the Lions around that time also. Always hated the tactic for that reason.

    The kids that employ it nowadays are akin to showing off to their fathers how good they are without really having any conscience Or rugby knowledge about how it came about and what it represents.


    It was widely used in the 1980s by the Aussies too. They scored a try v. Ireland in the 84 tour with it. A guy called Moon if I remember correctly.


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    #5457
    Granny15
    Registered Users Posts: 1,129 ✭✭✭Granny15


    jacothelad wrote: »
    It was widely used in the 1980s by the Aussies too. They scored a try v. Ireland in the 84 tour with it. A guy called Moon if I remember correctly.

    I wouldn’t say it was “ widely used” at all then. I only ever saw the Aussies playing in northern hemisphere in the 80’s and World Cup and never saw it used by them. I would hasten to say they only used it”once in a blue “moon”!


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    #5458
    Shefwedfan
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    Granny15 wrote: »
    I wouldn’t say it was “ widely used” at all then. I only ever saw the Aussies playing in northern hemisphere in the 80’s and World Cup and never saw it used by them. I would hasten to say they only used it”once in a blue “moon”!


    I think it was Gemma who invented it, along with 5g


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    #5459
    CatFromHue
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,145 Mod ✭✭✭✭CatFromHue


    Turns out I was doubling up on my Leinster attire on the weekend. I was wearing a Leinster T Shirt and a hat!

    No one said anything, prob cos of how awesome I looked.


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    #5460
    salmocab
    Registered Users Posts: 11,296 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    Turns out I was doubling up on my Leinster attire on the weekend. I was wearing a Leinster T Shirt and a hat!

    No one said anything, prob cos of how awesome I looked.

    It’s how people know your better than them


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    DelBoy Trotter
    Registered Users Posts: 1,477 ✭✭✭DelBoy Trotter


    For any season ticket holders who bought tickets for the Saracens match, have you heard anything about refunds? I haven't heard anything, but friends who bought via the public sale have got confirmation that they are getting refunds


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