Leinster Schools Rugby 2012-2013 [Provincial Schools Thread Link in Post 1]

johnwalters123 wrote: »

3. Jeremy Loughman
4. David O'Connor
8. Nick Timoney
14. Zach O'Hagan
15. Jack Power

Starting 5th years for Blackrock

That all? The papers were making them out to be a team of U17's!

Where is everyone getting this notion of Roscrea having a pack capable of destroying Terenure ?? If Andy Roche, Rob Lalor and Paddy Thornton were on any other team they would be hailed as some of the best players in this tournament, its only due to the backline that they dont get recognition. I think Terenure will beat Roscrea and will win the battle in the forwards

'Michaels V Clongowes
'Nure V Roscrea
CBC V Newbridge
'Rock V Kilkenny.

South Dublin V Rest of Leinster?..

LeinsterFan323 wrote: »

They have quite a lot. They have a full front row, full second row, scrum half, outhalf, wing and fullback (including subs) which will feature next and of course Timoney at 8, Going to be close between Rock and Michaels I believe.

This thing of it being a team of 5th years has been completely over-hyped...there were 5 starting on sunday, hardly the majority of the team

5 rock fifth year starters, 4 subs, and 1 4th year. Bodes well for next year as well as looking promising this year.

schools rugby wrote: »

I disagree emphatically with you there. Terenure have the best team and if they turn it on they will win the cup. Although if they play like they did against Belvo they wont get very far. Look at some of the players they have, Brewer, O 'Neill, Dardis, Doyle, Lalor, Schmidt. The three best players left in the tournement hail of Terenure, Ross Byrne would be up there too. What im saying is that if Terenure click they will be near impossible to beat, what they lack is a real goalkicker and perhaps balance across the backline but for me they are still favourites going by the fact that they cant play worse than the Belvo game

Ridiculous statement to say that the three best players hail from terenure,byrne from michaels and rock/timoney from rock along with dardis are the best players left in the competition.Both schmidt and lalor are only average with neither starting leinster 18s,brewer has been proven to be not that good and the jurys still out on stephen o neill.Both rock and michaels are the better teams with the better coaches thus one of them will win the competition.IMO

The dream tie for me has happened. Clongowes vs St. Michaels will be a cracker, and hopefully will draw a big crowd on the Friday afternoon. In my opinion, we'll be seeing the two best fly-halfs{Byrne and Cleary} and hookers{Donnellan and Allen} in the competition going against eachother. Both teams also have quality all over the pitch, but I feel Clongowes don't have the fire power in the pack to live with St. Michaels. Fromm v Kelleher will be another titanic battle. Fancy 'Michaels to edge it by a few points though. Also see Roscrea pushing Terenure close, but not enough to win, and I imagine Blackock will get through without much hassle.

Does anyone know what the pricing is for tickets in tallaght stadium?

the baby bull elephant wrote: »

The team Rock beat are known in NZ for being pretty crap.

I played against lindisfarne College when I was in Rock and from talking to the lads who stayed with me they wouldn't be one of the top teams in New Zealand. They said that they were about the 4th or 5th best team on the north island so maybe around the 10th best school in New Zealand, still respectable

TheTalk wrote: »

Michaels need to start o'keefe, Harold and leahy, why was o'keefe on the bench? Donnelan will tear allen to pieces, keelan will tear penny to pieces. Strong clongowes backline consisting of cleary Lappin Fromm Burke Jeffares o donoghue. But michaels could edge it.

Clongowes didnt look great against Gerards. I hope they turn up just to make it a good match but i think that Michaels will beat them by 10-20 points. Clongowes pack is tiny and their backline is decent. Fromm and Cleary carry the team

SpermDoner wrote: »

They may well have beaten a NZ team but I'm talking about Oz. They might speak highly but still doesn't compare to the standard of the NSW GPS teams.

The top Irish schools of their own year have acquitted themselves quite well in years past versus all manners of schools abroad. I'm not sure why people can find it hard to believe that a school population in one country is automatically inferior to another, just because it's Australia, for example.

schools rugby wrote: »

Where is everyone getting this notion of Roscrea having a pack capable of destroying Terenure ?? If Andy Roche, Rob Lalor and Paddy Thornton were on any other team they would be hailed as some of the best players in this tournament, its only due to the backline that they dont get recognition. I think Terenure will beat Roscrea and will win the battle in the forwards

Not a notion of how destructive this pack is?

Belvedere/Kilkenny and Roscrea/Gerrards JCT matches postponed until tomorrow

Lobby Con Shine wrote: »

Where has someone said Roscrea would "destroy" them? Nobody will destroy Terenure up front.

However, Roscrea's pack is filled with Ireland and provincial representatives and will pose a serious challenge to the Terenure pack. There is no question but that Terenure have superior backs.

Terenure's pack contains 7 players that have represented Leinster and three who have represented Ireland schools. Their set piece went very well against Belvedere. I wouldn't be having too many worries about them up front to be honest.