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

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    #9842
    [Deleted User]
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    Is there no semi final in the pro14 this year?


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    #9843
    bayern
    Registered Users Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭bayern


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Is there no semi final in the pro14 this year?

    no cancelled due to the Rainbow Cup. :rolleyes:


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    #9844
    salmocab
    Registered Users Posts: 11,283 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    bayern wrote: »
    no cancelled due to the Rainbow Cup. :rolleyes:

    Although when that’s cancelled we may get more league games announced.


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    #9845
    [Deleted User]
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    bayern wrote: »
    no cancelled due to the Rainbow Cup. :rolleyes:

    Oh that's actually going ahead?! Didn't realise. I'd actually take that over the pro14


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    #9846
    bayern
    Registered Users Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭bayern


    salmocab wrote: »
    Although when that’s cancelled we may get more league games announced.

    Hopefully


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    #9847
    bayern
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Oh that's actually going ahead?! Didn't realise

    Pro14 seem to think so anyway :rolleyes:


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    #9848
    salmocab
    Registered Users Posts: 11,283 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Oh that's actually going ahead?! Didn't realise. I'd actually take that over the pro14

    Very hard to see it happening currently


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    #9849
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    I'm a bit lost at the negativity towards the Rainbow Cup from a pure rugby point of view.
    This season's league has been terrible, the provinces have been coasting it. I'll be happy to see the back of it by the end of March.


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    #9850
    salmocab
    Registered Users Posts: 11,283 ✭✭✭✭salmocab


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    I'm a bit lost at the negativity towards the Rainbow Cup from a pure rugby point of view.
    This season's league has been terrible, the provinces have been coasting it.

    I can take or leave the rainbow cup as a side show but happy that the saffers are joining the league.


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    #9851
    Dubinusa
    Registered Users Posts: 8,129 ✭✭✭Dubinusa


    The back row is loaded and it's hard to pick 3 out of that quality. But, there's always somebody injured at one time or another. I couldn't pick the best backrow as they all bring and deliver something. Ruddock and Murphy though are big lads and are good in the physical stakes. VDF and Penny have serious motors and could play all day long. Conan and Deegan are big and skillful. Both good at joining the attacking line on the fringe and out wide. Doris is a mix of everything and Leavy looked like he was the best backrow in the northern hemisphere until the injury. And then there's Soroka! Looks to be a really fine prospect. Not to mention Maloney and O'Brien, who could develop into good players.
    We are so fcuked for back rows!!!! Lol


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    #9852
    Buer
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    thomond2006 wrote: »
    I'm a bit lost at the negativity towards the Rainbow Cup from a pure rugby point of view.
    This season's league has been terrible, the provinces have been coasting it. I'll be happy to see the back of it by the end of March.

    It would mean having to play out the full Pro14 fixture list such as Munster coming to Dublin.

    As we've discussed at great lengths, training matches like these don't benefit the Leinster fringe players.


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    #9853
    irishbucsfan
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    thomond2006 wrote: »
    I'm a bit lost at the negativity towards the Rainbow Cup from a pure rugby point of view.
    This season's league has been terrible, the provinces have been coasting it. I'll be happy to see the back of it by the end of March.

    Would be much more interesting if there was something to play for in the league for anyone other than leinster/Munster


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    #9854
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    Would be much more interesting if there was something to play for in the league for anyone other than leinster/Munster

    Well there is Europe qualification I guess!

    I was more reflecting on the standard of opponents.


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    #9855
    bayern
    Registered Users Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭bayern


    Frank Murphy is on the whistle for Ulster vs. Leinster on Saturday.


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    #9856
    sydthebeat
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    bayern wrote: »
    Frank Murphy is on the whistle for Ulster vs. Leinster on Saturday.

    jaysus.
    i thought he was quite poor last sunday.


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    #9857
    bayern
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    sydthebeat wrote: »
    jaysus.
    i thought he was quite poor last sunday.

    he is a poor ref.


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    #9858
    sydthebeat
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    bayern wrote: »
    he is a poor ref.

    i wouldnt say in general hes poor though.

    id been impressed with him when he originally come onto the scene.
    i felt last sunday though there was a lot of skullduggery around the maul that he hadnt a handle on at all, and his offside calls werent consistent.

    a good ref for me will call the same offense in the 80th minute that they do in the 1st.


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    #9859
    bayern
    Registered Users Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭bayern


    Looks like Ross may have picked up a knock they haven't announced, wrapping on ankle and working with Senior Injury and Rehabilitation Coach Diarmaid Brennan:

    1982236.jpg


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    #9860
    bayern
    Registered Users Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭bayern


    Ireland and Leinster loosehead prop Cian Healy has signed a 1 year extension to his IRFU contract up to the end of the 2021/22 season.

    https://www.irishrugby.ie/2021/03/05/cian-healy-signs-irfu-contract-extension/


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    #9861
    salmocab
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    bayern wrote: »
    Ireland and Leinster loosehead prop Cian Healy has signed a 1 year extension to his IRFU contract up to the end of the 2021/22 season.

    https://www.irishrugby.ie/2021/03/05/cian-healy-signs-irfu-contract-extension/

    For gods sake could they not have announced this yesterday. Now we have to have the same argument with everyone swapping sides.


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    #9862
    bayern
    Registered Users Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭bayern


    Leinster's loosehead prop depth chart next season:

    Cian Healy(33/Belvedere/Clontarf)
    Ed Byrne(28/Clongowes/UCD)
    Peter Dooley(27/Birr RFC/Lansdowne)
    Michael Milne(22/Birr RFC-Roscrea/UCD)

    Marcus Hanan(21/Clane RFC/Old Belvedere) - Academy Yr 2
    Jack Boyle(19/St. Michaels/UCD) - Academy Yr 1


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    #9863
    Serbian
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    salmocab wrote: »
    For gods sake could they not have announced this yesterday. Now we have to have the same argument with everyone swapping sides.

    hah yeah, was thinking the same.

    I think rationally it's sensible and hard to argue against it — there isn't much depth below Healy and Kilcoyne right now, and the deal is only for 12 months. Eric O'Sullivan and Ed Byrne are the next two right now but are a step down. After that, there's no-one obviously ready to step in over the next 12 months. Maybe Dooley? Josh Wycherly? I think it would be hard to make a case for anyone else right now.

    I know there's talk of moving Porter back to #1, but I think you end up with the same problem on the other side in the short term.


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    #9864
    arsebiscuits1
    Registered Users Posts: 3,515 ✭✭✭arsebiscuits1


    bayern wrote: »
    Leinster's loosehead prop depth chart next season:

    Cian Healy(33/Belvedere/Clontarf)
    Ed Byrne(28/Clongowes/UCD)
    Peter Dooley(27/Birr RFC/Lansdowne)
    Michael Milne(22/Birr RFC-Roscrea/UCD)

    Marcus Hanan(21/Clane RFC/Old Belvedere) - Academy Yr 2
    Jack Boyle(19/St. Michaels/UCD) - Academy Yr 1

    Is Hanan officially year 1 at the moment? I know he didn't start the year in the academy and I know people have been promoted mid way through.

    Just wondering what the implication is for the start of next season or indeed his 3 year tenure


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    #9865
    bayern
    Registered Users Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭bayern


    arsebiscuits1 wrote: »
    Is Hanan officially year 1 at the moment? I know he didn't start the year in the academy and I know people have been promoted mid way through.

    Just wondering what the implication is for the start of next season or indeed his 3 year tenure

    Yeah he and Osborne are year 1 academy players.

    Similar to Cormac Foley, who joined mid way through last season and moved to year 2 this season. Hanan and Osborne will be Year 2 academy players next season.


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    #9866
    arsebiscuits1
    Registered Users Posts: 3,515 ✭✭✭arsebiscuits1


    bayern wrote: »
    Yeah he and Osborne are year 1 academy players.

    Similar to Cormac Foley, who joined mid way through last season and moved to year 2 this season. Hanan and Osborne will be Year 2 academy players next season.

    Good to know cheers.


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    #9867
    Clegg
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    I see Coetzee is back for Ulster.

    Hopefully it's the disinterested version we saw in the Pro 14 final.


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    #9868
    bayern
    Registered Users Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭bayern


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    #9869
    Clegg
    Registered Users Posts: 16,669 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    Leinster shade it in the forwards, but Ulster's backline is ridiculously strong. Of we come out of this game with a losing bonus point I'd say we've done well.


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    #9870
    arsebiscuits1
    Registered Users Posts: 3,515 ✭✭✭arsebiscuits1


    Harsh for Dooley to get the chop.

    Surprised but glad for him that Penny hung on to the 8 shirt. Let's see how well he deals with Coetzee.

    Jimmy covering 10 does not fill me with a huge amount of confidence but we have some amount of beef in the pack to keep it tight


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    #9871
    bayern
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    Leinster literally running out of backs..


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