Babbling 'brook

Regardless of the need to rest players, I think certain players deserve to start this match - the stalwarts of our CL season if you like. I'm talking about VDM, Toner, McL, Ruddock, Ryan (when fit), Auva'a, Madigan, EOM, and Kearney Jr. I'd personally start this side: VDM Cronin Ross Thorn Toner McL...

[Jackass] wrote:Word on boards that this game is being played in the RDS...any truth to this? I hope not, been a long long time since I got to spend a Friday night in donnybrook. Either way I'd say there'll be a massive crowd, I'd say it'd fill Donnybrook.

Should be played before the QF at Lansdowne, GAA style.

Could be a bit risky trying to integrate Thorn and Cullen into the side by the time Munster and the QF arrive. Still, it's worth the risk.

johng wrote:So. Here we go, huge game for us on so meny levels.

It's good to get excited but steady on, this is actually one of our least important games of the season when you think about it. I'd take five points from the next two weekends, really.

janeymac08 wrote:Not according to one of his mates on Munsterfans who was bitching that Munster wouldn't give him a contract before there was any talk of him going to Leinster.

Top, top reasoning there pal

Players need time to adjust, people forget Strauss took a good while to get up to standard.

I'd start Sykes this weekend as Toner hasn't been very good his last few outings. I think we should try out the Leo/Sykes combination, even if it would be interesting to see Toner up against Caldwell.

Are you talking about the same injury-feigning Nadal in this thread? The guy is a complete con.

Bump

Not sure about the ankle, but worryingly, some of the young lads seem quite injury prone, particularly Ryan and Conway (having already lost 2 other highly promising players to injury in Paul Ryan and McKinley ) and Macken has had his share of injury problems too iirc :/ To be fair getting a stud in...

Nacewa
Conway
O'Malley
Berne
Dave Kearney
Madigan
Boss
VDM
Strauss
Newland (would like one of the young props to be given a shot, though)
EOD
Toner
McLaughlin
D Ryan
Keogh

Go for it I say, the odd tricolour at European games and games in the ML against the Scots, Welsh and Eyeties is also good, IMO.

Is it me or are there quite a few differences in those two Leinster teams named?

We need to win this game, really. I hope to see the strongest possible side lining out. There's plenty of time over the next few weeks (Dragons and Edinburgh at home, and then Scarlets and Ospreys, all probably without our internationals) to give certain players a go and to rest. The next three matc...

Mike Blair has been shite ever since he was tipped for Lions captaincy. He was even dropped by Edinburgh last season at one point.

Cue massive return to form on Friday!

Say what you like about it but work has been painful without F365 to browse.

A lot of work to do if we want to be challenging for anything this season.

Donny B. wrote:If it's the Isa at outhalf that played against Edinburgh last season then great!!

That was very nearly two years ago!

No chance, at all, Heaslip will. At all.

CiaranIrl wrote:

Leinster Zulu wrote:Hopefully an Irish 12 will replace D'Arcy when he's not playing.

Do you mean you don't want Beirne to start? I'd like to see more of Isa at 12 myself, which should be possible with Luke back.

I don't want Berne or Nacewa at 12, no. We can't have the 12 position ending up like TH for Ireland.

Hopefully an Irish 12 will replace D'Arcy when he's not playing.