Babbling 'brook

Premier Sports advertising Leinster V Benetton all over the place but only showing Glasgow V Cardiff in its place both on live and on playback. Is this game anywhere to watch apart from URC highlights?

Seriously , can anyone say its good for the competition to have 2 SA teams in the final ?? … id say there will be practically zero interest in the final in these islands .. and I expect Bulks will murder the Stormers … ill look out for the result … but thats about all Populations of URC countries: ...

He put no shape on the game when it was in the mix. He is a flat track bully and very limited in terms of his athleticism and pace. Too often Ross melts when his pack is squeezed. He has done that for Ireland several times and I think he was a leading contributor, with others, to us losing our grip...

I rewatched the game and can not understand the negative review of R Byrne. He had a fine game with one or two errors. His passing is top notch and I'd have him as number 2 to Sexton in NZ with Jack Carty 3 and bring Frawley as possible cover. Burns and Carbery should be on the beach. He put no sha...

The late Friday slot seems to reserved mostly for Irish teams.

It's not ideal when I'm 2hrs ahead with early starts on Saturday.

Confirmed for Friday at 7.35. Should be a good atmosphere. Tough for Bulls to turn around in 6 days and come north. Should be interesting to see how much they've evolved since the first game of the season. Side I think we'll see, injury pending: Keenan, Larmour, Ringer, Henshaw, Lowe, J10, JGP, Con...

Yet another late night Friday game for an Irish team FFS!

Playing Frawley at 12 outside Ross/Harry gives us something different in attack and nicely compliments whichever out half is on the pitch.

A Frawley/Henshaw 10/12 would be interesting, have we seen that as a starting combination yet?

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Of course Leinster and Ireland (Bealham must be one of the smallest international tighthead props) may actually prefer lighter mobile props and will sacrifice a monster scrum to suit a quick and accurate playing style. If this is the case Tadhg's physique is directly related to the pace that JGP can...

coolbawn wrote: ↑May 17th, 2022, 12:48 pm 11 minutes about Leinster on the BBC Rugby podcast if you can access it:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0c76pzk
from 11:45 mm:ss to 23:00 mm:ss

Interesting point about Sexton not being on the B&I Lions tour so had whole off season to develop his on-field coaching role within the squad.

It's imperial hangover. They think the world should still revolve around them and refuse to acknowledge that the world has moved on. The Nigels' screeching is only gonna get worse, as the URC gets more popular and English teams start getting knocked out of European comps not just by the Irish provi...

From French rugby paper - 'The Leinster war Machine'. :shock: Tomorrow’s French rugby paper has a view of the upcoming game: Leinstermen fresh as roses The Dublin province has saved all its executives for two weeks. This is bound to be an advantage that will compensate for the dynamics of the Leices...

It should be a sell out, but with the current rises in prices for food, fuel etc, some folk may well watch on the tv instead I guess. what are confidence levels like? Looks like we'll be rolling up with a full deck and the weather looks favourable; I'm feeling mildly confident. Hopefully the outcom...

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I withdraw my earlier comment about Tigers' scrum.

Tigers maul looks decent, their scrum less so.

Looks like Welford Rd is just above 3/4 full for this game, hopefully we can get decent support numbers there.

Anyone know what the single gold letter above the crest on Tigers' jerseys are? Each player has a different letter.

A Clermont win might be a better result for us I'd say.

How many outcomes influenced by cards this weekend?

Logorrhea wrote: ↑April 10th, 2022, 2:12 am LaRochelle looked absolutely huge, as did Toulouse. Hard to see a way for us to compete with those packs this year.

It's entirely possible no one will have to compete with Toulouse's pack in EPRC after next weekend but Leinster has the capacity to beat both in a home game.