Glasgow v Leinster, Sat, 1pm, Sky.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Harsh on Jordi but shows a lot of belief in Leavy. Leavy is a great impact sub but I'd have thought it made more sense to bring him back in next week, assume he's looking good in training though.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

The Times saying Isa had a procedure that will probably keep him out until after the November window. Disastrous start to the season for him, hope he stays fit once he comes back.

[johng]

I'm taking it that SOB is out then?

[wixfjord]

Cronin and Healy in are big calls. Hopefully they don’t unbalance our scrum & lineout which will be key to winning here.
Both could relish the astroturf though. Serious carrying ability in that front row!

[El Diablo]

Cronin & Healy to start I believe. Leavy on the bench. Murphy is out of 23. Otherwise the above is spot on.

That's harsh on Jordi if he's been dropped, no?

Impact off the bench seems to driving selection more & more. I dont think it is Murphy being dropped but perhaps they see Leavy offering more of an impact on 60 mins. With Cronin & Healy starting, we will need a fresh ball carrier to get over the gain line. I agree though harsh on Murphy.

[wixfjord]

Cronin & Healy to start I believe. Leavy on the bench. Murphy is out of 23. Otherwise the above is spot on.

That's harsh on Jordi if he's been dropped, no?

Impact off the bench seems to driving selection more & more. I dont think it is Murphy being dropped but perhaps they see Leavy offering more of an impact on 60 mins. With Cronin & Healy starting, we will need a fresh ball carrier to get over the gain line. I agree though harsh on Murphy.

Murphy has actually been in good carrying form.
Again though Leavy's speed over the ground may be a benefit on their pitch.
McGrath, Tracy, Bent, Ryan, Leavy, JGP, Byrne, Byrne to bench then maybe?

Has Adam Byrne ever benched before for us?

[mildlyinterested]

Murphy has actually been in good carrying form.
Again though Leavy's speed over the ground may be a benefit on their pitch.
McGrath, Tracy, Bent, Ryan, Leavy, JGP, Byrne, Byrne to bench then maybe?

Has Adam Byrne ever benched before for us?

He confirmed that was the bench.

[Laighin Break]

Twice! Once last year (out of 20 games) and in his first game back in 2012.
Interesting stat

[Flash Gordon]

I'm taking it that SOB is out then?

I thought he'd gone to the Lions in the last transfer window?

[Fireworks]

SOB is now the cherry on top when he is available to us. The only issue is I do not think we get his best as the games for us are usually his come back get up to pace for Ireland games. I have no great issue with green coming first but it would be nice to have him for a few more games each year.

[QBer]

15. Joey Carbery (28)
14. Fergus McFadden (155)
13. Robbie Henshaw (15)
12. Noel Reid (86)
11. Barry Daly (15)
10. Johnny Sexton (138) CAPTAIN
9. Luke McGrath (80)
1. Cian Healy (178)
2. Seán Cronin (135)
3. Tadhg Furlong (70)
4. Devin Toner (203)
5. Scott Fardy (4)
6. Rhys Ruddock (137)
7. Josh van der Flier (52)
8. Jack Conan (57)

16. James Tracy (48)
17. Jack McGrath (116)
18. Michael Bent (93)
19. James Ryan (3)
20. Dan Leavy (41)
21. Jamison Gibson-Park (34)
22. Ross Byrne (30)
23. Dave Kearney (114)

Referee: Jerome Garces

[arsebiscuits1]

Garces reffing

Seriously harsh dropping Murphy was pushing for a start on the last few performances IMO.

Hope Cronin can sort his throwing.

There's enough in that team to win.

[jimbobjoe]

Hogg starts for Glasgow

15. Stuart Hogg (100) (31)

14. Tommy Seymour (105) (27)

13. Sam Johnson (30) (9)

12. Peter Horne (122) (20)

11. Leonardo Sarto (12) (8)

10. Finn Russell (69) (20)

9. Ali Price (48) (11)



1. Jamie Bhatti (13) (1)

2. George Turner (6) (1)

3. Zander Fagerson (56) (14)

4. Tim Swinson (104) (26)

5. Jonny Gray (75) (22)

6. Ryan Wilson (C) (133) (32)

7. Callum Gibbins (5) (1)

8. Adam Ashe (45) (7)



Replacements:



16. Pat MacArthur (159) (35)

17. Alex Allan (56) (15)

18. D’Arcy Rae (30) (3)

19. Scott Cummings (23) (2)

20. Rob Harley (167) (34)

21. Henry Pyrgos (132) (28)

22. Nick Grigg (27) (5)

23. Lee Jones (60) (26)

[blockhead]

Byrne dropped, or injured?

[raith rover]

Stuart Hogg to return for Glasgee on Saturday too apparently (or at least be available for selection anyway)

I'm guessing he'll start on bench. He's not played any rugby at all (most players have a game with one of the club teams to ease them back in) and Jacko hasn't put a foot wrong since he's come back.

Hoggy starting. Try less guessing in future. Or guess more accurately.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Adam dropped entirely. I'd prefer Larmour to DK on the bench but our forward subs are superb.

[alanair]

[quote="arsebiscuits1"]Garces reffing

Not unhappy about Garces.... excellent Scrum referee ... and never gets swayed by crowd

[johng]

I thought Nooo! Jonny as Captain. Then I thought.... French ref Hmmmmm. Maybe not so bad.

[simonokeeffe]

very very interesting calls in the forwards, seems like a strange thing to say given his early senior career but maybe Murphy misses out over/in favour of ball carrying

I agree with arsebsicuits, we have enough in the team to win, but the game is played on a hybrid synthetic fibre blend of composite rubber materials not paper

[kermischocolate]

Stuart Hogg to return for Glasgee on Saturday too apparently (or at least be available for selection anyway)

I'm guessing he'll start on bench. He's not played any rugby at all (most players have a game with one of the club teams to ease them back in) and Jacko hasn't put a foot wrong since he's come back.

Hoggy starting. Try less guessing in future. Or guess more accurately.

f%~k off RaithRover. Your point is?

In other news 2 very strong sides- here's to a decent game.