Glasgow at Home, Sunday the 28th, 5.30pm

[wixfjord]

Is Ross M injured I wonder? Surprised he's not at least benching.

[arsebiscuits1]

Bent being back should help Penny at the back of the scrum and he's good at the back of a maul so that might bode well. He's very strong when he gets wrapped up so if he does get into trouble I'd say he'll be good at just holding onto the ball until supports gets around him. No doubt we look like we're lacking a ball carrier around the park though.

Hopefully with so many ballers in the backs we can keep the ball alive and change the point of contact so that the lack of an 8 doesn't matter so much. That front five should really give a good platform for it.

Our lineout will need a bit of a restructure and I hope it doesn't cause problems.

We tend to have our 8 jumping at 2. Penny to my knowledge has not taken a single lineout ball for Leinster - in fairness we rarely deploy our 7 as a jumper.

But I'm assuming Penny and Josh M will be switching roles at that setpiece

[cormac]

This is going to be a tough test given they've got some of their Scottish players back.

[mildlyinterested]

This is going to be a tough test given they've got some of their Scottish players back.

good.. more tough tests the better.

[wixfjord]

Given the lack of experience in their back three and the fact we have four good kickers in our backline I'd hope we can make a bit of hay there.

Lovely balance to our backline btw, plenty of game breakers and experience.

Besides Penny being out of position that starting 15 has a nice look to it.

[wixfjord]

There's a fair old bit of beef to come off our bench in Sheehan, Dunne and Soroka!

[mildlyinterested]

Dan Sheehan next to Doris

[mildlyinterested]

Big game for Dunne, needs to show he is progressing and ready to step up next season IMO.

[mildlyinterested]

notable that Osborne is on the bench ahead of O'Reilly.

[Jonny tight lips]

notable that Osborne is on the bench ahead of O'Reilly.

Think it’s deserved, came on and played well in the centre which is where we need the bench cover. We can move either winger to fullback and ROL out wide if needs be.

[fourthirtythree]

There's a fair old bit of beef to come off our bench in Sheehan, Dunne and Soroka!

That's a herd that would fetch a fair amount at the mart!

[mildlyinterested]

notable that Osborne is on the bench ahead of O'Reilly.

Think it’s deserved, came on and played well in the centre which is where we need the bench cover. We can move either winger to fullback and ROL out wide if needs be.

Agreed, Osborne has experience at all positions from 11 to 15 also.

[Ruckedtobits]

Penny at 8 on our ball should have an armchair ride. Possibly see him at openside on their attacking scrums.

[wixfjord]

Scott coming off the back of our scrums could be very interesting. Serious turn of pace and has a bit of a step too.

[LeRouxIsPHat]

If Penny doesn’t work out I wouldn’t mind seeing Sheehan given a crack instead, could really suit him actually.

[Jcahill1]

If Penny doesn’t work out I wouldn’t mind seeing Sheehan given a crack instead, could really suit him actually.

Save no. 8 for the little brother I reckon

[mildlyinterested]

If Penny doesn’t work out I wouldn’t mind seeing Sheehan given a crack instead, could really suit him actually.

Save no. 8 for the little brother I reckon

unfortunately looks like the "little brother" isn't involved with Leinster anymore.

[Jcahill1]

If Penny doesn’t work out I wouldn’t mind seeing Sheehan given a crack instead, could really suit him actually.

Save no. 8 for the little brother I reckon

unfortunately looks like the "little brother" isn't involved with Leinster anymore.

Oh really? Surprised purely given the size of him, never saw him play in fairness though.

[Keith]

This is going to be a tough test given they've got some of their Scottish players back.

good.. more tough tests the better.

Glasgow fans seem excited about their young inexperienced back 3. Cole Forbes is an interesting one, only recently signed with them, having previously represented NZ u20s.

[mildlyinterested]

Dobie their young 9 looks very exciting, be interested to see how he and Hastings get on.