Connacht v Leinster Rainbow Cup Sat 8/5 19.35

[riocard911]

Match Preview

Well that was grimly familiar.

Once again this Leinster team failed to deliver when they came up against a bigger pack which bullied them off the park. They started brightly enough and wasted a couple of decent chances in the first half that could have had them further ahead. But while there was a lot of focus on the La Rochelle attack in the build-up, we should probably have focused on their defence which is the meanest in the Top14.

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Brilliant write up!!!

[alanair]

Match Preview

Well that was grimly familiar.

Once again this Leinster team failed to deliver when they came up against a bigger pack which bullied them off the park. They started brightly enough and wasted a couple of decent chances in the first half that could have had them further ahead. But while there was a lot of focus on the La Rochelle attack in the build-up, we should probably have focused on their defence which is the meanest in the Top14.

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Brilliant write up!!!

Harsh , but true...

[LeinsterLeader]

Match Preview

Well that was grimly familiar.

Once again this Leinster team failed to deliver when they came up against a bigger pack which bullied them off the park. They started brightly enough and wasted a couple of decent chances in the first half that could have had them further ahead. But while there was a lot of focus on the La Rochelle attack in the build-up, we should probably have focused on their defence which is the meanest in the Top14.

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Ouch!

[alanair]

No post in 24 hours on this topic ??... There seems to be a distinct lack of interest all round I’m afraid. Hope the team are not in same mindset.

[riocard911]

No post in 24 hours on this topic ??... There seems to be a distinct lack of interest all round I’m afraid. Hope the team are not in same mindset.

Still suffering the hangover from La Rochelle. Soon as the action starts i nGaillimh I should be back up to speed again! COYBIB!!!!

[Logorrhea]

Couldn't give the slightest shite about it. Post season set of wind down matches if you ask me.

[riocard911]

Currently watching the Stormers vs the Bulls. Boks all over the place, knocking lumps out of each other: Stepp du Toit, Vermeulen, Kitzof, Steyn, Hindricks, Kriel etc. etc. Man, the Pro 16 is gonna be so cool!!!!!

p.s. They're playing some lovely running, offloading rugby too!!!!

[cormac]

Team lines up as named

[outcast eddie]

Currently watching the Stormers vs the Bulls. Boks all over the place, knocking lumps out of each other: Stepp du Toit, Vermeulen, Kitzof, Steyn, Hindricks, Kriel etc. etc. Man, the Pro 16 is gonna be so cool!!!!!

p.s. They're playing some lovely running, offloading rugby too!!!!

Particularly when we can have a cheeky long weekend in Cape Town to watch Leinster play.

[cormac]

Need to deal better with their blitz defence than we did in January.

[cormac]

Daft penalty conceded by Frawley

[cormac]

Three needless penalties in the opening five minutes and we're 6-0 down

[cormac]

Embarrassing

[wixfjord]

WTF are you at Luke?

Captain's challenge gone too.

[cormac]

Getting worse

[cormac]

Some amount of missed tackles

[Serb]

This is the worst I’ve seen Leinster play in days. 82% possession for Connacht after almost 15 minutes. They’ve taken their chances in fairness.

[cormac]

Rinse and repeat

[cormac]

Currently making Connacht look like peak New Zealand.

And then we do something decent.

[Serb]

Not bad from almost literally our first possession. Weirdly, I still feel we’ll end up winning this fairly comfortably.