Leinster v Bulls Aviva Stadium 5.15 Sat 25th Sept TG4

[LeRouxIsPHat]

I wonder where Osbourne is earmarked to come on? He’ll obviously be covering a few positions but maybe 13 is the main one if Ringrose hasn’t been in full training for long.

[backrower8]

I wonder where Osbourne is earmarked to come on? He’ll obviously be covering a few positions but maybe 13 is the main one if Ringrose hasn’t been in full training for long.

The fact that he is picked as the outfield cover in #23 jersey for this game (with 2 injury prone centres in the starting team) is a positive indicator of both his development to date and potential.

[RoboProp]

And so it is. Porter switches

fixed that

[riocard911]

As a former hooker, of all the heads to heads this is the one I will be most interested in:

"22 yo 191cm Dan Sheehan up against 37 yo 189cm hooking legend Bismarck Du Plessis"

- courtesty of Backrower8

[ronk]

I wonder where Osbourne is earmarked to come on? He’ll obviously be covering a few positions but maybe 13 is the main one if Ringrose hasn’t been in full training for long.

The fact that he is picked as the outfield cover in #23 jersey for this game (with 2 injury prone centres in the starting team) is a positive indicator of both his development to date and potential.

He can cover fullback too.

Also we're already light at outside back. COB could have been picked, maybe JOB is fit, not sure.

I rate him but it's not an especially brave selection.

[Blueberry]

So much to like but great to see J10 back and suspect that midfield is going to give us a couple of interesting moments with Frawley and Ringers. Back row is powerful and dynamic and expect them to make hay !!

Heaven help anyone near James Lowe when there are good blue moments, going to be serious excitement, arse slapping and whooping................

[wixfjord]

Big boost for Ross Molony that. Starting ahead of Baird/Dev in a pretty full pack against a big SA outfit in first game of the season. Hope he continues his form from last year.

[wixfjord]

Pretty interested to see how we use our kicking game and particularly Lowe/Frawley.

Might be a few 50/22 opportunities.

[riocard911]

Big boost for Ross Molony that. Starting ahead of Baird/Dev in a pretty full pack against a big SA outfit in first game of the season. Hope he continues his form from last year.

Me too. He looked absolutely gigantic and extremely fit vs Quins. It was also his pop pass inside that set Baird off on the run for the latter's try.

[wixfjord]

So much for Porter to LH being a 'a stupid idea of the sort usually cooked up by journos after a boozy lunch or fans on forums' and people struggling to believe 'the Leinster coaching staff are that stupid'.

Very interested to see how it works out.

[Twist]

I have to admit I'm more shocked by the Healy move. Porter going to LH is actually a bit of a relief, because I didn't see us retaining three international class tightheads.

[backrower8]

So much for Porter to LH being a 'a stupid idea of the sort usually cooked up by journos after a boozy lunch or fans on forums' and people struggling to believe 'the Leinster coaching staff are that stupid'.

Very interested to see how it works out.

A lot of people could have played the I told you so card on this one. You are the only person who has chosen to do so. You have a real edge to your posting, could you take a more respectful tone to this forum. People are here for leisure purposes, nothing adversarial.

[Blueberry]

So much for Porter to LH being a 'a stupid idea of the sort usually cooked up by journos after a boozy lunch or fans on forums' and people struggling to believe 'the Leinster coaching staff are that stupid'.

Very interested to see how it works out.

A lot of people could have played the I told you so card on this one. You are the only person who has chosen to do so. You have a real edge to your posting, could you take a more respectful tone to this forum. People are here for leisure purposes, nothing adversarial.

And so it begins !!

Perhaps we could all agree on reserving our adversarial posts to a safe common ground area - that being slagging Munster/South Africa B/Leinster A or whatever you want to call them. That way we can all agree and poke fun in a totally safe manner. Wixfjord might agree to this ?

[wixfjord]

So much for Porter to LH being a 'a stupid idea of the sort usually cooked up by journos after a boozy lunch or fans on forums' and people struggling to believe 'the Leinster coaching staff are that stupid'.

Very interested to see how it works out.

A lot of people could have played the I told you so card on this one. You are the only person who has chosen to do so. You have a real edge to your posting, could you take a more respectful tone to this forum. People are here for leisure purposes, nothing adversarial.

Hey man, there's a big block button there if you don't want to see my posts. Feel free to use it instead of the back seat modding eh?

Also the irony of you asking for a 'more respectful tone' isn't lost on anyone!

[LeRouxIsPHat]

So much for Porter to LH being a 'a stupid idea of the sort usually cooked up by journos after a boozy lunch or fans on forums' and people struggling to believe 'the Leinster coaching staff are that stupid'.

Very interested to see how it works out.

A lot of people could have played the I told you so card on this one. You are the only person who has chosen to do so. You have a real edge to your posting, could you take a more respectful tone to this forum. People are here for leisure purposes, nothing adversarial.

Hey man, there's a big block button there if you don't want to see my posts. Feel free to use it instead of the back seat modding eh?

Also the irony of you asking for a 'more respectful tone' isn't lost on anyone!

Tbf he might have used the wrong login and forgot which persona to use.

[limecat]

Match Preview: Leinster Rugby vs Bulls

We're back baby!!!

And we're not just back for the new season, they'll actually let us watch it again in person!!!

Okay sure, there were 1,500 people allowed into the RDS for the last game of the season against the Dragons and there was a decent enough crowd in the Aviva for the only pre-season game against Harlequins. But this is the first time since February 2020 that we'll see a proper crowd attend a competitive game. Fair enough it would be nicer to be heading to the RDS tomorrow evening but the Aviva will do until we can get back to our proper home.

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[FLIP]

So much for Porter to LH being a 'a stupid idea of the sort usually cooked up by journos after a boozy lunch or fans on forums' and people struggling to believe 'the Leinster coaching staff are that stupid'.

Very interested to see how it works out.

I'll be very happy to eat crow if this works out, and wish them the best, but still think it's a huge risk for all involved.

But then I'm not a WUM.

[wixfjord]

So much for Porter to LH being a 'a stupid idea of the sort usually cooked up by journos after a boozy lunch or fans on forums' and people struggling to believe 'the Leinster coaching staff are that stupid'.

Very interested to see how it works out.

I'll be very happy to eat crow if this works out, and wish them the best, but still think it's a huge risk for all involved.

But then I'm not a WUM.

It's not about whether it works out or not though, you constantly repeated that it wasn't true or had been made up by fans.

Whereas actually both Leinster & Irish coaches had mentioned it and now it has come to pass.

I mean literally everyone agrees that it's a risk!

[FLIP]

So much for Porter to LH being a 'a stupid idea of the sort usually cooked up by journos after a boozy lunch or fans on forums' and people struggling to believe 'the Leinster coaching staff are that stupid'.

Very interested to see how it works out.

I'll be very happy to eat crow if this works out, and wish them the best, but still think it's a huge risk for all involved.

But then I'm not a WUM.

It's not about whether it works out or not though, you constantly repeated that it wasn't true or had been made up by fans.

Whereas actually both Leinster & Irish coaches had mentioned it and now it has come to pass.

I mean literally everyone agrees that it's a risk!

No, I said I couldn't believe it was true given the huge risks involved, and that in my view it wasn't an idea worth trying and one that was on the tier of those come up by people on a boozy lunch, and I still stand by that. Stop twisting other peoples words to match your antagonistic agenda.

[Oldschool]

So much for Porter to LH being a 'a stupid idea of the sort usually cooked up by journos after a boozy lunch or fans on forums' and people struggling to believe 'the Leinster coaching staff are that stupid'.

Very interested to see how it works out.

A lot of people could have played the I told you so card on this one. You are the only person who has chosen to do so. You have a real edge to your posting, could you take a more respectful tone to this forum. People are here for leisure purposes, nothing adversarial.

Hey man, there's a big block button there if you don't want to see my posts. Feel free to use it instead of the back seat modding eh?

Also the irony of you asking for a 'more respectful tone' isn't lost on anyone!

No quarter given and none taken. Name that pundit