Leinster v Dragons, Rodney Parade, Sunday 3rd of October at 2pm, RTE

[Degz]

Ross Byrne is 26 years of age. If he plays like a drain, he's dropped. In fact, it should be more important now to get gametime into other options because he's proving himself not to be up to it.

I'd give Harry the next two starts. Zebre at home will tell us nothing but Scarlets should be a better test.

[Morf]

Think you have to look at a body of work and also how much game times some of these lads have had. Ryan Baird is getting a bit a of a pasting here but the guy has phenomenal ability and a very good body of work. He had a bad game he probably won't again.

The guy has phenomenal highs but also many mediocres and at least one very disappointing. It's absolutely not his ability in question rather than how often he can focus enough to produce that ability.

[Dexter]

Think you have to look at a body of work and also how much game times some of these lads have had. Ryan Baird is getting a bit a of a pasting here but the guy has phenomenal ability and a very good body of work. He had a bad game he probably won't again.

The guy has phenomenal highs but also many mediocres and at least one very disappointing. It's absolutely not his ability in question rather than how often he can focus enough to produce that ability.

Totally agree. Looks like a focus/concentration issue, in my completely uneducated and uninformed view.

[cormac]

Subsequent events have upgraded this win to "one for the ages".