Bath v Leinster Sat 1pm The Rec C4/Virgin/BT

[Dexter]

Despite all the losses Bath have only given up 2 TBPs at home this year, Glos and Sarries.

Last time we played there it was a bit sticky alright.

Hopefully the weather is good and we have the pack to take the on.

Forecast is good. No rain.

Which is good anyway. Last time we were there it was a horrible day.

[desperado]

Leinster Rugby have it down to a fine art (sic) at this stage. Plus it means eff all with the dreaded captain's run and pre-match warm-up to come, when, as we well know at this stage, anything can happen......

It's almost like Leo has been coached by one the country's top PR firms I wonder if he gets a family discount

Haha his bro is a dead ringer for him as well, have often wondered if he just slots in for Leo for certain press conferences.

Leo is definitely very, very well PR trained.

Not at all surprising https://cullencommunications.ie/about/

[desperado]

Despite all the losses Bath have only given up 2 TBPs at home this year, Glos and Sarries.

Last time we played there it was a bit sticky alright.

Hopefully the weather is good and we have the pack to take the on.

Forecast is good. No rain.

Which is good anyway. Last time we were there it was a horrible day.

horrible evening; really wet rain. Also 'flag gate'', although no one stopped me with my homemade 2 piece 6ft flagpole/large flag.

[Morf]

Haha his bro is a dead ringer for him as well, have often wondered if he just slots in for Leo for certain press conferences.

Leo is definitely very, very well PR trained.

Not at all surprising https://cullencommunications.ie/about/

The quality of his PR training is how little it shows.

[RoboProp]

Very little buzz about this game, the comp is a bit of a damp squib this year it has to be said
Saying that if we make the final..I will absolutely be this guy

[lotmc]

Always interesting to have a look over the fence and see what our opponent's fans are saying about the game. I cant recall a more downbeat discussion amongst fans regarding their team's chances

https://www.rugbynetwork.net/main/s105/st202791.htm

[RoboProp]

Always interesting to have a look over the fence and see what our opponent's fans are saying about the game. I cant recall a more downbeat discussion amongst fans regarding their team's chances

https://www.rugbynetwork.net/main/s105/st202791.htm

Unsurprisingly, there is a remark about our limitless budget

[LeinsterLeader]

Jimmy Lowe is out for Saturday anyway. IRFU says muscle injury has him out for a few weeks

[wixfjord]

Interesting to see who we select as wingers now.

Byrne at 14 and JOB at 11 maybe?

[Ruckedtobits]

Dave Kearney needed and hopefully Larmour available. JO'B still a stopgap on the wing.

[desperado]

Where's Rory O'Loughlin these days?

[carlow man]

Has to be Byrne at 14 if larmour misses out. Jimmy at 11. Bath are cr@p.

[mildlyinterested]

Where's Rory O'Loughlin these days?

Was training yesterday.

[Morf]

Where's Rory O'Loughlin these days?

Was training yesterday.

Is ROL out of contract this summer? Feels like a guy who might need to move.

[Serb]

O’Loughlin will be gone for sure. Frawley is getting the minutes he would have gotten in previous seasons. Can’t really see a way back into the squad for him now.

[bronxbull]

As Rev. Captain Samuel Clayton remarks in The Searchers, Rory O'Loughlin "fits a lot of descriptions".

Rory has been a very valuable, McFadden-like, player who has filled in for us pretty seamlessly over the years in some big matches.

He is not first choice, and probably never will be, but which of the new young backs are better in the centre/wing positions?

It would a pity to lose him.

[D4surfer]

Bookies have it Bath 25/1, and Leinster 1/25 with a handicap of 25 points.

I love the symmetry of that.

[LeinsterLeader]

[Dave Cahill]

Leinster Rugby team to face Bath (Leinster caps in brackets):

15. Hugo Keenan (37)
14. Jordan Larmour (68)
13. Garry Ringrose (93)
12. Robbie Henshaw (59)
11. Jimmy O’Brien (40)
10. Johnny Sexton CAPTAIN (177)
9. Luke McGrath (159)

1. Andrew Porter (84)
2. Rónan Kelleher (32)
3. Michael Ala’alatoa (8)
4. Ross Molony (124)
5. Josh Murphy (51)
6. Caelan Doris (46)
7. Josh van der Flier (105)
8. Jack Conan (109)

Replacements:

16. Dan Sheehan (20)
17. Cian Healy (240)
18. Vakh Abdaladze (15)
19. Ryan Baird (35)
20. Max Deegan (73)
21. Jamison Gibson-Park (108)
22. Ross Byrne (113)
23. Ciarán Frawley (44)

Referee – Andrea Piardi (FIR)

[Oldschoolsocks]

great to see Ryan Baird back on the bench, that's some Front row on pitch and on the bench too