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It’s a recurring theme based on McGrath’s season to date but it really is essential that JGP stays fit.

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triplebogey wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:39 pm So did Leinster just never announce the squad that travelled to SA? Bit weird.

No harm. It’ll probably be a callow enough travelling party and it keeps the Lions guessing with their analysis.

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This. Leinster can probably help. As has been suggested, there ought to be some sharing of IP between the provinces, and no, Leinster’s big advantage isn’t having some fancy private schools. Hard to get your act together when one province has nearly double the budget of any of the others and they a...

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Leinster have a smaller senior squad though with a bigger academy. Also it's not like the Leinster academy only provides for Leinster. Leinster have a 44 man senior squad containing 26 Irish internationals (21 of whom have been involved with Ireland in the past year) and 3 capped NIQs, Leinster are...

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iarmhiman wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:43 pm Munster will be to European rugby as Benfica were to European football. A great team but a distant memory

Benfica - far too good looking and cosmopolitan.

Nottingham Forest. Same number of European Cups and same colour jerseys

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So with Snyman replacing Jenkins and Tupou potentially replacing Ala'alatoa, any word on Ngatai? Will he be replaced or even kept on? I know he's fairly old and somewhat injury prone but Leinster could credibly use that to their benefit and get him relatively cheap on a 1 yr extension. He's an exce...

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Big take away from tonight is that JGP has usurped Porter as Leinster’s most important player. Fingers crossed he stays fit for the rest of the season.

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJwTggsW8AAhPhi?format=jpg&name=small Not messing around much Good team, lot of impact from the bench as well. McGrath sticks out a bit as a weak point imo but otherwise, good stuff. Are we assuming (or do we know even?) that James Ryan is out for the season? Big opportu...

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Hypothetically, come the end of the season you’d be wiping out any player welfare/cumulative fatigue advantage of a rest this week if you subsequently have to travel down to SA and back in the playoffs culminating in a probable final at altitude in Pretoria. Followed by another trip down there for t...

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Leinster will take plenty of ‘learnings’ from last season in their approach to selection for the URC run-in, starting on Friday. Beat The Bulls and it will make selection for the 2 away games in SA more straightforward, provided all goes well versus Leicester and La Rochelle. Cullen won’t want a re...

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Leinster will take plenty of ‘learnings’ from last season in their approach to selection for the URC run-in, starting on Friday. Beat The Bulls and it will make selection for the 2 away games in SA more straightforward, provided all goes well versus Leicester and La Rochelle. Cullen won’t want a rep...

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looks like most of the irish internationals are training today for Leinster. You’d imagine that Leinster will go as fully loaded as possible against the Bulls. A week before back to back European games? I think so. The Bulls remaining games after Leinster are at home versus Munster, Ospreys, Glasgo...

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irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:55 pm looks like most of the irish internationals are training today for Leinster.

You’d imagine that Leinster will go as fully loaded as possible against the Bulls.

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Who's the next big back three talent for Leinster, if any? Haven't been as up to date on the U20s (or Leinster tbf) due to toddler duties. Very few across the whole island to be honest. Tommy O’Brien maybe? Moloney but haven’t seen much Tommy O’Brien been about a while now. Fastest player at Leinst...

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Will happily trek up to Casement for Ireland v Fiji or Japan under lights in a few years.

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It’s 100 mostly motorway miles from Ravenhill to the Aviva. Hardly insurmountable for a couple of games.

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Ulster played their last home game outside of Belfast in Cavan which according to google maps is 12 minutes further from Ravenhill than Lansdowne Road. All of county Donegal is significantly further away than Cavan.

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earl the beaver wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:28 pm I see two of our AIs are Friday night games, well done to ensuring only those who live or work in Dublin can attend.

Well done to Ulster having the majority of their home games on a Friday night meaning only those who live or work in Belfast can attend

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Listening to Gerry Thornely on OTB making the same points that he has made on Second Captains and The Counter Ruck already today. A lot of talk about babies and bath water.

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There’s one Michael’s lad there. McNeice?

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Dillane to Leinster would be amusing

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Good discussion on Against The Head last night about Porter’s scrummaging : https://x.com/rtesport/status/176222324 ... Vbs0P6ezoA

Also, good to see Tommy O’Brien training today with Leinster after going off with what looked like another injury against Benneton last week.

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Regarding McCloskey leaving. It would be in the IRFU's interest to top up his contract. Aki is turning 34 in April. He's at his peak now but it's an age where they can go downhill rapidly. Henshaw is injury prone. Healy 36 Bealham 32 Furlong 31 Herring 33 Henderson 32 Beirne 32 Conan 31 VDF 30 Pom ...

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Hope we get a somewhat competent ref like Ireland v Wales had on Saturday https://x.com/rtesport/status/176222324 ... Vbs0P6ezoA

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iarmhiman wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:55 am South County Dubs only know two places outside Dublin

Ring of Kerry
Galway City.

Nah. Kinsale, Baltimore, Schull

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I don't get what Bealham has done to get himself canned at all, but definitely not a hill I'd die on either. I love the forwards bench with Kelleher+Ryan+Baird+Conan to come on, serious impact. Delighted for Frawley, feels this has been a long time coming. McCloskey has also earned that bench spot....

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Whatever about the squad being right or wrong, it's boring predictable. SPOILER ALERT! The team for France has already been selected. Porter Sheehan Furlong Beirne Ryan POM Vdf Doris JGP Crowley Lowe Aki Ringrose Nash Keenan ----- 6/2 bench? Healy Kelleher Bealham McCarthy Baird Conan Murray Frawle...

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triplebogey wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:38 pm Am I right in saying if Northampton don't get a BP win here Leinster are in the top 2?

Yes.

Would also need to improve their points difference by 12

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freddie111 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 4:05 pm
Cartman wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:50 pm Bulls 46 - UB40
So effectively Leinster just need to win to get home advantage all the way unless Exeter manage an away win with many tries in Bayonne. As Bayonne are at home I presume they will bother for this one , so a big loss seems unlikely.

You’re forgetting Northampton

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Bulls doing their bit to get Leinster a top 2 seed so far anyway. Obviously Leinster need to as well. Given Bordeaux left half their team at home and more benched it's not a bad showing. Irrespective of the final score, scoring 40 points away to the Bulls in mid summer is some performance. On the e...

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Ulster & Connacht (probably) in the Challenge Cup

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OupaStruisbaai wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:11 pm If the win by 40 plus they can top the pool

Hmm

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So yes, Leinster all but through as group winners if Leicester don't scramble a bonus point. Looks fairly impossible to get top seeding unless Bath do the impossible. Leinster could possibly top the group without any match points next weekend if (big huge if) Stade can keep Stormers to a margin bel...

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Just go the whole hog like England (& Wales) cricket. SA can join to keep the 6 nations and Cardiff can host an international once every few years.

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Is Henderson injured? No. He’s in decent form. I’d start McCarthy with Ryan, Beirne to 6 and Henderson on the bench but don’t think Farrell will leave out his Capt.

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Whatever about the squad being right or wrong, it's boring predictable. SPOILER ALERT! The team for France has already been selected. Porter Sheehan Furlong Beirne Ryan POM Vdf Doris JGP Crowley Lowe Aki Ringrose Nash Keenan ----- 6/2 bench? Healy Kelleher Bealham McCarthy Baird Conan Murray Frawley

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[quote="FidesEtRobur " post_id=7739372 time=<a href="tel:1703878554">1703878554</a> user_id=10081] Any news on James Lowe? Was pictured running at training this week. No idea how close he is to playing, or even what's keeping him out now. It was reported he was back in NZ for personal reasons but i...

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Any news on James Lowe?

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https://www.rugbyrama.fr/2023/12/18/transferts-top-14-lubb-sur-la-piste-de-linternational-irlandais-joey-carbery-11650473.php Joey to France? when you're made of glass where better place to go ? It’s easy to forget that Carbery played in EVERY Ireland test in 2022 (plus 2 uncapped games v Mãori in ...

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Massive win for Leins- hopefully after the recent failures of Ireland and themselves this will help them with the doubts that have started to set in. This generation of Irish players need to get some big silverware under their belts and the CC is key. Not sure I’d buy that the 6 Nations Grand Slam ...

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