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You could actually do with more refs telling the defender not to try and jackal when a player is on the wrong side. The one where he didn't let Frawley go for it was poor tho, same as the Sheehan one he allowed. The non-yellow was his only really terrible decision for us. On the other side the Prend...

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Absolute morons slowing the game themselves by taking scrums the last few mins

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If it's a pen it's a yellow as it is a line break

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No dissimilar to the one we got away with earlier, but if you've dived like that the odds of taking it one handed are very low

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Timing there absolutely shocking, Stu has to stop his run and take the ball on his back shoulder. Still does badly to not protect the ball, but just wank.

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Deliberate knock on there from Vaii

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Think that probably is a try, I'd want it for my team

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Neither Prendergast or Keenan are expecting that out the back, so not just poor execution from Stu, something completely broken.

No idea what the call was there.

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Madness

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Barrett wasn't first man, but most refs would have let that go

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Nonsense staying yellow

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Horrific by JOB

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Beirne so slow to get off there.

Awful after that, but would have been a try next phase anyway

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Jacobson's tackle was offside there wasn't it?

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That was far too easy.

Defence not sure what to do with the AB forwards screening pods off multiphase. Then they have the pace to play with depth and still get to the ouside.

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Pretty sure Jacobson makes contact with Ringrose's head there

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redderneck wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2026 5:55 pm Butchered but thought there was a clear no arms hit in there

Think it was less about arms, and more that Ben Earl special low on his knees tackle. Not a yellow, but definitely a pen.

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Fudge. Some cracking rugby there.

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Ref actually doing his job and you see the impact!

Hell of a line and offload that.

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bimboman wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2026 5:08 pm South Africa are great, but the breakdown cheating has to be officiated better than thes.

The off feet 'fighting' at every ruck is really effective tbf.

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grimoald wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2026 4:45 pm Hooker enters from the side.

Nortje exactly the same with that turnover just there - someone really needs to tell the ref the rules.

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Heck of a carry that.

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Hooker enters from the side.

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To be fair to him, he's got balls. First half was extremely poor in every way. Did very well to steady the ship and improve in the second half with some big involvements towards the end. My thesis that given time on the ball and go forward he's a world beater, but with no time and space he crumbles...

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That never gets overturned.

Plus they collapsed the maul first

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Ringrose sucking in defence again.

Baffled how VdF wasn't able to turn that ball over.

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2026 11:38 am
Hellraiser wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2026 11:38 am A Prendergash special.
The worst part was that he had a gap in front of him, and instead of running into it he planted his feet and threw a pass that was never on.

He's not slow, but his lack of burst off the mark (rather than bottle) is a really crippling factor.

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Nice no arm tackle there by Wilson.

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redderneck wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2026 11:36 am
grimoald wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2026 11:35 am We don't have the camera angles to see exactly what is going on with our defence, but it is awful. The gaps in midfield are ludicrous.
Ahem.

Pokes at ground with toe. Keeps mouth shut.

I actually think theres more than one elephant in the room, and the other one rhymes with dingdose

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Urgh, fucking awful.

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Dobbin wrote: ↑Sat Jul 04, 2026 11:33 am He had three grabs at that

I thought that, but the replay showed his left hand always on the ball.

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We don't have the camera angles to see exactly what is going on with our defence, but it is awful. The gaps in midfield are ludicrous.

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Shit offensive rucking again.

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With an intelligent playmaker like Gibson-Park at 9 (not unlike Lucu) you can easily afford a Frawley at 10 imo. Leinster seem more concerned with having a guy who "runs the week" rather than plays rugby. I know players like to assume responsibility but I'd the coaches ran the week and allowed for ...

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Oh, and I'd also like to say we f**king told you so to those handful of posters who were adamant Harry was better than Crowley and merited starts in the 6N.

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It's not that Frawley was always categorically Leinster's best 10 after Sexton. It is that his ceiling was way higher than the Byrnes and he needed gametime to develop into your best 10 (and while he's a passable 12 he's not athletic enough to be a top level 13 or 15). If you invested in him you bea...

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Don't buy that argument at all, Frawley never has to play anywhere. The revisionism now on twitter is that Frawley has been screwed by the focus on trying to develop Prendergast*, but it has been Cullen's infatuation with the security blanket of the Byrnes. Anyone arguing it's the best use of resour...

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One of the things that was very noticeable to me was the way in which the UBB backline stars got stuck into the close quarter arm wrestles. I am not saying this as a contrast to Leinster, but rather as a general point. There were occasions when LBB (and I do mean LBB as I checked I was not getting ...

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How is there even a Leo "debate" He's had during his tenure an Ireland squad that's been at their worst a top 5 side and for long periods either THE best team in the world or 2nd and battling it out for 1st. He has infinitely more time to work with these players than Andy Farrell, who after a short...

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whats the answer for leinster? new coaching group? sign more irish internationals from the other provinces? sign more all blacks or saffa internationals? The lesson from being unable to match Will Skelton for Sarries and LaR all those years was apparently to buy Snyman to match up in the physical s...

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