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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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Man for man Bordeaux aren't better, but they have 3 or 4 players who are much, much better than their counterparts. The combination of that, Leinster's shit coaching/tactics and a hell of a lot of rubbed green having an impact here. Leo has to finally fall on his sword doesn't he, or does he just sa...

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A Byrne brother special there, catch the ball and stop dead, so defenders don't need to worry about at all.

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redderneck wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2026 3:29 pm Jaysus. Echoes of our 6N opener v France here. Every sniff being snapped up by one side absolutely on it, and the other not necessarily bad, but just a pace off it.

Yeah, Borduex have had all the key luck/decisions.

But Leinster have also not been good.

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That's super unlucky.

But another clear moment of Henshaw being completely done and a horrible selection in the build up as he loses the collision.

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Can Scannell retire now please

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"not what you associate with a player of his quality"?

The two things anyone who watches rugby associates with Niall Scannell are not straight lineouts and knocking the ball on.

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CM11 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2026 1:16 pm
Conspicuous wrote: ↑Sat Apr 04, 2026 1:15 pm Shambolic from Munster , utterly shambolic . Don’t seem to have the heart or the wit
Tactics were awful.

It is obviously easier to play with a lead, but you just watch how Exeter slow everything down in the second half, and we have about 10 minutes total in play time.

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Just unimaginably awful. Kendellan just watching the bouncing ball off the lineout. No idea what on earth Casey is doing with that cocked up pass - just slow the bloody game down!!!!! So depressing and absolutely baffling Munster haven't had a Hooker who is up to European rugby (let alone able to co...

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Been awful by Munster. As much as Casey and Crowley made such a huge difference last week, they're joint game management this week with the wind has been properly awful.

Exeter being allowed to do great (not so legal) work slowing ruck ball, and the team isn't learning.

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Skiaddict wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 11:06 pm Pollock had the high tackle? I never saw the replay

He f**ked up after winning the turnover (think he ripped the ball off DuPont) then with a minute left he tries to force an offload and turns the ball over.

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Quite funny that Pollock fucks it tbf

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Duuuuumb rugby there. France offside the whole time mind.

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Saint wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 10:45 pm
ManInTheBar wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 10:44 pm How could advantage for the penalty be over?
The ref changed his call from deliberate knock on to accidental

Yeah, seems like the TMO must have instructed him?

Looked deliberate to me. Of course TV director doesn't replay.

Then clear knock on off the restart.

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Definitely a deliberate knock on

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Itoje has had an excellent game

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I'd be very pissed if I was French at that last ruck

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