The Official Irish Rugby Thread

[nelly sham]

I’d thought McGrath had called it a day when I saw his post surgery rehab over the summer, he had a pretty significant hip op I believe. Some going to get back to playing again.

Only caught the first 20 mins last night, Mack Hansen though. Has to be given a shot he’s red hot at the moment.

 

[nelly sham]

For once I wanted Leinster to win that game, whilst yes Connaughts style of play is admirable, I feel they are getting some what arrogant and as bad as Leinster are in that regard, I feel Connaught needed to put back in their place.

Ah that’s a bit harsh, I don’t think it’s arrogance but they play such a high risk high reward game that they have to be somewhat confident in what they are doing because a lot of the time it won’t work. The last thing they need is their heads go down, game plan falls apart and then they have nothing.

 

[Coogee]

Leinster Rugby v Bath (caps in brackets):

15. Hugo Keenan (35)
14. Jordan Larmour (66)
13. Garry Ringrose (91)
12. Ciarán Frawley (41)
11. James Lowe (56)
10. Ross Byrne (110)
9. Jamison Gibson-Park (105)

1. Andrew Porter (81)
2. Rónan Kelleher (29)
3, Tadhg Furlong (117)
4. Ross Molony (122)
5. Ryan Baird (33)
6. Rhys Ruddock (195) CAPTAIN
7. Josh van der Flier (103)
8. Caelan Doris (44)

Replacements:

16. Dan Sheehan (18)
17. Cian Healy (237)
18. Michael Ala’alatoa (6)
19. Devin Toner (270)
20. Max Deegan (70)
21. Luke McGrath (157)
22. Jimmy O’Brien (37)
23. Tommy O’Brien (12)

 

[Coogee]

Leinster with the bonus point wrapped up after 24 mins!!

 

[Coogee]

(15-9) Mike Lowry, Robert Baloucoune, James Hume, Stuart McCloskey, Ethan McIlroy, Billy Burns, John Cooney;

(1-8) Andrew Warwick, Rob Herring, Tom O’Toole, Alan O’Connor (Capt.), Kieran Treadwell, Marcus Rea, Nick Timoney, Duane Vermeulen;

Replacements: John Andrew, Jack McGrath, Ross Kane, Sam Carter, Greg Jones, Sean Reidy, Nathan Doak, Stewart Moore.

tough ask to get a win in clermont..looking forward to seeing how vermeulen goes

 

[Coogee]

15. Oran McNulty (4)
14. Alex Wootton (24)
13. Shayne Bolton (1)
12. Sammy Arnold (22)
11. John Porch (44)
10. Jack Carty (166) (C)
9. Caolin Blade (137)
1. Matthew Burke (30)
2. Shane Delahunt (107)
3. Finlay Bealham (166)
4. Oisín Dowling (12)
5. Niall Murray (22)
6. Cian Prendergast (15)
7. Conor Oliver (27)
8. Jarrad Butler (80)

Replacements
16. Dave Heffernan (151)
17. Jordan Duggan (19)
18. Dominic Robertson-McCoy (69)
19. Eoghan Masterson (115)
20. Seán Masterson (14)
21. Kieran Marmion (193)
22. Conor Fitzgerald (41)
23. Tom Farrell (66)

 

[How bad boy]

Fantastic win for Ulster.
The fact that Leinster conceded 20 was a little sloppy but hammered them as expected

 

[outdagap]

Fantastic win for Ulster.
The fact that Leinster conceded 20 was a little sloppy but hammered them as expected

Clermont need a new pack. Hard to fault their backs....JJ did as well as he could in front of them.

 

[nelly sham]

great win for Ulster, bit lucky with that penalty try. Barnes was awful,it was certainly a yellow and a penalty but he almost ballsed it up by blowing it up, eye contact later and a dodgy tackle weren’t dealt with really well either.

Clermont’s forwards are done, they really need fresh legs in there. Lavanini was a nothing signing.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Nice pressure kick from JJ at the end. Especially with the extra delay for the check on the gouge.