Babbling 'brook

Yep - all other points down to supremacy in the scrum.

Based on today's evidence they probably will...

Gerry Thornley spot on in the IT: . "But at that moment they lost Johnny Sexton and kept being penalised by the lamentable and fastidious Pascal Gauzère, whose penalty count of 15-10 went a long way toward deciding the outcome."

Well beaten in the pack and not as good as we think we are - that's the truth of it...

Looking at Saracens' squad for last year's final, 12 of the matchday 23 are now gone off their books. Leinster (presuming Tadhg F doesn't feature) only changed by 3 - Sean O'Brien, Tadhg and Jack McGrath. Everyone else fit and available along with other players who have come through as strong conten...

Wasps (First-team appearances) 15 Rob Miller (93) 14 Josh Bassett (93) 13 Michele Campagnaro (5) 12 Gaby Lovobalavu (23) 11 Elliot Daly (187) 10 Lima Sopoaga (16) 9 Dan Robson (94) 1 Zurabi Zhvania (15) 2 Tom Cruse (51) 3 Jake Cooper-Woolley (123) 4 Joe Launchbury (c) (134) 5 Will Rowlands (65) 6 Br...

Move is pencilled in for next season so he has plenty of time to take Afrikaans lessons and hit the ground running...

Leinster Rugby 15. Rob Kearney 14. Jordan Larmour 13. Garry Ringrose 12. Robbie Henshaw 11. James Lowe 10. Johnny Sexton CAPTAIN 9. Luke McGrath 1. Cian Healy 2. Seán Cronin 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. Devin Toner 5. James Ryan 6. Dan Leavy 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Jack Conan 16. James Tracy 17. Jack McGra...

No mention of Isa at all on the Leinster site - any word on what's up?

Best of luck Zane and thanks for the contribution you've made to Leinster Rugby in your time here. Your 2 tries in the Pro12 Final against Warriors were a highlight for me as were the tries you scored against Munster down in Thomond. Your Barbarians' try was a thing of beauty as well :happy clapper:...

Connacht 15 Tiernan O’Halloran 14 Niyi Adeolokun 13 Robbie Henshaw 12 Bundee Aki 11 Matt Healy 10 AJ MacGinty 9 Kieran Marmion 1 Ronan Loughney 2 Tom McCartney 3 Finlay Bealham 4 Ultan Dillane 5 Aly Muldowney 6 Eoin McKeon 7 Jake Heenan 8 John Muldoon (captain) Replacements: 16 Dave Heffernan 17 JP ...

Isa's arm injury worse than thought - no reason given for Toner. This has gotten a lot harder...

Interesting to see how all the media attention and hype has been focused on Connacht with talk of a "fitting end to a fairytale season", the pride in the jersey, representing the people of the west, etc, etc. Meanwhile Leinster are going quietly about their business and preparations withou...

I understand what you're saying OTT. If Connacht do win it I'll be the first to congratulate them but that's after the game is done and dusted. I do mind though if Connacht win at the expense of Leinster. I think that before a ball is even kicked we should be 100% behind Leinster and let Connacht su...

Can't understand Leinster fans here and on other media saying "they don't mind" if Connacht win on Saturday. What's that all about? The Leinster players have given their all to get to this stage - why would you "not mind" if these same players lost on Saturday? This is your team ...

All the more reason for everyone to bring flags if they have them and keep the noise levels up...it does make a big difference to the team as Isa points out: "But we know what we have to do to make amends for that performance. Not only for ourselves but for our loyal fans that have been by our ...

Ulster have taken their full 25% quota of tickets according to the IT: http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/pro12/ulster-have-weapons-and-will-to-storm-leinster-fortress-1.2654039 If it's a 19,100 sell-out that's nearly 5,000 Ulster supporters which is a great turnout. Atmosphere should be cracking...

Forecast is for occasional rain and drizzle tomorrow night....

Any idea how many Ulster supporters are expected? With the game a sell-out and extra seating installed I'd be hoping for a very high Leinster turnout.

It's hard to admit but of the four teams left in the competition I think Leinster are the weakest. I also think this will be the first time we see a home semi-final won by the away team. This is based on the spanking we got a few weeks ago and the generally poor state of our attack play all season. ...