Babbling 'brook

Watching the game for me was a bit like watching Wasps for most of this season - a talented backline who kept taking wrong options, and knocking on at critical moments. But I didn't expect that from Leinster, and Sexton in particular was way off his usual standard. A lot was said on here about Skelt...

I'm in the fortunate position of no stress, as I don't have a dog in this fight (Wasps supporter). But I am looking forward to what should be a cracking contest, between the best two sides in the competition. The bookies have it as Leinster by 10. Hard to disagree, but anything can happen on the day...

The RWC 2019 semi against NZ certainly was a watershed, we totally dominated them, far more comprehensively than the 19-7 scoreline suggests. But to expect to do the same in the final was never going to work against SA, we needed to play a much more open running style. I would agree that England are...

As an England supporter, I'm afraid I can't share the view of some others that England put up a heroic defensive display with 14 men. First off, how anyone could think that Charlie Ewels was a test quality player ahead of Joe Launchbury is insane. He should never have been on the pitch in the first ...

Good luck Leinster. I suspect many many many neutrals will be supporting you. +1 You will be doing English Rugby, and the sport in general, a massive favour by dumping the arrogant, cheating, lying feckers out of the Cup, and condemning them to at least 2 years of meaningless fixtures watched by th...

“It’s certainly a tough prospect, facing what is effectively the Irish national team just before the Six Nations. They’ll all be vying to impress to earn the green jersey in the coming weeks and they’ll want to do the job for Leinster.” That won't go down well in other provinces that like to see th...

I hope that one of the QFs is Racing V Toulouse because I think that Toulouse have a good chance of beating Racing and Leinster would then have a home SF if we win tomorrow and our QF. I'm sure you could get tickets to see Ulster v Toulouse . Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk Weekend of March 29t...

In the unlikely event that Leinster lose at the Ricoh tomorrow, and Toulouse win with a BP, the QFs would then be: Saracens v Glasgow Racing v Leinster Edinburgh v Ulster Toulouse v Munster In the even more unlikely event that Toulouse fail against Bath, but Leinster secure top spot in Pool 1, we th...

If the predictions are correct, there will be two QFs involving teams which have already played each other twice in the Pool stages. Does anyone think this detracts somewhat from the competition, and the rules should be tweaked to avoid this scenario? It could go something like "In the event th...

Wasps supporter in peace here. I can assure you that most of us couldn't give a flying foxtrot about the result on Sunday. There will be hordes of Dubliners sliding through the turnstiles, and I'm not talking about fans getting into the Ricoh, but Leinster ball-carriers bursting through the midfield...

Wasps supporter in peace here. I can't disagree with most of the comments on this thread, and the bookies agree as well, making Leinster favourites by 16 -19 points. Even with Launchbury, Robson, Hughes and Wade in the team, we've been unconvincing so far this season, and although we have beefed up ...

Weve much more impact off the bench in the forwards We definitely do. That's a big standout. Whatever about Molony starting, he's springy enough to cause them trouble (particularly with Johnson throwing later on) and VDF/Healy/Tracy are three fair impact subs to bring in. I've said enough about my ...

Wasps team to face Leinster:

15 Beale
14 Wade
13 Daly
12 Gopperth
11 Le Roux
10 Cipriani
9 Robson
1 Mullan
2 Taylor
3 Cooper-Wooley
4 Launchbury (c)
5 Myall
6 Haskell
7 Young
8 Hughes

Bench:

16 Johnson
17 McIntyre
18 Moore
19 Symons
20 Reider
21 Simpson
22 Leiua
23 Bassett

Latest betting odds:

Leinster 4/7
Wasps 6/4
Draw 25/1

Handicap market:

Leinster -4pts 10/11
Wasps +4pts 10/11

But I wouldn't be betting the house on any of those.

... Their outlook is, you score four, we'll score five. For what its worth, this review is based on four of their key games this season: Wasps overall away record in the Prem is P9 W5 D1 L3. But if you look at our away game at Bath on 4 March: http://www.premiershiprugby.com/video/highlights-bath-r...

paddyor wrote: IS Haskell fully fit? IIRC he just came back from injury during the 6N and he seemed to have a slight limp coming off against Ireland.

He played yesterday against Worcester, so should be ok.

Likely Wasps squad for Saturday: Beale, Wade, Daly, Gopperth, Le Roux*, Cipriani, Robson, Mullan, Taylor, Cooper-Wooley, Launchbury, Myall, Young, Haskell, Hughes. Bench: Johnson, McIntyre, Moore, Symons, Simpson, Leiua, Bassett. *If WLR fails the fitness test, Bassett comes in at 11 and Armitage on...

Nigel Owens has refereed Leinster 16 times in HC/ERCC games, with Leinster winning 12, drawing one and losing 3. He has refereed Wasps 6 times, with Wasps winning 3 and losing 3. He has refereed two previous clashes between the two sides, with Wasps winning 35-13 in 2007, and Leinster winning 41-11 ...

Yeah, I agree LRIP I thought they were going into ascendant mode and they kind of haven't. Launch berry is so good that when he played here with the Saxons even RTE gave him man of the match. Unprecedented. Think he was with Leicester then. England are so stocked in second row. Launchbury has never...

I'm not sure if Wasps would win a 'we can score more tries than you' type of game, based on our form this season. We have the Irish 10-12-13, Isa is in great form, we have two incredibly exciting young back 3 players with pace in A.Byrne and O'Loughlin, not to mention the Kearneys. Looks like a rem...