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mildlyinterested wrote: ↑August 24th, 2020, 1:34 pm rewatching, looks like Baird was calling the lineout, big responsibility for a 21 yr old.

Thats what we thought as well.

Would agree with a lot of the sentiment on here. Thought we looked rusty but that's understandable. Reffing was a bit lopsided. Toner's yellow was harsh and Sexton was right, the ruck was absolute chaos. Scrum was solid and I thought we had then on the rack a few times. With another ref could've go...

What was most noticeable for me was Saracens' inability to convert nearly half-a-dozen 5m scrums or 5m lineouts into tries. Apart from one right at the death they never really looked like scoring tries from them. Also clear was the gap between Wigglesworth's kicking game and that of Aled Davies whe...

Not sure what people expected this to be? Dressing room footage of bust-ups and high drama?! It was always going to be a mix of highlights and player interviews. I enjoyed it to be honest. Particularly Isa's bits and the little insight into Stuesdays. Also blaming Leinster's media output for it is ...

God, that was dire. Better off spending 15 mins looking at youtube highlights.

I think Fardy shoud be included in that list, irrespective of whether he is in the 2nd row list. If we were playing Saracens tomorrow, I'd want a 4,5,6 to be Toner, Ryan and Fardy.

A couple of injuries and players away in Ireland Camp means the front row now looks very shallow. Who's next off the rank in the Academy? Clarkson & Ward at TH, Bobby Sheehan at Hooker, ?? at LH. Any thoughts? Possible senior squad next season? LH Prop(4) Cian Healy(32) - Signed central 2yr cont...

Twist wrote:If the match is *significantly* delayed then Saracens’ squad might have partially disintegrated by the time it’s played. A lesser delay would probably suit them just fine though, since they’d likely get Bill Vunipola back

As an adjunct to this, when will Conan be back and when will Leavy be back?

Team Wins Points Lansdowne 14 62 DUFC 14 49 UCD 14 44 Clontarf 14 43 Old Belvo 14 41 Old Wesley 14 20 Terenure 14 16 Barnhall 14 5 Lansdowne finish with a 31 - 28 away win v Trinity. UCD, Clontarf and OB all win as expected. So OB miss out by a narrow margin. I always thought their draw to Old Wesle...

Team Wins Points Lansdowne 13 57 DUFC 13 47 Clontarf 12 39 UCD 12 39 Old Belvo 12 36 Old Wesley 12 19 Terenure 12 16 Barnhall 12 5 Congratulations to Lansdowne as the wrap up the Prem1 title with 1 game to go. Trinitys win at home to Clontarf sees them confirmed as RU. Despite OB's 19 - 14 win at ho...

Munster Qualifers for Fraser McMullen

UCC 29
Garryowen 18
Cork Con 16
Young Munster 9

Team Wins Points Lansdowne 12 52 DUFC 12 43 Clontarf 12 39 UCD 12 38 Old Belvo 12 32 Terenure 12 16 Old Wesley 12 14 Barnhall 12 5 Lansdowne only need to pick up a loosing bonus point from their last to games to secure the title. Trinity only drawing against Terenure 2 weeks ago means their game aga...

mildlyinterested wrote:

flustered wrote:Still u18! Wow he is some talent

He is a notable prospect for sure.. Be interesting to see how fast he progresses and develops next season.

He played for OB U20 v's Trinity last Sunday

Seems increasingly like time and commitment to the Sub-Academy is becoming a key component of player development within the Leinster pathway. If players don't adapt to the disciplines required within the Centre of Excellencee, they may be judged as unsuitable for further development in Leinster. Fe...

mildlyinterested wrote:Clarkson could be fast tracked next season at TH given the unconvincingness of the tight heads ahead of him.

What is the current pecking order to TH's? Furlong, Porter, Bent, ??, ???

The English Championship has had its funding slashed by 50% from next season. "The Championship is, and will continue to be, a useful way for players to get additional developmental experience, but we do not believe it is the primary place where Premiership and England players are discovered a...

I can't understand why they flog Thomas Clarkson so much. He played every game last year and this to almost 80 mins in each game. Whatever about him needing to be rested / protected, the other issue is if he gets injured there is no one else with ANY experience.

I had a look at the Wales Italy match. Italy simply bullied them up front. Lineouts, scrums, breakdown was dominated by italy and they should have won by a lot more. Wales defended well. It doesn't necessarily mean it will be an easy game for Ireland but youd have to fancy our lads to win by more t...

Seems bizarre that Exeter only have only 1 bench player in the English named squad.

eddie Jones appears to be struggling to adapt the game plan without the vinupolas. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/03/manu-tuilagi-england-tom-curry-six-nations-scotland If Tuilagi is ruled out of Saturday it would be a huge blow for Jones, who has admitted that England need to “find mor...