Darce wrote:You'd imagine guys like conway, POD, EOM will come into contention. Would be happy with:
15. Isa
14. Horgan/Conway
13. O'Malley
12. McFadden
11. D. Kearney
10. Sexton
9. POD
8. Keogh
7. Ryan
6. SOB/ R. Ruddock
5. Cullen
4. Toner
3. Shawe
2. Harris-Wright
1. VDM
16. Strauss
17. Ross
18. McGrath
19. C. Ruddock/Hogan
20. Jenno
21. Boss
22. Macken
23. Conway/Keating/Morris
I can't see Joe Schmidt sending down anythig but his strongest available 22. You sent down a much stronger squad last season and were beaten out the gate.
I think his priority until the next round of HEC is now to get above us in the ML..Connacht 27 Leinster 13
Connacht: G Duffy; B Tuohy, T Nathan, A Wynne, F Carr; M Nikora, C OLoughlin; R Loughney, S Cronin, R Morris, M Swift, M McCarthy, J Muldoon (capt), M McComish, G Naoupu.
Replacements: K Campbell for O’Loughlin 38 mins; A Flavin for Cronin, J OConnor for McComish, I Keatley for Nikora all 61 mins; B Upton for McCarthy 64 mins; A Browne for Swift 67 mins; Wilkinson for Loughney 70 mins.
Leinster: G Dempsey; A Conway, B ODriscoll, K Tonetti, Simon Keogh; S Berne, E Reddan; S Wright, R Strauss, CJ van der Linde, N Hines, M OKelly, K McLaughlin, S Jennings (capt), Stephen Keogh.
Replacements: C Healy for van der Linde, J Heaslip for McLaughlin, E O’Malley for Tonetti all half-time; I Madigan for Dempsey 48 mins; J Fogarty for Strauss, L Cullen for O’Kelly both 54 mins. Not used: P O’Donohoe.