Ospreys Away - Sat 24th March 2018, 7.35pm S4C

[Dave Cahill]

There were some clips from Cullen on OTB last night, where he said he expected Luke to be available for selection for this match

[neill_m]

All IRFU officials this weekend. The Ospreys fans will be chuffed.

have they any cousins starting for us and will he speak Irish to the players

does look like its only on S4c though

Highlights on TG4 later on the Saturday night also.

[the spoofer]

Indo saying we are getting Cronin Porter Jordi Larmour and Carbery back for Saturday.

[simonokeeffe]

Indo saying we are getting Cronin Porter Jordi Larmour and Carbery back for Saturday.

Thatll do nicely

Cheers NeilM

[wixfjord]

Possibly looking at something like:

Dooley, Tracy, Bent, Fardy, Molony, Murphy, Murphy, Conan, JGP, Carbery, Daly, Isa, ROL, MCF, Larmour
Byrne, Cronin, Porter, Kearney, Deegan, McGrath, Byrne, Byrne

Good side.

[D4surfer]

Neither Aki or Marmion are in the Connacht 23 but I’m still hopeful we’ll get some of ours back.

[mildlyinterested]

Leinster Rugby (caps in brackets)

15. Joey Carbery (30)
14. Fergus McFadden (165)
13. Rory O’Loughlin (36)
12. Noel Reid (97)
11. Barry Daly (22)
10. Ross Byrne (44)
9. Luke McGrath (90) CAPTAIN
1. Jack McGrath (125)
2. Seán Cronin (146)
3. Andrew Porter (22)
4. Ross Molony (59)
5. Scott Fardy (16)
6. Josh Murphy (7)
7. Jordi Murphy (100)
8. Jack Conan (68)

16. James Tracy (57)
17. Ed Byrne (21)
18. Michael Bent (103)
19. Ian Nagle (16)
20. Max Deegan (15)
21. Jamison Gibson-Park (45)
22. Dave Kearney (121)
23. Adam Byrne (34)

[QBer]

15. Joey Carbery (30)
14. Fergus McFadden (165)
13. Rory O’Loughlin (36)
12. Noel Reid (97)
11. Barry Daly (22)
10. Ross Byrne (44)
9. Luke McGrath (90) CAPTAIN
1. Jack McGrath (125)
2. Seán Cronin (146)
3. Andrew Porter (22)
4. Ross Molony (59)
5. Scott Fardy (16)
6. Josh Murphy (7)
7. Jordi Murphy (100)
8. Jack Conan (68)

16. James Tracy (57)
17. Ed Byrne (21)
18. Michael Bent (103)
19. Ian Nagle (16)
20. Max Deegan (15)
21. Jamison Gibson-Park (45)
22. Dave Kearney (121)
23. Adam Byrne (34)

[LeinsterLeader]

Still no Isa

[wixfjord]

15 Dan Evans

14 Jeff Hassler

13 Kieron Fonotia

12 Ashley Beck

11 Hanno Dirksen

10 Dan Biggar

9 Tom Habberfield



1 Nicky Smith

2 Scott Otten

3 Dmitri Arhip

4 Bradley Davies

5 Alun Wyn Jones (Capt)

6 Olly Cracknell

7 Justin Tipuric

8 Sam Cross



REPLACEMENTS

16 Ifan Phillips

17 Rhodri Jones

18 Ma’afu Fia

19 Adam Beard

20 Rob McCusker

21 Matthew Aubrey

22 Sam Davies

23 Owen Watkin

[wixfjord]

I really, really hope we're just wrapping Isa in cotton wool for fear of anything happening to him before Sarries...

[curates_egg]

Very strong side.

Looking at the bench, will we see Carbery switch to ten at some point?

[Leinsterlunatic]

Strong side, would love to see Conan getting a few big carries in ahead of Saracens next week.

I think we can assume now that Lowe will start against Saracens, so it's between Daly and McFadden for the final berth?

[backrower8]

Strong side, would love to see Conan getting a few big carries in ahead of Saracens next week.

I think we can assume now that Lowe will start against Saracens, so it's between Daly and McFadden for the final berth?

I would like to think so, with Nick McCarthy on the bench next week, but I don't follow why we can assume that to be the case. To me it looks like Lowe will be left out against Sarries with Fardy and JGP lined up to feature in the QF 23.

To me it looks like the half of the team for next week with changes to come at 1, 3, 4, 7 (Jordi to 6), 10, 12, 13 & 15.

[Dexter]

Strong Ospreys team too...

[LeinsterLeader]

Interestingly Sarecens have gone with most of their big guns for their match tomorrow (Farrell the only one rested as far as I can see). Will be interesting to see if it gives them more cohesion. You'd have to think that if the game is tight in the last 20 next week fatigue would effect them!

Here's hoping anyway

[LeRouxIsPHat]

I really, really hope we're just wrapping Isa in cotton wool for fear of anything happening to him before Sarries...

As I said a couple of weeks, he's not injured, just being managed carefully. Obviously that could have changed, but certainly was the case recently.

Strange to have DK and Adam on the bench. I like the idea of Joey at fullback and keeping Ross at ten, but not sure we should go down that route for this game given that one of them is likely to miss out next week.

If there's no hangover (literally) from last week then I'd expect us to dominate from the start and for the Ospreys to lose interest. Always tricky to reintegrate players and perform when there's a much more important game next week though.

Excited to see Porter start, he's only got a handful of starts as a pro

[neill_m]

Bookies have Leinster as 7 point favourites for this one.

[Dave Cahill]

Strong Ospreys team too...

It should be an interesting game, our pack is very strong - though they have AWJ and Tipuric, their backline is very strong - though we have the likes of Carbery and McGrath.

I hope Ross Byrne is over whatever was ailing him over the last couple of games.

[wixfjord]

I really, really hope we're just wrapping Isa in cotton wool for fear of anything happening to him before Sarries...

As I said a couple of weeks, he's not injured, just being managed carefully. Obviously that could have changed, but certainly was the case recently.

Hopefully that's the case, but still I'd like to see him at least get a run out this week.

Has only played 45 minutes since 20th Jan.