Leinster v Benetton Sat 6 Apr KO 19:45 TG4

[wixfjord]

Is that the longest unbeaten run ever in the rds?

Not by a long shot John. Last night was game 12 in the current run and is the 4th longest run we’ve had

26 - April 27th 2013 to February 15th 2015 (Dragons - P12)
20 - November 27th 2015 to May 19th 2017 (Scarlets - P12)
14 - September 11th 2010 to September 9th 2011 (Glasgow - P12)

I think he meant Treviso!

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Xan's post shows what we're missing though...MOC!

[blockhead]

Is that the longest unbeaten run ever in the rds?

Benetton are unbeaten in the RDS since September 2016 #bogeyteam

[johng]

I did mean treviso. Has any team ever "not lost" back to back in the rds before?

[Xanthippe]

I did mean treviso. Has any team ever "not lost" back to back in the rds before?

Oops sorry

But yes, Ospreys won twice in 2 months in March and May 2012. They are almost the winningest team to ever play in the RDS with 3 wins and a draw. The best (!!!) to ever visit is London Irish who played 1 won 1.

[johng]

Joint longest in no of games then. Longer in time though

[Oldschool]

Losing can become a habit.
Leinster needed a performance like that to backup the drive towards the end of the season.

[Gearzbox2]

Really enjoyed the game last night
Massive intensity from both sides and considering they’d all to play for and us, well not so much in the grand scheme of things....

Lads really fronted up
Very impressed with Deegan, Mick K, Penney, Barry Daly and COB
Thought Tomane was solid, had a few good moments
Frawley did well when he came on but I’m still not convinced on him in the whole

Few lads struggling for form still, Lowe, porter and jack Mc mainly
Tracy and Doris were ok if not spectacular

Amount of tackles was staggering looking back
Big game next with many front liners back should be interesting

[Flash Gordon]

Really enjoyed the game last night
Massive intensity from both sides and considering they’d all to play for and us, well not so much in the grand scheme of things....

Lads really fronted up
Very impressed with Deegan, Mick K, Penney, Barry Daly and COB
Thought Tomane was solid, had a few good moments
Frawley did well when he came on but I’m still not convinced on him in the whole

Few lads struggling for form still, Lowe, porter and jack Mc mainly
Tracy and Doris were ok if not spectacular

Amount of tackles was staggering looking back
Big game next with many front liners back should be interesting

Bit harsh on Lowe, he made a lot of tackles, scored a try and made 4 turnovers - which was twice as many as our entire backrow! On that subject, I thought we weren't competitive enough at the breakdown and Treviso seemed to find it relatively easy to retain the ball -hence the ridiculous possession stats.

Still not convinced on Tomane, thought he did ok but he often looks like he doesn't know what's happening i.e. doesn't understand our structure and play patterns.

Jack McGrath looked off the pace and knackered, I hate seeing him like this, the guy has world class ability. Appreciate they made substitutions but when the replacement front row came on we were dominant in the scrum.

I was very impressed by Frawley, good distribution, great boot, 10 tackles and a super try - the try reminded me of Paul Dean back in the day! Great to see him with his mojo back!

[arsebiscuits1]

I do think Frawley needed to calm down a bit.

Treviso pressed hard in defense and really got in his face. But they were often disjointed or inaccurate with their defensive line and there was gaps that could have been exploited.

To be expected from a young Outhalf and he will be better for it but I think he was panicking a little with some of those passes.

Far more positives than negatives in his showing however!

[Laighin Break]

A few have mentioned our lack of poachers in the backrow. But Porter deserves a special mention, he's an absolute beast at jackaling.
Unlucky on Saturday where he would have won a great turnover under the sticks but another player was too slow rolling away so we conceded a penalty instead.

[wixfjord]

Still not convinced on Tomane, thought he did ok but he often looks like he doesn't know what's happening i.e. doesn't understand our structure and play patterns.

Jack McGrath looked off the pace and knackered, I hate seeing him like this, the guy has world class ability. Appreciate they made substitutions but when the replacement front row came on we were dominant in the scrum.

+1 on both of those.

Tomane still looks so tentative and like a guy who hasn't properly slotted into our structures yet. I said earlier in the thread that I think we tried to uncomplicate things for him by giving him a simpler role (pushing him to the wing a lot and giving him easy dummy running lines). In a few instances (running into Reid or when they made their break up the left in the second half) he can look all at sea.
In fairness, he has played relatively little rugby and did show a lot more on Sat than he has before. Some lovely pace, big defensive hits and nice hands.

Jack McGrath still looks like a guy who's unfit and unhappy with his game. Just trundling around in open play.
I would have Byrne benching for Toulouse.