Leinster Squad 20-21

[wixfjord]

Christ, we're down to the proper bare bones at TH now.

Who are the tight heads left now?

Bent & Clarkson (and Porter with Ireland).

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COB, Ringrose & Larmour pictured at leinster training today.

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Sub-academy loosehead prop Marcus Hanan(20) trained with seniors today:

[Pilotman123]

COB, Ringrose & Larmour pictured at leinster training today.

Do you think they’ll play on the weekend

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COB, Ringrose & Larmour pictured at leinster training today.

Do you think they’ll play on the weekend

No

[Xanthippe]

When did we get into the habit of not quoting the source for stories we upload? Is this now considered okay?

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the42.ie/leinster-tadhg-furlong-tighthead-5271190-Nov2020/

“We are very slim in terms of tighthead but it’s also an opportunity for the guys that are here and maybe even some… not changing, but adapting position-wise, maybe a loosehead could play tighthead and so on,” said Contepomi.

[joooooe]

Roman, Roman, wherefore art thou Munster?

The same could be said of Nick McCarthy at scrum half.

Two moves being shown to be as idiotic as they were unnecessary.

[LeinsterLeader]

Good to hear from Leo re: Leinsters dominance in the Pro 14 after Monday nights game:

"Definitely,” said Cullen. “Of course it’s a concern.

“You’re trucking along, picking up bonus-point wins and then you’re seeing trends. Even, there’s a couple of things that we saw against Edinburgh. I think 14 was the penalty count given against us – on another day where you don’t take some of the opportunities that we took in the first half, suddenly it’s a very different game.

“I didn’t think we were at our best and even though we did pick up the bonus-point win, everyone – players and coaches – are very realistic that there’s a lot of things we can get better at.

“It’s important for us to be very open about that in terms of looking to improve all the time.

“That’s the biggest lesson for us over the last couple of weeks really, in terms of having that consistency and being open about what’s realistic.

“Just because things went your way this week doesn’t mean you’ll get a bonus-point win other weeks.

“Particularly in the second half, I thought we looked ragged at times.

“I think it’s a very, very valid point. We need to make sure we don’t pick up bad habits that would cost us on a different day.”

[neiliog93]

Roman, Roman, wherefore art thou Munster?

The same could be said of Nick McCarthy at scrum half.

Two moves being shown to be as idiotic as they were unnecessary.

Genuinely disgraceful in the case of Salanoa considering all the work we had put in, and how much game time he'd be getting now...We might even need an NIQ tighthead next season.

[Keith]

Roman, Roman, wherefore art thou Munster?

The same could be said of Nick McCarthy at scrum half.

Two moves being shown to be as idiotic as they were unnecessary.

Oh yeah remember him!

[mildlyinterested]

LH Prop(5)
Cian Healy(33/Belvedere/Clontarf) - ireland
Ed Byrne(27/Clongowes/UCD) - injured
Peter Dooley(26/Birr RFC/Lansdowne)

Michael Milne(21/Birr RFC-Roscrea/UCD)
Marcus Hanan(20/Clane RFC/Old Belvedere)

TH Prop(6)
Michael Bent(34)
Tadhg Furlong(28/New Ross RFC/Clontarf) - injured
Andrew Porter(24/St. Andrews/UCD) - ireland
Vakh Abdaladze(24/Coolmine RFC/Clontarf) - injured
Ciaran Parker(24/Exile) - injured

Tom Clarkson(20/Blackrock/DUFC)

Hooker(5)
Sean Cronin(34)
James Tracy(29/Newbridge/UCD)
Ronan Kelleher(22/St. Michaels/Lansdowne) - ireland
Dan Sheehan(22/Clongowes/Lansdowne)

John McKee(20/Campbell/Old Belvedere) - injured

Lock(8)
Scott Fardy(36)
Devin Toner(34/Castleknock/Lansdowne)
Ross Molony(26/St. Michaels/UCD)
James Ryan(24/St. Michaels/UCD) - ireland
Jack Dunne(22/St. Michaels/DUFC)
Ryan Baird(21/St. Michaels/DUFC)

Charlie Ryan(21/Blackrock/UCD) -
Brian Deeny(20/Wexford RFC/Clontarf) - injured
Joe McCarthy(19/Blackrock/DUFC)

Backrow(10)
Rhys Ruddock(30/Exile/St. Marys)
Jack Conan(28/St. Gerards/Old Belvedere) - injured
Josh Van Der Flier(27/Wesley/UCD) - ireland
Dan Leavy(26/St. Michaels/UCD)
Josh Murphy(25/St. Michaels/UCD)
Will Connors(24/Clongowes/UCD) - ireland
Max Deegan(24/St. Michaels/Lansdowne) - injured
Caelan Doris(22/Blackrock/DUFC) - ireland
Scott Penny(21/St. Michaels/UCD)

Martin Moloney(21/Athy RFC/Old Belvedere) - injured
Sean O'Brien(20/Blackrock/UCD)
Alex Soroka(19/Belvedere/Clontarf)

Scrumhalf(6)
Jamie Gibson Park(28) - ireland
Luke McGrath(27/St. Michaels/UCD)
Rowan Osborne(24/Clongowes/DUFC)
Hugh O'Sullivan(22/Belvedere/Clontarf)

Paddy Patterson(21/Blackrock/UCD)
Cormac Foley(21/St. Gerards/Lansdowne)

Outhalf(5)
Jonathan Sexton(35/St. Marys/St. Marys) - injured
Ross Byrne(25/St. Michaels/UCD) - ireland
Harry Byrne(21/St. Michaels/Lansdowne)

David Hawkshaw(21/Belvedere)

Centre(7)
Robbie Henshaw(27) - injured
Rory O'Loughlin(26/St. Michaels/UCD) - injured
Garry Ringrose(25/Blackrock/UCD) - injured
Conor O'Brien(24/Mullingar RFC/Clontarf) - injured
Ciaran Frawley(22/Skerries RFC/UCD)
Tommy O'Brien(22/Blackrock/UCD) - injured

Liam Turner(21/Blackrock/DUFC)

Back Three(9)
Dave Kearney(31/Clongowes/Lansdowne)
James Lowe(28) - ireland
Adam Byrne(26/Naas RFC/UCD) - injured
Cian Kelleher(26/St. Michaels/Lansdowne)
Hugo Keenan(24/Blackrock/UCD) - ireland
Jimmy O'Brien(23/Newbridge/UCD)
Jordan Larmour(23/St. Andrews/St. Marys) - injured

Michael Silvester(22/Clongowes/DUFC)
Aaron O'Sullivan(20/Exile/Blackrock) - irish 7's
Andrew Smith(20/St. Michaels/Clontarf) - injured
Niall Comerford(20/Blackrock/UCD)
Max O'Reilly(20/St. Gerards/DUFC)

[leinster23]

Seriously short on centres atm. Frawley and O'Loughlin to start there for Europe assuming Henshaw/Ringrose are still out.

[Jcahill1]

Anyone kind of hoping that Frawley can become our first choice centre? Feels weird to say so as Henshaw and Ringrose are both so good. But Frawleys distribution and kicking from 12 offer us something different, and he has the size to be effective enough trucking it up if he needs to. I wonder if he might be the way forward. With the amount the first choice guys get injured he should get some opportunities anyway.

[leinster23]

Anyone kind of hoping that Frawley can become our first choice centre? Feels weird to say so as Henshaw and Ringrose are both so good. But Frawleys distribution and kicking from 12 offer us something different, and he has the size to be effective enough trucking it up if he needs to. I wonder if he might be the way forward. With the amount the first choice guys get injured he should get some opportunities anyway.

Obviously Henshaw and Ringrose are great and we're lucky to have them but I would like to see Frawley really make a push. It'd be great to have 3 guys pushing for starts there too, both because competition is always good and because our current starters are injury prone. It would also give us an extra dimension to our play that we don't currently have. Hope he gets a shot at 12 for Europe with the injuries as they are currently.

[wixfjord]

Anyone kind of hoping that Frawley can become our first choice centre? Feels weird to say so as Henshaw and Ringrose are both so good. But Frawleys distribution and kicking from 12 offer us something different, and he has the size to be effective enough trucking it up if he needs to. I wonder if he might be the way forward. With the amount the first choice guys get injured he should get some opportunities anyway.

Would definitely bring another string to our attacking bow, but I think Henshaw brings so much in terms of punch and defensively he's still our #12. Frawley is the perfect bench option, so will be interesting to see if he gets into the #22 jersey ahead of Ross B.

[Jcahill1]

Anyone kind of hoping that Frawley can become our first choice centre? Feels weird to say so as Henshaw and Ringrose are both so good. But Frawleys distribution and kicking from 12 offer us something different, and he has the size to be effective enough trucking it up if he needs to. I wonder if he might be the way forward. With the amount the first choice guys get injured he should get some opportunities anyway.

Would definitely bring another string to our attacking bow, but I think Henshaw brings so much in terms of punch and defensively he's still our #12. Frawley is the perfect bench option, so will be interesting to see if he gets into the #22 jersey ahead of Ross B.

Definitely know what you mean, might be a case of rotation. Some teams seem to have figured out how to negate Henshaws effectiveness in attack.

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@Murray_Kinsella

2h
Lowe is going for a scan on his abductor injury, which isn't good news for Leinster ahead of the start of the Champions Cup next month.


@Murray_Kinsella

2h
Andy Farrell says James Lowe and Andrew Conway were ruled out of contention for the Georgia game with injury niggles.

[Jcahill1]

Leinster rugby posted Rhys Ruddock's stats for the season on Instagram there, pretty incredible stuff. Top player for carries, offloads and turnovers, second for metres made, and third for tackles and defenders beaten.

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H Byrne training with Ireland this week.