Mise freisin!
I would absolutely love Leavy to take part in this match - seeing as it was vs Ulster last season in the Heino QF that he got crocked -, be it even from the bench. Hopefully JR and Tadhg will be back too.
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A strong bench might be a good idea against this lot.wixfjord wrote: ↑September 6th, 2020, 10:59 am Hard to know which way Leo & Stu will go for this.
I think I'd go for something like:
Byrne, Kelleher, Porter, Toner, Ryan, Doris, Connors, Deegan, JGP, Sexton, Lowe, Henshaw, Ringrose, Keenan, Larmour
Cronin, Healy, Furlong, Fardy, VDF, McGrath, Byrne, ROL
With the likes of Healy, Tadhg, VDF coming on early to get 30 mins before Sarries.
Am assuming our Sarries starting side will be:
Healy, Kelleher, Porter, Toner, Ryan, Doris, VDF, Conan
So getting as close to that to end the game might be a good strategy.
blockhead wrote: ↑September 6th, 2020, 11:11 amA strong bench might be a good idea against this lot.wixfjord wrote: ↑September 6th, 2020, 10:59 am Hard to know which way Leo & Stu will go for this.
I think I'd go for something like:
Byrne, Kelleher, Porter, Toner, Ryan, Doris, Connors, Deegan, JGP, Sexton, Lowe, Henshaw, Ringrose, Keenan, Larmour
Cronin, Healy, Furlong, Fardy, VDF, McGrath, Byrne, ROL
With the likes of Healy, Tadhg, VDF coming on early to get 30 mins before Sarries.
Am assuming our Sarries starting side will be:
Healy, Kelleher, Porter, Toner, Ryan, Doris, VDF, Conan
So getting as close to that to end the game might be a good strategy.
Look, one way or another, there are going to be a lot of happy Leinster guys in the Aviva next weekend.
Very bold calls. I thought Cooney was having a bad game, Jordi was ineffective, but am very impressed/surprised any coach would bench senior players like that at half time in a final. He got it right as well, which helps.hugonaut wrote: ↑September 6th, 2020, 8:17 pm Have to take your hat off to the decisiveness of Dan McFarland's changes at halftime - Jordi, Cooney and Ludik off, with Reidy, Mathewson and Lowry on. Very, very rare that you see a coach make three changes at halftime.I actually can't remember having seen it at all in a match of any consequence.
Beo ar TG4Logorrhea wrote:Anyone know if this is only on Eir again?
Interesting. I had thought that we’re looking good later in the game against us. That would be one explanation, and clever if true. Most teams would naturally bulk in the gym with lockdown. Bucking the trend could be very advantageous.Ruckedtobits wrote: ↑September 6th, 2020, 9:09 am Watching Ulster's first two games since the re-start, it looked like Ulster had gone through a real S&C preparation targeted on endurance rather than explosion. Last night, their final quarter may have given them the reward for this approach. Edinburgh looked quicker and sharper for the first half of a game played with much more pace and movement than even Leinster v Munster, first time around.
Ulster's stamina and pace in the last quarter was the difference between the teams. Certainly, McFarland's substitutions were significant, and brave, but the Red Hand conditioning was superb and should certainly give us food for thought.
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/ ... -1.4347938What a club Ulster are transforming into. Avoid a heavy defeat this Saturday against Leinster at the Aviva and McFarland’s young coaching ticket can point to genuine progress.
It’s the first professional ‘club’ in Irish rugby, rather than a province, since Pat Lam’s Connacht captured the Pro 12 title in 2016. Leinster are still a province, a well-oiled machine evolving in a similar vein to big football university environments like Penn State or Alabama.
While Munster plunge into all sorts of turmoil, and an identity crisis they seem to have no idea how to solve, McFarland has methodically added and tended to a squad of players from all over the place. Seven locals and seven Leinster recruits were fielded alongside three South Africans, two Kiwis, two Aussies and two English men.
That’s what a modern club looks like. Ulster are alive again and heading south with a squadron of Dubliners who no longer feel the need to prove themselves against their former team. The prodigal son line is getting old to the likes of Madigan and Jordi Murphy. They’re just teak tough professionals in search of contact extensions and perhaps the chance to leave a legacy worth remembering.
That's certainly one point of view but up until the 54th min of Saturdays game would the narrative have been same?mildlyinterested wrote: ↑September 7th, 2020, 11:38 amhttps://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/ ... -1.4347938What a club Ulster are transforming into. Avoid a heavy defeat this Saturday against Leinster at the Aviva and McFarland’s young coaching ticket can point to genuine progress.
It’s the first professional ‘club’ in Irish rugby, rather than a province, since Pat Lam’s Connacht captured the Pro 12 title in 2016. Leinster are still a province, a well-oiled machine evolving in a similar vein to big football university environments like Penn State or Alabama.
While Munster plunge into all sorts of turmoil, and an identity crisis they seem to have no idea how to solve, McFarland has methodically added and tended to a squad of players from all over the place. Seven locals and seven Leinster recruits were fielded alongside three South Africans, two Kiwis, two Aussies and two English men.
That’s what a modern club looks like. Ulster are alive again and heading south with a squadron of Dubliners who no longer feel the need to prove themselves against their former team. The prodigal son line is getting old to the likes of Madigan and Jordi Murphy. They’re just teak tough professionals in search of contact extensions and perhaps the chance to leave a legacy worth remembering.
Ulster showed significant improvement last season and we were lucky to beat them. Their attendances are creeping up too - they were the second best attended club in the Pro 14 after us. They have a pretty large underage playing base albeit with an academy that doesn't seem to be working. They were also the biggest and most successful team in Ireland in the 80's and 90's and were, of course, the first Irish club to win the Champions Cup. Perhaps there's a changing of the guard happening.mildlyinterested wrote: ↑September 7th, 2020, 11:38 amhttps://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/ ... -1.4347938What a club Ulster are transforming into. Avoid a heavy defeat this Saturday against Leinster at the Aviva and McFarland’s young coaching ticket can point to genuine progress.
It’s the first professional ‘club’ in Irish rugby, rather than a province, since Pat Lam’s Connacht captured the Pro 12 title in 2016. Leinster are still a province, a well-oiled machine evolving in a similar vein to big football university environments like Penn State or Alabama.
While Munster plunge into all sorts of turmoil, and an identity crisis they seem to have no idea how to solve, McFarland has methodically added and tended to a squad of players from all over the place. Seven locals and seven Leinster recruits were fielded alongside three South Africans, two Kiwis, two Aussies and two English men.
That’s what a modern club looks like. Ulster are alive again and heading south with a squadron of Dubliners who no longer feel the need to prove themselves against their former team. The prodigal son line is getting old to the likes of Madigan and Jordi Murphy. They’re just teak tough professionals in search of contact extensions and perhaps the chance to leave a legacy worth remembering.