Benetton v. Leinster, Sat 10 Oct, 1715hrs

[Jonny tight lips]

Excited to see that second row combo, is Kelleher ok?

[Cianostays]

Lovely looking squad. Hope Clarkson gets the chance to scrummage with Ryan behind him. Wonder is Cian Kelleher just not impressing in training? Would love to see him involved more.

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[wixfjord]

Lovely looking squad. Hope Clarkson gets the chance to scrummage with Ryan behind him. Wonder is Cian Kelleher just not impressing in training? Would love to see him involved more.

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I'd say he'll be getting a load of time in the next two months or so. Big opp for him with Lowe becoming IQ.

Would imagine JOB is in at 23 to cover centre.

[limecat]

Match Preview

Leinster got their season off to a solid start last week with a professional if dreary win over the Dragons in the RDS. For any neutrals though they were lucky if they switched stations over to the Ulster - Benetton game instead. That match was an absolute cracker, especially the breathless first half where both teams just seemed to run everything.

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[fourthirtythree]

Lot of Ireland players getting the run out here. I wonder do they really think that some of the others will need game time managed in the next block? With injuries and retirement we are pretty light in the backs, not just back 3.

[mildlyinterested]

Ronan Kelleher has emerged as a possible doubt for the Six Nations after suffering a training ground injury with Leinster this week.

[wixfjord]

15 Jayden Hayward (105)
14 Ratuva Tavuyara (33)
13 Luca Morisi (79)
12 Marco Zanon (31)
11 Monty Ioane (54)
10 Paolo Garbisi (2)
9 Dewaldt Duvenage (C) (39)
8 Toa Halafihi (25 )
7 Abraham Steyn (87)
6 Sebastian Negri (41)
5 Eli Snyman (16)
4 Irné Herbst (46)
3 Tiziano Pasquali (73)
2 Hame Faiva (50)
1 Cherif Traore (65)

Available: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi (3), 17 Nicola Quaglio (52), 18 Simone Ferrari (70), 19 Niccolò Cannone (10), 20 Federico Ruzza (55), 21 Giovanni Pettinelli (33), 22 Callum Braley (2 ), 23 Edoardo Padovani (2).


That's a pretty large Treviso pack! Should be a good test for our 8.

[wixfjord]

Cian Tracey
@CianTracey1

Rónan Kelleher was due to start for Leinster tomorrow, but he suffered a "minor quad injury” in training and has been ruled out.

The hooker is still due to link up with the Ireland squad next week, where his fitness will be further assessed.

[joooooe]

Have we ever had a confirmed team on page 1 of the thread before?

[ronk]

Strong team to send to Treviso too.

[mildlyinterested]

would be interested in seeing JOB play 15 in this game if possible..

[alanair]

God Ryle Nugent is a complete plank ... he really hasnt a clue

[wixfjord]

We really need to cut out that 'off feet' penalty.

Has been a very common feature of our attacking play since the restart.

[wixfjord]

Ed Byrne's carrying has been really good. Baird likewise.

Lovely stuff there from JGP. Basically created that try with a fairly dodgy maul involvement!

[alanair]

Ball tends to die with Henshaw a lot .. he needs to up his offloading game

[Serb]

Ed Byrne's carrying has been really good. Baird likewise.

Lovely stuff there from JGP. Basically created that try with a fairly dodgy maul involvement!

Hah yeah, JGP definitely joined ahead of the ball but no one seemed to notice so all good

[alanair]

Whitehouse cannot control a scrum - front rows far too close every time

[blockhead]

great to see a crowd at a game

[alanair]

YC on Ryan fair enough

[Serb]

Who went in at lock for that scrum?

Rewinded back, looks like Conan went in at 5