Leinster Schools Rugby 2012-2013 [Provincial Schools Thread Link in Post 1]

yougottagoboy

Gonzaga beat Knock in a great game in the league semi today 12 7. Players that stood out for me were the knock 10 Darragh Henry and their 13,from Gonzaga Dermot Lavelle,Mckeon,JC Carter and Andy Marks all looked prominent,with Marks scoring a fabulous solo effort to clinch the win

breffnimartin1

Gonzaga look very strong.

FatFosi12

All in all, Knock are a good side, but they truly deserve their status as a league side also. Great game today in Lakelands, Gonzaga may be a team to avoid in the draw on Monday.

Quint2010

Anyone know how the Blackrock Rockwell game finished?

BigDLock

At the Roscrea game today, brilliant game! both sides were strong, with roscrea being the more physically dominant team , up front and even behind! newbridge very very quick and fast flowing game, some quality players and very jinky/steppy players! saying this Roscrea are a powerhouse and I think are up there with Terenure/rock/michaels! There in the leauge final without there ireland 19's captain! Should be a great match between Zaga and Ros ! Moneys on Roscrea though! Very strong upfront 4 ireland players in the pack and 1 in the backs!

gronk

A friend of mine on the terenure coaching staff tells me Billy Dardis was stretchered off the pitch today with a suspected broken leg, worrying time for terenure

Ar_14

Quint2010 wrote: »

Could the cup hang on the tale of two out halves? One who made it back for the cup and one who didn't?

No.

the baby bull elephant

Who's gonna break their leg next?

Milkinitlarge6

BigDLock wrote: »

At the Roscrea game today, brilliant game! both sides were strong, with roscrea being the more physically dominant team , up front and even behind! newbridge very very quick and fast flowing game, some quality players and very jinky/steppy players! saying this Roscrea are a powerhouse and I think are up there with Terenure/rock/michaels! There in the leauge final without there ireland 19's captain! Should be a great match between Zaga and Ros ! Moneys on Roscrea though! Very strong upfront 4 ireland players in the pack and 1 in the backs!

Who's their Irish 19s captain?
Do you know what score it finished?

themont85

Very interesting Senior League. The top 8 in general were very competitive against one another.

themont85

Milkinitlarge6 wrote: »

Who's their Irish 19s captain?
Do you know what score it finished?

20:15 to CCR mate.

FatFosi12

Milkinitlarge6 wrote: »

Who's their Irish 19s captain?
Do you know what score it finished?

I assume he's talking about Sean O'Brien, who was captain of Connacht 20's this year? But I didn't think he was captain of Ireland, maybe I'm way off though.

Hagz

FatFosi12 wrote: »

I assume he's talking about Sean O'Brien, who was captain of Connacht 20's this year? But I didn't think he was captain of Ireland, maybe I'm way off though.

Captain of the Connacht 20s and he's still in school?

ormond lad

Hagz wrote: »

Captain of the Connacht 20s and he's still in school?

Decent going if captaining 20s whilst an u19 and still eligible for schools cup. Was it just me or was there more players still eligible for youths u19 leagues and the schools cups playing 20s interpros this year?

FatFosi12

Hagz wrote: »

Captain of the Connacht 20s and he's still in school?

Yeah very impressive, he was eligible for 19's and was called up to play 20's and was their captain. Jacob Walsh is also down there in CCR who has played Connacht A already.

Gordon Gecko

gronk wrote: »

A friend of mine on the terenure coaching staff tells me Billy Dardis was stretchered off the pitch today with a suspected broken leg, worrying time for terenure

If true I would dearly love to see the odds on Belvo, Mary's and 'Rock, not to mention Michael's plummet overnight!

That said I really hope it's spoof would be awful for such a talented player to miss out on the cup.

fox_1973

Gordon Gecko wrote: »

If true I would dearly love to see the odds on Belvo, Mary's and 'Rock, not to mention Michael's plummet overnight!

That said I really hope it's spoof would be awful for such a talented player to miss out on the cup.

It's a spoof

Aiden7

FatFosi12 wrote: »

Yeah very impressive, he was eligible for 19's and was called up to play 20's and was their captain. Jacob Walsh is also down there in CCR who has played Connacht A already.

That is good going alright, what positions do Sean O'Brien and Jacob Walsh play?

Stanza2

O'Brien is an 8 and Jacob is a prop. Both played for Ireland last year, Sean for the schools U18 and Jacob for the U18 Clubs. They are both very high on the national radar I would say

Quint2010

fox_1973 wrote: »

It's a spoof

Is the Ross Byrne story also a spoof?

yougottagoboy

Quint2010 wrote: »

Is the Ross Byrne story also a spoof?

Yeah apparently so

smurphy69

Anybody know when do the odds come out for the cup?
Who is your predictions?

FatFosi12

O'Brien also plays at 6 and in the second row. Great player. With Walsh, Heffernan, Molony and O'Brien in the pack, and unless someone can fully confirm that the Hellesoe story was false, Crea look like they have the best pack in the competition.

Laird

When the draw is made next week, Paddy Power will offer odds on all teams.

Quint2010

smurphy69 wrote: »

Anybody know when do the odds come out for the cup?
Who is your predictions?

It's very hard to predict this year with the draw being done the way it is. I presume it's being changed because of the lopsided nature of the last few draws. Judging by the comments on here there seems to be 4 or 5 schools who could win it.

its_phil

FatFosi12 wrote: »

O'Brien also plays at 6 and in the second row. Great player. With Walsh, Heffernan, Molony and O'Brien in the pack, and unless someone can fully confirm that the Hellesoe story was false, Crea look like they have the best pack in the competition.

It's false. The 6th years started it for the craic and it worked very well

breffnimartin1

http://youtu.be/DYWLvQG-RjI
http://youtu.be/ttqGRnZZErY

Two more clips from gonzage pres game - watch the big prop!

Looking back at teh game i also noticed that this ref constantly reset scrums, sometimes up to four times in a row. Isnt there a policy of calling free kicks when scrum malfunctions?

yougottagoboy

its_phil wrote: »

It's false. The 6th years started it for the craic and it worked very well

Disaster I was looking forward to him

yougottagoboy

breffnimartin1 wrote: »

http://youtu.be/DYWLvQG-RjI
http://youtu.be/ttqGRnZZErY

Two more clips from gonzage pres game - watch the big prop!

Looking back at teh game i also noticed that this ref constantly reset scrums, sometimes up to four times in a row. Isnt there a policy of calling free kicks when scrum malfunctions?

yeah that prop sure looks like a handful,any idea who he is?

funtime93

Marks in the centre for gonzaga looks like a serious player,scored a fantastic try in that game aginst pres.One to watch.

FatFosi12

its_phil wrote: »

It's false. The 6th years started it for the craic and it worked very well

Certainly had me fooled!

FatFosi12

yougottagoboy wrote: »

yeah that prop sure looks like a handful,any idea who he is?

Lad called Byrne, head coaches son.

Inspector Coptoor

FatFosi12 wrote: »

Lad called Byrne, head coaches son.

Robert Byrne.
In 6th year.

fox_1973

Terenure v Monkstown tomorrow, kick off at 12 in Terenure

Quint2010

fox_1973 wrote: »

Terenure v Monkstown tomorrow, kick off at 12 in Terenure

Is there a full team playing do you know?

fox_1973

Quint2010 wrote: »

Is there a full team playing do you know?

I think so, havent heard of any major injury worries unless Dardis is still out following his mouth injury at the Mary's game

Quint2010

fox_1973 wrote: »

I think so, havent heard of any major injury worries unless Dardis is still out following his mouth injury at the Mary's game

OK cheers

gronk

few positional changes for terenure

Quint2010

Terenure beat CBC Monkstown 49-0.

charliemant

Blackrock v crescent comp junior result??

TheKeenMachine

Quint2010 wrote: »

Terenure beat CBC Monkstown 49-0.

Wow. Very impressive win. Terenure really stepping it up before the cup. Was it even a full team out?

Quint2010

TheKeenMachine wrote: »

Wow. Very impressive win. Terenure really stepping it up before the cup. Was it even a full team out?

It was a strong team out alright. They were still missing their first choice half backs who are both Leinster interpro's. Made a raft of subs just after HT which didn't seem to weaken them at all. Dardis was fantastic at FB as usual.

fox_1973

Quint2010 wrote: »

It was a strong team out alright. They were still missing their first choice half backs who are both Leinster interpro's. Made a raft of subs just after HT which didn't seem to weaken them at all. Dardis was fantastic at FB as usual.

Dardis and brewer were really impressive to watch today

Quint2010

fox_1973 wrote: »

Dardis and brewer were really impressive to watch today

You would wonder about the quality of the opposition though. I really hope Terenure have a few close tough matches between now and the cup.

FatFosi12

Quint2010 wrote: »

It was a strong team out alright. They were still missing their first choice half backs who are both Leinster interpro's. Made a raft of subs just after HT which didn't seem to weaken them at all. Dardis was fantastic at FB as usual.

Who are these half backs, O'Neill and Schmidt/Clarkin?

schools rugby

Paddy Thornton at 7 is very underrated, one to look out for i think

Quint2010

FatFosi12 wrote: »

Who are these half backs, O'Neill and Schmidt/Clarkin?

Yes. Clarkin started today. No sign of Schmidt.-I'd say he's gone to the match tomorrow.

fox_1973

Quint2010 wrote: »

You would wonder about the quality of the opposition though. I really hope Terenure have a few close tough matches between now and the cup.

Very true, and I know they were hoping to get a good game from monkstown today, wasn't the case. I'm not sure about any big competition matches between now and cup, hopefully they will line something up for over Christmas

FatFosi12

Quint2010 wrote: »

Yes. Clarkin started today. No sign of Schmidt.-I'd say he's gone to the match tomorrow.

How was Clarkin? Was he playing 9 or 10?

Quint2010

FatFosi12 wrote: »

How was Clarkin? Was he playing 9 or 10?

He was playing 9. Then they brought on Weakliam-last years starting scrum half who seems to be third in the pecking order.