Leinster A v Munster A, Tuesday 12th March, UL

ssaye

leinsterrugby: 32 - Visitors penalised for scrum indiscretion and Hanrahan slots home his third kick to edge Munster into the lead, 9-7

sioda

7 9 to Munster jjs boot again

ssaye

leinsterrugby: 37 - A home lineout after a Barnes break finds O'Connell who makes yards and Munster are metres from the line but Hanrahan spills the ball
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leinsterrugby: 33 - Home tails are up, but the Leinster defence holding strong. Gilsenan putting in a good shift, but it's Munster on the attack

Think I hear LOD off injured too waiting to confirm

.ak

ssaye wrote: »

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Think I hear LOD off injured too waiting to confirm

That'd be a shame.

POC making yards is good to hear.

sioda

O Dea off alright

ssaye

leinsterrugby: Half Time - Munster 9 v 7 Leinster...Entertaining game in Limerick #bluearmy

sioda

O Connell gets 40 minutes subbed at half time. Try Munster by o m Mahoney score 16 7

.ak

16-7 to Munster. Leinster caught napping?

ssaye

.ak wrote: »

16-7 to Munster. Leinster caught napping?

The players were watching the horse racing.




haha

sioda

Twas a good break

Munster caught great mid field intercept score 16 12 conversion to come

opinionatedfan

Cathal Marsh try for Leinster A after 46" #Interpro

opinionatedfan

45 - Marsh makes a break down the wing and breaks the tackle of Sean Scanlon to touch down for a TRY. Reid adds a fine conversion, 16-14

ssaye

opinionatedfan wrote: »

45 - Marsh makes a break down the wing and breaks the tackle of Sean Scanlon to touch down for a TRY. Reid adds a fine conversion, 16-14

Jesus how many players are still thinking about their losing horse bet, wake up both sides:pac:

.ak

Delighted for Marsh. He's got oodles of skill, just think he's too small ... but obviously that proves he can slip the tackles!

sioda

Try in the corner for Danny Barnes 21 14 waiting on conversion

.ak

Bah, try-fest game and we're watching it through a twitter feed.

ssaye

MF fans saying Munster lineout is very poor, Roux making a nuisance I wonder or self inflicted.

ssaye

leinsterrugby: 54 - Sub for Leinster; Darragh Fanning for Coghlan
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leinsterrugby: 52 - A try for Munster through Danny Barnes in the corner, Hanrahan takes the conversion but it falls wide, 21-14

opinionatedfan

Coghlan injured and taken off for Fanning.

sioda

Jj off deasy on leinster on the Munster kind yellow card for Munster didn't see who

opinionatedfan

56 ctd - Gilsenan & Auva'a probe around the base and Leinster edge closer to the line. Ref Kieran Barry awards a yellow card to Scott Deasy

sioda

21 17 penalty for leinster in front of thee posts

.ak

opinionatedfan wrote: »

Coghlan injured and taken off for Fanning.

Where does Fanning usually play?

Tox56

Damn, had a good rolling mall going (apparently) but couldn't get the try.. where's Dom Ryan when you need him

opinionatedfan

58 - Leinster opt to take the points and outside centre Reid reduces the deficit to four points, 21-17

Beery Eyed

Leinster twitter updates are good, but no mention of the subs & hard to keep track of how the teams are lining up now. Sounds like a good game overall though.

.ak

Beery Eyed wrote: »

Leinster twitter updates are good, but no mention of the subs & hard to keep track of how the teams are lining up now. Sounds like a good game overall though.

Yeah usually they mention subs. Unless Coughlan going off is the only replacement so far.

ormond lad

Niall Scannell on for Duncan Casey for Munster 63mins gone
Leinster just cleared ball from their 22

.ak

Apparently Gilly put a monster hit on Niall Ronan.

.ak

leinsterrugby ‏@leinsterrugby
Subs for Leinster; Carr for Boyle, Furlong for Moore, Tracy for Dundon, Leavy for Roux, Beirne for Auva'a

opinionatedfan

Beirne for Roux and Leavy for Auva'a makes more sense

.ak

I imagine the game will become very disjointed now.

ormond lad

67mins gone
Subs for Leinster; Carr for Boyle, Furlong for Moore, Tracy for Dundon, Leavy for Roux, Beirne for Auva'a

.ak

leinsterrugby ‏@leinsterrugby
Sub: Lansdowne scrum-half Paddy O'Driscoll for Cooney

Superbus

"72 - A scrum for Munster inside their 22. They clear the lines and it's a Leinster lineout. Tracy finds Flanagan..."

That ellipsis is such a tease.

ormond lad

UCC's Willie Ryan on for his first Munster A cap replacing Niall Ronan
Dolphin's Brian Slater on for Cathal Sheridan
5mins or so to go

[Jackass]

score?

ssaye

leinsterrugby: 78 - The action is back inside the Leinster 22 as the clock winds down
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ormond lad

Munster 21 Leinster 17

.ak

Deasy DG. 24-17.

ssaye

leinsterrugby: 79 - Scott Deasy takes the ball and slots home a drop goal to extend the Munster lead to seven points, 24-17

that should be it i reckon

opinionatedfan

closer than expected

Losty Dublin

molloyjh wrote: »

Looks like O'Shea is out. Coughlan to 12, Reid to 13, Conway to 15 and D Fanning (?) on the bench. Seems strange that Reid is moving to 13 and not 12. A mistake by the Twitter machine maybe?

Possibly Daragh Fanning. He was playing for Connaught for a couple of seasons. He is a 3/4 and I believe, a SH as well. Small but very fast and strong.

.ak

leinsterrugby ‏@leinsterrugby
Injury time - Scrum to Leinster inside the Munster half as they try to snatch a draw which their efforts deserve...

.ak

leinsterrugby ‏@leinsterrugby
Big drive as Leinster try to keep the ball in play. Sub prop McGrath carries but Leinster penalised at the final whistle

ssaye

leinsterrugby: Big drive as Leinster try to keep the ball in play. Sub prop McGrath carries but Leinster penalised at the final whistle

ah well, not too disappointed in that, great effort


leinsterrugbyleinsterrugby: Final Score - Munster 'A' 24 v 17 Leinster 'A'...Good workout ahead of B&I Cup quarter finals and great to see Roux back in action

ormond lad

Fulltime score Munster A 24 Leinster A 17

sioda

Good game Feic I'm cold though

totallegend

Sounds like a decent match alright.

40 minutes for O'Connell, 67 minutes for Roux, win-win situation. Disappointing for Leinster not to get the result but a decent work out by the sounds of it.

leakyboots

Was at this, good game up until the midway point of the second half, subs made it scrappy after that (edit - disjointed as ak said). Couple of fellas off injured on both sides. Leinster were on top during that period but I thought Munster were the better side by a good bit up until then.

Conway's try was fantastic, moment of the match. Can't wait to see him in red.

The other Leinster try came from a Munster error, JJ made a break and had two men outside but opted to go himself, threw a hollywood blind pass which went straight to the Leinster 10 behind him, he skipped ahead of two Munster tacklers who collided, Scanlon did well to nearly get him but in fairness the 10 showed great gas, don't want to take away from it, just providing the context. That twitter quote about Scanlon was harsh, he did well to even get close to the 10. He had a good enough game (the 10).

Lineouts - I think this was down to Munster's hookers inability to throw. It fixed itself when Scannell came on. Dave Foley stole one of Leinsters. Leinster overthrew a few lineouts in the second half too.

First half scrums were evens, Munster got a big shove on one but I'd give parity. Munster had one fantastic maul about 30m.

Leinster had the better second half, they had the wind but even then they exerted a lot of pressure.

I was focused more on the Munster players, Dineen looked the best of the backs. JJ had a fine game. John Ryan was an animal in the loose, made about four breaks. Scanlon did well when he came on for the injured Luke O'Dea. Good to see Paulie back on the field, he looked busy.

Great crowd at it. Schoolgirls all over Zebo on my way out.