Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VI: End of the MOC [Revenge of the STH]

irishbucsfan

freyners wrote: »

Apologies. Adam

Great to hear. 7s experience could really stand to him, we might end up with a really special player next season.

mogwai81

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Great to hear. 7s experience could really stand to him, we might end up with a really special player next season.

Is Adam Byrne in his last year with the academy? Has all of the attributes to be a quality Fullback/Wing ( once his decision making has improved ).Athletic, powerful and has serious gas! He might have to move on to get game time, a serious amount of players in front of him!

Interested Observer

mogwai81 wrote: »

Is Adam Byrne in his last year with the academy? Has all of the attributes to be a quality Fullback/Wing ( once his decision making has improved ).Athletic, powerful and has serious gas! He might have to move on to get game time, a serious amount of players in front of him!

Ringrose has a good few starts this season, Fanning got a load of starts last season, there's game time there if a player is good enough. Plus I think there's a lot of decent/good players in the Leinster backs now rather than very good/excellent so a really talented youngster would hopefully back themselves to get in there.

errlloyd

mogwai81 wrote: »

Is Adam Byrne in his last year with the academy? Has all of the attributes to be a quality Fullback/Wing ( once his decision making has improved ).Athletic, powerful and has serious gas! He might have to move on to get game time, a serious amount of players in front of him!

I think he made his Leinster debut under Joe!* But he's been injured a fair bit, plays for the Ireland Sevens team.

He has played a total of 6 minutes.

Tim Robbins

mogwai81 wrote: »

Is Adam Byrne in his last year with the academy? Has all of the attributes to be a quality Fullback/Wing ( once his decision making has improved ).Athletic, powerful and has serious gas! He might have to move on to get game time, a serious amount of players in front of him!

I think he only started when he was 16. So he needs games alright.

Dravokivich

errlloyd wrote: »

I think he made his Leinster debut under Joe!* But he's been injured a fair bit, plays for the Ireland Sevens team.

He has played a total of 6 minutes.

He was a sub against Connacht the season before he was brought into the academy.

Think he was on the bench 1 to 2 further times, but unused.

former total

I see we're pretty clear favourites tonight, 1/4 to win or -9.0 handicap, I think that's probably fair enough looking at the respective teams. A win would be great, denying Scarlets anything would be even better.

typhoony

former total wrote: »

I see we're pretty clear favourites tonight, 1/4 to win or -9.0 handicap, I think that's probably fair enough looking at the respective teams. A win would be great, denying Scarlets anything would be even better.

so +9 for Scarlets that's a great bet

WarZ

mogwai81 wrote: »

Is Adam Byrne in his last year with the academy? Has all of the attributes to be a quality Fullback/Wing ( once his decision making has improved ).Athletic, powerful and has serious gas! He might have to move on to get game time, a serious amount of players in front of him!

I disagree to be honest. He can cover full back, wing and centre. Fitzgerald is constantly crocked, Fanning isn't great, ditto Mick McGrath, McFadden on downward slide. Considering the amount of games Fanning has gotten then I think a player that covers 4 positions will be ok

Larbre34

McFadden on a downward slide???

That will come as news to both him and his coaches.

former total

Yeah I think McFadden has been playing very well this season.

WarZ

Larbre34 wrote: »

McFadden on a downward slide???

That will come as news to both him and his coaches.

He's nowhere close to the player he was. He's playing well this season but has definitely dropped off

padser

ssaye2 wrote: »

Fanj is out. @ianfitz94 starts

Please don't start using Twitter handles to identify players.

Please....just don't

Larbre34

Or alternatively, the players should set up some handles that are very sweary

@therealnoel******reid_mutha******

WarZ

Larbre34 wrote: »

Or alternatively, the players should set up some handles that are very sweary

@therealnoel******reid_mutha******

It wouldn't surprise me if that actually was his handle. He's not the fizziest drink in the fridge

errlloyd

Harsh on Noel Reid and his lack of carbonation.

I am going along later, Leinster have a ****ing shocking home record when I go to games. Recently classics I have been at include. Of the last 10 or so Leinster games I've been to, I've managed to see.

Home v Dragons 2015
Home v Munster 2014
Home v Northampton 2013
Home v Clermont 2012
Home v Ospreys (Pro 12 final) 2011

And at least one other painful loss to the O's. It's genuinely one of the reasons I don't go to so many matches. (Not because I think I am cursed, though I am, but more because I tend to end up pretty annoyed).

Larbre34

Larbre34 wrote: »

Or alternatively, the players should set up some handles that are very sweary

@therealnoel******reid_mutha******

Zebo... @double_team probably might get the IRFU to not use twitter handles anymore

Synode

errlloyd wrote: »

Harsh on Noel Reid and his lack of carbonation.

I am going along later, Leinster have a ****ing shocking home record when I go to games. Recently classics I have been at include. Of the last 10 or so Leinster games I've been to, I've managed to see.

Home v Dragons 2015
Home v Munster 2014
Home v Northampton 2013
Home v Clermont 2012
Home v Ospreys (Pro 12 final) 2011

And at least one other painful loss to the O's. It's genuinely one of the reasons I don't go to so many matches. (Not because I think I am cursed, though I am, but more because I tend to end up pretty annoyed).

Oh mocker Gods, please do not smite us because of errlloyd

(If we lose it's your fault)

What channel is this on

Flipper22

Deleted User wrote: »

What channel is this on

Tg4

Flipper22

Comically bland and predictable interview from Madigan there. Completely stock answers to every single question.

duckysauce

Deleted User wrote: »

What channel is this on

bbc2 wales

Dave_The_Sheep

That irks me from refs. He's going to give a penalty for holding on, but then after ages and being about to whistle and give the penalty decides, no - it's a turnover. I think I'd rather the damn penalty. It went on long enough.

A-Train

No match thread! At the match, a joke the amount of time the play has stopped for a nothing incident!

irishbucsfan

Dom Ryan's poor start to the season continues, awful play.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Ringrose trying to stop that try was comical. I know he's only young but definitely needs to bulk up.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Even with a shaved head Madigan has managed to get a stupid hair cut.

iamjenko

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Dom Ryan's poor start to the season continues, awful play.

Yeah, shocking start from him

iamjenko

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Ringrose trying to stop that try was comical. I know he's only young but definitely needs to bulk up.

Reid wasn't exactly the rock of Gibraltar next to him

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

iamjenko wrote: »

Reid wasn't exactly the rock of Gibraltar next to him

Yeah, I only saw it on the replay from behind the post where Ringrose basically leaped at him like a spider monkey and just got swept along.