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

thomond2006

No nonsense mass resting of players. Good to see. On first look the only player rested/left out is Cian Healy.

LEINSTER:

15. Rob Kearney
14. Zane Kirchner
13. Ben Te'o
12. Ian Madigan
11. Dave Kearney
10. Jimmy Gopperth
9. Eoin Reddan
1. Jack McGrath
2. Richardt Strauss
3. Mike Ross
4. Devin Toner
5. Mike McCarthy
6. Jordi Murphy
7. Sean O'Brien
8. Jamie Heaslip CAPTAIN

16. Aaron Dundon
17. Michael Bent
18. Tadhg Furlong
19. Tom Denton
20. Jack Conan
21. Isaac Boss
22. Gordon D'Arcy
23. Darragh Fanning

Referee: Leighton Hodges (WRU, 51st competition game)
Assistant Referees: Leo Colgan, Ken Imbusch (IRFU)
Citing Commissioner: Eugene Ryan (IRFU)
TMO: Jude Quinn (IRFU)

vienne86

Decent team thank goodness. A win is so important.

stephen_n

Strong team alright, hopefully good enough to get TBP

shuffol

Is Reid fit?

I'd definitely be going with him at 12 and Madigan at 10, I'd also give gametime to Furlong.

total former

Last ever home games for Jennings and Gopperth, possibly Dundon too.

There were mutterings that Healy is injured, haven't seen it confirmed.

molloyjh

vienne86 wrote: »

Decent team thank goodness. A win is so important.

Madigan at 12 ahead of Darce though!? No farewell game for Jenno either. And Boss is in better form than Redser right now.

vienne86

total former wrote: »

Last ever home games for Jennings and Gopperth, possibly Dundon too.

There were mutterings that Healy is injured, haven't seen it confirmed.

Mutterings that Healy was on holiday too......which would be hard to credit.

total former

Some decent players in this Treviso team, I'd expect it to be like their recent trip to Munster, i.e. a tough battle but Leinster to prevail. Their lineup is much the same as the one that went to Cork.

15 Jayden Hayward
14 Andrea Pratichetti
13 Luca Morisi
12 Enrico Bacchin
11 Ludovico Nitoglia
10 Sam Christie
9 Edoardo Gori
8 Mat Luamanu
7 Nicola Cattina
6 Paul Derbyshire
5 Corniel Van Zyl (c)
4 Marco Fuser
3 Rupert Harden
2 Davide Giazzon
1 Matteo Zanusso

16 Albert Anae
17 Romulo Acosta
18 Salesi Manu
19 Meyer Swanepoel
20 Francesco Minto
21 Marco Lazzaroni
22 Angelo Esposito
23 James Ambrosini

sydthebeat

with zebre at home to connacht in this round and away to blues in their last game, and treviso at home to a scarlets side vying for that 6th spot..... they (treviso) cant really afford to not turn up for this one. im expecting a slug fest which leinster should come through by possibly 7-10

vienne86

Forecast isn't great for tomorrow, so it could be a mess of a game.

molloyjh

vienne86 wrote: »

Forecast isn't great for tomorrow, so it could be a mess of a game.

The forecast all week has been for non-stop rain from Tuesday to Friday. It's been nowhere near as bad as predicted. Fingers crossed tomorrow will be the same.

Synode

No doubt we'll get all of Tuesday to Friday's predicted rain tomorrow

Heroditas

Any interviews with the players ahead of tomorrow's game yet?
Just wondering how well I'll do in the latest round of bingo:

"We owe it to the fans"

"We have a big performance in us"

"We haven't really clicked in the last while"

"Training this week has ben phenomenal"

etc etc

molloyjh

Heroditas wrote: »

Any interviews with the players ahead of tomorrow's game yet?
Just wondering how well I'll do in the latest round of bingo:

"We owe it to the fans"

"We have a big performance in us"

"We haven't really clicked in the last while"

"Training this week has ben phenomenal"

etc etc

Reddan is the only one I've seen, and that was yesterday on the Leinster site:

Eoin Reddan wrote:

It will be great to be able to play in front of our home fans and give them something to shout about in terms of how we perform, in terms of how we carry, how we take them on physically. We need to win to be in Europe. I think being at home will help that.

Swiwi.

thomond2006 wrote: »

No nonsense mass resting of players. Good to see. On first look the only player rested/left out is Cian Healy.

Who as we all know is currently visiting New York.

total former

Swiwi. wrote: »

Who as we all know is currently visiting New York.

vienne86 wrote: »

Mutterings that Healy was on holiday too......which would be hard to credit.

Was there a suggestion that he wasn't really in New York?

Swiwi.

total former wrote: »

Was there a suggestion that he wasn't really in New York?

Are you questioning Twitter? Honestly, some people these days.

stephen_n

total former wrote: »

Was there a suggestion that he wasn't really in New York?

I'd assume the suggestion is that he's there for medical reasons, not a shopping trip.

Swiwi.

stephen_n wrote: »

I'd assume the suggestion is that he's there for medical reasons, not a shopping trip.

Does he have a "Y" chromsome? Right, well he's not there on a shopping trip so.

LostArt

Healy's injured, neck problem.

stephen_n

Swiwi. wrote: »

Does he have a "Y" chromsome? Right, well he's not there on a shopping trip so.

Sorry I meant museum and art gallery trip.

Dave_The_Sheep

I can't make it to the game tomorrow evening due to illness. As such, my ticket is going for anyone (genuine) that wants it. Drop me a PM.

vienne86

Seems ages since we had a match in the RDS - looking forward to the last outing of the season.

awec

I'm looking forward to it. Pity about the weather though, would have been nice to have a sunny evening in the RDS to just hang about a bit.

Synode

The radio saying Jennings and Darcy will get a big reception this evening. I thought Darcy wasn't retiring until after the World Cup?

sydthebeat

Synode wrote: »

The radio saying Jennings and Darcy will get a big reception this evening. I thought Darcy wasn't retiring until after the World Cup?

his last home game for leinster.....

sullivlo

Synode wrote: »

The radio saying Jennings and Darcy will get a big reception this evening. I thought Darcy wasn't retiring until after the World Cup?

He's contracted to the irfu. If he goes to the world cup he won't play for Leinster again.

RobbieRuns

Jennings will be out on the pitch for a presentation before the game and D'arcy after the game, he is on the bench and will get the big reception when he comes on and off the pitch.

Both players are hugely deserving of a great send off from the home fans. Two brilliant players. Wish that I was there to clap them both.

Mahatma Geansai

sydthebeat wrote: »

his last home game for leinster.....

He should be available next season. I can't imagine him getting a spot on the plane, but for a couple of injuries.

Maguined

I gutted Jennings will not get any game time. No player wants their last home game to be seen from the stands. If MOC can't trust Jennings at home against Treviso I doubt he will be picked away to Edinburgh.