Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread X: [****]

Burkie1203

https://twitter.com/LeinsterLeo/status/1063902814483742720?s=19

Luke McGrath has defeated the All Blacks.

Burkie1203

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Luke McGrath has defeated the All Blacks.

James Ryan is 22 years old. This year

Has won a grand slam, a European cup, the pro14, before helping Ireland to a series win in Oz and played 80 as Ireland beat NZ at home for the first time and was top tackler.

Thermoman12

Burkie1203 wrote: »

James Ryan is 22 years old. This year

Has won a grand slam, a European cup, the pro14, before helping Ireland to a series win in Oz and played 80 as Ireland beat NZ at home for the first time and was top tackler.

And still never won a senior cup, no matter how many professionals they produce Michael’s are still bottlers

Clegg

Burkie1203 wrote: »

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Luke McGrath has defeated the All Blacks.

James Ryan is 22 years old. This year

Has won a grand slam, a European cup, the pro14, before helping Ireland to a series win in Oz and played 80 as Ireland beat NZ at home for the first time and was top tackler.

MotM in the Champions Cup final too.

Thermoman12

Thermoman12 wrote: »

:pac:

Absolutely Mental.

troyzer

Clegg wrote: »

Burkie1203 wrote: »

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Luke McGrath has defeated the All Blacks.

James Ryan is 22 years old. This year

Has won a grand slam, a European cup, the pro14, before helping Ireland to a series win in Oz and played 80 as Ireland beat NZ at home for the first time and was top tackler.

MotM in the Champions Cup final too.

He'll probably take the Pro14 player's player of the year at least. Maybe even European player of the year.

He's just so reliably excellent. He never disappears. It's disturbing how brilliant he is in every game for 80 minutes.

And he's only 22 with a lot to learn.

Clegg

VdF is every bit as good as Leavy. It's getting to the point where neither can be left out of the starting 15. But how do you accommodate them? Ruddock is brilliant at the dirty work of a blindside and Conan a horse of a carrier at 8.

Ayewserious

Thermoman12 wrote: »

And still never won a senior cup, no matter how many professionals they produce Michael’s are still bottlers

Grow up.

joseywhales

Thermoman12 wrote: »

And still never won a senior cup, no matter how many professionals they produce Michael’s are still bottlers

Enjoy the school boy cup, the rest of the world will be thinking about the men's world cup.

Thermoman12

joseywhales wrote: »

Enjoy the school boy cup, the rest of the world will be thinking about the men's world cup.

I’ll enjoy both thank you very much haha

Burkie1203

Im bringing Earplugs


https://twitter.com/leinsterrugby/status/1064463058054103040?s=19

CatFromHue

every fast food outlet in the RDS is

we're going to need more chips

stephen_n

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Im bringing Earplugs


https://twitter.com/leinsterrugby/status/1064463058054103040?s=19

Thankfully they won’t be in the terrace. North and South stands will be noisey alright. Can expect a few respect the kicker announcements.

Buer

I see a number of players have been released back to Leinster. I would hope several of them are available to play on Friday. Jack McGrath only has 55 minutes of rugby since Chicago, Larmour started against Italy and Argentina but only had a brief spell off the bench against NZ and wasn't involved hugely and Sean Cronin was a sub for all 3 games.

I don't think there's a huge argument against any of those being involved. James Ryan, Dan Leavy (neck issue) and Rob Kearney also released and can put their feet up this weekend.

Looking very bare in the back row right now though. I'd imagine there are a number of players not released to Leinster who aren't set to feature against the USA but will remain under the remit of the Irish camp and medical staff as they recover from the weekend.

molloyjh

Buer wrote: »

I see a number of players have been released back to Leinster. I would hope several of them are available to play on Friday. Jack McGrath only has 55 minutes of rugby since Chicago, Larmour started against Italy and Argentina but only had a brief spell off the bench against NZ and wasn't involved hugely and Sean Cronin was a sub for all 3 games.

I don't think there's a huge argument against any of those being involved. James Ryan, Dan Leavy (neck issue) and Rob Kearney also released and can put their feet up this weekend.

Looking very bare in the back row right now though. I'd imagine there are a number of players not released to Leinster who aren't set to feature against the USA but will remain under the remit of the Irish camp and medical staff as they recover from the weekend.

If we assume none of the starters will be involved in any rugby this weekend, which is probably close to be completely accurate, then that rules a good few out of both the Ospreys and USA games. I'm not sure how many we'll actually get released to play. Cronin is a possibility, but he may well be involved on Saturday. Ireland only have 3 LHs in camp too IIRC so that means McGrath is most likely going to be involved on Saturday as well. Larmour will almost certainly start on Saturday too. Ireland don't have a huge number of back 3 guys in the squad, especially if you take out Earls, Stockdale and Kearney. I honestly think we'll be lucky to get anyone back.

EDIT: Didn't see the update on the squad. Scratch that....

Burkie1203

Henshaw out for 6 weeks is huge blow, especially with Tomane gone for 4/5 months

molloyjh

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Henshaw out for 6 weeks is huge blow, especially with Tomane gone for 4/5 months

Reid to 12 for the Bath games then? Makes sense to start Frawley at 10 on Friday so and move Reid to 12 now.

Clegg

Err, has Isa been keeping up his fitness?

stephen_n

molloyjh wrote: »

Reid to 12 for the Bath games then? Makes sense to start Frawley at 10 on Friday so and move Reid to 12 now.

Unless O’Brien has done enough to impress so far. Reid you would imagine on experience but there are other options.

errlloyd

ROL for me. He played an hour at inside centre v Scarlets last year, and 40 minutes v Munster right?

stephen_n

errlloyd wrote: »

ROL for me. He played an hour at inside centre v Scarlets last year, and 40 minutes v Munster right?

Good point, completely forgot about him, always think of him as 13 or wing.

sellit90000

errlloyd wrote: »

ROL for me. He played an hour at inside centre v Scarlets last year, and 40 minutes v Munster right?

also injured.

DGRulz

errlloyd wrote: »

ROL for me. He played an hour at inside centre v Scarlets last year, and 40 minutes v Munster right?

Is he due back before the back to backs?

Buer

Reid is the obvious choice. ROL is an option and a further update on his knee was to follow this week. I wouldn't be against him slotting in although Reid may give us some more movement in attack from there.

Bath are no mugs and are pretty handy in attack so we'll need to be on our toes when they move the ball. If they had JJ and Watson fit to slot in with their other talent, they'd have a seriously good back line.

arsebiscuits1

Buer wrote: »

I see a number of players have been released back to Leinster. I would hope several of them are available to play on Friday. Jack McGrath only has 55 minutes of rugby since Chicago, Larmour started against Italy and Argentina but only had a brief spell off the bench against NZ and wasn't involved hugely and Sean Cronin was a sub for all 3 games.

I don't think there's a huge argument against any of those being involved. James Ryan, Dan Leavy (neck issue) and Rob Kearney also released and can put their feet up this weekend.

Looking very bare in the back row right now though. I'd imagine there are a number of players not released to Leinster who aren't set to feature against the USA but will remain under the remit of the Irish camp and medical staff as they recover from the weekend.

Still need to be careful with minutes coming into a busy European schedule.

Would be happy to see a few on the bench though

errlloyd

DGRulz wrote: »

Is he due back before the back to backs?

That I don't know. Leinster said it wasn't too serious a good while ago. Injured at the start of November should be fit for mid December if it's not serious

scott1974

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Henshaw out for 6 weeks is huge blow, especially with Tomane gone for 4/5 months

It does say 4 to 6 weeks for Henshaw in the update...so fingers crossed.

Podge_irl

errlloyd wrote: »

That I don't know. Leinster said it wasn't too serious a good while ago. Injured at the start of November should be fit for mid December if it's not serious

Probably had it amputated so.

molloyjh

scott1974 wrote: »

It does say 4 to 6 weeks for Henshaw in the update...so fingers crossed.

4 weeks would be the return fixture here in Dublin, so he could be back by then I suppose. And ROL if fit would be a good option after how he performed in the P14 final.