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

salmocab

troyzer wrote: »

Don't expect a good crowd for a match on the 18th May.

For.....reasons.....

There's always a reason sure.

It’s my birthday everyone will be at the party

Shefwedfan

troyzer wrote: »

Don't expect a good crowd for a match on the 18th May.

For.....reasons.....

There's always a reason sure.

Strong winds expected that weekend, not safe to drive


Munster will sell tickets as supporters based in Dublin will source from at home.

bennyl10

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Pretty simple really. Munster returned 1,000 of 4,750 tickets from last year.

Should be the end of the 'move it anywhere else' conversation.

A lot of Munster fans last year bought from the Leinster early Ticketmaster allocation.
MRSC had a one per person lottery, so a lot Didn't bother with it that way.

It shouldn’t be moved to the Aviva a all, but there was a huge amount of Munster fans in the RDS last year.

Sheep Shagger

Some quotes from SOB from today's Sunday Times (behind a paywall).

They suggest SOB would have stayed here for a quarter of what he is getting at London Irish. To be fair he says he understands the business decision of the IRFU (remember how many games he has played of late).

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/sean-obrien-would-have-stayed-at-leinster-for-just-112k-a-year

Shefwedfan

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Some quotes from SOB from today's Sunday Times (behind a paywall).

They suggest SOB would have stayed here for a quarter of what he is getting at London Irish. To be fair he says he understands the business decision of the IRFU (remember how many games he has played of late).

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/sean-obrien-would-have-stayed-at-leinster-for-just-112k-a-year

If SOB stayed then Leinster would need to let a Leavy/Vdf/Penney go

It’s not just money but a young player would look to move if they know SOB is staying, if he is fit he gets the big games

It’s hard but at the end of day SOB was great for Leinster and will be missed but from a long term point of view it’s better to keep a younger player in squad

Interested Observer

Shefwedfan wrote: »

If SOB stayed then Leinster would need to let a Leavy/Vdf/Penney go

It’s not just money but a young player would look to move if they know SOB is staying, if he is fit he gets the big games

It’s hard but at the end of day SOB was great for Leinster and will be missed but from a long term point of view it’s better to keep a younger player in squad

Nope, think that day is past. He's there because the other 2 are injured. He failed to make a matchday squad earlier in the season for Europe I'm fairly sure.

Shefwedfan

Interested Observer wrote: »

Nope, think that day is past. He's there because the other 2 are injured. He failed to make a matchday squad earlier in the season for Europe I'm fairly sure.

When? He was out with injury, came back and broke arm for Ireland. Came back and was straight into 6 nations squad

He has played all the big matches since then, now I know we have injuries but I still think he would have started, maybe not played as many minutes

Clegg

VdF was at the media event for the Pro 14 finals. He says he hopes to return to training this week.

troyzer

Clegg wrote: »

VdF was at the media event for the Pro 14 finals. He says he hopes to return to training this week.

Really? Jesus.

Clegg

Getting 503 errors right now. This was originally a double post but will keep it up for the new page.

VdF was at the media event for the Pro 14 finals. He says he hopes to return to training this week.

Interested Observer

Shefwedfan wrote: »

When? He was out with injury, came back and broke arm for Ireland. Came back and was straight into 6 nations squad

He has played all the big matches since then, now I know we have injuries but I still think he would have started, maybe not played as many minutes

Over the 6N he benched against England, started against Scotland & Italy, and then was ditched against France, didn't make the 23 at all. That was the game VdF got injured in. Leavy was injured for the entire thing. He didn't play well in a single one of those games.

troyzer

We're perfectly on track to need a new thread in or around the final.

Early thread title:

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

Exclamation Marc

troyzer wrote: »

Really? Jesus.

Quite Jesus like ironically!

Squidgy Black

If VdF returns early from injury again, do we start to accept that he has super human abilities?

He returned from an ACL surgery two months ahead of schedule, and will now be looking to return from the groin surgery a month and a bit ahead of timeline (was told 12 weeks towards the end of March).

troyzer

Squidgy Black wrote: »

If VdF returns early from injury again, do we start to accept that he has super human abilities?

He returned from an ACL surgery two months ahead of schedule, and will now be looking to return from the groin surgery a month and a bit ahead of timeline (was told 12 weeks towards the end of March).

He probably wears that scrumcap in bed. It's the source of his chi.

The Rape of Lucretia

Leinster is lucky that way. Their players have long had a penchant for being able to return from injury well ahead of the normal medical standard timescales.

Shefwedfan

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Leinster is lucky that way. Their players have long had a penchant for being able to return from injury well ahead of the normal medical standard timescales.

Credit where credit due, the medical staff seem to be top notch

swiwi_

Shefwedfan wrote: »

Credit where credit due, the medical staff seem to be top notch

I doubt the medical staff have a big role in a miraculous recovery. VDF is just good at healing fast.

Shefwedfan

swiwi_ wrote: »

I doubt the medical staff have a big role in a miraculous recovery. VDF is just good at healing fast.

We could move to the Christianity forum and discuss VDF

troyzer

Full deck pretty much. Shame about Daly but I doubt he would have seen anymore gametime anyway.

https://twitter.com/sineadkissane/status/1125357355867176960?s=09

Exclamation Marc

Leinster optimistic over Cronins fitness for Saturday. Fairly crucial that he's fit for it I think.

Ruddock should be available for selection too too which is a bonus.

JGP back training this Thursday so unlikely to play. Lowe looks free to play so without question if that's the case.

Larbre34

In the RTÉ news coverage of the Lancaster briefing today, they suggested that Leinster go in to the final as underdogs despite being holders etc.

I don't think that for a second, does anyone agree with them and why?

Larbre34

In the RTÉ news coverage of the Lancaster briefing today, they suggested that Leinster go in to the final as underdogs despite being holders etc.

I don't think that for a second, does anyone agree with them and why?

troyzer

Larbre34 wrote: »

In the RTÉ news coverage of the Lancaster briefing today, they suggested that Leinster go in to the final as underdogs despite being holders etc.

I don't think that for a second, does anyone agree with them and why?

I agree. Saracens are in richer form at the moment. Having said that, Leinster showed a lot of vintage against Toulouse. Hopefully they step it up.

Interested Observer

Larbre34 wrote: »

In the RTÉ news coverage of the Lancaster briefing today, they suggested that Leinster go in to the final as underdogs despite being holders etc.

I don't think that for a second, does anyone agree with them and why?

Doesn't really matter what happened in the final last year. If Leinster are underdogs it is by a tiny margin though, bookies have Leinster at +1.

AbusesToilets

Squidgy Black wrote: »

If VdF returns early from injury again, do we start to accept that he has super human abilities?

He returned from an ACL surgery two months ahead of schedule, and will now be looking to return from the groin surgery a month and a bit ahead of timeline (was told 12 weeks towards the end of March).

Either that or access to the higher class of medical healing agents.

D14Rugby

Thought it was fairly well known but leinster in particular are actually world leaders in sports science, particularly injury prevention and recovery. The players are monitored constantly to such a level that when something does happen in theory leinster know exactly what happened, where a player is and where they should be meaning their recovery is really efficient.

I've done a really bad job explaining it there but it is a really interesting thing to read up on.

troyzer

D14Rugby wrote: »

Thought it was fairly well known but leinster in particular are actually world leaders in sports science, particularly injury prevention and recovery. The players are monitored constantly to such a level that when something does happen in theory leinster know exactly what happened, where a player is and where they should be meaning their recovery is really efficient.

I've done a really bad job explaining it there but it is a really interesting thing to read up on.

There were one of the first teams in Ireland, in any sport, to pioneer telemetry. That I do know.

salmocab

troyzer wrote: »

There were one of the first teams in Ireland, in any sport, to pioneer telemetry. That I do know.

Is that how James Lowe gets to a scrum to pat people’s backs so quickly?

Larbre34

To close to call then really.

I'd say Leinster have the edge in conditioning and durability and assuming we are our usual canny selves playing the ref (and especially screaming about the offsides) we should go well. We'll certainly have the majority of the crowd and hopefully the rugby will win over the neutrals