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

swiwi_ · 12-09-2018 11:30am

Buer wrote: »

Apologies, it is Parkes. He has also been one of the best players and attackers in the league over the past couple of years. Beating Ruddock is nothing to do with Tomane.

Parkes has been a major major surprise. He was journeyman personified when he played super rugby but has looked pretty decent in Europe. Fair play to the man.

scott1974 · 12-09-2018 11:32am

Zzippy wrote: »

https://twitter.com/RossOCK/status/1039767919155204096

https://youtu.be/rufnWLVQcKg

errlloyd · 12-09-2018 11:59am

Joey leaving is the worst thing for Leinster since Setanta left the academy to join the Red Branch Knights in the 1st century AD. Kid basically beat Connacht on his own as a 17 year old. Some talent.

errlloyd · 12-09-2018 12:12pm

Do we have four home games in a row now?

troyzer · 12-09-2018 12:15pm

errlloyd wrote: »

Do we have four home games in a row now?

Nope.

Dragons and Edinburgh at home, Connaught away, Munster in Lansdowne.

errlloyd · 12-09-2018 12:19pm

What sort of team do we all expect to have when we play Edinburgh, got a friend coming over from the states. It'll be her first rugby game, think she'd like to see some stars. (she's going regardless, just wondering what to expect).

I can see us resting the big names v Connacht as we have Munster, Wasps, Toulose the following three weeks?

Commanchie · 12-09-2018 12:24pm

errlloyd wrote: »

What sort of team do we all expect to have when we play Edinburgh, got a friend coming over from the states. It'll be her first rugby game, think she'd like to see some stars. (she's going regardless, just wondering what to expect).

I can see us resting the big names v Connacht as we have Munster, Wasps, Toulose the following three weeks?

Cant see a full strength squad for Edinburgh at home, Full squad against the Dragons id imagine then edinburgh rested a few with the weeks ahead.

Richie_Rich89 · 12-09-2018 1:14pm

sydthebeat wrote: »

turn over ball, attackers have space out wide.....
you defend inside-out on a drift.

Therefore the blame is squarely between Ruddock and Conan.

He'd obviously seen the footage from the Cardiff game and felt he had to try to cover Tomane's inside as well as his own.

But anyway, it's unfair to criticise Tomane when he's playing out of position. I'm just bemused by the fact that Leinster have brought in a winger to be their back-up 12

Podge_irl · 12-09-2018 1:36pm

Richie_Rich89 wrote: »

He'd obviously seen the footage from the Cardiff game and felt he had to try to cover Tomane's inside as well as his own.

Which would still be entirely Ruddock's fault. You do your own job first and worry about the people beside you after.

12-09-2018 1:47pm

Richie_Rich89 wrote: »

He'd obviously seen the footage from the Cardiff game and felt he had to try to cover Tomane's inside as well as his own.

But anyway, it's unfair to criticise Tomane when he's playing out of position. I'm just bemused by the fact that Leinster have brought in a winger to be their back-up 12

salmocab · 12-09-2018 2:11pm

Richie_Rich89 wrote: »

But anyway, it's unfair to criticise Tomane

Surely it’s unfair to blame Tomane for something Ruddock did in the first place.

Richie_Rich89 · 12-09-2018 2:19pm

salmocab wrote: »

Surely it’s unfair to blame Tomane for something Ruddock did in the first place.

I don't think I'm blaming him per se. But he was all at sea in defence against Cardiff, and teammates would sorta instinctively sense that and that might have a knock-on effect on how they defend with him in twos and threes. I was saying this might have been a factor in Ruddock overchasing

Serbian · 12-09-2018 3:29pm

I think the most likely thing that happened here was, right before the game, Joe Tomane decided to take a quick look at Boards to see what the craic was in this thread. He read some of Richie Rich's abject nonsense and suffered temporary brain damage, rendering him incapable of making the covering tackle on Parkes.

troyzer · 12-09-2018 4:04pm

Serbian wrote: »

I think the most likely thing that happened here was, right before the game, Joe Tomane decided to take a quick look at Boards to see what the craic was in this thread. He read some of Richie Rich's abject nonsense and suffered temporary brain damage, rendering him incapable of making the covering tackle on Parkes.

Sounds sensible.

joseywhales · 12-09-2018 4:51pm

impr0v wrote: »

When you play as flat to the line as Joey wants to you have to be able to take the inevitable hits and I'm not sure that he's carrying enough weight to be able to do so. But if he bulks up, then he loses some of his ability to step.

Glasgow went out of their way to lamp him marginally late at least twice at the weekend. He stayed down for 30 seconds after one of them. I wonder if he can weather that kinda stuff over the longer term.

I think bulking is exactly the worst thing he could do, the game is only become more and more about evasion and change of direction. I would imagine the rules will keep changing until there is less high impact collisions and head injuries

stephen_n · 12-09-2018 6:54pm

I hate to sound like Thomond, but quotes people, quotes!

Clegg · 13-09-2018 9:05am

Good little article on Jordan Larmour and how well he played at full back last week. Think it's fair to say that Lancaster sees him as Leinster's long term replacement for Kearney.

http://www.the42.ie/jordan-larmour-damian-mckenzie-lancaster-4232918-Sep2018/?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true

Heymans · 13-09-2018 1:20pm

Think we might see one of Vakh or Kelly from the A team benching for Saturday.

Rumoured Hugh O'Sullivan to be benching for 9.

Yeah_Right · 13-09-2018 4:48pm

stephen_n wrote: »

I hate to sound like Thomond, but quotes people, quotes!

You want more quotes? Is there anyone in particular you would like us to quote? Shakespeare? Hook? Churchill? RO'CK? Hayes? Ted? Kearney? TOH?

13-09-2018 5:07pm

Heymans wrote: »

Rumoured Hugh O'Sullivan to be benching for 9.

That's not great for a professional rugby player to be honest, I reckon my kids could nearly bench that.

stephen_n · 13-09-2018 5:57pm

Yeah_Right wrote: »

You want more quotes? Is there anyone in particular you would like us to quote? Shakespeare? Hook? Churchill? RO'CK? Hayes? Ted? Kearney? TOH?

All of those are acceptable except Churchill of course, none of the others are trolls.

Richie_Rich89 · 13-09-2018 7:30pm

Teams I'd go for:

v Dragons:
1. Peter Dooley
2. James Tracy
3. Andrew Porter
4. Ross Molony
5. Scott Fardy
6. Rhys Ruddock
7. Josh van der Flier
8. Max Deegan
9. Jamison Gibson Park
10. Ross Byrne
11. Rory O'Loughlin
12. Conor O'Brien
13. Garry Ringrose
14. Fergus McFadden
15. Jordan Larmour

16. Bryan Byrne
17. Ed Byrne
18. Michael Bent
19. Mick Kearney
20. Jack Conan
21. Hugh O'Sullivan
22. Noel Reid
23. Rob Kearney

Celtic Cup:
1. Michael Milne
2. Ronan Kelleher
3. Vakhtang Abdaladze
4. Ian Nagle
5. Jack Dunne
6. Oisín Dowling
7. Scott Penny
8. Caelan Doris
9. Paddy Patterson
10. Harry Byrne
11. Jack Kelly
12. Joe Tomane
13. Liam Turner
14. Michael Silvester
15. Hugo Keenan

16. Dan Sheehan
17. Giuseppe Coyne
18. Jack Aungier
19. Ryan Baird
20. Ronan Watters
21. Jason Kenny
22. David Hawkshaw
23. Aaron O'Sullivan

scott1974 · 13-09-2018 8:59pm

Richie_Rich89 wrote: »

Teams I'd go for:

v Dragons:
1. Peter Dooley
2. James Tracy
3. Andrew Porter
4. Ross Molony
5. Scott Fardy
6. Rhys Ruddock
7. Josh van der Flier
8. Max Deegan
9. Jamison Gibson Park
10. Ross Byrne
11. Rory O'Loughlin
12. Conor O'Brien
13. Garry Ringrose
14. Fergus McFadden
15. Jordan Larmour

16. Bryan Byrne
17. Ed Byrne
18. Michael Bent
19. Mick Kearney
20. Jack Conan
21. Hugh O'Sullivan
22. Noel Reid
23. Rob Kearney

Celtic Cup:
1. Michael Milne
2. Ronan Kelleher
3. Vakhtang Abdaladze
4. Ian Nagle
5. Jack Dunne
6. OisDowling
7. Scott Penny
8. Caelan Doris
9. Paddy Patterson
10. Harry Byrne
11. Jack Kelly
12. Joe Tomane
13. Liam Turner
14. Michael Silvester
15. Hugo Keenan

16. Dan Sheehan
17. Giuseppe Coyne
18. Jack Aungier
19. Ryan Baird
20. Ronan Watters
21. Jason Kenny
22. David Hawkshaw
23. Aaron O'Sullivan

:rolleyes:

You're nothing if not consistent.

thomond2006 · 13-09-2018 9:06pm

stephen_n wrote: »

I hate to sound like Thomond, but quotes people, quotes!

Why would you hate to sound like me?

salmocab · 13-09-2018 9:20pm

thomond2006 wrote: »

Why would you hate to sound like me?

The accent presumably

stephen_n · 13-09-2018 9:36pm

thomond2006 wrote: »

Why would you hate to sound like me?

Have you ever listened to yourself? Nah I just don’t think the accent would suit me!

Yeah_Right · 13-09-2018 9:44pm

Richie_Rich89 wrote: »

Teams I'd go for:

v Dragons:
1. Peter Dooley
2. James Tracy
3. Andrew Porter
4. Ross Molony
5. Scott Fardy
6. Rhys Ruddock
7. Josh van der Flier
8. Max Deegan
9. Jamison Gibson Park
10. Ross Byrne
11. Rory O'Loughlin
12. Conor O'Brien
13. Garry Ringrose
14. Fergus McFadden
15. Jordan Larmour

16. Bryan Byrne
17. Ed Byrne
18. Michael Bent
19. Mick Kearney
20. Jack Conan
21. Hugh O'Sullivan
22. Noel Reid
23. Rob Kearney

Celtic Cup:
1. Michael Milne
2. Ronan Kelleher
3. Vakhtang Abdaladze
4. Ian Nagle
5. Jack Dunne
6. Oisín Dowling
7. Scott Penny
8. Caelan Doris
9. Paddy Patterson
10. Harry Byrne
11. Jack Kelly
12. Joe Tomane
13. Liam Turner
14. Michael Silvester
15. Hugo Keenan

16. Dan Sheehan
17. Giuseppe Coyne
18. Jack Aungier
19. Ryan Baird
20. Ronan Watters
21. Jason Kenny
22. David Hawkshaw
23. Aaron O'Sullivan

No James Lowe?

salmocab · 13-09-2018 9:45pm

Yeah_Right wrote: »

No James Lowe?

Ahead of Aaron o Sullivan?

Faugheen · 13-09-2018 10:06pm

Fully expect Sexton to be involved in some way

errlloyd · 13-09-2018 10:26pm

Faugheen wrote: »

Fully expect Sexton to be involved in some way

Bernard Jackman has played against the dragons more times in the last ten years than Jonny Sexton.

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

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