Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread XI (The Finals Countdown)

irishbucsfan

Ah bollocks. I was really looking forward to this one!

Morathi

Well, ****. But almost inevitable at some stage.

ongarite

Balls.
Think that is 8 games cancelled in the last month across the Pro14 & HC.

Leinster to lose their 100% record if they have COVID case now. They will forfeit the game.
Munster first win over Leinster by default..

theVersatile

ongarite wrote: »

Balls.
Think that is 8 games cancelled in the last month across the Pro14 & HC.

Leinster to lose their 100% record if they have COVID case now. They will forfeit the game.
Munster first win over Leinster by default..

MK says the game will be rescheduled. I imagine it's only the Heineken Cup that's giving defaulted score lines - Treviso have had a few games postponed in the P14 this year.

irishbucsfan

Can we not mention this to non-rugby watching family members?

Maybe stick on the 2009 semi final and pretend its live? If we get ahead of this and plan early we can probably pull it off. If any Munster fans are willing to co-operate we can compromise on a different match

Former Former Former

ongarite wrote: »

Balls.
Think that is 8 games cancelled in the last month across the Pro14 & HC.

Leinster to lose their 100% record if they have COVID case now. They will forfeit the game.
Munster first win over Leinster by default..

Is there a suggestion that Leinster are the ones pulling the plug?

theVersatile

Communicado Offical

https://www.pro14.rugby/latest/news/r9-munster-v-leinster-postponed

salmocab

Former Former Former wrote: »

Is there a suggestion that Leinster are the ones pulling the plug?

Yeah

ongarite

Official now on Leinster website. Positive PCR results within senior squad.

irishbucsfan

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Can we not mention this to non-rugby watching family members?

Maybe stick on the 2009 semi final and pretend its live? If we get ahead of this and plan early we can probably pull it off. If any Munster fans are willing to co-operate we can compromise on a different match

"Yeah that's Munster in the black and Leinster in the green.... I know, weird isn't it... they're trying to spread the game globally... Yeah Chicago, Soldier Field..."

thomond2006

There's no confirmed cases yet at least. Fingers crossed.

ongarite

Wonder if its from the Northampton game last weekend.
Cases in UK are much more prevalent than here so odds of one of their players being positive and playing game is high.

Vinnie222

ongarite wrote: »

Wonder if its from the Northampton game last weekend.
Cases in UK are much more prevalent than here so odds of one of their players being positive and playing game is high.

Numbers are v high in Dublin as well

Nigzcurran

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"Yeah that's Munster in the black and Leinster in the green.... I know, weird isn't it... they're trying to spread the game globally... Yeah Chicago, Soldier Field..."

Anywhere I can watch that full game?

eclipsechaser

Nigzcurran wrote: »

Anywhere I can watch that full game?

https://youtu.be/Wo6hoKwF578

Clegg

This is the the team we would've sent to Munster. Shame for Max Reilly.

https://twitter.com/RuaidhriOC/status/1342094263845347330?s=09

salmocab

Oh that’s a saucy backrow

Morathi

Just cementing that this could have been a cracker. Shame!

Neil3030

"Right, which one of us is getting Covid so we can all have Christmas off?"

Neil3030

Neil3030 wrote: »

"Right, which one of us is getting Covid so we can all have Christmas off?"

Careful - three red kings twitter will be outraged

sydthebeat

No positive cases in Leinster rugby.

Pudsy33

sydthebeat wrote: »

No positive cases in Leinster rugby.

So why was it cancelled?

Bridge93

Yeah I’m confused now. There were positive tests, they’ve now all come back negative on a second test?

bennyl10

Bridge93 wrote: »

Yeah I’m confused now. There were positive tests, they’ve now all come back negative on a second test?

Delay with the lab seems to be all

Play the game, even Sunday if needs be!

irishbucsfan

I’d guess they just called it early so people don’t have to work tomorrow to sort it. It’ll be grand to reorganise it

sydthebeat

Pudsy33 wrote: »

So why was it cancelled?

It was cancelled because there were tests results outstanding....

This is from leinster

"Following this morning’s confirmation that the Round 9 Guinness PRO14 fixture between Munster Rugby and Leinster Rugby has been postponed, Leinster Rugby can confirm that all outstanding Covid-19 PCR Testing results have now been returned and all players and staff have tested negative.

Leinster Rugby would like to thank the PRO14 Rugby Medical Advisory Group and Munster Rugby for their help and understanding and we look forward to the rescheduled game early in the new year."

arsebiscuits1

The fact that we had 2 tbc on the bench is a bit concerning.

Presumably they were waiting on Harry's fitness and otherwise had Hawkshaw.

Presumably Silvester was going to be 23

Scythica

Any backrowers fancy heading north?

Wegians89

Scythica wrote: »

Any backrowers fancy heading north?

From a neutral point of view it would make sense to me for one of deegan or Conan to head up north with Coetzee off.

foxyladyxx

Wegians89 wrote: »

From a neutral point of view it would make sense to me for one of deegan or Conan to head up north with Coetzee off.

It would make more sense for Deegan to go.