Leinster vs. Northampton, Saturday 14th Dec, 17.15 (VM1, CH4, BT2)

Faugheen

Call ‘em up, Andy.

kmart6

Fair call there.

Uncomfortable viewing at this stage.

These lads are the premiership leaders.

Dan Biggar waves his arms so much in a game you'd swear he's trying to fly

Dave_The_Sheep

At this point all I want more out of this game is for Fardy to break Biggar in half.

dublinman1990

Kearney's try doesn't count.

Larbre34

troyzer wrote: »

Top of the premiership.

It's ridiculous.

Its utterly pathetic. CVC capital must wondering what sort of product they spent 200 million on.

Squidgy Black

I'd say Rob is absolutely fuming.

Dave has less grey hairs, is starting in European games, and can score tries.

Officially the better Kearney.

kmart6

Good make up play by VDF

kmart6

Jesus there's still 20+ minutes left in this, feels like it's been a long half, some amount of stoppages.

If you listen very closely you can here this playing in the background

Faugheen

kmart6 wrote: »

Jesus there's still 20+ minutes left in this, feels like it's been a long half, some amount of stoppages.

Literally just thought the exact same thing.

prawnsambo

Doris does it again. Straight up through the ruck.

Two weeks in a row.

troyzer

It's ****ing freezing here.

Faugheen

Cheslin Larmour

Burkie1203

Larmour beat about 8 defenders there

Shefwedfan

So BT already making excuses for Northampton

pickarooney

Hilarious from Larmour but not really intelligent rugby.
7 players in one run

Shefwedfan

Squidgy Black wrote: »

I'd say Rob is absolutely fuming.

Dave has less grey hairs, is starting in European games, and can score tries.

Officially the better Kearney.

Better looking as well

Faugheen

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Larmour beat about 8 defenders there

ESPN says 7.

He beat more defenders in that passage than he had for the 70-odd minutes before that

Squidgy Black

You'd think Saints would've copied the French there and just told Gibson to go down holding his head.

kmart6

Poor from the ref there, really looked like the winger got his knee on the ground pretty quickly on the tackle.

pickarooney

Squidgy Black wrote: »

You'd think Saints would've copied the French there and just told Gibson to go down holding his head.

They should just allow rolling subs and not have these silly exceptions.

Northampton have been throwing elbows and knee's everywhere for the last ten minutes.

Clegg

pickarooney wrote: »

Hilarious from Larmour but not really intelligent rugby.
7 players in one run

When you're 30 points up you can do things like that.

Larmour's run really highlights how much he's matured as a player. 18 months ago he would have tried to beat every player on the pitch in the first minute of the game. But now his decision making is so much better. It started day the World Cup imo. He looked to kick or pass from his own 22 rather that attack himself. He's continued in that vein since. He picks his time to run when it's really on rather than every time. He's much more mature now.

Faugheen

I thought we played alright, you know.

In all seriousness it was a fantastic performance.

AbusesToilets

Clegg wrote: »

When you're 40 points up you can do things like that.

Larmour's run really highlights how much he's matured as a player. 18 months ago he would have tried to beat every player on the pitch in the first minute of the game. But now his decision making is so much better. It started day the World Cup imo. He looked to kick or pass from his own 22 rather that attack himself. He's continued in that vein since. He picks his time to run when it's really on rather than every time. He's much more mature now.

KIller that we have to wait a whole year for Lowe to qualify.

Faugheen

AbusesToilets wrote: »

KIller that we have to wait a whole year for Lowe to qualify.

He’d have a problem taking the jersey off Dave anyway.

Shefwedfan

Not that I said it before but Dave Kearney has to be in contention for the Ireland 6 nations squad with his form this season

Great to see him get a run of games after his injury nightmare

kmart6

45K in attendance my hole!

dublinman1990

The performance by Leinster tonight was terrific. They were the only team that looked to have a plan for the whole event against Northampton. They truly deserve their place in the KO stages after that win. It was just wonderful play from the entire Leinster side. My favourite 3 tonight were Ringrose, Lowe & Larmour. They were excellent out there on that pitch.

Shefwedfan

kmart6 wrote: »

45K in attendance my hole!

Season ticket holder count even if they don’t show up so the numbers are always off

thomond2006

The Aviva game is up there with bad matchday experiences.

Faugheen

Shout out to James Tracy btw. He’s not the greatest but he put in a tremendous shift tonight.

yerrahbah

thomond2006 wrote: »

The Aviva game is up there with bad matchday experiences.

how so?

kmart6

Shefwedfan wrote: »

Season ticket holder count even if they don’t show up so the numbers are always off

Yeah well aware of that, even with season ticket holders they did not sell enough to be announcing 45K.

Faugheen

yerrahbah wrote: »

how so?

Ah in fairness I’ve never liked games at the Aviva. Much prefer the RDS

yerrahbah

Faugheen wrote: »

Ah in fairness I’ve never liked games at the Aviva. Much prefer the RDS

why?
Whats wrong with the Aviva?

prawnsambo

yerrahbah wrote: »

why?
Whats wrong with the Aviva?

Atmosphere usually. Can be a bit flat sometimes.

yosser hughes

Faugheen wrote: »

Ah in fairness I’ve never liked games at the Aviva. Much prefer the RDS

Yep, I'd say most supporters would agree with you. I rarely enjoy a game at Lansdowne any more.

degsie

yosser hughes wrote: »

Yep, I'd say most supporters would agree with you. I rarely enjoy a game at Lansdowne any more.

Had one asshat sitting beside who fidgeted the whole time and chatted non stop to his mate, only stopping now and again to shout at people to sit down. RDS has a better crowd generally.

Shefwedfan

Most games in Aviva are a hammering for the opposition....especially in Europe. The Christmas game as well is used by a lot of people as start of beer....

PhlegmyMoses

kmart6 wrote: »

45K in attendance my hole!

I was there and it felt like it was somewhere between 40-45k anyway

molloyjh

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

I was there and it felt like it was somewhere between 40-45k anyway

Yeah, I'd have thought about 40k. Lots of empty seats in the West Upper but good coverage other than that.

So 93-37 across the 2 games. That's crazy when you think it's the top side in the Premiership. That shouldn't be happening. But if it's going to then I'm glad we're on the right side of it. Some great performances today, but special mention has to go to Frawley. Very inexperienced but looked the part for his time on the pitch. Was watching from the south lower so not the best of views, but he really impressed me.

Also, Larmour is ridiculous. 7 defenders with 1 run. Thats pure crazy. His break up the middle too where he beat a few was superb. Without question our starting FB for the 6Ns. Nobody else even comes close right now.

Exclamation Marc

prawnsambo wrote: »

Atmosphere usually. Can be a bit flat sometimes.

Yep. Pretty dead where I was. Nobody shouting or cheering much. Plenty of banal conversations around me (as well as an inordinate amount of people doing runs for pints) but it was so quiet that I felt I was bothering people by cheering the team on.

Burkie1203

Doris 18 carries for 82m and 16 tackles
VDF and Ryan 18 tackles each.

Clegg

Doris scored after identifying no Northampton pillar defender at a ruck. Picked and ran straight through the middle. He does that pick and run almost every game. I've never seen a player so successful at identifying when the opposition defence is down numbers and taking advantage. He's an extremely intelligent and streetwise player for someone so young.

thomond2006

yerrahbah wrote: »

how so?

We always end up beside the 12 pubs crowd. A woman took a five minute phone call behind us.

stephen_n

The amount of talking going on while the kicks were being taken was ridiculous. Felt like half the crowd had never been to a rugby match before.