Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread XII (The Byrne Supremacy)

15-06-2024 3:46pm

One of the worst halves of rugby Leinster have played all season. Players look **** jaded and flat. They need a serious kick in the hole at the half or the season is over.

A-Train · 15-06-2024 3:47pm

Hopefully Leinster turn up in the second half. Not great at all, again the recent point of game smarts is coming into play here, playing exactly into the bulls hand with their gameplan.

blackcard · 15-06-2024 3:47pm

Leinster have decided not to use their backline at all. Just kick the ball away to a better kicking side. Absolute stupidity

Shehal · 15-06-2024 3:48pm

I do hope Leinster plan to wake up for the 2nd half, I certainly hope their game plan wasnt to sit back and watch the bulls attack them for 40 minutes, if it is they might as well just go home now.

AbusesToilets · 15-06-2024 3:48pm

McBryde needs to get the forwards to pull the thumb out, **** mullered in the scrums

sydthebeat · 15-06-2024 3:48pm

The lads are completely knackered out there, they're sucking in big ones, which means they can't effect the ruck the way we have all season... Which means they're getting more time to spot where we are narrow out wide.

We need to change that system for situations like this, it's killing us when we can't slow ball.

StevenToast · 15-06-2024 3:48pm

Rassie will be rubbing his hands with glee after that display....

The Irish pack has been Bullied all half by a 4th string Springbok pack...

SaoPaulo41 · 15-06-2024 3:49pm

Unsure how we are going to turn this around. We look absolutely out on our feet

SaoPaulo41 · 15-06-2024 3:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122262874#Comment_122262874

You keep mentioning Irish pack, we heard u

AbusesToilets · 15-06-2024 3:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122262867#Comment_122262867

Defensive positioning on kicks has been awful, Bulls are finding grass constantly. Our kickers aren't getting close to 50/22s

Exclamation Marc · 15-06-2024 3:50pm

Need to vary our play somewhat I think. Use the backs a bit more. Have barely seen Ringrose or the wings with the ball in hand.

Clegg · 15-06-2024 3:51pm

That last Bulls scrum penalty should have went to Leinster. Bulls prop boring in and then belly flopped to bring the entire thing down.

15-06-2024 3:51pm

Drop the two wingers back 5 yards in the defensive line and stop blitzing so hard off the line ffs and take away the cross field option. Force them to try and play around you. How is this difficult?

How many **** times did we blitz up only to have our whole defensive line just turn and watch another cross field kick sail over their heads?

Keep the **** ball and go through the phases and stop handing it back to them time and time again.

Shehal · 15-06-2024 3:53pm

This kicking game the two sides have got themselves into was realistically the only way the Bulls could win this game and sadly it looks like Leinster have allowed themselves to get sucked into it. The only positive is they are only 3 points down so there still hope.

But come on to f**k, they are playing a side who's attacking game plan is kick the ball away and chase after it…if Leinster lose to THAT they need a serious look in the mirror.

ersatz · 15-06-2024 3:55pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122262881#Comment_122262881

That's alarming, acres of space on the wings in the 22. On the other hand the Bulls are convering everything Leinster are sending back to them. Le Roux is playing very well. Leinster have had a bit of luck but spent very little time in the Bulls 22. Serious competition though, whoever comes out on top will have been though a war. Still lots of ways Leinster can steal this.

Neil3030 · 15-06-2024 3:55pm

Bulls are bringing an elite-level performance today in terms of physicality. This is top tier Heino level.

They are running hard against the grain on early phases, then going straight to the kick, usually to Larmour's wing. Interesting to see if JN has an adjustment for this; might we see Frawley come on and JOB moved to the right wing?

Leinster are arguably fortunate to be within a score, but I still strangely fancy them to win this if they can stay precise. You saw prior to the Leinster try that Bulls can let mistakes snowball - taking Byrne off the ball costs them a try, then a botched restart after Byrne's missed penalty, then the intentional knock-on for the yellow card. 7-0 to 0-7 in only a few minutes.

15-06-2024 3:55pm

They’re exploiting Larmour repeatedly.

To me, it’s farcical that our best back three player isn’t out there because we’ve decided to indulge his desire to go to an Olympics. We could desperately use him out there with JOB in the 14 shirt.