[Match Thread]Exeter Chiefs V Leinster - Sat April 10th - K.O. 5.30pm - BT Sport 2

razorblunt

What a scrum penalty.

AbusesToilets

Wouldn't have had this game as a poster for the centres. Henshaw excellent in defense, but quiet enough outside of that.

baas baa

Ah here Henshaw shouldn't even be in the picture for Motm. There's such an obsession with him at the minute. This game was won in the first half when we turned the game around, VDF and Kelleher were outstanding in that spell.

degsie

Well done Leinster!

Clegg

YAAAAASSSS

fitz

Icing.

crisco10

Ruddock knocking on there feels like the back rows 1st mistake in the last 70 mins

Expecting renal to disallow

kmart6

For all the talk of Sam Simmonds and how he'll be on the Lions tour he has been anonymous in the biggest game of his season.

degsie

TMO check?

Dave0301

Tremendous 70 minutes from Leinster.

To restrict Exeter to only 8 points after those two early tries is some effort.

razorblunt

baas baa wrote: »

Ah here Henshaw shouldn't even be in the picture for Motm. There's such an obsession with him at the minute. This game was won in the first half when we turned the game around, VDF and Kelleher were outstanding in that spell.

As an impartial observer it was VdF as clear as day for me, Kelliher was excellent but had a few second half whoopsies.
VdF is the smallest back rower out there and was the clear standout.

Larbre34

Thats actually an historic result.

Away to the England and Europe double champs. Up there with Clermont 2012 and Toulouse 2006.

KH25

Reynal probably delighted to chalk that off.

A-Train

Unreal match unreal performance! After 15 minutes I thought it was Sarries all over but what a performance

crisco10

Porter - you're fired.


Joke.

PhlegmyMoses

razorblunt wrote: »

As an impartial observer it was VdF as clear as day for me, Kelliher was excellent but had a few second half whoopsies.
VdF is the smallest back rower out there and was the clear standout.

VDF, Henshaw and Ruddock. Pick any one

RugbyLover123

kmart6 wrote: »

For all the talk of Sam Simmonds and how he'll be on the Lions tour he has been anonymous in the biggest game of his season.

This. He’s a great player but lacks the physicality at the top top level. He’ll score you tries all day at home to Gloucester though.

razorblunt

That’s very harsh. Porter absolutely killed his man.

AbusesToilets

Watch Porter be cited for that

Dave_The_Sheep

You're some streak of misery, Raynal.

Peregrine

Devastated for O'Loughlin!

razorblunt

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

VDF, Henshaw and Ruddock. Pick any one

Simmonds.

He’s had to play back row and 10.

Clegg

That's one of the all time great Irish provincial performances. 0-14 down to the European Champions after 8 minutes only to go on and win by 9 points.

AbusesToilets

Might be the best result of the Cullen era. Phenomenal win

degsie

No more French refs, end of!

Sangre

Unbelievable game. Had serious shades of Sarries at the start but fair play to them.

How good was Ross Byrne when he came on?

Bar a missed tackle for first try, Keenan was very influential too.

Exclamation Marc

What a win. Leinster with incredible resilience.

kmart6

degsie wrote: »

No more French refs, end of!

Well there won't be for the rest of the tournament.

Garda Kenny

Magic

Exclamation Marc

Sangre wrote: »

How good was Ross Byrne when he came on?

He should be Leinsters starting 10.

kingtiger

Very professional by Leinster this evening, will be hard to stop at the moment

I will be supporting them

from a grieving Munster man

Richie_Rich89

Yesssss. Result.

8-34 in the last 70 minutes.

O'Loughlin was very unlucky. The Porter tackle was immaterial.

Some of the French teams will be very difficult to beat in the remainder of the tournament.

Former Former Former

Great performance from Luke McGrath today.

VDF robbed of MOTM, Henshaw was brilliant in the second half but VDF did it for the full 80.

fitz

Sangre wrote: »

Unbelievable game. Had serious shades of Sarries at the start but fair play to them.

How good was Ross Byrne when he came on?

Bar a missed tackle for first try, Keenan was very influential too.

Byrne was very good, but the pack absolutely dominated today. He didn't have an armchair ride, but the forwards won this game for us.

degsie

V proud of a fine Leinster performance

pickarooney

degsie wrote: »

No more French refs, end of!

Well, that's a given at least

Garda Kenny

Up Gaillimh .... I mean Robbie

thomond2006

Delighted that Exeter are out. I haven't forgotten all their Covid conspiracy bull**** from months ago.

The week off played its part. Defence was non existent in the first 10 but Leinster finished strong.

pickarooney

thomond2006 wrote: »

Delighted that Exeter are out. I haven't forgotten all their Covid conspiracy bull**** from months ago.

The week off played its part. Defence was non existent in the first 10 but Leinster finished strong.

The haircuts are worse.

AbusesToilets

pickarooney wrote: »

The haircuts are worse.

They're awful, like just look like utter ****e.

bobbyss

Are there any highlights on anywhere on tv this pm?

Exclamation Marc

Former Former Former wrote: »

Great performance from Luke McGrath today.

VDF robbed of MOTM, Henshaw was brilliant in the second half but VDF did it for the full 80.

I think it was tight but yeah I think VdF was just incredible from start to finish. 22 tackles in all. He should have been MOTM.

Exclamation Marc

bobbyss wrote: »

Are there any highlights on anywhere on tv this pm?

Tomorrow night on VM2 and BT

Squidgy Black

Phwoah. What a game, the first 10 minutes were absolutely painful, and terrifying to be honest, it was starting to look like the weeks break was going to be our downfall.

Sangre

The biggest downside of this match is that I'm being denied my right to order a round of jaegerbombs followed by obnoxious jumping around.

Garda Kenny

Must be sickening for Dalaglio to be graceful about that. Exterior didn’t fire a shot after 10 mins.

PhlegmyMoses

I super enjoyed that game anyway. Proper ebb and flow with two good teams.

Clegg

Baxter is very complementary towards Leinster. Says his players made mistakes they almost never make due to the pressure Leinster put them under.

degsie

Jazus yet wan on BT was sticking it a bit to the Exe coach

Garda Kenny

Exteter love an open game an a shoot out. Credit to Leinster for shutting their game down in all areas.