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

Casey was not great against Ulster. He was good, it probably just looked great in contrast to his Connacht game.

Sure why don’t we just play Ed Byrne instead of Healy and Porter. They’re all internationals. Why stick with Healy?

Truth be told Martin is better off out of Leinster - given Leinster's track record of failing to develop 12s. Look at Tom Daly at Connacht; he's thriving and on the verge of international selection. Rather than bring through Daly Leinster were more interested in trying to develop into a 12 an NIQ wing who wasn't going to be around long-term.

No HB? I don't know what's going on with him. It's been a bad year for him at this stage. He shouldn't make the international team at this point for the 6nations. He's no gametime to be judged on.

Ruddock as a lock replacement? Jack Dunne also has had a bad enough run this year. I doubt he'll be re signed, especially if they're looking overseas for a lock.

Don't like JOB on the wing, but Leinster should win.

Because JVG just continue's to play with what he inherited from Erasmus. That is quite obvious.

Or they could just pick the players in the pipeline - Jack Dunne, Charlie Ryan, Brian Deeny, Joe McCarthy, maybe Alexis Soroka. Injury permitting, of course.

Leinster need to try to reverse this trend of second rows who were deemed not good enough slash didn't get enough of an opportunity leaving and looking good elsewhere. Beirne, Thornbury, Regan, Izuchukwu, Dowling...

I struggle to see any argument that Leinster should copy Munster when it comes to player development

To follow on from the post of Mr Harrington's tweet earlier. Its impossible to argue with those replies to him.

This is what happens if you roll over to incompetent and corrupt bureaucracy. And they are corrupt. If you're not French or English, you're the patsy.

We'll probably get two wins, this Sunday and next week, probably with bonus points too. But we'll still be up against it in the knockouts. Away fixtures all the way. Against some big dogs. Perhaps a noble exit in the last four eh?

And it needn't be so. It is so because of the EPCR have pulled their procedures out of their arse and then rolled the dice on which ones to apply and when. And when even to apply no agreed procedures at all.

Anyone feeling magnanimous about it all still? Anyone still think it was just our luck, rules are rules and all that?

Because if you do, and you think of yourself as a Leinster fan, you should probably find a new team to support, because you clearly don't give an actual boll0x about this one.

Ryan out with minor muscles injury. Murphy in and Ringrose captain

i think I’d throw Doyle off the stand if I saw him!

he try’s and all...he’s just insufferable

I'm pretty sure Josh Murphy has been converted into the 2nd row this season.

Not a bad option. Interesting that baird and hendhaw are holding tackle bags.. might be available for next week.

Yeah I'm not sure what the Jack Dunne situation is.. maybe going off to try play for the barbarians and missing a few weeks training is counting against him..