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

That looked like it went forward out of the ruck

the crowd would want to get off their hands, there’s a game here.

Not taking the 3 in front of the posts...

Did the Bulls number 6 just drive his forearm into Doris's face at that last breakdown?

Leinster need a score soon

That's a lovely score

That's better.

Leinster can clearly manufacture gaps in the defence if they keep the ball. But Bulls have done extremely well in keeping it away from us and disrupting the play. Quite similar to La Rochelle actually.

And then wanting to give the scrum to the Bulls. JGP has pissed him off (and JGP was definitely making some sort of point by pinging it off him) and he really didn't want to give that to Leinster.

Leinster are in huge trouble. Not keeping control of the ball well enough, struggling in the aerial battle and struggling with the referees interpretation at the ruck.

Great to see a URC team taking it to Leinster....

South Africans proving their worth...

Forwards need to toughen the f*ck up.

Our pack is heavier but they're just getting manhandled (again).

Leinsters linking play has looked much better than against La Rochelle. They aren't flooding the channel of the second receiver as often so we're getting those tip ons to the wing.

But when the game gets tighter we're struggling a lot. The Bulls look much more capable in contact.

Kearney made a good point about ball in play time being quite low. When we've managed to keep the ball and stretch the game we've looked able to score. But conditions are poor so we can't do that as frequently. And the Bulls have been very street wise in having frequent team huddles before every scrum and lineout. Slows play even further.

Also, Leinster aren't competing as hard at the breakdown as they were against La Rochelle. That needs to be adjusted. I'm not convinced the Bulls have been legal in that area but the referee is and that's what matters.

Ah Robbie.

Bulls will secure from this