Leinster Team Talk Thread (Love you Furlong time)

Milne got badly beaten in the end. Hopefully he can learn a lot from it. He's young so no need to panic. If he's getting beaten and in yellow card territory in another couple of years, then he won't work out. But no need to worry at this stage in his development.

It's a shame he missed a year's development. There's always lads that our props will struggle against. Milne will improve.

Healy went airborne. Never saw that before!

What are people thinking the team for Munster should be?

Do you go out as many front liners as possible? Who should get rest'ed?

Only saw the crappy highlights of the Munster game. Did Murray’s injury result in a red card?

Some people appear to be lost. This is the Leinster thread. 🤣

It's a semi-final alright with an even bigger final the following week. If Harry goes down early, is it really worth risking Ross playing the bulk of a game that could be highly attritional with La Rochelle the following week. Frawley should be the back-up outhalf if they're not satisfied with Prendergast or Tector stepping up.

Nobody said that the league is not worth winning. But it's a squad game and we've to be smart with our selections here-on out.

So in your mind, Harry goes down early (let's say its an injury or HIA), it's better to risk Ross Byrne for the majority of a game that could be hugely attritional and possibly risk injury leaving us having to START an academy player against La Rochelle... All for a game that we are already 14 points favourite for...

The rest of the team will be able to carry an academy out-half if we need one off the bench. So for me, Frawley on the bench as out-half cover is clever squad management here.

It's utter nonsense to suggest that we are not taking the game seriously if we put one academy player on the bench. The rest of the squad will be filled with experienced players, some of whom are in contention for the following week.

With Harry's injury profile, its not a huge stretch to say he might go down and the replacement out-half called upon. And Leinster have to think of hypotheticals as we're already one OH down. Frawley has shown himself to be extremely capable at ten and I wouldn't be at all surprised if he's named as the replacement out-half or they opt for one of the younger lads. And I would still expect us to win, which is the goal.