Leinster v Munster URC Semi -Final match thread

What's frustrating from a Leinster POV is that our bench clearly made a big difference. The scrum was now on top and Joe McCarthy has making huge contributions at the ruck and in attack. Munster were beginning to flag, but when the time came to press down on their throats we couldn't do it.

There were some relatively inexperienced players there, but that shouldn't be an excuse. The game was there to be won and we couldn't do it. All that excellent defence in our 22 undone.

Leinster players need to have a hard look at themselves or they will have another year without silverware!

None on a regular day?

give your head a wobble and dry your eyes

Think it’s time for the Eurovision! Good luck to Munster in Cape Town. I would always support any Irish team if Leinster not playing. It’s about respect.

I had a great evening with my friends and family watching the game.

One of them was a Connacht fan, he was rooting so hard for munster, he roared almost as loud as I did when the drop goal went over.

The excuses to lessen the loss/win or but an astreix beside it is horrible. Leinster lost with 11 internationals deal with it.

If Leinster lost next week and he had played a full team both matches the same posters would be screaming why didn't he play a different team against Munster

Yes but it's the other way around for them they have secured playoffs in the top14 but will be battered from next week's final by the time Top 14 playoffs start.

I've no sympathy for Leinster ..the likes Sarries, Leicester , Wasps have all managed to win a tougher league and European cup in the same month of may and with their best available team out week after week . The idea you could rest players at this time at knockout phase is naive at best arrogant/stupid at worse.

Say next week is far more important fine off course it is...but Leo saying in his rant they are still hurting from the Bulls loss last year and then put that team out today.... spare us.

Anyway it's a little bit of a wake up call for a squad that makes up most of the Irish team ...this whole grand slam and coasting through 2 knockouts stages never leaving the Aviva was far too cushy for my liking.

I'll have the fully stacked plain hamburger please.

Oh man. Gutted to see Leinster lose. You can see what Cullen and Lancaster and trying to do, letting the lads who’ve been grafting in the URC, win the thing. Didn’t Ross Byrne start a final in Glasgow a few years back?

Listened to Frank Murphy on the Big Jim podcast a few weeks ago. Such an interesting guy. Came across really well, and you could hear the disappointment that he wasn’t picked for the 6N. I believe it’s possible to say he was poor today AND believe Munster completely deserved that. Murphy was not why Leinster lost.

Anyway, if they show up like that in Capetown they can win, and I REALLY I’m hope they do. It’s going to be very tough to get pinto the same level of intensity they had today. If they get a few folks back from injury you could see it happen. Imagining Snyman helping them to a trophy after the few years he’s had? Class.

Hope the front line Leinster players are pissed off. We lost the physicality battle today. Need them irked as f*ck for next week.

You’re posting a lot for someone who is spending a great evening with friends and family. Regardless, congratulations on the win. Well deserved and hopefully POM, Murray and Earls can get a bit of silverware in red in 2 weeks time.

Munster fan here but I think Cullen made a huge error. Leinster have phenomenal depth, way more than when they started winning Heineken cups and more depth than Munster when they were winning them. If they played full team today, I think they would have won, that's fair to say. They might have lost a player or 2 for the final, but which positions are Leinster really struggling for depth in where the replacement wouldn't be more than adequate to play a European final. Ireland won 5 straight international matches in 7 weeks back in the spring and hopefully do the same and more again in September.

I agree with this. That selection was either arrogant or just straight up misguided.

Oh it was pure arrogance to leave out so many first team players with one eye on next week. You win the game in front of you and worry about the others after it. They did the same last year and end up with the square root of fook all.

Totally agree 👍, it's a sickening result,knowing this is a game we win with correct team selected.Anyway good luck in SA hope you win. Next week may all come to nothing v La Rochelle so resting so many players today made no sense .