Leinster Team Talk Thread (Love you Furlong time)

I think it's primarily a player rather than a coach issue. Frawley missed a relatively straightforward conversion attempt, and Leinster had a penalty late in the game where they chose to go to the corner rather than shoot for goal. Those were two clear opportunities to move beyond three points clear, and force Munster to go for a try. Maybe Byrne was carrying an injury and maybe Frawley lacked confidence after his earlier miss.

Ultimately the problem was poor game management on the pitch in the last ten minutes rather than poor coach decisions, in my opinion.

I agree that if Ross Byrne had been on the pitch then Leinster would have won.

Nick McCarthy coming on to see out a the game, who had a disaster in SA. What was Leo thinking ? I'm so fcking pissed off over this result. Even if we win next week which looks really ominous now, this result grates.

Worrying thing also with the amount of penalties Munster got , legitimate or not that's a different story.If they had decided to go for posts they would of been out of sight. Seperate note People pay a lot of money to go games in rds and aviva and again we pick such a weakened team, yes I get it that there is next week of course. The URC matters though .

Said during the week that we should not be fielding a 2nd string team in a league semi final, and that was why. It was disrespectful to Munster and to the competition, and it sent the message that they weren't taking this game seriously and it showed in the performance, which was dogsh*t.

This whole resting players at every possible opportunity thing is utter nonsense and a big reason why Ireland always fail at world cups. The 1st XV got rested for the two games in SA, and then they got rested for the Sharks game. They didn't need to be rested yet again in a semi final of all games. They're professional rugby players ffs. They can play 2 games in 2 weeks. The coaching team royally f*cked this up. And now there's a good chance we go two seasons trophy-less.

Munster were the better team by a mile and deserved to win. Brought much more intensity, played with much more ambition, accuracy and balls. Hopefully they win down in Cape Town.

Really hard loss to take. Munster fully deserved that win, any Leinster win today would have been robbery to a point. But the fact we have a far better and fit squad than Munster could ever pick and lost today is really annoying me. We were too cautious with our team selection, our players should really be able to play several weeks in a row especially with the end of season 2 weeks away. Plenty of time to rest then.

Surely the organisers could find a fully impartial referring team to take charge of a match like today. “Tackle!!, let him go” Munster player proceeds to rip the ball while letting go and I think Munster went on to score a try shortly after. If 3/5 of the referring team were former Leinster players then Munster supporters would be rightfully up in arms, it simply should not happen.

Munster really put it up to us and in the end were deserved winners. But it’s a bitter pill to swallow when you know you have a better injury free squad available than they could ever put out. The cart was put before the horse with the team selection. It better pay off next week or Leo’s time will certainly be ticking with many. 4 out of the last 6 finals, will it be 1 win or 2.