Leinster Team Talk Thread (Love you Furlong time)

We barely got Lowe involved last year, it was a massive failure. I feel like the entire season, for Leinster and Ireland, has been framed by strategising for how to deal with ultra physical teams. I think if we manage to score a try early, we could blow the wheels off of La Rochelle.

That's true. Matching up with that size is very difficult. Skelton is a different kind of big. Good engine and massive power with good skills. Antonio is a good player too. O'Gara has gotten them to this level. Add in Dillane at 6 and Aldritt and that's certainly a very powerful nucleus.

How the feck do we wear them down? Their linespeed was crippling last year. We need Furlong at his best! We need a different tactic than last year. I'm still confident. But I feel having Lowe and his kicking game is vital. Nothing better than watching him boot the leather off the ball and sending it 50 meters up the field.

Golden Tickets on sale for next year's final 😉

Last year we fell off our playing style and I think we're forced into a slugfest. They were more adept at keeping the ball and going through phases. They killed any of our momentum with linespeed. I was happy to take the points on offer last year. Not sure if I'd go themat way this year.

still hoping for some Lazarus like return right before kick off

One European cup in decade and being knocked out of the domestic league since the best SA teams joined is what Im referring to. You and others seemingly insist that these European results are all marginal, close encounters that could have gone the other way but for uncomfortable details. That's wishful thinking. Leinster won a bag full of league cups when Munster were brutal, the Welsh teams were is disarray and the only real competition was from the Scottish clubs. They were utterly dominant domestically in those years and developed an incredible style of play. But as numerous posters have mentioned its European honors that the province puts on the jerseys. I hope Leinster school LAR and grab that fifth star, it will establish a top tier legacy if they do but as it stands Leinster are definitely a team that don't win things, they almost win things.

All true but it would be great if he was on the bench. I doubt he will be but would be a nice boost if he was.

I find it very convenient that the argument stops at a decade and not, oh say, fifteen years.

The point seems to be that we should have devoted more resources to winning the league, because it's very important, but winning four leagues in a row means nothing because the league isn't important.