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498 : France v Ireland wrap
🏉 Attack still misfiring
🏉 Fresh faces
🏉 Brava Italia
🏉 Super Stu
🏉 15s & 7s
THIS WEEK’S GUEST
FULL TIME TAKES
Gerald Williamson
Quite frankly it was a wrestling match with Ireland just shading it.
Christy O’Connor
Lots of work needed to be done for next week. Sam is in a horrible position, Farrell is adamant about Sam starting, I’m not saying he’s a poor player, he’s just not ready. If any 10 can feel hard done by it’s Frawley. The championship is already over for us, so may as well test more players
John Kehoe
Ireland beat Italy by more points this year than last year
Greg McAuliffe
I thought once Crowley came on, we got a bit of an attacking shape back, which has been under Sam. Still not where we should be but the difference was obvious.
Michelle Tobin
Andy Farrell would do well to talk to Andrew Brown. Brown was so p*ssed off at the Irish performance last night despite the win. “A win is a win” is not the right mindset for the team that was formerly #1 in the world and should be aspiring to get back there, not barely beating Italy. We’re safe from 6th now but there are 3 big games left and I’m not confident
Ted Maher
I really really really hate to say it but Sam!
Chris McDonnell
3 of the 4 half backs are just not good enough. Doak for Casey and frawley and Murphy for Pendergast and Crowley.
Gavin Hegarty
Prendergast not good but then Crowley doesn’t take his chance and denies us a bonus point. Time to try Byrne.
Brian McKeon
Scotland did it last week, we did it this week, underestimated the Italians. Italy have lightening quick backs and a very strong pack.
I’ve never seen Tadhg Furlong get flying lessons in a scrum before today.
Ken Tancred PT
Ireland’s definitely in a rebuilding phase… It should have started last year except for the lions distraction. But Italy are starting to click so they so they have to take some credit
A worrying thing for me is how they team played under Casey and how they changed when JGP came on
Kevin Kelehan
Italy turned up and forced Ireland to work harder than they have for a long time against Italy. England will really target our scrum next week, what was the only blot on an otherwise really decent effort. I remain a huge Sam fan but not was clear that JGP and Crowley was a far better combination. Very decent debuts for Itzy, Balacoune and Edogbo with further enhancement of Timoney’s rep. 70% happy
Craig Boyd
Really poor, very one dimensional and Italy can feel really hard done by. V little to be positive about. Improved when Crowley and Gibson Park came on but missed out on the bonus point
Darragh Headen
2 yellows were harsh i taught, Italy were ferocious, will seriously test both England & France, good points were new debutants, and some great passing, we have concerns in the scrum. Crowley to start, Atmosphere looked desperate, too many there with no passion just in & out drinking & pissing like yo yo,s
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SIX NATIONS WRAP
Italy 18-15 Scotland
England 48-7 Wales
France 36-14 Ireland
Scotland 31–20 England
Italy 13–20 Ireland
Wales 12–54 France
Round 3 Fixtures
Sat 21 Feb
England v Ireland
Wales v Scotland
Sun 22 Feb
France v Italy
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TUESDAY
BONUS CHAT : “MEDIA NARRATIVES”
WEDNESDAY
80+ COLUMN
460 : Bulls v Leinster wrap
🏉 Heads not dropping
🏉 Attack is back
🏉 Handing them points
🏉 Tommy’s on fire
🏉 Half full or empty?
THIS WEEK’S GUEST
FULL TIME TAKES
Kevin Kelehan
Better performance, should have got 2 bonus points out of it but was a game they had chances to win. After last weeks ill discipline this was a much better performance
Christy O’Connor
Cross field kicks killed us and there were a number of other times they could’ve exposed us, but luckily we escaped. Saying all that, very unlucky not to have come away with 2 points
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BONUS CHAT : “LEINSTER’S WORKONS”
WEDNESDAY
80+ COLUMN
441 : Leinster v Glasgow wrap
🏉 Dan & Tommy
🏉 Improved players
🏉 Setback recovery
🏉 Defence on point
🏉 Below par champs
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
FULL TIME TAKES
Kevin Kelehan
The stadium was buzzing right from the first hit off kick off, the team seemed to feed off it, 32 points clear on 65 minutes having refused to let a decent enough Glasgow side play. Tom Clarkson and Tommy O’Brien were both superb today, Tom winning scrum penalties now and Tommy is so unpredictable. The confidence is back at exactly the perfect time to get it back.
Christy O’Connor
Definitely a much better performance than the last few weeks, I was expecting a tight game. Glasgow were never in it, we let them off easy a few times but we were never losing that game. Just hope we show the same attitude next week
Jackie McEachern
It seemed that Leinster showed great attitude from the start and several players really stepped up. I’m worried about all the missed kicks from Prendergast. But for now excited for the final next week!
Gavin Hegarty
Like do we have that little confidence in our attack that our first instinct is to kick, every time? Frustrating rugby and helping the opposition.
Clarkson had the game of his life and dominated their loose head.
Scot penny take a bow, he was everywhere.
A good win but we fell asleep in the last twenty and gave them tries.
If we stayed tuned in it would have been 50+.
Considering the injury list jvdf, Doris, furlong, henshaw, ringrose, Keenan) we did well.
Clarkson, Osbourne and the optometrist (tob) will Excell on the summer tour
Cuan Mulligan
Much better performance, however Sam is a weakness.. the flare and magic he showed late last year is no where to be found and he is weak in defence, Bulls will run down him all day next Saturday. Far more cohesive as a team, should make for a great game.
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BONUS CHAT : “SAM’S KICKING & BULLS REVIEW”
WEDNESDAY
80+ COLUMN
435 : Leinster v Zebre wrap
🏉 12 different tries
🏉 Tyler’s attack
🏉 Sam’s starts
🏉 That JB narrative
🏉 Improved forwards
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
FULL TIME TAKES
Kevin Kelehan
Normal service is restored after last weeks slip
David Ryle
Better structure this week.
William Andrew
Flat track bullies. If they didn’t set up a drop goal, they have learnt nothing.
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BONUS CHAT : “THE LIONS SQUAD”
WEDNESDAY
80+ COLUMN
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THROWBACK THURSDAY
431 : Scarlets v Leinster wrap
🏉 Missed chances
🏉 Plumtree power
🏉 Defensive decline
🏉 Leadership lacking
🏉 No consolation
THIS WEEK’S GUEST
FULL TIME TAKES
Jackie McEachern
Really poor from almost every perspective but hopefully just a bump in the road. I know we were missing many of the first team but there were still far too many errors and poor decisions.
Christy O’Connor
Scarlets line speed was brilliant, put us under lots of pressure and caused us to make so many mistakes, granted some were unforced. Better team won
Ollie Sinnott
Ross Byrne, Frawley, the Osbornes, Tector, Baird, O Brien and Mccarthy are a couple of steps down in quality from the first 23. Only player to improve their reputation this evening was Jack Boyle and Soroka.
Bert McLoughlin
People whinging about team selection pisses me off! Apart from what’s coming next week, the team out on the field today were good enough to win the game. BUT they made way too many errors and didn’t deserve to win the game.
Congratulations to Scarlets, they played really well and deserved to win that game
Greg Kelly
Scarlets came out needing the 5 points. They were hungry and quite simply Leinster we not. Fair play to the Scarlets, they were well worth the win and showed great composure given that Leinster have a habit of clawing back games. It looked like Leinster had both eyes on Northampton and a lot of the players knew that their knockout involvement going forward was over.
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WEDNESDAY
80+ COLUMN INCLUDING FRONT 5 VIDEO
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423 : Sharks v Leinster wrap
🏉 Low expectations
🏉 Toothless Sharks
🏉 Bridge pass
🏉 The Max Deegan All-Stars
🏉 Holding on
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
FULL TIME TAKES
Bert McLoughlin
Not really a great game for a neutral but I’m not neutral, great win. Max was superb
Kevin Kelehan
Noon last week hoped for 2 points out of both games, last week ahead for 83 minutes and just caught in the end by a super dogged Bulls side and this week won a proper dogfight. The scores weren’t spectacular, but players like Deegan, Soroka and Penny never stopped working, the depth that Leinster have is embarrassing. To take 5 points from a trip they have struggled on in recent seasons is really encouraging
Cormac Mannion
Fantastic win. Frawley still doesn’t seem to have recovered his mojo after last autumn, albeit he was great for Penny’s try
Bernie Cunningham
Grt win, boys left it all on the pitch, delighted for the younger lads and to bring home 4pts from SA brill.👏👏
Eamon Saunders
Great performance from such a inexperienced bunch at this level given the opposition 💪👏👏
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BONUS CHAT : “LEINSTER’S CHAMPIONS CUP 23”
WEDNESDAY
80+ COLUMN INCLUDING FRONT 5 VIDEO
THURSDAY
THROWBACK THURSDAY
415 : Leinster v Cardiff wrap
🏉 Tactical changes
🏉 Clinical Cardiff
🏉 Yellow turning point
🏉 Charlie Tekkers
🏉 Tommy The Trysaver
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
FULL TIME TAKES
Michael Branagan
Ultimately a great result. Bit sticky for a while there. Excellent 2nd half and score just before halftime critical. Scrum excellent. Cardiff a dynamic team not the taken lightly.
Kevin Kelehan
That Tommy O’Brien hit just before he was subbed was worth 7 points having saved a certain try with an easy run up to the posts, Cardiff were decent out wide and made a match of it. Great to see younger players like Jack Boyle and Charlie Tector growing into battle hardened options for tougher contests.
Martin Lynch
Was at the match. Sloppy 1st Half . Lots of possession poor execution. 2nd half was totally different. Sharper Faster Better . Well Done and lots of Debutants.
👍🏉💙
Chris McDonnell
Some really good stuff. Excellent to see so many of the young players do so well.
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BONUS CHAT – “Harpin On…the Leinster Fan Experience” on YouTube
WEDNESDAY
80+ COLUMN INCLUDING FRONT 5 VIDEO
408 : Scotland v Ireland wrap
🏉 Super Sam
🏉 DVDM good & bad
🏉 HIAs
🏉 Mini comeback
🏉 Quaich retained
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
FULL TIME TAKES
Sarah Lennon
Decent performance but we need to get out of the habit of coughing up late scores, this could come down to points difference
Colin McConaghie
Thought JGP was outstanding again and Hugo looks back to his best. Worried about our centres who aren’t hitting the heights.
Not sure about persisting with POM with other longer term options available. Conan stepped it up when he came on.
Cormac Mannion
No head-slapping, whooping and screaming in the opposition’s faces from the Scotland players today. Good enough for them.
Overall, a solid performance. We were very sloppy at times though, particularly from 35mins to 50mins and then the last Scotland score.but we were well on top for most of it. Lineout wasn’t great but we tried a few new things and hopefully Furlong and McCarthy will be back for Wales.
David Ryle
I feel Sam has shut his detractors up but they won’t.
Kevin Kelehan
Scotland played very well for phases but the loss of Russell and Graham means we never saw the full test that was expected. Ireland were really professional in using their power and patience to get their scores. Conan is definitely back to his absolute best as Prendergast raises the bar at 10 higher game after game.
Jackie McEachern
Really happy overall with the performance and bonus point win. I thought Prendergast, Beirne, JGP and Keenan were all excellent. Always things to work on but two 5 point wins from the first two 6N matches is excellent.
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398 : Munster v Leinster wrap
🏉 Vanishing pillar
🏉 Set piece revival
🏉 Steady Sam
🏉 Ahern SUAF
🏉 Through the Ringer
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
FULL TIME TAKES
Chris McDonnell
I am not a McGrath fan but he was good tonight. Credit where its due. Munster’s refusal to take points when they are on offer is just daft against a defence as good as Leinster’s. Lineout was better and the scrum was good mostly.
Gavin Hegarty
Let’s not get carried away here, that was a terrible Munster team. They need to rebuild from the ground up.
Adrian Hickey
Being cautious with Super Sam is key. No Jordie or RG was a killer blow to a real soft Munster outfit imo. No real reason to egg them on
Jackie McEachern
Happy to see the lineout functioning better. Thought VdF was excellent again. Really happy to get the BP win. Still lots to work on but lots of positives too.
Kevin Kelehan
11 points clear of the pack, selecting a stronger squad to tour South Africa in March is vital, now the meat of the season kicks off, La Rochelle away, Bath home and the Six Nations title defence
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