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293 : #LEIvSCA preview

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Leinster : 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Jordan Larmour 13. Garry Ringrose (CC) 12. Jamie Osborne 11. Jimmy O’Brien 10. Sam Prendergast 9. Jamison Gibson-Park

1. Andrew Porter 2. Rónan Kelleher 3. Thomas Clarkson 4. Joe McCarthy 5. James Ryan (CC) 6. Max Deegan 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Caelan Doris

16. Dan Sheehan 17. Jack Boyle 18. Tadhg Furlong 19. Ross Molony 20. Scott Penny 21. Fintan Gunne 22. Ross Byrne 23. Ciarán Frawley

Scarlets : 15 Tom Rogers; 14 Tomi Lewis, 13 Jonathan Davies (capt), 12 Johnny Williams, 11 Ryan Conbeer; 10 Charlie Titcombe, 9 Kieran Hardy

1 Wyn Jones, 2 Shaun Evans, 3 Harri O’Connor, 4 Alex Craig, 5 Jac Price, 6 Ben Williams, 7 Teddy Leatherbarrow, 8 Carwyn Tuipulotu.

16 Ryan Elias, 17 Steff Thomas, 18 Sam Wainwright, 19 Morgan Jones, 20 Iwan Shenton, 21 Archie Hughes, 22 Ioan NIcholas, 23 Scott Williams

United Rugby Championship 2023/24 Round 5

Saturday November 18, 2023 KO 7:35pm

RDS Arena

TV : TG4, S4C, Viaplay/Premier Sports & URC.tv

Referee: Hollie Davidson (SRU)

AR 1: Eoghan Cross (IRFU)

AR 2: Stuart Douglas (IRFU)

TMO: Andrew McMenemy (SRU)

292 : Dragons v Leinster wrap

12 November 2023; Dan Sheehan of Leinster on his way to scoring his side’s first try during the United Rugby Championship match between Dragons and Leinster at Rodney Parade in Newport, Wales. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

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🏉 Big Joe Mac

🏉 Charlie’s 1st

🏉 15v13 fail

🏉 Death, Taxes, Penny

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CONOR CRONIN & JAY LONG

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FULL TIME TAKES

Christy O’Connor

Overall a good result, but why can’t we take advantage when teams are down a man. They were down 2 players and we just made mistake after mistake.

Need to give Zebre a special mention, first win in 18 months

Dave Murray

Poor conditions but 5 points on the road is most welcome. Would’ve liked some more points to boost the points difference but beggers can’t be choosers I guess. Hopefully injuries aren’t too serious, especially for Tommy O’Brien, who can’t seem to catch a break at all.

Micheal Mac An TSagart

Pointless matches playing poor teams, which ultimately does Leinster no good in the long run when they play the top European teams.

Jamie Donohoe

Let’s hope that coward Basham receives a long ban for that disgraceful late elbow on Ross Byrne. Thuggish behaviour

Anne Byrne Spollen

A wins a win condition dreadful congratulations guy’s 🧢🏉

Alastair McDermott

Ugly conditions, job done.

Far from a classic but many great performances, Joe Mac worthy PotM , captains performance from Dan and pack altogether on top. Couldve won by more but with conditions and all, happy to take 5 pts and run. Up into 2nd place now.#DRAvLEI
— Harpin' On Rugby (@HarpinOnRugby) November 12, 2023

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FRONT FIVE ARTICLES

1 Donncha O’Callaghan names the ‘difference’ that inspired Ulster’s win over Munster (extra.ie) [Martin Healy]

2 Healy drop-goal breaks Connacht hearts in Edinburgh (rte.ie)

3 Munster’s Andrew Conway forced to retire with immediate effect (irishexaminer.com) [Simon Lewis]

4 Irish provinces to combine for series of matches in development plan | Independent.ie [Brendan Fanning]

5 Young French Star Rescues Ronan O’Gara In Last Gasp La Rochelle Win | Balls.ie [Colman Stanley]

URC WRAP

ROUND 4

ZEB 12-10 SHA

ULS 21-14 MUN

CAR 12-18 BUL

BEN 20-17 STO

OSP 23-31 GLA

SCA 23-24 LIO

EDI 25-22 CON

DRA 10-33 LEI

ROUND 5

FRI NOV 17

EDI V BUL

ULS V LIO

ZEB V CAR

SAT NOV 18

SHA V CON

DRA V OSP

MUN V STO

GLA V BEN

LEI V SCA

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291 : #DRAvLEI preview

Our guest : CIAN O’MUILLEOIR

Leinster : 15. Ciarán Frawley 14. Tommy O’Brien 13. Jamie Osborne 12. Charlie Ngatai 11. Jimmy O’Brien 10. Ross Byrne 9. Ben Murphy

1. Jack Boyle 2. Dan Sheehan (c) 3. Thomas Clarkson 4. Joe McCarthy 5. Jason Jenkins 6. Ryan Baird 7. Will Connors 8. James Culhane

16. Lee Barron 17. Paddy McCarthy 18. Michael Ala’alatoa 19. Max Deegan 20. Scott Penny 21. Cormac Foley 22. Harry Byrne 23. Rob Russell

Dragons : 15 Cai Evans 14 Rio Dyer 13 Steff Hughes (c) 12 Aneurin Owen 11 Jared Rosser 10 Will Reed 9 Rhodri Williams

1 Rhodri Jones 2 Elliot Dee 3 Lloyd Fairbrother 4 Matthew Screech 5 George Nott 6 Dan Lydiate 7 Taine Basham 8 Aaron Wainwright

16 James Benjamin 17 Aki Seiuli 18 Luke Yendle 19 Sean Lonsdale 20 Ryan Woodman 21 Dane Blacker 22 Jack Dixon 23 Ewan Rosser

United Rugby Championship 2023/24 Round 4

Sunday November 12, 2023 KO 1:15pm

Rodney Parade, Newport

TV : RTÉ2, Premier Sports 1, URC.tv

Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)

AR 1: Ian Davies (WRU)

AR 2: Mark Butcher (WRU)

TMO: Stefano Roscini (FIR)

290 : Leinster v Edinburgh wrap

4 November 2023; Charlie Shiel of Edinburgh kicks clear during the United Rugby Championship match between Leinster and Edinburgh at the RDS Arena in Dublin. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

🏉 Best Shield in the Best League?

🏉 AIL roundup

🏉 Defences on top

🏉 Harry’s pivotal moments

🏉 Too many SFPs

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FULL TIME TAKES

Gavin Hegarty

Tommy O’Brien is a class act! Always hungry. Culhane great also.

Harry Byrne is again failing to live up to the hype unfortunately and will most likely be overtaken by prendergast soon enough.

Where has Tector gone?

(reply to Gavin) Peter Tracey

he’s still training away Gav. Just Prendergast has moved ahead of him. Deegan doing a Ruddock and all the dirty work that’s not seen.

Need to develop a 9 for me with McGrath injured and only JGP for big games. Foley did well last season but trying too hard this season so far with his kicking game. Just do the basics. Murphy had a good passing game when he came on. Best to do it now in these games and at least they’re getting experience. Boyle did well. Another area we need to develop.

Odran John O’Brien

Great outing again for Jack Boyle he’s getting better every game

Christy O’Connor

The game was riddled with mistakes from both sides. Very sloppy passing at times, we gave away some very cheap tries. In the end it was a good win. Barron was motm for me.

Richard Kennedy

Very happy with that. Bonus secured by 51 mins against a team stacked full of Scottish internationals. A young team getting quality game time.

Alan Murphy

I seemed to have watched a different game to most posts – we sit on the 22. Our line-out was a shambles, we gave away 3 scrum penalties and handling was really poor. Lots of weak shoulders for Edinburgh’s tries. Great win but really poor game.

Closer than it needed to be, Edinburgh will be disappointed to come away with nothing given starting lineups, took their attack too long to get going.

Good day for TOB yet again, also Harry, Jamie, overall D & great to see Culhane on scoresheet.

5 welcome pts. #LEIvEDI
— Harpin' On Rugby (@HarpinOnRugby) November 4, 2023

FRONT FIVE ARTICLES

1 Depleted Ulster throw away 17 point lead as Connacht claim two-point win | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk [Michael Sadlier]

2 Munster continue unbeaten start to URC title defence with comfortable win over Dragons (irishexaminer.com) [Simon Lewis]

3 Irish Rugby | Energia All-Ireland League Men’s Divisions: Round 4 Results Round-Up

4 Rassie reveals Bok plans (sarugbymag.co.za)

5 Darren Sweetnam dots down as La Rochelle’s disastrous Top 14 start continues (the42.ie)

URC WRAP

ROUND 3

GLA 20-9 STO

OSP 19-5 SHA

ZEB 29-54 BUL

LEI 36-27 EDI

SCA 31-25 CAR

MUN 45-14 DRA

CON 22-20 ULS

BEN 15-10 LIO

ROUND 4

FRI NOV 10

ZEB V SHA

ULS V MUN

SAT NOV 11

CAR V BUL

BEN V STO

OSP V GLA

SCA V LIO

EDI V CON

SUN NOV 12

DRA V LEI

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289 : #LEIvEDI preview

also available as podcast

Our guest : TOM COLEMAN

Leinster : 15. Ciarán Frawley 14. Tommy O’Brien 13. Jamie Osborne 12. Charlie Ngatai 11. Jordan Larmour 10. Harry Byrne 9. Cormac Foley

1. Jack Boyle 2. Lee Barron 3. Michael Ala’alatoa 4. Ross Molony 5. Jason Jenkins 6. Max Deegan 7. Scott Penny > CAPTAIN 8. James Culhane

16. Dylan Donnellan 17. Paddy McCarthy 18. Rory McGuire 19. Brian Deeny 20. Rhys Ruddock 21. Ben Murphy 22. Sam Prendergast 23. Rob Russell

Edinburgh : 15. Blair Kinghorn 14. Wes Goosen 13. Mark Bennett 12. Matt Currie 11. Duhan van der Merwe 10. Ben Healy 9. Charlie Shiel

1. Pierre Schoeman 2. Dave Cherry 3. WP Nel 4. Glen Young 5. Grant Gilchrist (c) 6. Tom Dodd 7. Hamish Watson 8. Luke Crosbie

16. Ewan Ashman 17. Boan Venter 18. Javan Sebastian 19. Marshall Sykes 20. Connor Boyle 21. Hector Patterson 22. James Lang 23. Chris Dean

United Rugby Championship 2023/24 Round 3

Saturday November 4, 2023 KO 3:05pm

RDS Arena

TV : RTÉ2, Premier Sports 1, URC.tv

Ref: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)

AR 1: Keane Davison (IRFU)

AR 2: Jonathan Erskine (IRFU)

TMO: Sean Brickell (WRU)

288 : Portugal, Nations League & RE Super Cup with Francisco Isaac

this is the full version of our Nations Cup discussion

Our bonus midweek pods are back and here we welcome friend of the pod Francisco Isaac and myself & regular Harpin contributor Rich Mifsud talk to him about Portugal’s success at RWC2023, the Nations Cup as proposed by World Rugby, and the 2023 RE Super Cup which kicks off this weekend.

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FRANCISCO ISAAC

RICH MIFSUD

287 : Leinster v Sharks wrap

28 October 2023; Tommy O’Brien of Leinster in action against Marnus Potgieter of Hollywoodbets Sharks during the United Rugby Championship match between Leinster and Hollywoodbets Sharks at the RDS Arena in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

🏉 Thrilling not pretty final

🏉 WXV3 champions

🏉 Mike on the Mic

🏉 100 cap Max

🏉 Barron spell

THIS WEEK’S GUESTS

MARK JACKSON & CIARÁN DUFFY [Post To Post Sport]

FRONT FIVE ARTICLES

1 Rugby World Cup: ‘Gutted’ Ian Foster backs Sam Cane, questions card consistency in final | Stuff.co.nz [Marc Hinton]

2 Ahern’s late try spares Munster’s blushes in Treviso (rte.ie)

3 Ireland win WXV3 after pulsating decider | Scrum Queens [John Birch]

4 David Humphreys set to succeed Nucifora as IRFU’s high performance director – The Irish Times [Gerry Thornley]

5 Watch: Ulster v Bulls – United Rugby Championship – Live – BBC Sport [Peter Lockhart]

URC WRAP

ROUND 2

OSP 34-31 ZEB

CON 34-26 GLA

STO 52-7 SCA

LEI 34-13 SHA

EDI 17-16 LIO

BEN 13-13 MUN

DRA 9-16 CAR

ULS 26-19 BUL

ROUND 3

FRI NOV 3

GLA V STO

OSP V SHA

SAT NOV 4

ZEB V BUL

LEI V EDI

SCA V CAR

MUN V DRA

CON V ULS

SUN NOV 5

BEN V LIO

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286 : #LEIvSHA preview

our guest : NEIL ‘KEEGO’ KEEGAN

Leinster : 15. Ciarán Frawley 14. Tommy O’Brien 13. Jamie Osborne 12. Charlie Ngatai 11. Jordan Larmour 10. Harry Byrne 9. Cormac Foley

1. Jack Boyle 2. Lee Barron 3. Michael Ala’alatoa 4. Ross Molony 5. Jason Jenkins 6. Rhys Ruddock 7. Scott Penny > CAPTAIN 8. Max Deegan

16. Dylan Donnellan 17. Paddy McCarthy 18. Rory McGuire 19. Brian Deeny 20. Will Connors 21. Ben Murphy 22. Sam Prendergast 23. Rob Russell

Sharks : 15. Aphelele Fassi 14. Werner Kok 13. Francois Venter (c) 12. Rohan Janse van Rensburg 11. Marnus Potgieter 10. Curwin Bosch 9. Cameron Wright

1. Ntuthuko Mchunu 2. Kerron van Vuuren 3. Hanro Jacobs 4. Corne Rahl 5. Emile van Heerden 6. James Venter 7. Vincent Tshituka 8. Phepsi Buthelezi

16. Dylan Richardson 17. Dian Bleuler 18. Khwezi Mona 19. Hyron Andrews 20. George Cronje 21. Francois Hougaard 22. Boeta Chamberlain 23. Aphiwe Dyantyi

United Rugby Championship 2023/24 Round 2

Saturday October 28 KO 4:55pm

RDS Arena

TV : RTÉ2, Premier Sports 1, URC.tv

Referee: Federico Vedovelli

AR 1: Joy Neville

AR 2: Paul Haycock

TMO: Stefano Roscini

285 : Glasgow v Leinster wrap

22 January 2023; Tommy O’Brien of Leinster in action against George Horne of Glasgow Warriors during the United Rugby Championship match between Glasgow Warriors and Leinster at Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

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🏉 WXV update

🏉 Experience over prospects

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FULL TIME TAKES

Christy O’Connor

Hard to make anything of this with such young team that was put out. It’s a learning curve, more than anything. Glasgow deserved the win

Dave Murray

Lots of soft scores leaked. Can only get better as the weeks go on 🤞🤞🤞

Craig Grehan

Lack of ruthlessness and aggression.

Frawley should’ve been at 10.

Or Prendergast …

We didn’t use the backs enough when we hit the 5m line and got punished by sloppy rucking.

Tackles were soft at times.

Chris McDonnell

Cant play rugby with a 10, 12, 13 and not a single one prepared to make a tackle. We created very little with the ball and how many times do we have to lose scores from boxkicking. Lineout was good, scrum was awful.

Bert McLoughlin

We were well outplayed at times but not giving a try without conclusive evidence was a turning point

Jamie Donohoe

Evans the Referee was absolutely shocking & completely incompetent.

That said Leinster leaked a lot of soft scores

Jamie Bermingham

Defence was very poor today and we had a number of chances on the Glasgow try line and let them slip. The decision to not allow Turners try was shocking as there was no solid evidence he was in touch, in fact it looked like the Glasgow player was keeping him in play

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Got away from us at the end, losing it off restart after TOB try was key. Great outing from Glasgow took every chance that was offered,and plenty was offered. Lots of work ons for young Leinster side going into next week.#GLAvLEI
— Harpin' On Rugby (@HarpinOnRugby) October 22, 2023

FRONT FIVE ARTICLES

1 Argentina 6-44 New Zealand in woeful World Cup Semi-Final (sportsnewsireland.com) [Joe Naughton]

2 Rugby World Cup: England suffer agonising defeat thanks to South Africa’s gutsy call | The Independent [Harry Latham-Coyle]

3 WXV3: Second big Ireland win | Scrum Queens [John Birch]

4 Carbery and Munster ‘stick to guns’ in impressive opening win over Sharks (irishexaminer.com) [Kevin Fallon]

5 Ospreys produce stirring comeback but go down to Connacht in season opener – Wales Online [Robert Harries]

URC WRAP

ROUND 1

ZEB 36-40 ULS

CON 34-26 OSP

LIO 33-35 STO

DRA 17-22 EDI