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335 : Leinster v Leicester Tigers wrap

6 April 2024; Jamison Gibson-Park of Leinster on his way to scoring his side’s third try during the Investec Champions Cup Round of 16 match between Leinster and Leicester Tigers at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

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THIS WEEK’S GUESTS

MARK JACKSON & CIAN O’MUILLEOIR

FULL TIME TAKES

Kevin Kelehan

Got the job done, next week facing into a La Rochelle battered by a round trip from west France to Cape Town and back where they botched their travel arrangements and now return to La Rochelle before moving to Dublin, it won’t be easy for them overcoming that round trip on top of a decent examination by the Stormers. Jamie Osborne really proved himself last night, given the age profile of the 3 best centres in Ireland that is a very positive development for the medium term.

John Hyland

That Leicester pack was good but the ref was astonishingly inconsistent at the set-piece. Only Leinster were asked to leave a lineout gap. Cole and Montoya were up to all kinds of skulduggery. I find that our front row doesn’t lack power but is short of guile at times. I hope Porter and Sheehan are ready for Atonio boring in as usual next week.

Niall Moonan

We have no 10, why will Leinster not give Frawley a consistent run at 10? Why keep trying Ross Byrne he’s proven time and time again he’s not up to it. He was anonymous tonight

Robert Cashell

A win but that performance won’t be good enough next week. Leicester should have exposed our narrow defence but botched it more than one.

Odran John OBrien

Leinster really needs a Five Eighth to win anything in my opinion

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CHAMPIONS CUP WRAP

ROUND OF 16

TOULOUSE 31-7 RACING 92

EXETER 21-15 BATH

HARLEQUINS 28-24 GLASGOW

BORDEAUX 45-12 SARACENS

NORTHAMPTON 24-14 MUNSTER

BULLS 59-19 LYON

STORMERS 21-22 LA ROCHELLE

LEINSTER 36-22 LEICESTER TIGERS

QUARTERFINALS

SAT APR 13

BORDEAUX V HARLEQUINS

LEINSTER V LA ROCHELLE

NORTHAMPTON V BULLS

SUN APR 14

TOULOUSE V EXETER

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326 : England v Ireland preview

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IRELAND : 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Calvin Nash 13. Robbie Henshaw 12. Bundee Aki 11. James Lowe 10. Jack Crowley 9. Jamison Gibson-Park

1. Andrew Porter 2. Dan Sheehan 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. Joe McCarthy 5. Tadhg Beirne 6. Peter O’Mahony (c) 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Caelan Doris

16. Ronan Kelleher 17. Cian Healy 18. Finlay Bealham 19. Iain Henderson 20. Ryan Baird 21. Jack Conan 22. Conor Murray 23. Ciaran Frawley

ENGLAND : 15. George Furbank 14. Immanuel Feyi-Waboso 13. Henry Slade 12. Ollie Lawrence 11. Tommy Freeman 10. George Ford 9. Alex Mitchell

1. Ellis Genge 2. Jamie George (c) 3. Dan Cole 4. Maro Itoje 5. George Martin 6. Ollie Chessum 7. Sam Underhill 8. Ben Earl

16. Theo Dan 17. Joe Marler 18. Will Stuart 19. Chandler Cunningham-South 20. Alex Dombrandt 21. Danny Care  22. Marcus Smith 23. Elliot Daly

Guinness Six Nations 2024 Round 4

Saturday, March 9, 2024

KO 4:45pm  Twickenham

Live on: RTÉ2, ITV1

Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)

AR1: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

AR2: Craig Evans (Wales)

TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

311 : Leicester Tigers v Leinster preview

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LEINSTER : 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Jordan Larmour 13. Garry Ringrose (cc) 12. Robbie Henshaw 11. James Lowe 10. Harry Byrne 9. Jamison Gibson-Park

1. Andrew Porter 2. Dan Sheehan 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. Joe McCarthy 5. James Ryan (cc) 6. Ryan Baird 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Caelan Doris

16. Rónan Kelleher 17. Cian Healy 18. Michael Ala’alatoa 19. Ross Molony 20. Jack Conan 21. Luke McGrath 22. Sam Prendergast 23. Tommy O’Brien.

Leicester Tigers : 15 F Steward 14 H Simmons 13 M Scott 12 D Kelly 11 O Hassell-Collins 10 H Pollard 9 T Whiteley

1 J Cronin 2 J Montoya (c) 3 J Heyes 4 H Wells 5 O Chessum 6 H Liebenberg 7 T Reffell 8 J Wiese

16 A Vanes 17 F van Wyk 18 W Hurd 19 S Carter 20 K Hatherell 21 B Youngs 22 J Shellcock 23 S Kata.

Investec Champions Cup 23/24 Round 4

Saturday, January 20, 2024

KO 3:15pm Welford Road

Live on: TNT Sports 1

Referee: Andrea Piardi (Ita)

AR1: Filippo Russo (Ita)

AR2: Clara Munarini (Ita)

TMO: Matteo Liperini (Ita)

304 : Leinster v Sale Sharks wrap

16 December 2023; Cian Healy of Leinster dives over to score his side’s fifth try despite the tackle of Ethan Caine of Sale Sharks during the Investec Champions Cup Pool 4 Round 2 match between Leinster and Sale Sharks at the RDS Arena in Dublin. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile
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THIS WEEK’S GUESTS

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FULL TIME TAKES

Rich Mifsud

My biggest annoyance from this match (and I’m seriously fucking pissed off) was our complacency. Much as I was elated with our attitude last week, today was the complete opposite. That said I believe our expectations as supporters are not taking account of the huge vacuum created by the departures of Johnny and Stu. It will take time for the new coaching set up and 10 to settle and thrive

Alan Murphy
Awful game. A game dominated by pedantic adjudication. Every phase seemed to end with a blow of the whistle. Stop, start. Happy with 5 points but dreadful to watch.

Kevin Kelehan
Sloppy start and lax finish but a lot of grit for the middle half of the game either side of half time. Biggest news from the pool was La Rochelle losing again yesterday

SeanieH
·Terrible for Charlie. He’s had some lovely touches lately. Looking classy

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FRONT FIVE ARTICLES

1  Munster cough up lead to slump to Champions Cup loss at Exeter (irishexaminer.com) [Simon Lewis]

2  Ulster produce superb performance to earn bonus point win over Racing 92 | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk [Jonathan Bradley]

3  Match Centre: Champions Cup: Saracens 55-36 Connacht (talkingrugbyunion.co.uk) [Frank Nickson]

4  ‘Scarlets humiliated in shocking European loss to Black Lion – Wales Online

5  Munster fans right to be aggrieved over Snyman fiasco (rte.ie) [Neil Treacy]

CHAMPIONS CUP WRAP

ROUND 2

NORTHAMPTON 22-19 TOULON

BAYONNE 11-12 GLASGOW WARRIORS

SARACENS 55-36 CONNACHT

STORMERS 21-20 LA ROCHELLE

BORDEAUX 36-17 BRISTOL BEARS

LYON 29-28 BULLS

LEINSTER 37-27 SALE SHARKS

CARDIFF 32-39 BATH

ULSTER 31-15 RACING 92

EXETER CHIEFS 32-24 MUNSTER

HARLEQUINS 19-47 TOULOUSE

STADE FRANCAIS 24-27 LEICESTER TIGERS

courtesy Cian O’Muilleoir

ROUND 3

FRI JAN 12

NORTHAMPTON V BAYONNE

SAT JAN 13

LYON V CONNACHT

EXETER CHIEFS V GLASGOW WARRIORS

TOULON V MUNSTER

BRISTOL BEARS V BULLS

LEINSTER V STADE FRANCAIS

STORMERS V SALE SHARKS

CARDIFF V HARLEQUINS

ULSTER V TOULOUSE

SUN JAN 14

BATH V RACING 92

LA ROCHELLE V LEICESTER

BORDEAUX V SARACENS

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291 : #DRAvLEI preview

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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

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🏉  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.

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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283 : Ireland v New Zealand wrap

2023 Rugby World Cup Quarter-Final, Stade de France, Paris, France 14/10/2023 Ireland vs New Zealand Ireland fans celebrate after Bundee Aki scores a tryMandatory Credit ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

🏉 WXV kicks off

🏉 Other QFs review

🏉 Where we were short

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FRONT FIVE LINKS

1  Rugby World Cup 2023: Eddie Jones quits as Wallabies coach, Japan, contract, payout, next Wallabies coach, reaction (foxsports.com.au) 

2  WXV 3 Round One: Ireland V Kazakhstan – The Irish Times – October 14 2023 | Dáire Walsh (dairewalsh.com) [Daire Walsh]

3 Dupont produces his best on biggest stage but South Africa deliver the pain | Rugby World Cup 2023 | The Guardian [Jonathan Liew]

4   Wales’ Rugby World Cup over as problems emerge at worst possible time – Wales Online [Ben James]

5   England 30-24 Fiji: Owen Farrell’s boot seals Rugby World Cup semi-final spot – BBC Sport

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278 : South Africa v Ireland wrap

2023 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France 23/9/2023South Africa vs IrelandIrelands Bundee Aki makes a breakMandatory Credit ©INPHO/James Crombie

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FULL TIME TAKES

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Neil Keegan

Thanks be to jaysus we have 2 weeks off Let’s get everyone together for all the games going forward. That was magic. Our parents / grandparents never had that moment. 

Andrew Potts

It was some match, take a few days to process that one.

Amazing SA power and physical

ity and amazing resilience by Ireland. Cough up 6 lineouts and not looked phased by big South African forwards.

Kevin Kelehan

Ireland made so many mistakes, but they have a clear winning mentality, between O’Connell and Farrell you have the two parts of winning, coolness and passion.

Pieter Smit (SA fan)

Well played Ireland. Deserved winners

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FRONT FIVE LINKS

1  Dupont’s devastating injury leaves France hopes hanging in balance | Rugby World Cup 2023 | The Guardian [Raphael Jucobin]

2 Leinster Rugby | Match report: Leinster 38-21 Ulster

3 Rugby World Cup 2023: Wallabies’ World Cup in tatters after record Wales loss (smh.com.au) [Tom Decent]

4 Portugal suffer late heartbreak against Georgia – georgia | Rugby365 [via AFP]

5 Ireland’s group rivals Scotland keep World Cup hopes alive with bonus-point victory (the42.ie)

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276 : Ireland v Tonga wrap

2023 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France 16/9/2023 Ireland vs Tonga Ireland’s Jonathan Sexton Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

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FRONT FIVE LINKS

1  France overcome impressive Uruguay for second World Cup win (therugbypaper.co.uk) [Nick Powell]

2  All Blacks v Namibia: Cam Roigard sends statement to New Zealand selectors in maiden test start – NZ Herald [Liam Napier]

3  England use lucky break to beat Japan but bonus-point win marred by boos | Rugby World Cup 2023 | The Guardian [Robert Kitson]

4  Match Centre: Rugby World Cup Pool C: Australia 15-22 Fiji (talkingrugbyunion.co.uk) [Frank Nickson]

5  South Africa 76-0 Romania: Cobus Reinach scores second-fastest World Cup hat-trick – BBC Sport

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Bundee PotM, Sexton breaks the record, and more Irish tries raining in…we particularly liked this one. #RWC2023 #ShoulderToShoulder

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274 : Ireland v Romania wrap

2023 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France 9/9/2023Ireland vs Romania Irelands Joe McCarthy runs into score a try Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

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FRONT FIVE LINKS

1  Rugby World Cup: France win thrilling opener over New Zealand 27-13 (lemonde.fr) [AFP] 

2  Australia Wallabies beat Georgia in Rugby World Cup opener in France (smh.com.au) [Tom Decent]

3  The Fiji Times » Wales weather Fiji storm to edge World Cup classic 32-26 [Lawrence White]

4  Brutal Boks bomb Scotland (sarugbymag.co.za)

5  George Ford masterclass earns 14-man England an opening World Cup win | The Independent [Duncan Bech]

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