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🏉 Fast start
🏉 Foul play du jour
🏉 Dr Phil
🏉 More silly mistakes
🏉 Holding on
Lee O Farrell
Yes, there were some sloppy mistakes at times but I think people are underestimating this Pumas team. Their defence was incredible and this is the team that has beaten France, SA and NZ (in NZ) over the past few months.
A higher score would have been great but I’ll take the win, thanks!
Cormac Mannion
Argentina are a fine side. Their physicality is right up there with South Africa at their best. We seemed to be running into brick walls for large parts of the game. However, there is still something not at all right about Ireland. Hansen still looks off the pace, as does Lowe. Crowley needs time to develop and you can see how it’s coming together for him.
Our back row seems to be playing as individuals rather than a unit. Also, far too many sloppy penalties which could point to a lack of focus. We’ve looked off the boil since midway though the 6N.
Jackie McEachern
Too many penalties again – especially when we heard all week that discipline was going to be the focus. But am very happy they hung on to win against a strong side.
Kevin Kelehan
Got over the line against a huge Argentinian pack and very useful backline, Tom Clarkson and Sam Prendergast both came through very well. Jack Crowley was superb for most and a tough nut to get up without play acting after being cynically taken out illegally. The penalty count and line out remain a serious cause for concern, Kelliher is a great scrummager and a demon in the loose but he needs to spend the next month to sort out his darts.
Jamie Bermingham
Glad we got the win but once again the discipline was very poor. Our attack in the 2nd half was practically non existent. Still a lot to work on for the next two games
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WEEK 2
IRELAND 22-19 ARGENTINA
SCOTLAND 59-21 PORTUGAL
ENGLAND 20-29 SOUTH AFRICA
FRANCE 30-29 NEW ZEALAND
ITALY 20-17 GEORGIA
WALES 20-52 AUSTRALIA
WEEK 3
FRI NOV 22
FRANCE V ARGENTINA
SAT NOV 23
IRELAND V FIJI
WALES V SOUTH AFRICA
ITALY V NEW ZEALAND
SUN NOV 24
SCOTLAND V AUSTRALIA
ENGLAND V JAPAN
🏉 Galway gusts
🏉 Fast start. Again.
🏉 Frawley
🏉 LaRGer than life
🏉 Defence. Again.
Jackie McEachern
Happy enough with the Leinster performance. I was nervous when Frawley went off so early but thought Ross did a good job, especially in the conditions. Hope Frawley’s injury isn’t too bad.
Gavin Hegarty
Not much more else you can ask for. Top points from each outing. Yes we kinda let them back in it but we were never not dominant.
Clarkson for me had been coming into his own this season, he’ll be capped soon enough.
So utterly unlucky for frawley, this was his chance for the autumn series.
Craig Grehan
I think the match although winning shows some poorer choices of play by jpg at times.
Shows frawley is like the munster era snyman …and snyman is becoming a fan favourite.
Connacht as always put up a good fight and on another day would get more bang for their buck.
Cormac Mannion
I think we were switched on for a lot longer than last week. Hopefully Frawley’s injury isn’t too bad. Rotten luck for him
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🏉 Accuracy issues
🏉 New kicking style
🏉 Ryan The Reliable
🏉 Ryan The Rampager
🏉 No 🍔, no Ø, no problem
Joe Sheppard
Wasn’t the strongest display V poorish opposition tbh. The pure world class of each individual player was clear but as a collective it lacked overall. I’m forever impressed by the strength, skill and athleticism of Baird, McCarthy and especially Doris…… Next week away V Tigers SHOULD be a proper test of where we are currently.
Jamie Bermingham
Looks like the team are still adjusting to a new play style, seeing flashes of great plays but also a lot of silly mistakes and errors. I’m going to hold judgement till later in the season, that being said we may just be holding back till the business end.
Gav Heg
Quite disappointed that we didn’t nil them. We should easily have topped 60 here but we’re let down by stupid and unforced mistakes. It could be put down to an adjustment period but we lacked the ability to just finish moves off.
Ringrose should have been motm but Doris also deserving. I felt sorry for Baird that he didn’t go over after that colossal run.
Can’t help but feel that a decent would have picked is apart. For Leicester we need a far better performance.
Johnny McGovern
Frawley in Leinster is jinxed …Is he robust enough for professional rugby ? I could say unlucky but he just isn’t …happening too often – he actually took two knocks during the game tonight and seemed to have effected his vision. The physios checked one eye and the second issue was the heavy tackle he took . I didn’t see the end of the tackle but he was in bits . Leo said he got a knee in the back which then spasmed but the tackler must have connected with his kidneys . Not a great Leinster performance given a very poor SF team .
Andrew Bailey
Let’s not get carried away. Given the selections – the result was a formality ((When is the last time there has been a decent contest in the Aviva group game). Sloppy game punctuated by mistakes and aimless kicking. The return of Lowe a huge positive. Lineout improvement once Ryan on the pitch marked. Just worry about sluggish performances by so many
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ROUND 3
NORTHAMPTON 61-14 BAYONNE
LYON 34-20 CONNACHT
EXETER CHIEFS 19-17 GLASGOW WARRIORS
TOULON 18-29 MUNSTER
BRISTOL BEARS 17-31 BULLS
LEINSTER 43-7 STADE FRANCAIS
STORMERS 31-24 SALE SHARKS
CARDIFF 15-54 HARLEQUINS
ULSTER 24-48 TOULOUSE
BATH 29-25 RACING 92
LA ROCHELLE 45-12 LEICESTER
BORDEAUX 55-15 SARACENS
ROUND 4
FRI JAN 19
GLASGOW V TOULON
CONNACHT V BRISTOL
SAT JAN 20
HARLEQUINS V ULSTER
BULLS V BORDEAUX
RACING 92 V CARDIFF
LEICESTER V LEINSTER
MUNSTER V NORTHAMPTON
STADE FRANCAIS V STORMERS
SARACENS V LYON
SUN JAN 21
SALE SHARKS V LA ROCHELLE
TOULOUSE V BATH
BAYONNE V EXETER
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🏉 MUN, ULS & 7s reviews
🏉 Set pieces in pieces
🏉 Cutting Blade
🏉 Unforced Error Tennis
🏉 That Frawley Step
THIS WEEK’S GUEST
FULL TIME TAKES
Andrew Byrne
A last minute try can’t paper over those cracks. We were far below where we should be. Is our squad just too big, all this rotation seems to be causing a lack of cohesion in our playing combinations. I only hope we have a better performance in the bank for next week.
Chris McDonnell
Seriously not good enough. This rotating the whole team had to stop. Too many players just not good enough to play for Leinster.
Darran Kearney
Kinda liking that we are playing so poorly early season, instead of beating everyone out the door and learning nothing. Coaches have 6 months to work with the team for the business end of the season. Hoping we can end this season better than we have in the more recent seasons
Christy O’Connor
Way too much rotation, players playing out of position. Lots of schoolboy errors. Have we not learned anything from the last 2 seasons. We rested players that only played 1 or 2 games. This is now getting ridiculous. Stop giving lads time just for the sake of it. We need to give the core players more time and the others should possibly look to move abroad.
Conor O’Shea
Poor performance, but a wins a win. No major injuries for next week from tonight
Eamon Saunders
A lot of mistakes from both sides but good to get the win 👏👏
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URC ROUND 7 WRAP
ROUND 7
MUNSTER 40-29 GLASGOW
BULLS 44-10 SHARKS
CARDIFF 23-29 SCARLETS
LIONS 49-24 DRAGONS
ULSTER 24-27 EDINBURGH
STORMERS 31-7 ZEBRE
CONNACHT 22-24 LEINSTER
BENETTON18-13 OSPREYS
ROUND 8
FRI DEC 22
GLASGOW WARRIORS V EDINBURGH
ULSTER V CONNACHT
SAT DEC 23
ZEBRE V BENETTON
STORMERS V BULLS
TUE DEC 26
CARDIFF V DRAGONS
SCARLETS V OSPREYS
MUNSTER V LEINSTER
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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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