🏉 12 different tries
🏉 Tyler’s attack
🏉 Sam’s starts
🏉 That JB narrative
🏉 Improved forwards
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.
TUESDAY
BONUS CHAT : “THE LIONS SQUAD”
WEDNESDAY
80+ COLUMN
THURSDAY
THROWBACK THURSDAY
Our guest : CIARÁN DUFFY
(200th Harpin contribution)
LEINSTER : 15. Jamie Osborne 14. Jimmy O’Brien 13. Garry Ringrose 12. Jordie Barrett 11. James Lowe 10. Sam Prendergast 9. Luke McGrath
1. Jack Boyle 2. Rónan Kelleher 3. Thomas Clarkson 4. Joe McCarthy 5. Diarmuid Mangan 6. Ryan Baird 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Jack Conan (c)
16. John McKee 17. Andrew Porter 18. Rabah Slimani 19. James Ryan 20. James Culhane 21. Jamison Gibson-Park 22. Ciarán Frawley 23. Robbie Henshaw
ZEBRE : 15. Jacopo Trulla 14. Scott Gregory 13. Fetuli Paea 12. Enrico Lucchin 11. Simone Gesi 10. Giovanni Montemauri 9. Gonzalo Garcia
1. Luca Franceschetto 2. Giampietro Ribaldi 3. Juan Pitinari 4. Rusiate Nasove 5. Leonard Krumov 6. Bautista Stavile 7. Iacopo Bianchi 8. Davide Ruggeri (c)
16. Tommaso Di Bartolomeo 17. Muhamed Hasa 18. Ion Neculai 19. Matteo Canali 20. Giacomo Ferrari 21. Alessandro Fusco 22. Giacomo Da Re 23. Filippo Drago
BKT United Rugby Championship 24/25
Saturday, May 10, 2025
KO 5:15pm Aviva Stadium
Live on : RTÉ News Channel, Premier Sports 1, URC.tv
Referee: Sam Grove-White (SRU)
AR 1: Keane Davison (IRFU)
AR 2: Dan Carson (IRFU)
TMO: Colin Brett (SRU)
🏉 Missed chances
🏉 Plumtree power
🏉 Defensive decline
🏉 Leadership lacking
🏉 No consolation
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
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THURSDAY
THROWBACK THURSDAY
LEINSTER : 15. Ciarán Frawley 14. Andrew Osborne 13. Liam Turner 12. Jamie Osborne 11. Jimmy O’Brien 10. Ross Byrne 9. Fintan Gunne
1. Cian Healy 2. Rónan Kelleher (c) 3. Thomas Clarkson 4. Ryan Baird 5. Brian Deeny 6. Alex Soroka 7. Will Connors 8. James Culhane
16. Gus McCarthy 17. Jack Boyle 18. Rabah Slimani 19. Diarmuid Mangan 20. Scott Penny 21. Cormac Foley 22. Charlie Tector 23. Ruben Moloney
SCARLETS : 15 Blair Murray; 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Joe Roberts, 12 Johnny Williams, 11 Ellis Mee; 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Gareth Davies; 1 Alec Hepburn, 2 Ryan Elias, 3 Henry Thomas, 4 Alex Craig, 5 Sam Lousi, 6 Vaea Fifita, 7 Josh Macleod (c), 8 Taine Plumtree.
16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Louie Trevett, 18 Sam Wainwright, 19 Jac Price, 20 Jarrod Taylor, 21 Archie Hughes, 22 Ioan Lloyd, 23 Macs Page.
BKT United Rugby Championship 24/25 Round 16
Saturday, April 26, 2025
KO 5:55pm Parc y Scarlets
Live on : RTÉ2, Premier Sports 2, S4C & URC.tv
Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)
AR 1: Matthew Leon (WRU)
AR 2: Aaron Perry (WRU)
TMO: Colin Brett (SRU)
🏉 Late late change
🏉 Terrific TOB
🏉 Coach killers
🏉 Defensive stands
🏉 Triple Dan
Christy O’Connor
Tommy is flying, definitely in with a great shout to be playing in the cup games. Will definitely be on the irish summer tour
Greg Kelly
Tommy O’Brien looking like the real deal these days
Michael Branagan
Great result. Porter needs to be “seen to be in control”. He’s throwing penalties away, 50:50 calls, that are damaging us and his reputation. I do think it’s harsh on a number of fronts but he has to “ease back” as it were. For a little while.
William Andrew
Ulster had a lot go against them, but still hung in there.
Some unfortunate, some self inflected.
Leinster were good but you can see some players are not quite the standard of the 1st squad.
Others are pushing on. Highlights were the chip to Dan and Gunn delaying his pass to Dan.
Smart play
Warren Doyle
Right person won man of the match. Class act. Well done Tommy O’Brien.
John Peeters
Only one comment; is RG ok?
TUESDAY
BONUS CHAT : “LEINSTER PLAYER PROFILES PT 1”
WEDNESDAY
80+ COLUMN INCLUDING FRONT 5 VIDEO
THURSDAY
THROWBACK THURSDAY
LEINSTER : 15. Jamie Osborne 14. Tommy O’Brien 13. Garry Ringrose 12. Robbie Henshaw 11. Jimmy O’Brien 10. Ciarán Frawley 9. Luke McGrath (c)
1. Jack Boyle 2. Gus McCarthy 3. Thomas Clarkson 4. Joe McCarthy 5. Diarmuid Mangan 6. Alex Soroka 7. Scott Penny 8. James Culhane
16. Dan Sheehan 17. Andrew Porter 18. Tadhg Furlong 19. RG Snyman 20. Max Deegan 21. Fintan Gunne 22. Sam Prendergast 23. Liam Turner
ULSTER : 15. Michael Lowry 14. Zac Ward 13. Jude Postlethwaite 12. Stuart McCloskey 11. Jacob Stockdale 10. Jack Murphy 9. Nathan Doak
1. Andrew Warwick 2. Rob Herring 3. Tom O’Toole 4. Alan O’Connor (c) 5. Cormac Izuchukwu 6. James McNabney 7. Nick Timoney 8. David McCann
16. Tom Stewart 17. Callum Reid 18. Scott Wilson 19. Matthew Dalton 20. Kieran Treadwell 21. John Cooney 22. Stewart Moore 23. Matty Rea
BKT United Rugby Championship 24/25 Round 15
Saturday, April 20, 2025
KO 7:35pm Aviva Stadium
Live on : TG4, Premier Sports 1 & URC.tv
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)
AR 1: Andrew Fogarty (IRFU)
AR 2: Tómas O’Sullivan (IRFU)
TMO: Stefano Penne (FIR)
🏉 Low expectations
🏉 Toothless Sharks
🏉 Bridge pass
🏉 The Max Deegan All-Stars
🏉 Holding on
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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TUESDAY
BONUS CHAT : “LEINSTER’S CHAMPIONS CUP 23”
WEDNESDAY
80+ COLUMN INCLUDING FRONT 5 VIDEO
THURSDAY
THROWBACK THURSDAY
LEINSTER : 15. Jimmy O’Brien 14. Tommy O’Brien 13. Liam Turner 12. Charlie Tector 11. Andrew Osborne 10. Ciarán Frawley 9. Fintan Gunne
1. Cian Healy 2. John McKee 3. Thomas Clarkson 4. Diarmuid Mangan 5. Brian Deeny 6. Alex Soroka 7. Will Connors 8. Max Deegan (c)
16. Lee Barron 17. Michael Milne 18. Rory McGuire 19. Alan Spicer 20. Scott Penny 21. Oliver Coffey 22. Ross Byrne 23. Henry McErlean
SHARKS : 15 Yaw Penxe 14 Ethan Hooker 13 Jurenzo Julius 12 Andre Esterhuizen
11 Makazole Mapimpi 10 Jordan Hendrikse 9 Jaden Hendrikse
1 Ox Nche 2 Bongi Mbonambi 3 Vincent Koch 4 Jason Jenkins
5 Emile van Heerden 6 James Venter 7 Vincent Tshituka 8 Siya Kolisi (c)
16 Fez Mbatha 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu 18 Ruan Dreyer 19 Corne’ Rahl
20 Manu Tshituka 21 Bradley Davids 22 Siya Masuku 23 Francois Venter
BKT United Rugby Championship Round 14
Saturday, March 29, 2025
KO 5:15pm Hollywoodbets Kings Park
Live on : RTÉ2, Premier Sports 2 & URC.tv
Referee: Ben Breakspear (WRU)
AR 1: Christopher Allison (SARU)
AR 2: Hanru van Rooyen (SARU)
TMO: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
🏉 Preparedness
🏉 Pts left behind
🏉 Penalties galore
🏉 Separation anxiety
🏉 Scrum’s the word
TUESDAY
BONUS CHAT : “THE RSA TOURS”
WEDNESDAY
80+ COLUMN INCLUDING FRONT 5 VIDEO
LEINSTER
15. Jimmy O’Brien 14. Tommy O’Brien 13. Hugh Cooney 12. Jordie Barrett 11. Andrew Osborne 10. Ross Byrne 9. Luke McGrath (c)
1. Jack Boyle 2. John McKee 3. Rabah Slimani 4. RG Snyman 5. Diarmuid Mangan 6. Max Deegan 7. Will Connors 8. James Culhane
16. Stephen Smyth 17. Ivan Soroka 18. Thomas Clarkson 19. Brian Deeny 20. Alex Soroka 21. Scott Penny 22. Fintan Gunne 23. Ciarán Frawley
BULLS
15. Willie le Roux 14. Sebastian de Klerk 13. David Kriel 12. Harold Vorster 11. Stravino Jacobs 10. Keagan Johannes 9. Embrose Papier
1. Alulutho Tshakweni, 2. Akker van der Merwe, 3. Wilco Louw, 4. Ruan Vermaak, 5. JF van Heerden, 6. Marcell Coetzee (c), 7. Jannes Kirsten, 8. Cameron Hanekom,
16. Johan Grobbelaar, 17. Jan-hendrik Wessels, 18. Mornay Smith, 19. Reinhardt Ludwig, 20. Marco van Staden, 21. Nizaam Carr, 22. Zak Burger, 23. Devon Williams
BKT United Rugby Championship Round 13
Saturday, March 22, 2025
KO 3pm Loftus Versfeld
Live on : RTÉ2, Premier Sports 1 & URC.tv
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
AR 1: Cwengile Jadezweni (SARU)
AR 2: Sean Muller (SARU)
TMO: Ben Breakspear (WRU)
HARPIN' ON RUGBY 