Champions Cup 24/25 - Semi Finals - 3 & 4 May

[Ddanno]

Homework is for nerds

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Every chance this could be very messy - which you really don't want to see at this stage of the competition.

Great chance for the likes of Pollock, F Smith and Langdon to push Eng / Lions cases, but realistically Leinster have far more class and experience from 1-23. Not sniping, but it is fundamentally a good national team against a slightly under strength club side.

Leinster shouldn't need to get out of 3rd gear for this, but if they do I wouldn't be at all surprised by a 25+ margin.

Just noticed that my account was hacked earlier and some idiot posted a daft prediction about the game.

 

[Jimbo]

Northampton playing really well. Our defence below our normal standards.

Is it your defence below par or an attack engineered to exploit it, I’m really struggling to decide

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

I feel Leinster will have a big second half

But really hope they don’t

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Is it your defence below par or an attack engineered to exploit it, I'm really struggling to decide

No it’s terrible defence

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Is it your defence below par or an attack engineered to exploit it, I'm really struggling to

Both. Henshaw is dusht as a player, the pressure on Ringer and Sam, who is bad defensively in his own right, is a joke from a very easy defensive position.

Jordie has to walk oit 2nd half.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

There needs to be a defined period when it is acceptable to play the ball off the floor that was somewhere in the region of 7 seconds post tackle, feels a little long to me.

Even Kearney agreeing with you, at halftime

 

[IT157]

He's more athletic than Sexton was in all his playing years.

edited.

 

[ChicagoKid]

I struggle to see it with Pendergast.

I haven’t seen every professional athlete, but he is the worst rugby athlete I have ever seen. Skills off the charts, but I’m confident my overweight mid 30s arse would put up similar athletic numbers.

 

[ChicagoKid]

edited.

Sexton at least had grit. Pendergast hates defense. He truly hates it. He is a complete and total liability at 50 percent of the game.

 

[BPM]

Almost went too well too early. Really could have done with the missed conversions to build the buffer.

Leinster will have a big spell and their bench is far better. Going to be a tall order for Saints to see it through.

 

[Bluemoon]

Northampton putting out Leinster in Lenister…

Dallagio gloating England 1999 style in comms

 

[Ddanno]

That's three really dumb pens from HP Sauce

 

[big ginger 8]

Lovely move to have in the back pocket,

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

Fire the Leinster dj

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Globo gym score eventually.

 

[big ginger 8]

Bamboozled at how Dallagio would think that was carried back.

 

[Jimbo]

50/22s undoing saints here

 

[Jimbo]

Bamboozled at how Dallagio would think that was carried back.

Was that Dallagio? Think it’s Barclay on the commentary on mine, said it was carried back and wasn’t.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Big momentum shift this half, but Leinster had periods of territorial dominance in the first half too - benches likely be the deciding factor and Leinsters is very good