European Champions Cup 2017/18: Pool 3

[Scotty]

Chiefs team vs Glasgow,

15 Phil Dollman
14 Lachie Turner
13 Henry Slade
12 Ian Whitten
11 Olly Woodburn
10 Gareth Steenson (capt)
9 Nic White
1 Ben Moon
2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
3 Harry Williams
4 Mitch Lees
5 Jonny Hill
6 Dave Ewers
7 Don Armand
8 Sam Simmonds

16 Elvis Taione
17 Moray Low
18 Tomas Francis
19 Toby Salmon
20 Matt Kvesic
21 Will Chudley
22 Joe Simmonds
23 Tom Hendrickson

 

[Hound]

Squad rotation. With Leinster looking about 90% sure of a top 2 seeding and already having secured a home quarter final, it affords the coaching team a chance to give young players a shot away to a very good team. Should there be an injury crisis later in the season, it'll stand to Ross Byrne, Jordan Larmour and James Ryan to start in this game against Montpellier.

Leinster don't play again until February 9th. Perhaps Scott Fardy is getting a few weeks off to go home and recharge his batteries for the run in to the end of the season. He's been a brilliant signing thus far for Leinster.

I guess. He did have a pretty crazy calendar year 2017 as well. Larkham only gave him the one match off with the Brumbies mid-2017 to rest him due to how packed his year had been with international duties.

That and the week at the end of the year when Leinster gave him the match day off when his wife was giving birth are pretty much the only weeks he's missed. In some ways Leinster's probably lucky for Cheika's major oversight in not taking him for the Wallabies in the few weeks he was available before starting at Leinster or he'd likely have been run into the ground.

 

[TommiG88]

Good try Glasgow

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Lowe is like nothing we've ever had in this country. Always sees opportunity to attack and can create fantastically.

 

[TommiG88]

How did Poite not give Exeter a pen at the scrum?

Questionable

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Poite is having an appalling game. Blatant penalties by both teams being ignored.

 

[Which Tyler]

No HIA, Automatic failure

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Nadolo is stupid good!

What's the balance in Glasgow like?

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Glasgow doing all sorts of silly buggers at the breakdown, a lot of it by players lying on the floor.

 

[TommiG88]

Exeter are choking

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Good to hear! I'd rather Glasgow won than us!

 

[TommiG88]

Good to hear! I'd rather Glasgow won than us!

Celtic nations sticking together. I see Glasgow rested their team last week to help you guys up.

Butchered.

How is that not a penalty? Turning the scrum for the 2nd time

 

[die_mole]

Celtic nations sticking together. I see Glasgow rested their team last week to help you guys up.

Butchered.

How is that not a penalty? Turning the scrum for the 2nd time

it's Poite

 

[TommiG88]

Exeter just butchering chance after chance

 

[TommiG88]

it's Poite

He's been disgraceful.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Looks like Poite's realised he's not a crowd member this half.

 

[TommiG88]

How is that a penalty?

Edit: ignore me

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

We're **** hot.

 

[TommiG88]

We're **** hot.

I'm surprised you haven't been awarded the trophy yet.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

I'm surprised you haven't been awarded the trophy yet.

Aye, I hate these formalities!

In all seriousness this is almost as strong a squad as 2011-12 and I don't think there is anyone as good as Clermont were that year.