Round 17

[UlsterRugby2012]

I see McKee is starting today.

Typical Leinster stealing all of our talent smh.

 

[Groundhog]

If we made Soroka and Harry Byrne breed their child would look exactly like winter soldier Sebastien Stan

 

[big ginger 8]

What a scumbag! What was that from Roos?

 

[Groundhog]

Scummy rat behavior from Stormers 8 lol. Leinster players should have piled in on him. That's a yellow.

 

[Groundhog]

This ref honestly must have won his Cert in a raffle.

 

[big ginger 8]

These maul obstruction penalties are do stupid from us.

 

[JohnKA]

Scummy rat behavior from Stormers 8 lol. Leinster players should have piled in on him. That's a yellow.

Piled on him ? you want all 15 Leinster players injured ?

 

[Groundhog]

These maul obstruction penalties are do stupid from us.

Irish provinces seem disproportionately terrible for giving these away.

 

[big ginger 8]

Not a great run of luck. Leinster adamant HB's nudge was touched and then the AR goes against Vakh when it looks like Harris pulled it down.

Edit: really looks like Exeter are getting a good one in Dunne. Hopefully he finds his way back to us.

Lot of young players standing up today.

 

[big ginger 8]

If you had offered me two lbp before the matches I'd have absolutely taken it so hard to be disappointed especially given how much time we've spent at a numerical disadvantage. Huge learning experience for a load of these guys but still feel we should have had one win. Probably last week over this week.

Am disappointed that this was probably Adam Byrne's last game in a Leinster shirt.

Edit: Soroka not at all happy with kicking it out. Great performance from him today and love the attitude.

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

Feels like a L. T.T

 

[Groundhog]

Don't suppose Leinster will do us a solid and field the barely legals ft Rhys Ruddock against us??

 

[big ginger 8]

Don't suppose Leinster will do us a solid and field the barely legals ft Rhys Ruddock against us??

You'll play against a Ross Byrne lead mix and match of a team, get solidly beaten and you know it.

 

[Groundhog]

You'll play against a Ross Byrne lead mix and match of a team, get solidly beaten and you know it.

We're going to win by 49 and Leo Cullen will admit in his post match interview that Leinster have never produced a player as talented, nor a man as virtuous as Gavin Coombes.

 

[big ginger 8]

We're going to win by 49 and Leo Cullen will admit in his post match interview that Leinster have never produced a player as talented, nor a man as virtuous as Gavin Coombes.

Not if Devin Toner has anything to do with it.

 

[Groundhog]

Not if Devin Toner has anything to do with it.

Coombes is on the Gerbrant Grobler/ Russian Olympic rehab programme.

 

[mdaclarke]

I never thought I would see the day that Leinster would kick the ball out to get a Losing Bonus Point. That is the sort of think you expect from the Welsh or Newcastle/Worcester

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

I never thought I would see the day that Leinster would kick the ball out to get a Losing Bonus Point. That is the sort of think you expect from the Welsh or Newcastle/Worcester

Not to top the league with a game to spare though!

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

This is a massive morale drop for Leinster before coming into the Leicester game.

 

[saulan]

Well… these results make the last round interesting.

The Scottish teams are playing their derby to see who gets in the Champions Cup, so a lot at stake.

Leinster technically has nothing to play for, but generally have been competitive in all their games - up against a Munster team playing for a home semi.

Sharks and Ulster are playing each other for a home QF/potential home semi final depending on other results.

Stormers and Bulls play the top 2 Welsh teams away, with both in with a shot at a home QF and Stormers still in with a shot with a home semi final. Welsh sides will want to get wins given the top of the Welsh league isn't secure (although Scarlets just need a point to secure it), but they're both out of the tournament at the end of the round.

Team -Top finish/lowest finish*
Leinster -1/1
Munster -2/5
Stormers -2/6
Sharks -2/6
Ulster -2/6
Bulls -3/7
Glasgow Warriors -6/8
Edinburgh -6/8
*My caveat is I'm doing this quickly at the end of a long 30th birthday, so quick calcs may be off