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Leinster tackles are a bit rubbish

Thanks Cari. C'mon 'spreys!

Quite a bit happening this evening. Cricket is tense. Aus 175/5 they need 48 runs of 66 balls now, with Hussey & Haddin, our last remaining batsmen at the crease.

Tony Williams scores, 12-0 now in the 4N.

Yeah, basically when you tackle Visser he needs to stay tackled. Because if he gets out of the first tackle... the greased up deaf guy comes to mind. That's a big compliment for a winger!

Enjoyable match this.

Ospreys are pants.

Glas - they are tonight. Fecking typical. Still, the winning streak had to end sometime...just a shame it was in such s frustrating fashion.

6-0 to Munster. Conor Murray picking from the base of rucks a lot.

Sexton kicking well. Makes a change. Oh right ROG not on the bench

Touché ROG. New boy Chambers looking good in attack.

Nothing going right for them now. They are playing poorly as well though.

Leo can have no complaints about that. Edinburgh ahead again 23-22

Congratulations! by the way, to all Ireland fans of that strange hybrid game...

It was an absolute thrashing you gave our AFL boys
Seriously took the game by the scruff of the neck and never looked back - good to see them win on Oz soil too.

I only saw bits of it last night... I was watching Brisbane dismantle Adelaide 7-1 in the A-League instead.

Thurston scores now. 16-0 at HT

Brad Haddin holes out at deep cover.... silly. Australia 194/6. 29 required off 49 balls.

Yes agree Notch & Kia. Ford just did the same. We need to hit early, low and hard.

Visser is special though.

Een sterke, snelle en zeer bekwame man.

We have lots more where he came from. That's why Saffers are so big and strong. Cloggie genes.

Gibbo right. Atmosphere at Murrayfield awful. Even after making changes and allowing spectators to stand at pitch side.

FT 28 - 17. Our winning streak has ended.

Discipline is a problem for us. I know, I know Aironi have missed two kicks at goal

I'm tempting fate but 18 minutes into the match and Peter Allan has looked pretty decent. Done ok, been consistent, correct in law and has used common sense.

What an offload from Kearney! Sonny Bill style.

Staggy - can't be as bad as the O's. We've had a yellow in every match so far. Tonight was no exception and it cost us 13 points.

Very heartening to hear the noise in Firhill and crucially for the future of the league, kids wearing Richie Gray masks. Fantastic.

red_stag wrote:Discipline is a problem for us. I know, I know Aironi have missed two kicks at goal

I'm tempting fate but 18 minutes into the match and Peter Allan has looked pretty decent. Done ok, been consistent, correct in law and has used common sense.

Peter Allen has done fairly well this season. talks well to the players

Glas - you just watch out next week...we're coming to get you!!

Did he do anything wrong last year then?

So that's their first loss Cari? but a bad one you reckon?

Feel much better now - 10 off 35 to beat SA... Now for the Tests.

Cari wrote:Glas - you just watch out next week...we're coming to get you!!

Yes, you'd be disappointed with anything less than a bonus point win I reckon.

I have to say that Visser is the only Edinburgh player who looks really threatening and like he can cause problems for the opposition.

Twice Chambers has gone for the SBW offload but the supporting player hasn't expected it and knocked on. It will come in time.

Breaker - yes it's their first loss in the Rabo this season. It was bad in that it was frustrating because the yellow card lost it for us.

Watching Have I Got News For You and then Russell Howard. Need to laugh...

Leinster picking it up now. Want a WBP here.

Ooo Vaaa ya gobshoite! Missed pen.

Phhok! Spoke too soon. Mon Leinster. Tackle FFS!

Some of the defending in the Edinburgh v Leinster game has been schoolboy!!!

Oh no Peter O'Mahony injured.

Sinoti makes a brilliant crunching tackle on Johne Murphy.

Gibson wrote:Phhok! Spoke too soon. Mon Leinster. Tackle FFS!

Kearney Bros. missed a few tonight.

No LBP for Edinburgh.

Oh wow Peter Allan identifies the correct scrum offence, explains to player clearly what happened and how to stop it happening in future and gives a warning.

This is getting spooky!!! Allan to ref RWC 2015!!

Ozzy3213 wrote:Some of the defending in the Edinburgh v Leinster game has been schoolboy!!!

Agree Ozzy. Its made for an open game, but too many tackles missed by both teams.

Good man McFadden. That's game. Lots to sort out, but good away win against a strong Embra side. Need to up it v Munster next week. We will.


28-36.

We beat SA in the final ODI match to take the series 2-1... that's always a good feeling.

NZ score, they trail 16-6 in the 4N.

Not at all impressed by Leinster. Some sloppy defending. They looked good in first half and I told Hughie they would get a Try BP. Made a liar out of me.

This is a real cagey encounter. Its Dunedin all over again.

7 of the starting Ireland team v 6 of the starting Italian team all day - mainly in the forwards!!

Evening all, I missed the Peter O'Mahony injury, was it bad?

Went to look at a pooch today
http://www.rspcanorthsomerset.org.uk/RSPCA%20Doggy.html
Look for Lucy.

The one we fancied the other day was gone by the time we got in touch with the rescue centre, so we were down at a local one to see Lucy before they opened. Met her at her foster home this afternoon. She is really lovely. We have to be vetted now and the check out our home to see if it is suitable for a dog ...

On that display, Edinburgh are the weakest team in our Heineken Cup pool.

I thought Leinster looked pretty rubbish tonight to be honest

Kalifa Faifai Loa scores for the Kiwis beside the posts... it's 16-12 now in 57th minute.

Thats good for London Irish Pete.

Curry no didn't look bad. It looked like a concussion or head injury maybe. He wasn't limping anyway.

KiaRose wrote:I thought Leinster looked pretty rubbish tonight to be honest

Ha! Still won. Internationals coming back and settling in, for the 1st time. It's to be expected. Should have won it comfortably.
Sure beating Munster with BOD and Co back next week will set us up for the Heino. Always does.

Does it? I personally find whoever does worse in the Pro 12 seems to do better in the HEC

Good, I hope its not too bad anyway. Just what we need, another 7 injured

Missed Isa out there. Not the same team without him. Be interesting to see where he starts. At FB, or on the wing next week. I don't care - as long as he starts.

Kia, she looks lovely. Hope you get sorted this time. No problem getting vetted but I hope it happens before Gibbo and the Chef get there

It looked like a first match of the season, Gibbo. I can understand mix ups between players because as you say the internationals were just back, but the tackling was rubbish; there were lots of silly schoolboy errors even allowing for the returns.

You would think they hadn't spent the last six weeks playing rugby

Now on TG4. Weather atrocious in Cork. Second half underway.