Rabbo Pro 12 Final thread(Teams included)

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Right, now, we know the teams, we know the venue, how do we think this one will pan out ? Although there is less at stake, I think that this game will be a lot better than HC final, and with Leinster having home advantage, it is hard to look past a Leinster win, but the Ospreys have been to the RDS this season and won so they will not fear going to Dublin, also Tandy has come in and breathed fresh air into the squad, but I still think Leinster will win but it will be very close, probably just a score in it. So I am going for Leinster by 3pts.

LEINSTER:

15: Rob Kearney 14: Fergus McFadden 13: Brian O'Driscoll 12: Gordon D'Arcy 11: Isa Nacewa 10: Jonathan Sexton 9: Eoin Reddan

1: Heinke van der Merwe 2: Sean Cronin 3: Mike Ross 4: Leo Cullen CAPTAIN 5: Devin Toner 6: Kevin McLaughlin 7: Shane Jennings 8: Jamie Heaslip

REPLACEMENTS:

16: Richardt Strauss 17: Cian Healy/Jack McGrath 18: Nathan White 19: Brad Thorn 20: Dominic Ryan 21: John Cooney 22: Ian Madigan 23: David Kearney

OSPREYS:

15 Richard Fussell
14 Hanno Dirksen
13 Andrew Bishop
12 Ashley Beck
11 Shane Williams
10 Dan Biggar
9 Rhys Webb
1 Paul James
2 Richard Hibbard
3 Adam Jones
4 Alun Wyn Jones (Capt)
5 Ian Evans
6 Ryan Jones
7 Justin Tipuric
8 Joe Bearman
Replacements:
16 Scott Baldwin
17 Ryan Bevington
18 Aaron Jarvis
19 James King
20 Tom Smith
21 Kahn Fotuali'i
22 Matthew Morgan
23 Tom Isaacs[/quote]

Leinster way off the pace here. Ospreys are going to win this by a big margin if they can't find another gear.

Ospreys playing very well. Gonna be real tough. Wouldn't be surprised if ospreys edge it.

Rodders - I wouldn't write off Leinster at all. They'll be turning up the gas second half at this rate.

Good scrum O's, but Leinster away with it.

Come Leinster waken up lads!

How can you dominate a scrum and then make such a hash of it!

thats more like it! Great stuff from Kearney, Reddan and BOD!

Cronin is a try machine!

Leinster's passing is a bit laborious as times, but they'll score. Yep over goes Cronin.

8 - 6 before conversion.

well worked try for leinster

All steamed from Bearman's poor pass from the back of a very solid scrum

good opening 25 minutes from BOD

That's how to play rugby. Think this could be a classic!!!

Idiot Ospreys gifting them it.

Beautifully converted. 10 - 6.

Come on O's!!

Just what the O's didnt need.

Inevitable. You can't just kick ball to an excellent team like Leinster for 25 mins and assume all will work out okay.

Gonna watch the golf instead.

Toner having a cracker at the restarts.

Now Leinster have woken up. Please don't give us a drubbing FFS.

Bit nasty from Jennings

Ryan jones having a great game too.

Woah!! Big fight. Why is only Alywyn getting a row then?

Poite not liking the talk back from the Os

I think that Jennings is very lucky there myself.

Golden wrote:Poite not liking the talk back from the Os

Alyn was apologising, what's not to like about that?!

Reckless use of the boot is aloud now apparently?

Taxi for Bigger....

I'd say Leinster will be empyting their bench quite early today. Very competitive game in this heat will empty the tank fairly quickly

Oh FFS...Poite is a pain with the scrums. How long was that pause?

Its ridiculous Cari, so much time for the pause that the lads dont settle.

leinster are certainly having a few injury concerns so far. Thing is, their replacements are nothing to be sniffed at either!

Good penalty Biggar 10 - 9.

Dan may not be able to pass but he can kick

Wow

Ohhhhh yes Isa Nacewa what a beauty.

Great player Biggar. Should be a lion really.

Too easy for Nacewa

Ospreys caught napping.

Wow what a score!

worlds softest try?

eirebilly wrote:Its ridiculous Cari, so much time for the pause that the lads dont settle.

The commentator here just said their trialing a change next season.


Excellent try from Nacewa. Very clinical Leinster, soft try allowed by the O's.

15 - 9.

Absolutely careless there from the O's. Thats a seriously poor try to give away.

However that's why sexton is the best ten in Europe.

ieuan wrote:worlds softest try?

Yeah it only required an inch perfect kick and wonderful timing of the run.

The Ospreys have been awful at the restarts - and Nacewa shows them that it cost.

Easiest 7 pts for Leinster.

You simply cannot do that in an away final to Leinster the European champions.

Some very sloppy play from the O's

Dirksen I think was the sleeping man there.

Converted 17 - 9.

I think Dirksen just un-registered himself from future Wales eligibility.

MY BOY'S ON THE TELLY!!!!!

Come on O's fight back!!!

Cari wrote:Dirksen I think was the sleeping man there.

Converted 17 - 9.

And it cuts to Bowe on the bench with the look on his face saying 'I would have dealt with that'

Eh Poite signalled that the ball was turned over?

Leinster being very cynical near there line.

Yellow card must be near.

Ospreys should go for the try that wide out.

Wales - I should hope that he would, he's got way more experience on Dirksen. I'd be ashamed if he'd done that.

The O's really need points here.

Cari wrote:MY BOY'S ON THE TELLY!!!!!

Are they showing Bachelor re-runs on Dave?