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 forwards starting to get a grip

Brilliant defense Leinster. Williams held up.

Well considering the O's are as bad as everyone says they are, they've done a pretty damn good job getting to this final and only being 9 points down to the European champions away.

maestegmafia wrote:

wales606 wrote:Kahn Fotuali - dumbest pass of the season award goes too...

He has to go before next season...! He is just stopping Webb from getting valuable game time...

I agree the only decent signing Johnson made was Hanno Dirksen.

Stowers, KT and Fussell have dragged us down terribly. They all need to go, we have too much rubbish in our squad.

Was Williams held up there? Looked close to me and i thought he got to ground. Excellent defense from Leinster though.

Leinster will be keen to score again.

Brilliant turnover by Leinster.

Ospreys are a fantastic side but everywhere they are strong, Leinster are stronger. Leinster are really dominating the breakdown now.

AlynDavies wrote:

maestegmafia wrote:

wales606 wrote:Kahn Fotuali - dumbest pass of the season award goes too...

He has to go before next season...! He is just stopping Webb from getting valuable game time...

I agree the only decent signing Johnson made was Hanno Dirksen. Stowers, KT and Fussell have dragges us down terribly. They all need to go, we have too much rubbish in our squad.

All could easily be replaced by academy players from the Premiership...!

Lol, Poite...

What was that yellow for?

Leinster down to 14 for rest of the match, big chance for the Ospreys.

Yellow Card for White.

O's could still have a chance - just need the penalty try....

White given a yellow. Come on O's you've got to make the most of this.

Uncontested scrums?

Surely he called time off?

rodders wrote:Brilliant turnover by Leinster.

Ospreys are a fantastic side but everywhere they are strong, Leinster are stronger. Leinster are really dominating the breakdown now.

Apart from the Scrum, I think the Ospreys front 5 is better.

White off! Here we go again!

wales606 wrote:Yellow Card for White.

O's could still have a chance - just need the penalty try....

No no no! I don't think I could tolerate that again!

Ahhh, uncontested scrums! Shoite buzz.

Uncontested scrums in a final...poor show.

"This is my fault" says Poite.

What was the calling on the yellow card, i have no idea why he got it?

another yellow for a Leinster prop.

It was coming, Leinster bar I think once, have not been even attempting to scrummage properly. The O's haven't been angels either but this is ridiculous.

Uncontested scrums...yeah because the O's really wanted that.

Cmon biggar we NEED this kick.

Funny that in the other game against Ospreys McGrath played tighthead and had contested scrums and they lost and now he plays tighthead and they go to uncontested scrums

uncontested scrums surely this is a disadvantage to the o's

Poite makes himself look a berk again.

Game on now!

Phew, at least it means a penalty kick, no scrummage.

If biggar gets this over, the next seven minutes will be Bedlam....

YES!!!!!!!!!!!

30 - 24.

Thought Biggar had missed that - poor camera angle from S4C

Risca Rev wrote:Poite makes himself look a berk again.

OH NO!!!!!! Leinster on the attack, they're going to score again.

C'mon ospreys...

Fair play to Leinster their entire squad has been immense this year and a win for the o's would be an upset to form... but we are so blwdi close now...!

Jaysus Leinster are good arent they.

Ah big mistake by Cronin!

Ospreys have a young Hooker on :/

Lineout on halfway with 5 to go. Make or break time.

rugbydreamer wrote:another yellow for a Leinster prop.

It was coming, Leinster bar I think once, have not been even attempting to scrummage properly. The O's haven't been angels either but this is ridiculous.

Uncontested scrums...yeah because the O's really wanted that.

I think Irish teams in general are getting a horrific reputation for being poor scrummagers, they may be getting away with it a bit at the moment. but it will catch up with them soon and they will not get the benefit of the doubt for much longer. I can see Irish teams being penalised out of games in the coming years unless they sort this out.

Golden wrote:Funny that in the other game against Ospreys McGrath played tighthead and had contested scrums and they lost and now he plays tighthead and they go to uncontested scrums

Both the same really. Both times the ref gave the option of uncontested scrums, this time Leinster took it last time they didn't.

I hate this, any kind of scrum farce is better than uncontested scrummaging.

Ryan Jones has had a brilliant game. Ospreys best player.

Penalty Ospreys!

The O's are finishing strongly

Another penalty to O's.

Tight angle, but they might make the 22 for one last chance.

rugbydreamer wrote:another yellow for a Leinster prop.

It was coming, Leinster bar I think once, have not been even attempting to scrummage properly. The O's haven't been angels either but this is ridiculous.

Uncontested scrums...yeah because the O's really wanted that.

Ospreys should have had at least two yellows themselves. Very lucky.

rodders wrote:Ryan Jones has had a brilliant game. Ospreys best player.

Penalty Ospreys!

He has been in every game for the last 2 months.

wales606 wrote:Ospreys have a young Hooker on :/

Lineout on halfway with 5 to go. Make or break time.

Oh this kid is special, hes a massive lump and a nasty piece of work, no Leinster player will fancy him believe me. The reason why Mefin retired and they didnt really try and keep Huw Bennett was because teams were sniffing around Baldwin. He wil be in the Wales squad soon.

God this four minutes is going to be intense...

Leinster in big big trouble here.

Leinster could have had a few more for high tackles leinsterbaby! Tis the nature of this final I think, lots of contentious decisions but at least the rugby on show is mainly v good

Scott Baldwin does very well for an inexperienced Hooker.

Shane Williams to score on 80mins - I believe!

Scott Baldwin good lad...!

We have some great young front row players coming through, with Baldwin and Rees