Glasgow v Leinster 23/11

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A bit threadbare, missing 2 whole front rows to intl duty, not to mind all the others and the big name injuries (O'Driscoll, R Kearney, Nacewa, Ftizgerald, to name a few) Badly in need of a win.

Glasgow is one of the last places we need to be going. Possibility of Sean O'Brien making a return on the bench is the only good point. They won't want to risk him though if he is not 100%

The teams:

Glasgow: 15 Peter Murchie, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Alex Dunbar, 12 Peter Horne, 11 DTH Van Der Merwe, 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Sean Kennedy, 8 Josh Strauss, 7 Chris Fusaro (c), 6 Rob Harley, 5 Tom Ryder, 4 Tim Swinson, 3 Mike Cusack, 2 Pat MacArthur, 1 Gordon Reid.
Replacements: 16 Finlay Gillies, 17 Ofa Fainga'anuku, 18 Moray Low, 19 James Eddie, 20 Ryan Wilson, 21 George Graham, 22 Scott Wight, 23 Byron McGuigan.

LEINSTER:

15: Isa Nacewa
14: Dave Kearney
13: Brendan Macken
12: Andrew Goodman
11: Fionn Carr
10: Ian Madigan
9: Isaac Boss

1: Jack McGrath
2: Aaron Dundon
3: Jamie Hagan
4: Leo Cullen CAPTAIN
5: Quinn Roux
6: Kevin McLaughlin
7: Shane Jennings
8: Sean O'Brien

REPLACEMENTS:

16: Thomas Sexton
17: Jack O'Connell
18: Martin Moore
19: Devin Toner
20: Jordi Murphy
21: John Cooney
22: Noel Reid
23: Andrew Conway

Gordon Reid has been called into the Scotland squad, as cover for Grant. Looks like we are down to our 4th choice LH.

Great to see SOB back lads, was hoping he'd lie low until after the 21st December though

Loving the look of that team - it certainly soothes the post-work trek up St Vincent Street when I know a good match is in the offing!

Incidentally, Sean Maitland tweeted something like "T-Minus 23 Hours and counting" at about midnight last night - I'm beginning to actually believe that he's coming.

Conway ahead of Carr is the only change Id make. Delighted to have SOB back we really needed him.

Dorothy_Mantooth wrote:Gordon Reid has been called into the Scotland squad, as cover for Grant. Looks like we are down to our 4th choice LH.

That'll be Ofa starting then Dorothy as he's the natural loose head. No problems with that - he's done well when I've seen him. I haven't seen a revised team yet but I think that this means Araoz will be on the bench, although he's technically a tight head.

Araoz over one of the youngsters, like Hunter?

They'll hopefully know by tomorrow whether Grant will be fit so Reid could be released in time to make it. Fingers crossed (mostly because I would rather not have Traynor starting for Scotland)

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:Araoz over one of the youngsters, like Hunter?

Have no problem with Georgie boy on the bench provided he's been playing regularly for Gala.
Not sure that he has though - does anyone know?

I would have thought DTH would be wanted by Canada if fit, for their game against NZ Maori?

Traynor ahead of Reid for the Scottish jersey is a joke.
I would have Dickinson ahead of Traynor too.

McLaughlin, Jenno and SOB. Are you mad? That´s the best backrow in Europe that is. Isa back? Oooh man, I could crush a seedless French grape.

Glasgow so strong. Both sides have sexshy backlines. This, sportzfanz, could be the game of the Season so far.

Id love to be there, suppin pints with me Warriors oppos...

Pretty happy with that Glasgow team given international call-ups. I'm not entirely surely what we should doing with the centres, to be honest. I think most of us want Dunbar at 12 for Bennett to come in at 13 but we need to keep Horne until Weir is back. Incidentally, Morrison is out of contract at the end of this season, isn't he?

8. SOB- best selection news I've heard all week!!

Just in case anyones interested:

Leinster A to face Connacht.
LEINSTER 'A':
15: Adam Byrne
14: Andrew Boyle
13: Rory O'Loughlin
12: Jordan Coghlan
11: Max McFarland
10: Cathal Marsh
9: Luke McGrath

1: James Tracy
2: Bryan Byrne
3: Tadhg Furlong
4: Tadhg Beirne
5: Tom Denton
6: Ben Marshall
7: Conor Gilsenan CAPTAIN
8: Jack Conan

REPLACEMENTS:
16: Tyrone Moran
17: Shane Delahunt
18: Jamie Lawless
19: Jerry Sexton
20: Josh van der Flier
21: Dave Shanahan
22: Steve Crosbie
23: Tom Daly
24: Eoghan Quinn
25: Eoghan Masterson

Would love to go to this. The exciting Adam Byrne starting at 15. Its an extremely young team.

Byrne is the biz yeah? Never seen him play. Love to see it too, Fan. Gilsenan is another lad with a big future. What a player. Is he the new Jenno? Tune in.

Go West Meath! ;-)

Shame that Josh Van De Flier is not a winger. Perfect name.

Another flanker. As is Conan The Barbarian. Marshall is a great find too. Lock/Flanker. We could sell quality backrowers.

Gibson wrote:Byrne is the biz yeah? Never seen him play. Love to see it too, Fan. Gilsenan is another lad with a big future. What a player. Is he the new Jenno? Tune in.

Go West Meath! ;-)

Shame that Josh Van De Flier is not a winger. Perfect name.

Another flanker. As is Conan The Barbarian. Marshall is a great find too. Lock/Flanker. We could sell quality backrowers.

Marshall is like a clone of mclaughlin. Ye i'm heaing good things about Byrne, he is on the u19s and is already playing with the A's. He can play wing, fullback and centre and is a big lad for his age.

So coughlan is definitely been converted to a centre?

Looks a very good pack. Looking forward to how Tracy, furlong, Berne, gilsenan and conan get on.

Golden wrote:So coughlan is definitely been converted to a centre?

Looks a very good pack. Looking forward to how Tracy, furlong, Berne, gilsenan and conan get on.

He's not definately being converted to a centre because he still plays back row in some 'A' games. Its still an experiment.

Reid called up to Scotland, Ofa starts, young George to the bench

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:Reid called up to Scotland, Ofa starts, young George to the bench

OK. Having not seen either of them. Is Ofa any good? and I presume "young George" is an academy prop?

Ofa is a Tongan international and was brought in to help with our injury crisis at the start of the season - he hasn't started, but has played well when coming on. His most noticeable cameo was smashing Jamie Roberts in his first game.

George Hunter is a young EDP prop, unsure if he has ever featured in a pro game.

Essentially they are our 4th and 5th choice looseheads.

This is pure unadulterated Poopie from Leinster. Good Glasgow defence, but the Scots haven't been near the Blues line for the whole of the first half practically.

Schmidt must be wondering what happened to his wannabes in the off season.

what an atrocious game of rugby.

a vile match.

This has to be the worst game of rugby I've watched in about five seasons. Ineptitude on both sides.

6-0 to Leinster. It should be 0-0.

I feel like I'm back in the seventies. Dreadful. Just dreadful.

Awful stuff alright.

Actually let me change that.

Worst game in 30 years.

The notion that one team should actually win this match is appalling. Both sides should be deducted points for misrepresentation.

Pot Hale wrote:The notion that one team should actually win this match is appalling. Both sides should be deducted points for misrepresentation.

The amount of knock ons and dropped balls is astonishing. It's raining lads. Stop going for the hard passes.

Gibson wrote:

Glasgow so strong. Both sides have sexshy backlines. This, sportzfanz, could be the game of the Season so far.

Id love to be there, suppin pints with me Warriors oppos...

Game of the season indeed

ah here now pot hale thats a bit much : ) conditions are shocking to be fair and its our 2nd/3rd choice side. The error count even with the weather is scandalous

i remember ireland 6-6 scotland in a windy landsdowne in the mid 90s. Nearly passed out with the cold. Was dreadful.

Oh Lord. No Dublin Dave - It's simply indescribable how bad both teams are.

6-0 still. 6 minutes of torture left. Glasgow could win this yet.

So who's your man of the match pot?

madigan is not the man for a monsoon

You have got to feel for the poor sods that paid in to this, in this weather

Ian Madigan for Ireland 10? More like under-10.

My granny has shown greater composure with her boot.

And off he goes to cap his evening.

and i passed up on pints to have a quiet one on the couch and watch this pish

this is akin to watching a family member get assaulted with a pick axe

blow it up ref.

MOTM?

Ehmmm

1-30 on both sides.

Or should that be 1- 46?

Pot Hale wrote:Ian Madigan for Ireland 10? More like under-10.

My granny has shown greater composure with her boot.

And off he goes to cap his evening.

Irish fans sure do love putting down our young players.

Fair play to Leinster - took points when it mattered; dominant Glasgow in the second half couldnt do the same.

Tough one for Glasgow - I think Horne and Wight need to by the front row a lot of drinks tonight!

Forwards set this game up on a plate for the kickers - misses lost them the game. Simple as that!

I've recorded this on skyplus, is it worth watching or straight to delete?

Very unfortunate for Hunter as sub to get subbed, Low probably should have gone on before him in the first place.

jimbopip delete delete delete and fire on a dvd

jimbopip wrote:I've recorded this on skyplus, is it worth watching or straight to delete?

read back on the last 1-15 posts and make your own mind up.

If you're a masochist, get yourself a cup of team and hit Play.

LeinsterFan4life wrote:

Pot Hale wrote:Ian Madigan for Ireland 10? More like under-10.

My granny has shown greater composure with her boot.

And off he goes to cap his evening.

Irish fans sure do love putting down our young players.

Says the 22 year old.

Shame Horne left his kicking boots at home

Damn went out to the pub at half time. Figured Glasgow would be able to overturn a 3-0 deficit... Gutted about the missed kicks, big chance to beat the mighty Lenister gone a begging.

I was doing overtime so only just got in to see the score. I've got the game recorded but I don't know if I can be bothered watching it if it ended 0-6. Was there anything good about the game or should I just get hammered?

Cryptoyourisan wrote:I was doing overtime so only just got in to see the score. I've got the game recorded but I don't know if I can be bothered watching it if it ended 0-6. Was there anything good about the game or should I just get hammered?

The weather made it impossible. I found it strangely entertaining for such an awful match. But probably this was because the result was in doubt up until the end. You know it ended 0-6. So there's really no point watching it.

Could prove to be a crucial win for Leinster come the end of the season. Keeps us in the top 4. And we haven't really clicked. Yet.