Leinster v Glasgow Warriors The Semi Cometh

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Well boys, here we are at the mid-way point on the rope bridge: who will tumble into the crocodile infested waters and who will march on to Ulster?
Thereplacements bench vs Connacht pretty much tells us who will deffo start, so
1. Grant (British and Irish front row of the season)
2.WeePee ( although I can't put a cigarette paper between him and Hall on form)
3. Angela ( pit mair weight oan that bar!)
4.Swinson (unbelievably consistent this season)
5. Kellock ( if paternity leave is over, Ryder played very well v Connacht but we wont go to a Dublin semi without our spiritual leader)
6. Bluto
7. Barclay
8. Wilson ( the back row picks itself, Harley is very unfortunate but will be on the bench)
9. Matawaloo (furra linee)
10. Ruaridh ( he is the only 10, with Horne and Hogg as cover)
11. DTH
12.
13.
14. Maitland
15. Hogg

The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed no centres. I think this is where Toonie will earn his corn, or not.
Horne-Schlong were good on Friday. Schlong was very good going forward, but can he defend against the angles BOD will conjure up?
Morrison- Dunbar would be solid defensively and if Dunbar got the ball could be effective going forward.
Morrison-Messiah would certainly carry some clout.
Dunbar-Horne would be the most attack minded.
Then again 10-12-13 could be Horne-Dunbar-Messiah defending from out to in and forcing Madigan back into the loving embrace of Barclay.
I know games are won or lost in the pack, but if Toonie picks the right centre combination we will win convincingly as opposed to throwing away a winning position earlier in the season.
How many sleeps till the match?

Fair play, it doesn't get much closer Leinster

What a game big to both teams,fantastic intensity in both attack and defense.

Leinster simply know how to win

That'll be it. Wot en fecin game man!

Pheeeew!

Heaslip MOTM? Wot a phhookin joke!

Well done both team, unlucky Glasgow.

Looks like Hogg will be playing 10 for the Lions in Hong Kong

What a great game. Two teams that came to play rugby.

Leinster deserved to win for keeping Glasgow out. Despite all Glasgow attacking they couldn't get the ball down when it counted.

Great game tho

Notch wrote:I don't say this very often, but the best team lost. The best team lost no doubt about it. Gutted for Glasgow. They deserve to be in the Final, no doubt.

I'd like to agree, Notch, but the scoreboard never lies - apparently

How did we lose that?? Absolutely dominated

That scrum at the end is what you call the ref bottling a decision. The scrum was down before the ball went in and he said play on.

Gibson wrote:That'll be it. Wot en fecin game man!

Pheeeew!

Heaslip MOTM? Wot a phhookin joke!

MOTM has to come from a winning team, Gib, and Heaslip was good tonite, far better than he ever is in green

leinster v lucky. best team lost.

Great game. Well done to Leinster. Best of luck to you boys in the final

Unlucky Glasgow great game, felt you were a bit hard done by in the breakdowns. The ref had to take a lot of credit and did not allow forward pass tries that has blighted a lot of games.

Surely Niko gets man of the match????? Or has Mr Gauzere taken that?

Great game. Leinster know how to win. Crafty bolloxes they are. Glasgow are a joy to watch! Unbelievable in attack!

Gibson wrote:

Rory_Gallagher wrote:What an offload. Glasgow are SO good. Their ability to keep the ball alive is at another level to other Pro 12 teams.

+1

It's the way rugby should be played mate. When you watch the S15 you get a lot of this kind of play. Great to watch.

Commiserations Glasgow fans, you should feel proud of your team, they played some of the best rugby I have seen this season.

Had this game been at Scotstoun, I suspect the result would have gone the other way - a couple of missed BPs have come back to haunt the Weege, but what performance tonite - magnificent

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Notch wrote:I don't say this very often, but the best team lost. The best team lost no doubt about it. Gutted for Glasgow. They deserve to be in the Final, no doubt.

I'd like to agree, Notch, but the scoreboard never lies - apparently

He's just raging Ulster will meet a team they cant handle in a Final. Truth hurts.

Arghhhhh, to out score the opposition 2 tries to 1 and still lose. How sickening.

Gib - well done to the boys.

You should have too much for Ulster in the final.

Hard luck Glasgow, well played Leinster.

Well done Leinster, but massive commiserations to glasgow who played some magnificent stuff but couldnt quite find the finish to round off some superb flowing rugby.

Well done, Leinster. Us next

Glasgow...so close...but well played. Some great, and adventurous rugby from you, and you put it all on the line.

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Gibson wrote:That'll be it. Wot en fecin game man!

Pheeeew!

Heaslip MOTM? Wot a phhookin joke!

MOTM has to come from a winning team, Gib, and Heaslip was good tonite, far better than he ever is in green

It was Jennings by a country kilometre and you know it Big Man. He won the battle of the breakdown. Barclay was shafted.

Game of the season. Well played both sides, Weegies unlucky.

tigertattie wrote:Leinster simply know how to win

That'll be it Ted.

Gibson wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:

Gibson wrote:That'll be it. Wot en fecin game man!

Pheeeew!

Heaslip MOTM? Wot a phhookin joke!

MOTM has to come from a winning team, Gib, and Heaslip was good tonite, far better than he ever is in green

It was Jennings by a country kilometre and you know it Big Man. He won the battle of the breakdown. Barclay was shafted.

I thought the old GK was ok, certainly conned the Frog, but that's what he is paid for

GLove39 wrote:Arghhhhh, to out score the opposition 2 tries to 1 and still lose. How sickening.

The same as last year, but this time the better team lost.

Gibson wrote:

tigertattie wrote:Leinster simply know how to win

That'll be it Ted.

Aye

George Carlin wrote:Gib - well done to the boys.

You should have too much for Ulster in the final.

Georgie man, ye were magnificent. As are your Warrior mates. Nothing much else to say mo chara, except this.

Wow daylight robbery, Glasgow had Leinster chasing shadows tonight and made them look like a bunch of old men clambering through treacle for a comb and brylcream.

I hope some complete c0ck-suck3rs on another thread can read this and see how to deal with a match

Glasgow turning into one hell of a team,hope we don't draw them in the Heino next year.I'll be looking to back them a lot as I think they'll be undervalued by the bookies.

rodders wrote:Wow daylight robbery, Glasgow had Leinster chasing shadows tonight and made them look like a bunch of old men clambering through treacle for a comb and brylcream.

Is that like a BOD/Madigan analogy, Rodders? Love it

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:I hope some complete c0ck-suck3rs on another thread can read this and see how to deal with a match

Taken on board captain!

rodders wrote:Wow daylight robbery, Glasgow had Leinster chasing shadows tonight and made them look like a bunch of old men clambering through treacle for a comb and brylcream.

The last league match was very similar,they just seem to make big yards every time they run at us but we managed to just about hold out.BoD going off was a big blow,our midfield defense is way too passive without him,I hope O'Connor can work on that next year as I think we are starting to feel the lack of a dedicated defense coach.

asoreleftshoulder wrote:

rodders wrote:Wow daylight robbery, Glasgow had Leinster chasing shadows tonight and made them look like a bunch of old men clambering through treacle for a comb and brylcream.

The last league match was very similar,they just seem to make big yards every time they run at us but we managed to just about hold out.BoD going off was a big blow,our midfield defense is way too passive without him,I hope O'Connor can work on that next year as I think we are starting to feel the lack of a dedicated defense coach.

Shoulder, wonderful to watch two teams that can attack in all areas of the pitch - neither defence perfect, but two hard lines digging in - such a good game I'm out, more calling me, thanks for having me

asoreleftshoulder wrote:

rodders wrote:Wow daylight robbery, Glasgow had Leinster chasing shadows tonight and made them look like a bunch of old men clambering through treacle for a comb and brylcream.

The last league match was very similar,they just seem to make big yards every time they run at us but we managed to just about hold out.BoD going off was a big blow,our midfield defense is way too passive without him,I hope O'Connor can work on that next year as I think we are starting to feel the lack of a dedicated defense coach.

You's know I ya lads! Only messing but shame on you for robbing the Glasgowmen, see ya in the final

AsLongAs - Have a good night mate.

Gibson, Pete & all other Leinsterposters; good luck in the final. You won and at the end your team were bloody but unbowed, just. But fair do's you stuck it out and won.
Schiz, As, Fes, GC et al it has been one hell of a ride
I never ever lose track of the score but I did tonight and actually thought we had taken the lead. I think that was a reflection of the fact that we were playing outstanding rugby and Leinster were playing at being John Wayne in The Alamo. Utterly superb performance by Glasgow and you just felt that if the defence had broken just once more than the floodgates would have opened. If Toonie can keep moving forward then we will have many more performances like this next season. From 1 to 23 I am proud of all of them tonight.

Argh! if only Niko could bluddy pass! sappped all momentum fom the midfield with Horne having to check his runs for passes going behind him, above him, below him, you name it. So much enterprise, but Maitland and VDM never got the ball because of the service. Hes got vision that so few players have, but the basics are just not there.

rodders wrote:Wow daylight robbery, Glasgow had Leinster chasing shadows tonight and made them look like a bunch of old men clambering through treacle for a comb and brylcream.

couldn't get the ball down tho. Leinster defense held enough - just

Rory_Gallagher wrote:AsLongAs - Have a good night mate.

Seconded, great man that ASBO, a great man indeed .

rodders wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:I hope some complete c0ck-suck3rs on another thread can read this and see how to deal with a match

Taken on board captain!

AMEN.

Leinster are one of those teams that are so on the ball every second of the game. Heaslip putting pressure on Hogg to make him butcher a try, sexton rushing up in defence to cause a Glasgow knock on near the line, Kearney preventing what should have been a certain try for Grant. They are just coached very very well and although Glasgow had them guessing at times they always fell back into "Leinster mode", what I call their default structure. And its very impressive.

This should have been the final in my opinion, no offence Ulster fans. I just feel Glasgow were unlucky to have Leinster rather than Ulster for their semi final and these two teams have been the best overall this season in the Rabbo, followed closely by Ulster.

Well done Leinster, good luck in he Amlin/Rabbo final

bsando wrote:This should have been the final in my opinion, no offence Ulster fans. I just feel Glasgow were unlucky to have Leinster rather than Ulster for their semi final and these two teams have been the best overall this season in the Rabbo, followed closely by Ulster.

No offence taken but I think you desperately need to acquaint yourself with the league table! Your opinion is one thing, the facts of who was the best side across the 22 games are in the public domain.

I hope Sexton finds his mojo in time for the summer, because all of a sudden the fly half department is looking veeeery bare.

That was a Super XV game in style, in attacking intensity and enterprise, in ruthlessness. Leinster, well done indeed and good luck for the final.

Glasgow just have to keep chappin on the door.
Was over for the last regular season Glasgow-Leinster match at RDS, great ground, great fans

Why Welsh went off so early? Scrum got worse after that.

Notch wrote:

bsando wrote:This should have been the final in my opinion, no offence Ulster fans. I just feel Glasgow were unlucky to have Leinster rather than Ulster for their semi final and these two teams have been the best overall this season in the Rabbo, followed closely by Ulster.

No offence taken but I think you desperately need to acquaint yourself with the league table! Your opinion is one thing, the facts of who was the best side across the 22 games are in the public domain.

Fair enough Notch, perhaps a bit harsh on Ulster who have been a very good side last 2 years. But going by Glasgow's record vs Ulster this season I think if it had been Leinster vs Scarlets & Ulster vs Glasgow, Glasgow would have had a better chance of reaching the final. But it didn't happen so it doesn't matter, two great teams in the final.