Leinster v Northampton

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Team in an hour or so. Not expecting too many changes.

Kind of anti climactic really. What can we do to them that we didn't last week?

Big crowd of 45000 or so might help.

NH should be seriously fired up after that shaming at home, and Leinster would have to be a LITTLE bit complacent. Expecting the scores to be a lot closer.

Hopefully we are pro enough to get the job done. Any win will do. we don't need anything fancy.

Better scrum Leinster.

Saints have had a lot of this game but only have a four point lead to show for it after half an hour. They need better returns from the time they spend in the Leinster 22.

Another parks DG 15-9. We should have scored a try off a dominant mail though.

22-9 tolouse. Too depressed to keep ye abreast of the match now. Will add on if we make a big comeback.

wolfball wrote:22-9 tolouse. Too depressed to keep ye abreast of the match now. Will add on if we make a big comeback.

Ah, sorry to hear that Wolf - hope things turn around.

Bad miss by Myler.

Tough half for Leinster very happy to be only 4 points down at half time.I wish the ref would stay on the Northampton LH side for the scrums as they are getting pinged or Leinster are dominating when he is forced to scrum legally.

Great game here. Still all to play for but Saints definitely have brought there A game and Leinster are struggling to deal with their aggression and physicality. I think there are a few tries to come here....

Come on Connacht!

Adifferent game this week compared to last week....Lienster looking rather nervous, making some handling errors...Saint's at the moment deserving their lead.

I think Leinster are going to come out really fired up...

asoreleftshoulder wrote:Tough half for Leinster very happy to be only 4 points down at half time.I wish the ref would stay on the Northampton LH side for the scrums as they are getting pinged or Leinster are dominating when he is forced to scrum legally.

Mmm not sure about that it looked as though when Waller was pinged he was claiming that he was being binded to on the arm.
Let's see how they get on 2nd half. Good game.

Saints should have more than 4 point lead and Leinster will be glad of half time.

Awesome defence from saints..

Cronin is becoming a key player in that Leinster pack.

Both sides not taking advantage of big attacking phases...

terrible knock on decision by referee. game-changer. how could he have seen that as a knock on?

Leinster haven't lost to an English side in the HC since 2009.

Feckless Rogue wrote:Leinster haven't lost to an English side in the HC since 2009.

Remember it well I was there.

Fitzgerald is looking so sharp these days.

If he can stay injury free he will be back in the irish team.  He has ran some incredible lines.  Next 13?  

so hard to like leinster when all their players spend so much time appealing to the referee for decisions.

grace under pressure, not.

Nice break by Fitzy but he should have passed it.

pisi great break but should have offloaded b4 the tackle

Nice play from George North. That was close.

when are we going to see some yellow cards for the holding on?

Ha. I can't remember ever seeing a yellow card for holding on quins.

Lawes majestic in the line out

Hartley   

HARTLEY AGAIN!!

He is so determined not to win this, the guy is a plank.

Artful_Dodger wrote:HARTLEY AGAIN!!

He is so determined not to win this, the guy is a plank.

Played very well though.

JESUS CHRIST MYLER

Surely that should have been a penalty to Leinster?

Pressure causing mistakes now.

OH MY LORD. TENSEEEE

Latest scores anyone?

Score and time left?

Awesome finish by Saints!

Simply WOW....what a game.

Saints defence was awesome tonight

I think I need a blood pressure tablet - well done there Saints. Awesome.

UNBELIEVABLE.
Oh my, 9-18.

Poor heaslip after making the break to give it away like that

Bloody well done with the defence at the end. Won the collisions and the breakdown all night. Good game, good win Saints.

9-18 great game

My girlfriend is looking at me like I'm a complete nutter, those final 5 minutes. Jesus.

9 - 18

Typical Heaslip - mixing the great with the horrible.

He made such a good break too.

Wow what a finish.  Well played Saints.

Bravo Northampton. Pride restored and deserved win.  

Well done NH they deserved it,didn't allow us to play at all.I'd have problems with a few of the refs calls but I suppose that's natural when you lose a close game.

Well played Leinster. Great game, but yahoooo! Well done lads brilliant performance! Battered last week and turned it around. PROUD!

As an Englishman ( and a neutral for this game - Newcastle fan) I hope we don't lose these nights!!! Please let's make sure we keep the European cup...