B&I Cup Final on Friday

End of term bash for Leeds who came within a whisker of the Championship final. Good town to go out on the batter in, for your players and fans.

Possible Leinster Team

O'Connell
Tracy
Furlong
Beirne
Roux
Marshall
Ryan (Capt)
Conan

McGrath
Marsh
Coghlan-Murray
Reid
O'Shea
Macken
Hudson

B Byrne
E Byrne
Leavy
Avua'a
Cooney
Crosbie

See yiz for a pint in Keilys (200M from ground)

The Leinster 'A' team for the British & Irish Cup Final against Leeds Carnegie tomorrow evening in Donnybrook (KO 7pm) has been announced, with some positional and personnel changes to the team that overcame Pontypridd in the semi-final.

Darragh Fanning will start on the wing against Leeds Carnegie, returning to play for Leinster 'A' for the first time since the pool stage win over Moseley RFC in Donnybrook back in January.

Brendan Macken moves to 13, with Noel Reid alongside him in midfield, which means Collie O'Shea takes a place among the replacements.

In the front row, Jack O'Connell comes in to start in place of Ed Byrne, who is named on the bench. Ben Marshall will play in the second row alongside Quinn Roux, which means Leo Auva'a comes in to start in the back row, flanked by Jack Conan and Dominic Ryan.

Tickets for the match are on sale here, or can be purchased at the gate on the night.

British & Irish Cup Final tickets:

Adult Terrace/Stand - €15/€20
Under-18s Terrace/Stand - €5/€10
Family Terrace/Stand - €35/€50

Leinster 'A' v Leeds Carnegie, British & Irish Cup Final, Donnybrook, 23rd May, KO 7pm:

15. Darren Hudson
14. Sam Coghlan Murray
13. Brendan Macken
12. Noel Reid
11. Darragh Fanning
10. Cathal Marsh
9. Luke McGrath
1. Jack O'Connell
2. James Tracy
3. Tadhg Furlong
4. Ben Marshall
5. Quinn Roux
6. Jack Conan
7. Dominic Ryan (c)
8. Leo Auva'a

Replacements:

16. Bryan Byrne
17. Ed Byrne
18. Ross Molony
19. Josh Van Der Flier
20. John Cooney
21. Colm O'Shea
22. Andrew Boyle

The game is being shown live on Setanta Ireland.

and on rfu.com in the uk

Come on Leeds!

HammerofThunor wrote:Come on Leeds!

Johnny Giles
Jackie Charlton
Peter Lawnmower
Alan Clarke
Norman Hunter
Billy Bremner
Eddie Gray
Garry Sprake
Terry Cooper
Terry Yorath
memory getting dim now missing a few

Jenifer McLadyboy wrote:and on rfu.com in the uk

http://www.rfu.com/thegame/competitions/biccup/livestream

Carnegie team for tonight.

The team in full is:
15 Stevie McColl
14 Jonah Holmes
13 Jon Clarke
12 Fred Burdon
11 David Doherty
10 Jonny Bentley
9 James Doherty
1 Charlie Beech
2 Joe Graham
3 Damien Tussac
4 Calum Green
5 Mike Myerscough
6 David Sisi
7 Chris Walker
8 Jacob Rowan (c)

16 Phil Nilsen
17 Lee Imiolek
18 Ben Hooper
19 Matt Smith
20 Richard Beck
21 Christian Georgiou
22 Joe Barker
23 Glyn Hughes

From the carnegie website.
'Skipper Jacob Rowan will make his final appearance for the club before following fellow team mate Stevie McColl to Gloucester next season. Jonah Holmes and David Sisi will both return to Wasps and Bath, respectively, after the game whilst Jonny Bentley, James Doherty and Calum Green will also all play their final games for the club before moving on in the summer.'

No one told them that it's 22 man squads in the B&I then aitchdoubleyou?   

I PM'd you a link to watch it in the UK by the way. You don't seem to have read it.

It is above anyway

Is that web link only for UK viewers or will that work for us in Ireland aswell?

McGrath is an absolute sicko, Noel Reid is really coming good as well. Two slick tries in the first half. 20-3 at the break to Leinster.

LeinsterFan4life wrote:Is that web link only for UK viewers or will that work for us in Ireland aswell?

The link on this thread is UK only but if you can find a link to Setanta it's on that.

The link Jen put up works. Its a stream off youtube.

All over. Leinster 44 - 17 Leeds

Well played Leinster, outplayed us in attack and defence. Worthy winners.

Delighted with that result,a lot of really good performances.It got a little worrying when Leeds looked like they were mounting a comeback but a timely intercept try finished it off.The game was played in good spirit with both teams trying to play good attacking rugby.

Well done Leinster   

Still the model for all other provinces to follow in terms of bringing players through.

Delighted with the win. First team to retain the cup in its short history.

Good night in Kielys afterwards with the cup.