Glasgow Warriors v Leinster Rugby, 10 September

               
Glasgow Warriors v Leinster Rugby
Saturday 10 September 2016
KO: 15:00
Scotstoun Stadium

Live on Sky Sports

Referee: John Lacey (IRFU, 55th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Dan Jones (WRU), Dunx McClement (SRU)
Citing Commissioner: John Montgomery (SRU)
TMO: Gareth Simmonds (WRU)

Glasgow Warriors 

S Hogg, L Sarto, A Dunbar, S Johnson, T Seymour, P Horne, H Pyrgos (co-capt); G Reid, F Brown, S Puafisi, T Swinson, J Gray (co-capt), R Harley, S Favaro, R Wilson.

Replacements: C Flynn, A Allan, Z Fagerson, T Uanivi, L Wynne, A Price, R Clegg, L Jones.

Leinster Rugby

R Kearney, F McFadden, G Ringrose, N Reid, D Kearney, J Carbery, L McGrath (capt); C Healy, J Tracy, M Bent, M McCarthy, R Molony, D Leavy, J van der Flier, J Murphy.

Replacements: B Byrne, P Dooley, T Furlong, M Kearney, D Ryan, J Gibson Park, C Marsh, Z Kirchner.

Can't see Leinster picking up a LBP if they perform like they did last weekend. Any other decent side will have a TBP in the bag at home against Treviso inside the first 50 minutes. In truth, Leinster didn't look close to achieving that. The passing from the breakdown and in the backline was to shoelaces or 3 foot over peoples heads and the scrum was creeking for as long as Healy and Bent were on the field.

How were Glasgow last weekend?

Most people still have Leinster down as finishing first or second this year, thought, Bandwagon. 

Glasgow were very good to be honest with you. Take a looksie:



You can't do much better than stick 6 tries on the current champions away from home and despite the fact that Connacht were quite royally fecked over with injuries (at lock in particular), we still needed to be clinical, controlled and take our chances. We did all of these things and importantly the new signings blended in well - Sarto was like a pig in poop on the wing. 

How was your pre-season?

Will be a good start for Glasgow, beating Connacht and Leinster in their first two games...

On the other hand, if Leinster manage a four try win against Glasgow, people will be singing a different kettle of fish in the black tune pot.

That would be awesome for the Pro12 if that actually happened. The league would be off to a flyer.

So, the Once And Future Champions versus The Ladyboys...

I think I'll go for a home win. The question is what surprises will the Tombola throw up.

Do we think Lancaster will make a big impact at Leinster?

I don't.

Home win.

I don't think we should get too carried away about Glasgow just yet - this is going to be a tough game and if they lose it then last week's performance will be quickly forgotten!

I still think it will be a win for Glasgow but certainly not on the scale of last weekend.

Connacht didn't really get a pre season, one game and two cancellations, and their rustiness showed.

However even against a non battle hardened Connacht, that was a good performance from Glasgow.

Leinster didn't look the sharpest.

Glasgow close home win for me, but I don't expect Glasgow will look as good as they did against Connacht, nor Leinster as average as they did against treviso.

I should, of course, have caveated my prediction with "assuming Toonie doesn't do anything silly with the team selection"....

Hogg and Seymour look very sharp.

Glasgow win but maybe not with a try BP, Leinster to get zilch - can't see them finishing within 7 pts unless there's a massive improvement from last week. 9pts from Connacht and Leinster would still be a great start by Glasgow.

Really looking forward to my first match as a season-ticket holder.

Anybody else on here a member of the North Stand massif?

Hi Senlac, Schitz is in the North Stand - worth looking up for a beer.

I'm one of the posh boys in the Main Stand, with the cucumber sandwiches and the non-pneumonia at half-time.

I know Lacey has lots of experience, but surely you'd put the WRU official on the pitch and have an SRU and IRFU on either sideline?

Referee: John Lacey (IRFU, 55th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Dan Jones (WRU), Dunx McClement (SRU)
Citing Commissioner: John Montgomery (SRU)
TMO: Gareth Simmonds (WRU)

Toony's Tombola must be broken!

15. Stuart Hogg
14. Leonardo Sarto
13. Alex Dunbar
12. Sam Johnson
11. Tommy Seymour
10. Peter Horne
9. Henry Pyrgos (Co-captain)

1. Gordon Reid
2. Fraser Brown
3. Sila Puafisi
4. Tim Swinson
5. Jonny Gray (Co-captain)
6. Rob Harley
7. Simone Favaro
8. Ryan Wilson

Replacements

16. Corey Flynn
17. Alex Allan
18. Zander Fagerson
19. Tjiuee Uanivi
20. Lewis Wynne
21. Ali Price
22. Rory Clegg
23. Lee Jones
Not available due to injury: Adam Ashe (hip / foot), Scott Cummings (shoulder), Chris Fusaro (knee), Ryan Grant (back), Sean Lamont (foot), Finn Russell (face) and Richie Vernon (achilles).

Just a minute. We can't have selection consistency. That goes against everything we stand for.

Strauss isn't picked or listed as injured.

Is he realy now behind Ryan Wilson and Lewis Wynne in the pecking order??

RDW_Scotland wrote:Toony's Tombola must be broken!

George Carlin wrote:Just a minute. We can't have selection consistency. That goes against everything we stand for.

....then again, it's the last thing we would have expected - so in a way the tombola is functioning as normal!?

Manky-Flanker wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:Toony's Tombola must be broken!

George Carlin wrote:Just a minute. We can't have selection consistency. That goes against everything we stand for.

....then again, it's the last thing we would have expected - so in a way the tombola is functioning as normal!?

Re: Strauss. He has lost a lot of his dynamism as time has worn on and has been overplayed consistently season to season. Maybe he was given a couple of extra weeks to relax this summer. It can only stand him in good stead if we are trying to make sure he has a dominant season. On the other hand against the Leinster's of the world, I would prefer to have him playing.

Good to see Allan on the bench, I think he is a good loosehead and, if he stays healthy, can give Reid a go for his money.

Are Vernon and Ashe just going to stay perpetually crocked? They might as well be sent to Edinburgh like K Bryce was to get the group discount at the doctor's.

Ashe has been ruled out until next year.

Manky-Flanker wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:Toony's Tombola must be broken!

George Carlin wrote:Just a minute. We can't have selection consistency. That goes against everything we stand for.

....then again, it's the last thing we would have expected - so in a way the tombola is functioning as normal!?

Maybe it's like when you get to the front of Mario Kart and know that you're only going to get the bananaskin or oil slick. Until you get blue shelled...

Leinster
15. Rob Kearney
14. Fergus McFadden
13. Garry Ringrose
12. Noel Reid
11. Dave Kearney
10. Joey Carbery
9. Luke McGrath (captain)
1. Cian Healy
2. James Tracy
3. Michael Bent
4. Mike McCarthy
5. Ross Molony
6. Dan Leavy
7. Josh van der Flier
8. Jordi Murphy
Replacements:
16. Bryan Byrne
17. Peter Dooley
18. Tadhg Furlong
19. Mick Kearney
20. Dominic Ryan
21. Jamison Gibson Park
22. Cathal Marsh
23. Zane Kirchner

Advantage Glasgow in the backs - especially the back 3.

RDW_Scotland wrote:Advantage Glasgow in the backs - especially the back 3.  

Yup. With the exception of Carbery and Ringrose, it looks like a very ordinary backline.

So is this Leinster building for the future or just lost their strength? Leinster's backline used to be frightening!

It is a rebuilding time for Leinster and, looking at the team, there are a few threats that could both us. The back 3 for Leinster is not bad but R Kearney has struggled and Glasgow in the past have tended to struggle with out and out pace (Gilroy in particular) on the wing that Leinster lack.

The pack looks nothing special on paper but Glasgow's scrum can struggle against the big boys (Tiny Tim in the second row won't be much use against monsters).

I will say Glasgow to win 34-20 with a bonus point.

Hazel Sapling wrote:Re: Strauss. He has lost a lot of his dynamism as time has worn on and has been overplayed consistently season to season. Maybe he was given a couple of extra weeks to relax this summer. It can only stand him in good stead if we are trying to make sure he has a dominant season. On the other hand against the Leinster's of the world, I would prefer to have him playing.

Good to see Allan on the bench, I think he is a good loosehead and, if he stays healthy, can give Reid a go for his money.

Are Vernon and Ashe just going to stay perpetually crocked? They might as well be sent to Edinburgh like K Bryce was to get the group discount at the doctor's.

Hazel, young Ashe had surgery on a foot injury but Toonie has since said he has a hip injury so will not be back before January.

The The Beard To Be Feared is scheduled to be holding Mrs Strauss's hand and exhorting, "Push, push, just one more. I can see the head" so if she was at all dilatory he might have been late for kick off on Saturday. Give it a week or two and he'll be back and as dynamic as any new father on two hours sleep.

Mr Bru, so you haven't the strength to break up M&S's big pots of pancetta and have, successfully, lobbied them to split them into two diddly portions.
What happened to the rippling muscled Adonis I pub crawled through Noocassel toon with in October? Oh wait, that was Caz the Quiet Bok. Which one were you again? The louche one lurking with intent in the shadow of the Hagia Sophia?

Intrigued by Joey Carbery - a name I am not familiar with at all.

What can Leinster fans tell me about him?

George Carlin wrote:Intrigued by Joey Carbery - a name I am not familiar with at all.

What can Leinster fans tell me about him?

Didn't he love Eric The Half Bee?
Apologies to any readers too young to remember Monty Python.

The great white hope/hype.He's a kiwi who moved to Ireland at 12 and had a breakout year steering Clontarf to the UBL title.
He has huge potential,nice hands and lightening pace but his defence looked average last week so we need to see if that's a weakness.

Looking forward to this - should be a treat of a game even if it is the great unwashed

That Leinster shirt really is awful.

The new pitch looks tiny!

I quite like the shirt

Tim Swinson has started the season well!

Exciting game! Can see both teams getting try BPs

Glasgow have been a bit disorganised. Also why do we have an Irish ref. I thought we were to have neutrals

Carbery looks like he has the makings of a great player.

Where has this Leinster 10 appeared from??

Why have all the Leinster players deyed their hair?

RDW_Scotland wrote:Where has this Leinster 10 appeared from??

Auckland, New Zealand

cracking half of rugby. some great skill on display.

A Simply Mesmeric Try wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:Where has this Leinster 10 appeared from??

Auckland, New Zealand

Irish Granny?

cakeordeath wrote:Glasgow have been a bit disorganised. Also why do we have an Irish ref. I thought we were to have neutrals

Not for a couple of seasons yet. It's neutral TMO's for this season. The ref's having a fine game though.

RDW_Scotland wrote:Why have all the Leinster players deyed their hair?

It's for McQuilkin, their Kiwi coach has had to return back to New Zealand due to family issue's. They raised money for him with a 'shave or dye' event.

RDW_Scotland wrote:

A Simply Mesmeric Try wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:Where has this Leinster 10 appeared from??

Auckland, New Zealand

Irish Granny?

With a name like Carbery, surely!

Munchkin wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:Why have all the Leinster players deyed their hair?

It's for McQuilkin, their Kiwi coach has had to return back to New Zealand due to family issue's. They raised money for him with a 'shave or dye' event.

A really nice gesture, and I'm glad it's not a new Irish fashion trend!

A Simply Mesmeric Try wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:Where has this Leinster 10 appeared from??

Auckland, New Zealand

Maybe, but his rugby talents have more exotic roots than that having learnt his skills in the rugby stronghold that is athy....

RDW_Scotland wrote:

Munchkin wrote:

RDW_Scotland wrote:Why have all the Leinster players deyed their hair?

It's for McQuilkin, their Kiwi coach has had to return back to New Zealand due to family issue's. They raised money for him with a 'shave or dye' event.

A really nice gesture, and I'm glad it's not a new Irish fashion trend!

No, it isn't really tolerated. Sure look what happened to Madigan