Leicester Tigers

I don't know why many teams bother when you end up playing 90% of the current 2nd in the world squad. Never been a level playing field. According to Wikipedia, England has five times more adult male players than Ireland. All other things being equal (and that's not necessarily true), if Ireland has...

Out half may be an issue for Leinster, Ross Byrne medium term injured – back training so possibly close to coming back, Harry Byrne got injured during training last week and Ciaran Frawley was subbed off on Saturday after taking a huge tackle to the kidneys of top of blocking a massive kick with his...

By all accounts, Leinster regularly field the entire Ireland international pack, which, if true, means our task is very uphill. I have long thought that the way Irish rugby is organised in Provinces, with two of them providing the national team, their participation in a game for mere clubs is gross...

Hugely valued and respected. If you had to chose to lose Lancaster or Furlong would be a very tough one. Lancaster comes across as a very humble & likeable guy. Looking in from the outside like everyone else it seems like a very flat coaching structure and all coaches’ input valued equally with ...

[/quote] The whole comment was very interesting but I'll just want to point one issue Tigers have with this process that an irish team doesn't have reality is unless a player is massively blocked in the process Leinster know they have players for the whole of their career or at least the majority of...

Interesting reading the reactions, perceptions from the other side. First one is cup rugby is cup rugby. Leicester showed they were a little bit naive, keep the scoreboard ticking over, stay in the game, Leicester completely forgot about scoreboard pressure and the game was up by the 38th minute. Le...

This thread is a really interesting read from a Leinster fan's perspective. Always good to see what the opposition are thinking! Of the possible Leinster team mentioned up the thread Ryan, Baird and Connors are currently injured, second row is likely to be Molony and Murphy chance Ryan might be back...