Tigers v Leinster (H) - Saturday 07th May 2022 - 5-30pm KO

[Jimmy Skitz]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a ref turn down penalty calls from his TJ before and was it like 3 times just in this one game?!

Normally I might applaud this (especially with certqin TMOs), but sir today was just blind and arrogant.

not when he calles a penalty against Leinster when they come away with the ball

[RagingBull]

I feel it's the first time Leinster have finished a champions cup game with massive worries.
Racing and La Rochelle are bigger than us and much better finishers than us. Leinster maul game was weak and a tougher ref will ping Ryan for jumping (Like Dickson pinge dus v Bristol away 3 times...)

[Pellsey]

its a shame it looks 20 minutes to wake up and match Leinsters intensity. once we did a much more even game. A wake up call for the level we need to perform at.

Agree - hopefully set us right for the play offs

Yup! A good warm up / wake up call.

Hopefully we will have a great ref like Dickson for the semis

[Scott1]

I feel it's the first time Leinster have finished a champions cup game with massive worries.
Racing and La Rochelle are bigger than us and much better finishers than us. Leinster maul game was weak and a tougher ref will ping Ryan for jumping (Like Dickson pinge dus v Bristol away 3 times...)

Are they home or away v Toulouse?

[Old Hob]

I agree with Austin. We looked like we were trying to force things, which, given the number of internationals we had out there is a mystery. Perhaps the team talk should have been about calming down rather than geeing people up.

[wigworth]

I feel it's the first time Leinster have finished a champions cup game with massive worries.
Racing and La Rochelle are bigger than us and much better finishers than us. Leinster maul game was weak and a tougher ref will ping Ryan for jumping (Like Dickson pinge dus v Bristol away 3 times...)

La Rochelle for me are the team most likely to win it all.

[Tykger]

Proud of you Tigers ! We are only going one way...up ! Great club, coaches, team and fans. Love you all.COYT. !!

[RagingBull]

I feel it's the first time Leinster have finished a champions cup game with massive worries.
Racing and La Rochelle are bigger than us and much better finishers than us. Leinster maul game was weak and a tougher ref will ping Ryan for jumping (Like Dickson pinge dus v Bristol away 3 times...)

Are they home or away v Toulouse?

Home which is why I think Racing or La Rochelle winner in france will beat them

[DeadlyDunc]

I feel it's the first time Leinster have finished a champions cup game with massive worries.
Racing and La Rochelle are bigger than us and much better finishers than us. Leinster maul game was weak and a tougher ref will ping Ryan for jumping (Like Dickson pinge dus v Bristol away 3 times...)

They were brutal and efficient for 25mins and then we just kept making errors in their 22 - letting them off the hook.

If we’d have scored even a couple of pens in that 25-35 min period it could have made a difference going in 17-6

Ditto the same in that 40-60min period

It didn’t - they made less errors than us, got the rub of the green massively with the ref at key times and saw it through relatively comfortably in the last 10.

I’m not sure they’ll worry too much for the next round/a as they’ll argue they can play like the first 20mins for longer if they needed to.

[Scott1]

I feel it's the first time Leinster have finished a champions cup game with massive worries.
Racing and La Rochelle are bigger than us and much better finishers than us. Leinster maul game was weak and a tougher ref will ping Ryan for jumping (Like Dickson pinge dus v Bristol away 3 times...)

Are they home or away v Toulouse?

Home which is why I think Racing or La Rochelle winner in france will beat them

Probably won’t get past Toulouse tbf

[Big Dai]

Just musing over a quiet beer or two......all went much as anticipated, sadly. The ref too.

Just how far over our salary cap would a Squad like Leinster's be if you could pull it together......25%.........50%? I suppose Sarries would know?

Just a thought

[baz1664]

A clueless ref, 20 minutes shock and awe by Leinster, Ford and Montoya not able to manage the early doors barrage. Let’s win the prem and come back again, we have a great team, SB knows the gig, a great effort!!

[Robespierre]

Well done, Tigers! Getting to a quarter final is no mean feat! Leinster showed their pedigree and will surely have too much for Toulouse. As I’ve already mentioned, La Rochelle are the likely winners.

[sam16111986]

We improved as the game went on, we learnt on the job. There's some young guys who will be better players for losing that game. It was a tough reminder of where we are aiming to be Vs where we are currently. Leinster are a class act and have been at the top of European rugby for years and not by accident.

I think blaming Ford is odd, he had a decent game. What we missed was Kelly, the intensity of him in defence being in effect another flanker. That's what we really needed and why Nadolo came on and played quite central at times, in the build up Ashton's try he was like a 9th forward. Gopperth coming in next season will give us more defensive intensity at 12 which will help.

Great to have Martin back, thought he made a good impact off the bench. Physically imposed himself on the opposition forwards well.

[thebearisstilldeano]

Just musing over a quiet beer or two......all went much as anticipated, sadly. The ref too.

Just how far over our salary cap would a Squad like Leinster's be if you could pull it together......25%.........50%? I suppose Sarries would know?

Just a thought

100% Big Dai. Sums up exactly why no English side can win a European Cup now. At least the French sides are honest about the advantage extra Euros bring.