Great team. Going to be a close one I feel and even a 5 point win may not guarantee Leinster a top 2 seedBluelion wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:45 pm Locked & loaded
https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/preview/le ... ab=preview
Leinster Rugby (caps in brackets)
15. Hugo Keenan (62)
14. Jordan Larmour (98)
13. Garry Ringrose (122) CO-CAPTAIN
12. Robbie Henshaw (83)
11. James Lowe (73)
10. Harry Byrne (59)
9. Jamison Gibson-Park (133)
1. Andrew Porter (114)
2. Dan Sheehan (54)
3. Tadhg Furlong (138)
4. Joe McCarthy (27)
5. James Ryan (78) CO-CAPTAIN
6. Ryan Baird (61)
7. Josh van der Flier (134)
8. Caelan Doris (74) Replacements:
16. Rónan Kelleher (54)
17. Cian Healy (270)
18. Michael Ala’alatoa (57)
19. Ross Molony (170)
20. Jack Conan (138)
21. Luke McGrath (200)
22. Sam Prendergast (9)
23. Tommy O’Brien (30)
Tigers v Leinster (H) - Champions Cup - Saturday 20th January 2024 - KO: 3-15pm
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Re: Tigers v Leinster (H) - Champions Cup - Saturday 20th January 2024 - KO: 3-15pm
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Leinster by 11-20
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Re: Tigers v Leinster (H) - Champions Cup - Saturday 20th January 2024 - KO: 3-15pm
Unfortunately I agree, we are not getting anything out of this one. Hoping for one of those gritty performances when we scrape a win but when you are basically playing the Ireland national team (not sour grapes or complaining, just a statement of fact) I do not hold out our chances to even scrape a losing bonus point.
I am very happy to be proven wrong.
Re: Tigers v Leinster (H) - Champions Cup - Saturday 20th January 2024 - KO: 3-15pm
Agreed. I’ve been given the chance of a weekend in Cornwall or go to this game. I’ve suffered enough of these David and Goliath games to know what I’ll enjoy most. No contest, in either sense. Pasty, here I come.GB72 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:56 pmUnfortunately I agree, we are not getting anything out of this one. Hoping for one of those gritty performances when we scrape a win but when you are basically playing the Ireland national team (not sour grapes or complaining, just a statement of fact) I do not hold out our chances to even scrape a losing bonus point.
I am very happy to be proven wrong.
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Re: Tigers v Leinster (H) - Champions Cup - Saturday 20th January 2024 - KO: 3-15pm
TBH I am surprised to see Kata on the bench. Of the games I have seen, he has been one of the few consistent attacking threats.
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Re: Tigers v Leinster (H) - Champions Cup - Saturday 20th January 2024 - KO: 3-15pm
He is but I also think he limits our back play. He and Lenny off the bench could be interesting if we are within touching distancemarkharbtiger wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 1:13 pm TBH I am surprised to see Kata on the bench. Of the games I have seen, he has been one of the few consistent attacking threats.
Re: Tigers v Leinster (H) - Champions Cup - Saturday 20th January 2024 - KO: 3-15pm
Team news was on home page at 9-36am this morning.Tigers86asw wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:43 pm Nothing on the website about the teams yet- not that I can see.
I wonder why the club thinks everyone is on Twitter. It’s a cesspit.
What about people who don’t use social media - children who want to know the team but don’t use it (to name just one example)
Get a grip Leicester.
Sorry for the rant but such an easy thing to fix.
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Re: Tigers v Leinster (H) - Champions Cup - Saturday 20th January 2024 - KO: 3-15pm
Clever since it doesn’t get officially announced till midday. I think that might be the time the article was written but not published.Tigerbeat wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 1:21 pmTeam news was on home page at 9-36am this morning.Tigers86asw wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:43 pm Nothing on the website about the teams yet- not that I can see.
I wonder why the club thinks everyone is on Twitter. It’s a cesspit.
What about people who don’t use social media - children who want to know the team but don’t use it (to name just one example)
Get a grip Leicester.
Sorry for the rant but such an easy thing to fix.
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Re: Tigers v Leinster (H) - Champions Cup - Saturday 20th January 2024 - KO: 3-15pm
I think he does too. We have had better shape and have got the ball wider with DK at 12 and Scott at 13. I think with Kata, we get a bit lazy and just ask him to bang it up the middle. Admittedly that has worked for us and we have had no other options due to injury, but we have become a bit too predictable with him in the side. I personally think he is better off the bench anyway, we have seen the impact he has had doing that away at Sarries and Gloucester.Rugbygramps wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 1:20 pmHe is but I also think he limits our back play. He and Lenny off the bench could be interesting if we are within touching distancemarkharbtiger wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 1:13 pm TBH I am surprised to see Kata on the bench. Of the games I have seen, he has been one of the few consistent attacking threats.
Re: Tigers v Leinster (H) - Champions Cup - Saturday 20th January 2024 - KO: 3-15pm
I fear this might be a repeat of last week's score. I hope I am very wrong.
Re: Tigers v Leinster (H) - Champions Cup - Saturday 20th January 2024 - KO: 3-15pm
So really we need a point out of tomorrow because with selections like that you can see Sale winning, La Rochelle getting 2 BPs and Tigers being out by virtue of a lower points difference.TigerFeetSteve wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:12 pm La Rochelle have picked a number 8 at 12....
Botia who has played in both the back row and centres at 7...
Will be interesting how that lines up vs Sale
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Re: Tigers v Leinster (H) - Champions Cup - Saturday 20th January 2024 - KO: 3-15pm
If we keep hold of the ball it makes it harder for them to score.
It's more about the performance tomorrow as the actual result, there aren't that many of our team that would get into theirs.
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It's more about the performance tomorrow as the actual result, there aren't that many of our team that would get into theirs.
Do we know who "Sir" is?
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Re: Tigers v Leinster (H) - Champions Cup - Saturday 20th January 2024 - KO: 3-15pm
TBH there are that many different variations difficult to predict anything other than Leinster winning the group.
I can see a possibility where all 3 of the ties could go either way, for instance I don’t know what strength side Stormers are sending to Paris but Stade could turn them over
I can see a possibility where all 3 of the ties could go either way, for instance I don’t know what strength side Stormers are sending to Paris but Stade could turn them over
Re: Tigers v Leinster (H) - Champions Cup - Saturday 20th January 2024 - KO: 3-15pm
Andrea Piardi... all Italian officiating team. He will also be reffing in the 6N apparently.
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