The Zebras v Leinster

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There were several injury concerns arising from Saturday night's derby victory over Munster in Limerick, with Dave Kearney set for a spell on the sidelines after being knocked unconscious midway through the second half. Kearney was released from hospital on Sunday morning and will follow the return to play guidelines for head injury.

Gordon D'Arcy suffered a mild calf strain in the opening minutes of the game but it is hoped that the Ireland centre will be available for the trip to Italy next weekend, while second row Quinn Roux (dead leg) should also be back in the frame.

Try-scorer Brian O'Driscoll suffered cramp on his comeback game, but he was fit to finish the game, while Sean O'Brien received treatment to a cut above his left eye which required stitches. Neither knock is expected to prevent either international from missing out on selection ahead of Friday's midday team announcement.

The province expect to have Fergus McFadden and Jonathan Sexton available, although this weekend's game is set to come a week too soon for back-row forward Jordi Murphy as he recovers from a broken hand.

Heinke van der Merwe (knee) continues to receive treatment, while Eoin O'Malley is doubtful but making progress after his long term knee injury.

LEINSTER:

15; Isa Nacewa
14: Fergus McFadden
13: Brian O'Driscoll CAPTAIN
12: Andrew Goodman
11: Fionn Carr
10: Jonathan Sexton
9: John Cooney

1: Jack McGrath
2: Richardt Strauss
3: Michael Bent
4: Tom Denton
5: Devin Toner
6: Kevin McLaughlin
7: Dominic Ryan
8: Rhys Ruddock

REPLACEMENTS:

16: Aaron Dundon
17: Jack O'Connell
18: Jamie Hagan
19: Quinn Roux
20: Leo Auva'a
21: Isaac Boss
22: Cathal Marsh
23: Andrew Conway

Agreed, Sherry is going to be one for the future, he should end up with a lot of Munster caps. It will be interesting to see how he gets treated during the summer and how much gametime he gets in the USA

Doesn't look like there is 20,000 at all in the stadium for this game

LeinsterFan4life wrote:This game is being played in a different stadium. Its in the Stadia Citta Tricolore.

20,000 tickets have been sold!!! According to Leinster rugby.

Nowhere near that amount in the stadium at the moment.

Beat me to it pete

Less than 3000 is what the commentator said

Yep Leinster rugby got that wrong

must have, looks empty

massive overlap wasted

good try, great lines from isa

Is there anyone better than O'Driscoll at shooting out of the line and making the hit?

Golden wrote:Is there anyone better than O'Driscoll at shooting out of the line and making the hit?

simply put, no.

Another try - 2 in 15 minutes, chances of Leinster not getting 5 points look very slim.

pete (buachaill on eirne) wrote:

Golden wrote:Is there anyone better than O'Driscoll at shooting out of the line and making the hit?

simply put, no.

great turnovers too. did just gt burned thank god for ferg

God I hope Zebre win their last game of the season. 28 consecutive losses would be a hard 'aul season.

Nice try from Sinoti there

Great try by Sinoti, fantastic footwork to evade several tacklers.

sexy try zebre
10-17

"So good... they named him twice! He's so good... they named him twice."

I really want Zebre to win but there is no way that their number 5 should still be on the pitch

BOD not happy. And rightly so. Memories of the worse time in his career came to the fore just there...

Zebre are looking pretty good

Wooo! Zebre level at HT.

Yes I'm cheering for Zebre. It's not that I want Leinster to lose, its just... come on! 26 losses, 0 wins. Do you not just feel sorry for them?

Some spirited try by Zebre here.

How have Zebre not won this year. They have a pretty good team.

They are also missing some players

some very poor leinster performances from bent, mclaughlin and carr mainly.

leinster could have 5 tries or so they need a lot more patience

and shush notch

LeinsterFan4life wrote:How have Zebre not won this year. They have a pretty good team.

They are also missing some players

Nah. They aren't. How many times in that half did they put the pass five yards behind the player, knock on simple offloads, get caught with no scrum half at the ruck?

They have potential which is let down by very poor basics.

Notch wrote:

LeinsterFan4life wrote:How have Zebre not won this year. They have a pretty good team.

They are also missing some players

Nah. They aren't. How many times in that half did they put the pass five yards behind the player, knock on simple offloads, get caught with no scrum half at the ruck?

They have potential which is let down by very poor basics.

agree, we are allowing them look better than they are

Carr is having a shocker. Hope he improves with Connacht next season.

Ooooh, just saw Bergamascos 'tackle' on BOD. Lucky boy! Home town Assistant Ref?

Whenever i have seen Zebre taking the lead in a game they have choked mentally and made some ridiculous basic errors.

Notch, they have decent players but I think the coaching is letting them down big time.

bent for hagan

lucky try leinster

Ouch- super kind bounce.

Notch wrote:Ouch- super kind bounce.

+1

pete (buachaill on eirne) wrote:lucky try leinster

Looked offside to me for the kick

McLaughlin is seriously lacking pace

Hagan so much better than bent

What are Zebre waiting to change Aguero

How long is Hagans london irish contract for?

3 years Golden.

LeinsterFan4life wrote:Hagan so much better than bent

+1

boom

I hope hes taken into consideration by the Ireland management while hes over there. He should improve a good bit over there

Try number 5!

He might not stay for the 3 years because I can see London Irish getting relegated.

Ouch swinging arm right in the throat. That must have hurt

If Dom Ryan had just put the foot down he could have powered over the line there, instead he went for a step on the fullback :/

Zebre over for their third try

Yeah thought Dom Ryan should have just gone for it, power run etc.