Leinster Rugby v Edinburgh Rugby, 31 October

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Leinster Rugby v Edinburgh Rugby
Friday 31 October 2014
KO 19:35
Royal Dublin Society
Dooblin

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: David Wilkinson (Ireland), Stuart Douglas (Ireland)
Television match official: Kevin Beggs (Ireland)
Assessor: Michael Carroll (Ireland)

Live on TG4/BBC Sheepbotherer

A. Teams:

Leinster Rugby

15. Zane Kirchner
14. Darragh Fanning
13. Ben Te'o
12. Noel Reid
11. Luke Fitzgerald
10. Jimmy Gopperth
9. Luke McGrath

1. Michael Bent
2. Richardt Strauss
3. Tadhg Furlong
4. Tom Denton
5. Kane Douglas
6. Kevin McLaughlin (c)
7. Dominic Ryan
8. Jack Conan

16. Bryan Byrne
17. Ed Byrne
18. Peter Dooley
19. Ben Marshall
20. Dan Leavy
21. Isaac Boss
22. Steve Crosbie
23. Mick McGrath

Edinburgh Rugby

15 Nick McLENNAN
14 Dougie FIFE
13 Joaquin DOMINGUEZ
12 Andries STRAUSS (Captain)
11 Tim VISSER
10 Tom HEATHCOTE
9 Sam HIDALGO-CLYNE

1 Allan DELL
2 James HILTERBRAND
3 Willem NEL
4 Ben TOOLIS
5 Jack TURLEY
6 Magnus BRADBURY
7 Tomas LEONARDI
8 David DENTON

16 Jake KERR
17 Rory SUTHERLAND
18 John ANDRESS
19 Jamie RITCHIE
20 George TURNER
21 Sean KENNEDY
22 Greig TONKS
23 Jack CUTHBERT

B. Form - head to head:

22 Played 22
13 Wins 9
9 Losses 13
0 Draws 0
60 Tries 50
46 Conversions 31
58 Penalties 40
2 Drop Goals 2
572 Points 438
26 Avg. Age 25

C. Form:

Fri 20 Decemebr 2013
Edinburgh Rugby 11 - 6 Leinster Rugby
Murrayfield

Sat 10 May 2014
Leinster Rugby 15 - 13 Edinburgh Rugby
Royal Dublin Society

Further injury blow for Edinburgh with Alan Dell ruled out for a while with a 'leg injury

Means Sutherland will get plenty gametime, but we're very short on backups

RDW_Scotland wrote:Further injury blow for Edinburgh with Alan Dell ruled out for a while with a 'leg injury

Means Sutherland will get plenty gametime, but we're very short on backups

Very unfortunate with injuries this season but the young forwards did pretty well against the Leinster team. I read that Solomans is looking to bring in an additional player/s to cover the backrow at least. As somebody has already said it will probably be another NSQ player which would be a real shame, if he doesn't think the young guys such as Bradbury and Ritchie are able to play a run of games in the team then surely the Sean Lineen dossier of SQ players should be looked at pronto, eg John Hardie?

Howya Georgie and Pete. Long time no blag an ting. Hope both you and those ye love are healthy and well.

I haven't been near a PC as much as in the past. I'm gettin laid a lot more now. That's all it was.

Love youse.

Unbelievable the amount of injuries Ireland are having to deal with right now. But ya know, I reckon it will only serve to strengthen the depth of our squad for the RWC. It will force Joes hand to try fringe players and hopefully - new combos.  Also, our 2 main men and  ball-carriers, Healy and SOB,  will have had a grand rest and will be rearing to get back and  hurt people. And Fitzy is coming back well, at last.  

All-in-all, long term view... Coola boola!

Shame about T'eo. Maybe it will give him more time to learn the moves & rules...  The big RL Jessie.

Thought those young Edinburgh lads did their club proud. Bless em, they were thrown together and to the Leinster Lions,  at the RDS. They done good.

Gibbo! Have you been hiding under some bird's nightdress for the last few months. I haven't seen you on here for yonks

InjuredYetAgain wrote:Gibbo! Have you been hiding under some bird's nightdress for the last few months. I haven't seen you on here for yonks

Sussed.

Story Injured?

Me? Nothing interesting. I just got fed up with some of the utter pish spouted by one of my fellow Scottish posters so I did a Stuart Hogg and threw my toys out only to come back with my tail between my legs