Leinster Rugby v Glasgow Warriors, 27 March

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Leinster Rugby v Glasgow Warriors
Friday 27 March 2015
KO 19:35
RDS Arena
Dooblin

Live on TG4/BBC 2 Scotland

Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU, 121st competition game)
Assistant Referees: David Wilkinson, Barry Kieran (both IRFU)
Citing Commissioner: John Cole (IRFU )
TMO: Seamus Fannery (IRFU )

A. Teams:

Leinster Rugby

15. Zane Kirchner
14. Fergus McFadden
13. Ben Te'o
12. Ian Madigan
11. Dave Kearney
10. Jimmy Gopperth
09. Eoin Reddan

01. Michael Bent
02. Richardt Strauss
03. Marty Moore
04. Tom Denton
05. Mike McCarthy
06. Jordi Murphy
07. Shane Jennings (c)
08. Jack Conan

16. Sean Cronin
17. Cian Healy
18. Tadhg Furlong
19. Ben Marshall
20. Dominic Ryan
21. Isaac Boss
22. Gordon D'Arcy
23. Luke Fitzgerald

Glasgow Warriors

15. Stuart Hogg
14. Tommy Seymour
13. Mark Bennett
12. Peter Horne
11. DTH van der Merwe
10. Finn Russell
09. Nikola Matawalu

08. Josh Strauss
07. Chris Fusaro
06. Rob Harley
05. Al Kellock (c)
04. Tim Swinson
03. Zander Fagerson
02. Fraser Brown
01. Alex Allan

16. Pat MacArthur
17. Jerry Yanuyanutawa
18. Michael Cusack
19. Jonny Gray
20. Adam Ashe
21. Henry Pyrgos
22. Connor Braid
23. Richie Vernon.

B. Form - head to head:

29 Played 29
18 Wins 9
9 Losses 18
2 Draws 2
65 Tries 52
47 Conversions 33
85 Penalties 56
1 Drop Goals 3
677 Points 503
26 Avg. Age 25

C. Form:

Sat 6 Sept 2014
Glasgow Warriors 22 - 20 Leinster Rugby

Sat 31 May 2014 (Final)
Leinster Rugby 34 - 12 Glasgow Warriors

Sat 1 March 2014
Leinster Rugby 28 - 25 Glasgow Warriors

Fri 20 Sept 2013
Glasgow Warriors 12 - 6 Leinster Rugby

Stupid Niko!

Nico did a 'Paulie'. Don't blame him. Holding back niggles should expect a reaction. But Nige is in charge of the cards.

RDW_Scotland wrote:What about Healy hiting him late then holding him?

It wasn't a late hit and while the holding is annoying you can't react like that,PoC was sent off a few years ago for the exact same thing.

Although Healy made a meal of that

Oh dear. Glasgow throwing this away

Vern Cotter why did you have to return?

Also worth pointing out how much of a meal Healy made of it!

Bryce needs to nail Murphy there. Glasgow need to dig deep and find something to turn this round.

RDW_Scotland wrote:Harsh

Not harsh, he could have gotten red. Plain stupid and may well cost us the game. We were just getting back into the game.

For all Niko's brilliance he remains a liability at times

This is painful

Old Leinster appears before our eyes!

What a mad game,fair play to Isaac Boss he's had a poor season but is showing up when we need him most.

This is more like scotland players now

Glasgow could still nick it. Not out of the woods yet.

Glasgow are absolutely out on their feet

Given Glasgow are down to their 4th or 5th choices in some positions this is a hell of an effort!

Little things

Pinging squint feeds is so last half...

Hell of a conversion to come

Bryce redeems himself! Go Go Glasgow!

Ohhh Horne you make me feel horny

How did Horne nailed that conversion? Did he aim at the corner?

Swinson really needs to pay attention more when the ball is in the air!

What a game!

Ooft. So close for seymour

That's the difference Henry makes over Niko

3 mins left.

Leinster look like a really good side when the opposition only have 14 players but we struggle when the sides are even.Our defense is so poor around the rucks,I'd love to see a Joe Schmidt coached side take us on,he'd expose that weakness ruthlessly.

Why wasn't it a penalty for slapping that pass down?

George Carlin wrote:Why wasn't it a penalty for slapping that pass down?

He slapped it backwards.

The Pro 12 is back! Great game well done to both.

Well. That was exhausting. Draw a fair result

You deserve what you get. Glasgow deserved the draw because of the first half. Leinster deserved the draw because of the - first half too.

Well a draw probably a fair result. Well done to Glasgow for coming back into the game when we were down and out. Three points will do us fine

asoreleftshoulder wrote:

George Carlin wrote:Why wasn't it a penalty for slapping that pass down?

He slapped it backwards.

Still a deliberate slap to kill the move with no attempt to catch the ball, should have been a penalty.

VinceWLB wrote:

asoreleftshoulder wrote:

George Carlin wrote:Why wasn't it a penalty for slapping that pass down?

He slapped it backwards.

Still a deliberate slap to kill the move with no attempt to catch the ball, should have been a penalty.

If that is a penalty, then surely the knockdowns you see from restarts would also be illegal?

VinceWLB wrote:

asoreleftshoulder wrote:

George Carlin wrote:Why wasn't it a penalty for slapping that pass down?

He slapped it backwards.

Still a deliberate slap to kill the move with no attempt to catch the ball, should have been a penalty.

That's what I understood that the law was, but Nige was right on the spot and all he seemed to care about what that the ball went backwards.

I didn't watch the entire game but Leinster scored twice when Niko was in the bin, so I'm not sure whether to regard that result as 3 points gained or two points lost. Given the injuries, I think I'm happy(ish) with 3 points at the RDS.

Means we are undefeated by Leinster this season, which makes a nice change.

It seems these days means that if Nigel shows up you better have the lungs to play for 80 at top speed. Ominous ref to get these days if you're a touch off the pace for such a game!

1H - Leinster 7 - 27 Glasgow
2H - Leinster 27 - 7 Glasgow
Says it all really.

FT  - Leinster 34 - 34 Glasgow

Great game! Exhausting to watch!

VinceWLB wrote:

asoreleftshoulder wrote:

George Carlin wrote:Why wasn't it a penalty for slapping that pass down?

He slapped it backwards.

Still a deliberate slap to kill the move with no attempt to catch the ball, should have been a penalty.

Why,there's no law against slapping the ball backwards as long as your onside.

I am just very heartened that Glasgow managed to steady the ship when all hope seemed to be lost and came right back into the game in the last 10 mins. I think of the two teams, Leinster will be the more annoyed with not taking the full points, if for no other reason, than they need them more than we do.

Niko almost cost us the game there and once again we see the value of of a SH that can steady and control a game as opposed to a maverick genius. It is hard to believe sometimes, but we may end up being a better team without him.

Big shout out to Big Mike Cussack as well who put in a hefty shift tonight. He does not usually play for 70 mins when he is fully fit and I can't believe that he is yet. He clearly still has the appetite which is good to see and hopefully we will see him getting back to his best over the rest of the season.

Very proud of that Glasgow performance - even as an Edinburgh fan!

Makes you wonder how Glasgow would be doing without their humongous injury list.

asoreleftshoulder wrote:

VinceWLB wrote:

asoreleftshoulder wrote:

George Carlin wrote:Why wasn't it a penalty for slapping that pass down?

He slapped it backwards.

Still a deliberate slap to kill the move with no attempt to catch the ball, should have been a penalty.

Why,there's no law against slapping the ball backwards as long as your onside.

Yes i understand there is no law against slapping the ball down but i would say this is against the spirit of the game.

I don't see any issue with slapping the ball down backwards, and it happens quite often!

Yes, turns out the ball needs to be slapped forward to be a breach of 12.1.

Leinster showed that they can play in that 2nd half (Nico or no Nico).  So that annoys when I witness that mess of a first half, when they were trying to pretend they didn't even know what a rugby ball was!  It was truly a pathetic effort at competing to the levels required to meet the top Pro12 side.

Great game by Glasgow - they played for the 80 and fought back brilliantly to get the draw.  But had Leinster played with at least an intensity that Glasgow was demanding that they match in that first half then they might have had their much needed win.

Bath next week - so there is obviously some coyness potentially going on about showing too much - but I hope it pays off.

Could have done without the Leinster gamesmanship - players going down as if they were shot - but they have previous for that - the McCarthy incident last season at the RDS in the final ! TJs were homers but well reffed by Nige and the TMO.

What a conversion by Pete Horne - superb, wrong side, wrong foot into the wind. As for MB's monster penalty -wow wee man

Great game of rugby and washes away the crappy incompetence of the Scotland set up.

For me the outstanding thing was the way Glasgow refused to lose. The real leaders stepped up and wanted the ball and took it right into the Ladyboys. Bluto, Jonny, DTH, Messiah and Hornee were all outstanding. Richie Vee had a barnstorming evening till he went off, didn't contribute too much afterwards TBH.
How anyone can argue that Clare Baldwin brings more guts to a game than Bluto is beyond me.
Glasgow are now playing for a home semi (again) and must be in with a realistic chance of being champions. Happy days indeed.

What a fantastic game to watch. One of the best I have ever seen