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

Great start for Glasgow - shame for Fagerson but at least he's up and being attended too. Big chance for Cusack now, but you do have to wonder whether he will be fit enough to get through 71 minutes. Scrum penalty straight away for Cusack though!

Big Mike is going to have to put in 70 mins. That is going to be a big shift for him!

Worrying injury to Fagerson.

Looks ok.

Leinster are looking so directionless.

God, Leinster look poor. Good players playing nothing. I don't know what they expected of Glasgow but they'll need to at least put up a reasonable fight.

Great defence from Glasgow

I thought that was going to be another classic (Wales )

Some good defence but great try

That was some kick from Madigan

That's a try!

Clearly Veron is Scotland's answer to our problem at 12

Or not

Vernon having a stormer until that pass!

tigertattie wrote:Clearly Veron is Scotland's answer to our problem at 12

Apart from the passing!

What a try Bennett!!

Who, what a great try from Mark Bennett, such acceleration

Lost Hogg

Glasgow running away with this. Much hungrier. But more important, simply much better. Playing a game designed to pressure. Leinster way off being sharp enough to compete. Even their attack is impotent and not questioning the Glasgow defence at all.

This is the worst Leinster performance I've seen for a very long time!

This wont help Leinster sell tickets fir the Bath game next week!

Dreadful Leinster - going backwards at pace as they 'attack' - bumping into each other, no idea where they're all meant to be on the field.

But Glasgow are the side making it happen and taking advantage.  Full credit to them - power, Accuracy and composure.  A mauling so far.

It's really strange watching scotland players dominating and winning a rugby game!!!

Suberb kick from

He could've been another 15 meters further back!

Sad to lose Hogg. Bryce Jr will get a good test in the second half.

I think Glasgow's biggest problem is going to be finishing the game with 15 fit players!

Has Glasgow hired this guy from Mission Impossible back in the day?



These guys just aren't the same as those who played for Scotland!

What happened to Hogg?

I feel like a born again Scottish rugby fan. The faith is slowly returning to my body!

LeinsterFan4life wrote:What happened to Hogg?

Looked like he pulled his groin

RDW_Scotland wrote:This is the worst Leinster performance I've seen for a very long time!

It's not even the worst I've seen this year,MoC has really taken a great team and turned them into a rabble.Is it really too much to ask that both our provincial and international teams have competent coaches,it's been one or the other for as long as I can remember, being a Leinster and Irish rugby fan is such a bittersweet experience.

What a first forty
Richie Vee...is there any position he can't play?
If the Mighty Coo can last the rest of the game that could set him up for the rest of the season.
Bonus point win n the cards

Bryce Jnr Shocker!

Love sacks

Well that's certainly not what Glasgow needed!

Hm, could we have made a worse start to the half!

Ritchie V off for Braid

Gonna be a long 2nd half for Glasgow given all these injuries

Thank the heavens for Nigel Owens. I wish more refs were his standard!

That would have been the softest penalty in the history of rugby!

Vicious punch by Kellock, lucky to escape a card

GLove39 wrote:Vicious punch by Kellock, lucky to escape a card

Worrying times for Glasgow - a long way to go and Leinster are now very strong

The injuries are in danger of killing us here

Irish linesmen doing their best to find something to punish Glasgow for!

What about Healy hiting him late then holding him?

Play on

Niko. Idiot

Harsh

Niko ffs