Leinster vs Edinburgh - Friday 15 April 2016

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LEINSTER


EDINBURGH
Players not considered due to injury: Mike Coman (calf), Jack Cuthbert (knee), Nathan Fowles (shoulder), Grant Gilchrist (arm), Will Helu (pectoral), Nasi Manu (neck), Fraser McKenzie (neck), Matt Scott (arm), Jade Te Rure (knee).


Edinburgh Rugby v Leinster, Friday 15 April 2016, RDS Dublin, kick-off 7.35pm

15. Blair Kinghorn

14. Damien Hoyland

13. Chris Dean

12. Phil Burleigh

11. Tom Brown

10. Jason Tovey

9.   Sam Hidalgo-Clyne



1. Alasdair Dickinson

2. Ross Ford (captain)

3. WP Nel

4. Anton Bresler

5. Ben Toolis

6. Jamie Ritchie

7. John Hardie

8. Cornell Du Preez



Substitutes

16. Stuart McInally

17. Rory Sutherland

18. John Andress

19. Alex Toolis

20. Magnus Bradbury

21. Hamish Watson

22. Sean Kennedy

23. Mike Allan



Leinster (63)

Playing For: Home Playoff

Run in: Ulster (A), Treviso (H)


Edinburgh (52)

Playing for: Top 6 Qualification

Run in: Munster (A), Cardiff (H)



Outlook

It's hard to see anything but a Leinster win here. This is an ideal opportunity for Leinster to get 5 points against an Edinburgh side that only mustered a try bonus point against Zebre in the final minutes. With a tough trip to Ulster the following week, this might be a good opportunity for Leinster to rest/not risk a few key players.

For Edinburgh, I don't think a top 6 place is vital. Of course it would be nice to see the likes of Toulon/Saracens/Wasps/Racing come to Murrayfield although it would not help to develop young players (or the whole team tbh). I'd like to see Edinburgh use the run-in to finish the season on a high and bring back the strong defence that has gone on holiday recently.

It really is time for ford to step down

We'd be better off doing quick taps at this rate!

We've been abysmal so far

Good god our defence is horrendous

Missed tackles must be double figures!

Both teams doing well in the breakdown - barely go a few phases without a turnover penalty!

Needless from Ritchie - he wasn't going to get anything there

Hoyland hasn't made any of his tackles so far

Why. Why is our discipline so shocking?

Ford is an awful captain - he always ends up on the wrong side of the ref!

How many forward passes are Leinster gonna get away with??

Great defence Edinburgh - how are we only 3 points down?!

Edinburgh are bloody awful.

We're only in this because Madigan is also awful

Well done Edinburgh for holding them out. No shortage of effort and they are in the game.

BigGee wrote:Well done Edinburgh for holding them out. No shortage of effort and they are in the game.

Problem is we're utterly clueless with the ball too!

RDW_Scotland wrote:

BigGee wrote:Well done Edinburgh for holding them out. No shortage of effort and they are in the game.

Problem is we're utterly clueless with the ball too!

The game could be over by now, you have got to be in it to win it. A chance to re-set at half time, surely they can improve with the ball in second half.

tigertattie wrote:Edinburgh are bloody awful.

We're only in this because Madigan is also awful

Notice Hardie is giving Madigan the full treatment. Thats forcing errors

After all that good work a really soft try for Leinster!

Clear blocking but we've done too many dirty things tonight to go crying about it

Looked a good bit forward that pass

Shhhhhhhhh don't tell the TMO

And suddenly Edinburgh come to life!

Good response!

Our back line is all over the place now though with the injuries

Ffs!!!!!

Missed kick to touch and 7 points up the other end.

Gaaaaaah!!!!

OMG, I can hardly believe I saw that!

That's the game there

Well that was an utter brain fart by Kennedy

wow. That was probably the worst minute of play I have ever witnessed in rugby

Edinburgh are committing suicide

who was kicking to touch? That was an absolute howler!

Not sure why we didn't go for goal anyway!

Leinster won't let this go.

Way to easy for Leinster, that should be a home semi for them.

This could become a rout

Yes RDW, I thought the exact same thing regarding the penalty mess up.

Just feel if Edinburg had Glasgows backline they would be so good!

Can we get a 4th??

2bps would be a great result!

Nice try! Kennedy is looking good at SH, good control/speed

bsando wrote:Nice try! Kennedy is looking good at SH, good control/speed

Apart from the howler for the interception try!

That was a horrible tackle on Hoyland!

Got to be a red

That's awful

That is an absolutely outrageous decision

Ouch that looked sore.

That was an absolute shocker!

Straight red!

How is a no arms high tackle not at least a yellow?!

That's awful

That's a ridiculous call by the ref. At least a yellow, but I think a red.

That's an awful decision. What was McFadden thinking?! At least a yellow

I just logged in to say that is at minimum a yellow, wouldn't argue with a red, and arguably as he is the only tackler left, a penalty try.

They really need to ENFORCE penalty tries properly, don't you think?

Anyway well deserved win Leinster either way - obviously!

Tackled by the shoulder to the chin and no card????

Oh dear

I'm sorry, I hate to complain about refereeing, but I'm not sure which is more sickening: the tackle or the squirming of the officials to avoid giving a card.

I can't say anything more without shattering the swearing filter.

Munchkin wrote:That's a ridiculous call by the ref. At least a yellow, but I think a red.

Absolutely.  Total bottle / wrong call by the ref.  Did I hear him say something to the effect that "he didn't have time " to get the arms round?