Heās a very average rugby player.
Leinster have become obsessed with South Africa as well which is so odd.
Whatās the summary pal, howās Jerry holding up?
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Neither team deserved to lose
Some questionable refereeing decisions
Ah in fairness Thorns even handed in his dispatch
His biggest audience is in south Dublin. He was rolling around Dublin in a Black Golf GTI for years.
It was cutting at the outset, then the poacher became the gamekeeper.
Lovely stadium.
Prendergast has got to be the 10 going forward, or Barrett. Byrne wasnāt awful yesterday but there is absolutely no passing or running threat with him. The Byrne brothers have had their run at it this season and donāt have it.
They really missed the craft of Ringrose and are short of a real big ball carrier which Snyman will sort.
Add Snyman, Barrett, Ringrose and assume Prendergast is a competent attacking ten; they should really win it next year.
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Cullen hasnāt given Prendergast a sniff.
Which was a mistake, canāt win a European Cup with a ten that canāt pass.
I was very high on Prendergast before the 20s world cup, probably less so now but I think he has to be given his chance, or Frawley.
I wonder might Barrett play 10 if Frawley is figured in elsewhere as the kicker. Frawley is as strong as a bull, but not sure he has the passing game for 10.
Ah come on theyāre not in any way stuck for a ball carrier. Frawley is a decent player whoās a victim of his own versatility. I think heās better than either Byrne but never gets the game time to develop as a ten because he can play other positions and the other two canāt.
I like Frawley too but heās a 12. Leinster signed Barrett to be a 12 and they already have Henshaw, Osborne and ringrose
Have they sacked Leo yet?
They definitely are in terms of getting over the gain line in the opposition 22 and scoring a try when the real pressure is on. Iām talking a Skelton or Snyman type. Joe McCarthy is brilliant at it, Sheehan is great too, Conan is good but they need a freak I think.
Donāt get me wrong, theyāll win 95 percent of matches with what they have (shouldāve taken their kicks yesterday), but there is a common theme of Leinster and Ireland being camped in opposition 22 in recent big games and not being able to score.
Snyman is a very astute acquisition as he is unbelievable at it.
Another thing hurting Leinster is I donāt think Henshaw and Furlong are quite the players they were, they were great lads to break the line and make things happen, a little bit less so now.
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They should get OāGara
Synman is a risk. Heās been crippled by injuries and by all accounts heās only staying the one year.
They only need him for 1 or 2 games a year is the only thing. He has swung World Cup Finals consecutively off disrupted preparation. He is a freak of a player. Margins are so fine, Leinster probably win that game easily enough if they take their kicks.
Heās not even a risk really. Theyāre so supplemented income wise they can well afford it and if heās fit for just the knockout games heāll win them titles like he did for Munster.
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They really donāt. Theyāve a team of international players, they donāt need a ringer. Plenty of hype about how āunstoppableā Porter is from close range. Theyāve more than enough top players, their failure isnāt in not having enough quality.
They look very short of ideas in the oppo 22 anyway, whether thatās the 10 or the coach. The short in-goal area didnāt help them either. What they have, and what they are adding, theyāll surely win it next year.
Issue is he hasnāt been fit and moloney and Jenkins are off.
Its definitely a risk for them.
They have two Irish internationals in McCarthy and Ryan and in sure they must have a couple younger players. And Baird if needed. They donāt need Snyman for a season, just a couple of games, thereās no risk in it.