Ladybais vs. Nordies aka the race for the playoffs

[Peat]

Aka Oh **** we're going to get hammered

For as can be seen in this inteview, http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0412/1224294483136.html, leinster are going to be sending out the big guns. Which is nice and respectful but probably means Ulster will leave Dublin with nothing but bruises.

Ulster squad named

ULSTER SQUAD FORWARDS
Jerry Cronin, Tom Court, BJ Botha, Paddy McAllister, Bryan Young, Rory Best, Nigel Brady, Andi Kyriacou, Ryan Caldwell, Neil McComb, Dan Tuohy, Johann Muller, Tim Barker, Pedrie Wannenburg, TJ Anderson, Willie Faloon, Chris Henry, Robbie Diack.

ULSTER SQUAD BACKS
Ruan Pienaar, Paul Marshall, Ian Humphreys, Niall O'Connor, Ian Whitten, Nevin Spence, Paddy Wallace, Darren Cave, Andrew Trimble, Simon Danielli, Tommy Seymour, Craig Gilroy, Conor Gaston, Jamie Smith, Adam D'Arcy.


Only Fitzpatrick and Ferris missing, but apparently a lot of those boys are walking wounded.

 

[Conal]

woo go team!

were gonna get hammerd

 

[Peat]

The teams are out

Leinster: Nacewa, Horgan, O'Malley, McFadden, Fitzgerald, Sexton, Boss; van der Merwe, Strauss, Wright, Cullen (cpt), Toner, McLaughlin, Jennings, Heaslip.

Ulster: D'Arcy, Trimble, Spence, Wallace, Gilroy, Humphreys, Pienaar; Court, Best (cpt), Botha, Barker, Tuohy, Diack, Henry, Wannenburg.

Replacements: A Kyriacou, P McAllister, B Young, N McComb, W Faloon, P Marshall, D Cave, C Gaston.

 

[Jockstap]

Leinster have an awesome squad, to make 7 changes from the Leicester game and still be able to put out a team like that. That said Ulster will go no holds barred for this one put their record in this fixture is truly awful.

 

[munstermuffin]

Ulster will do well to get a loosing BP and that wouldn't be worst result for them. Can't see past Leinster though

 

[Peat]

Aye it's a savage team that. I think Ulster can match it fairly well, but I expect tired legs to give in, particularly once they get their offloading game going, and I reckon they've got back-row dominance there. Would have really wanted Muller there with Toner to get around in the back-row.

I'd take a losing bonus point now to be honest. Big test of how far we've come, performance more important than result to me almost.

 

[Jockstap]

Half-Time, Leinster winning 27-12 and already have the try bonus point.

 

[Peat]

Just a complete inability to play for 80 minutes. Very, very frustrating.

 

[Jockstap]

Full Time, Leinster win 34-26, excellent game for the neutral.

 

[Peat]

Shame we couldn't get the bonus point, but there we go, that was the biggest difference imo - Leinster's defence is just immense, while ours just seems to switch off from time to time.

 

[Peat]

Complete opposite of what I expected though... we were fine for the full 80, probably because we took the first 15 off! Won the last 67 minutes of the game... ridiculous.

Well done ladybais. You will take some stopping.

 

[coonor]

Just back from Dublin and it was a great game to go and see. Both Horgan and Fitzgerald had great games and Mcfadden and O'Malley both looked sharp. A great win for Leinster and with Ospreys losing it makes it all the better.

P.S: Issac Boss is one of the nicest person I have ever met.

 

[munstermuffin]

Just back from Dublin and it was a great game to go and see. Both Horgan and Fitzgerald had great games and Mcfadden and O'Malley both looked sharp. A great win for Leinster and with Ospreys losing it makes it all the better.

P.S: Issac Boss is one of the nicest person I have ever met.

Did you walk home

 

[coonor]

Did you walk home

Well we stayed over Sunday and then had to get a flight to Gatwick and then onto Guernsey but it was well worth it

 

[munstermuffin]

A long auld trip so but great that you got a good game and plenty of tries