QF: Leinster vs Leicester Tigers

[TRF_Olyy]

Heaslip nom nom Waldrom?

We shall see, we shall see...

 

[Teh Mite]

Waldrom looks like he already ate Healsip.

 

[Feicarsinn]

Pfff, Waldrom. Just because he can now play for England doesn't mean you boys have to go all faint for him. Lions 8 against uncapped New Zealander. Bring it!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Hey now, I've been a big fan of Waldrom since I first saw him for Tigers,
Also Heaslips hardly on top form atm, whereas Waldrom is

 

[King_D'Arcy]

The real question is will Heaslip be smacking His-lips or will Waldrom be saying Wald-nom

 

[Feicarsinn]

Thought Heaslip played very well against England. Wasn't great against Munster but sure he's only had a few games back from injury. Fully expect him to be at the top of his game for saturday, he's a big game player.

 

[lucky number 7]

Heaslip is far more handsome and so I reckon he will win the contest

 

[King_D'Arcy]

The real question is will Heaslip be smacking His-lips or will Waldrom be saying Wald-nom

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Heaslip is far more handsome and so I reckon he will win the contest

That's a damned lie!

 

[lucky number 7]

Mother effing truffle shuffle

 

[munstermuffin]

Bet ye all wish ye were in Amlin. The real deal.

 

[lucky number 7]

Its Ok Muffin sit down here beside me and we can talk about the glory days

 

[munstermuffin]

Hey When we win Amlin me and Bullitt will be going for a drink talking about how our teams will have won the Amlin, the big 1

The Glory Days ain't over either

 

[King_D'Arcy]

I'm getting sooooooooo excited! I've the best 36 hours in store. I'm going to the trinners ball tonight and then going to the match tomorrow evening with the lads.

C'MON LEINSTER!

 

[Duckdee]

I'm not actually going to watch this, will see the highlights on Sunday.

 

[Logorrhea]

So the prospect of BOTH Castro and Cole isn't slightly phasing at all? When Stankovich is waiting in the wings? :huh:

You called it!

1st. You two are unbelievable. You came out with the same **** before the England game and ate your words then. I dont expect dominance in the scrum, but it'll be close enough. I'm more worried about their lineout, and Nigel Owens pinging us off the park again.

2nd. I didnt write off Leicester. I wrote off the entire Aviva Premiership. They are all different levels of ****, though Leicester are clearly top of the heap.

3rd. The midfield is the one area where we should be targetting. I really like Allen as an offensive player and havent seen enough of Tuilagi at 13 but Leinster consistently target the 10,12,13 channel with multiple runners off different angles. I dont think they are solid enough to hold us out. Tuilagi will make a few hits of course, but he'll miss a few too, thats all we will need. If we start to offload as well, it'll be game over.

4th. Regardless of how we play our defense has been rock solid. Dont see where Leicester are going to get the tries from.

 

[munstermuffin]

Log do you watch Rugby

Target the Tigers midfield as a weakspot. Are you serious when everyone else looking forward to the battle there. Realistically that argubally could be England's centre partnership.

You can argue the Aviva Premiership is bad but Leicester are a top European team and consistently around.
Ha ha you baffle me man

 

[Duckdee]

Leicester Tigers (v Leinster, Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Saturday 6pm)
15 Scott Hamilton
14 Horacio Agulla
13 Manu Tuilagi
12 Anthony Allen
11 Alesana Tuilagi
10 Toby Flood
9 Ben Youngs
1 Boris Stankovich
2 George Chuter
3 Dan Cole
4 Louis Deacon
5 Steve Mafi
6 Tom Croft
7 Craig Newby (c)
8 Jordan Crane

Replacements
16 Rob Hawkins
17 Julian White
18 Martin Castrogiovanni
19 Ed Slater
20 Thomas Waldrom
21 James Grindal
22 Jeremy Staunton
23 Matt Smith


Leinster
15 Isa Nacewa
14 Shane Horgan
13 Brian O'Driscoll
12 Gordon D'Arcy
11 Luke Fitzgerald
10 Jonathan Sexton
9 Eoin Reddan
1 Cian Healy
2 Richardt Strauss
3 Mike Ross
4 Leo Cullen (c)
5 Nathan Hines
6 Kevin McLaughlin
7 Sean O'Brien
8 Jamie Heaslip

Replacements
16 Jason Harris-Wright
17 Heinke van der Merwe
18 Stan Wright
19 Devin Toner
20 Dominic Ryan
21 Isaac Boss
22 Ian Madigan
23 Fergus McFadden

Big call playing Crane over Waldrom.

 

[munstermuffin]

Castro and Waldrom will be big impacts off the bench.

Leinster I feel will miss Jennings at 7 as he is a dog of a man getting down on dirty ball.
Reddan over Boss is a bit of a poor call I feel too but not a major point as both 9s will play roll

 

[Teh Mite]

1st. You two are unbelievable. You came out with the same **** before the England game and ate your words then. I dont expect dominance in the scrum, but it'll be close enough. I'm more worried about their lineout, and Nigel Owens pinging us off the park again.