You did give Jack Conan a mention but I really don’t think he gets the credit he is due. He always comes out fighting and gives 100%, he’s very strong and reads the game so well.
It was Andy Farrell who saw JGP's potential and picked him for Ireland despite him being, as you said, back up to Luke McGrath at Leinster. He flourished playing for Ireland.
He was better than McGrath the day he arrived. So much hype and development went into McGrath that they really wanted him to come good (and he did. He is very good.). But JGP made Leinster play better every time he replaced him or started.
There's no shame in losing to Leinster at home. Tigers were always up against it but that intercept was 22-15 and we were trying to give it a good go.... I'm ok with it.
I agree Tim. Just home from the Leinster game and yes great to win but boy I just don't feel we are at our best by any means. Even IF we beat la Rochelle, who btw are also are not at their best either , I fear Bordeaux even more if we progress. They are on fire IMO. Hope we can progress our game from here on...I think Leinster maybe are still adjusting to Nienaber etc.
Hello, I think Leinster has the players and tactics to beat Bordeaux and even Toulouse; against La Rochelle, that might want to prioritize the Champion's cup over the Top 14, it could be more difficult, but that time Leinster should have prepared the antidote.
Harry should start over Ross next week, he just offers more in attack and Ross hasn't played that well since coming back from injury. I would also start Will Connors and bring Van Der Flier off the bench. Connors played brilliantly against La Rochelle last time out and he's the perfect antidote to the big La Rochelle players
Just having a wee pint after the fact, fair play Leister, you gave it a good shot, but Leinster got a cross the line not playing well, Harry will start against La Rochelle.
Excellent points about JGP. He and Sexton were a great team for Ireland & Leinster. AS you say, Sexton is gone but, the subsequent performances of Gibson Parke have gone a long way towards softening the impact of that blow. Nightmare scenario is what happens if JGP gets injured? Leinster are unsettled at out-half as it is. Luke McGrath, the back-up, is prone to losing the plot at crucial times. IMO Leinster are vulnerable; they have the advantage of zero travel compared to La Rochelle's voyage to South Africa. I expect that JGP will be Target #1 next Saturday.
Leinster are the better team but with the errors, they looked more ordinary than usual. That last line out handed a converted try to Leicester, can’t do that against La Rog. Ref made a few bogey calls.
Harry Byrne to start. Prendergast on the bench and Ross Byrne to disappear lol. Nienaber has some questions to answer as to why the team has become worse.
I think Leinster beating La Rochelle in the pool stages will help them because now they have the belief that they can do it. But they really need to improve the scrum this week. Also for quite some time I thought that Gibson Park was the better scrum-half possibly two years before Luke McGrath got moved to the bench. Personally for next week I would bring in Will Connors to chop some timber.
A lot needs to tidy up for leinster to come out on top next week. Cannot malfunction in lineouts as badly as they did on at least 5 occasions tonight. You can't recover from that many howlers in the lineout.
Couldn’t agree with more regarding the Ross Byrne situation. He was terrible and ended up getting injured. Bring in La Rochelle. Ryan Baird , hack Cronin and big Joe McCarthy need to work their magic.
Heard someone on irish tv asking if leinster were better this year than last year, simple answer is no, number 10 is a real problem, neither of byrne brothers are good enough, conan is best player in leinster yet Cullen won't start him, and if leinster don't improve by 50 % then o gara and his team will wipe the floor with them, again.
@johnmc3862 oh we've been down this road before, la rochelle are European champions, something leinster haven't experienced in a long time, we will only find out on Saturday if they are poorer than leinster.
We definitely need to improve to beat yellow Munster, as we know only too well that Munster fans will support la Rochelle, but what you sat about JGP is so true he is absolutely on fire, the conductor of the show
Is is not personal between La Rochelle and Leinster Tim, thou it may seem that way from the outside. Sure they have caused Leinster grief last year, but that is 12 months ago and Leinster have moved on from that day. So Leinster will be calm and clinical in their approach to next weekend's game. There will be no Emotion involved because is about the process in that 80 minutes, I can assure you of that.
I was at the Leinster vs Leicester match. What I could not understand was Leinster got a penalty with 10 minutes while 14 points up and did not kick for goal, I thought this was really silly because if Leicester got a try they were back in it and that's what happen , but thankfully Leinster won. Silly from Leinster
This has been a problem with them, and indeed Ireland, for a while now. There are many occasions where the points are the sensible option but they're refused, sometimes stubbornly repeated several times looking for the pushover try in the corner that doesn't come. Have to be more canny in the tight games.
Leinster will struggle to contain La Rochelle’s power without James Ryan next week. Ryan was a key man in the win in November and when he left the field in the final last year the game turned in La Rochelle’s favor
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I don't think its become personal between Leinster and La Rochelle, but more so Munster supporters who have really used this fixture to throw their weight around... its definitely a rivalry at the moment, but we all know where La Rochelle will be in 2-3 years time; similar to Toulon a few years back. Either way, its going to be a Titanic battle, game of the Knock-Outs so far!
Boy do I love living in Australia where there is no distributor for these games and they cannot be watched without signing up for multiple services (i.s. BT SPORT & a VPN)
Leinster still a very good team. Agree Tim my Leicester team will feel well spirited after this performance . JVP played well as I thought this big game was a bit early for him after his long lay off . He can only learn of Gibson-park and I agree he’s close to DuPont. Shame Big George Martin wasn’t available . But congrats Leinster .
Leicester are well coached, but following them from OZ, I feel they are a couple of X factors short in the backs. Tim, great to see Eddie Jones’ inexplicable WC reject Pete Samu playing so well for Bordeaux.
Was at Bulls match and this match. This match was poor by comparison . Leinster knock ons and , if memory serves, 5 missed line outs . Funny to chat to bunch of LR fans at the match ( told them they were a week early ) but they are so energised for LR Leinster match . Leinster need to improve and cut out errors
@@user-is9of sorry , meant I was at the Leinster/Bulls match last week in Dublin. Yes, if Lyon soccer team did what Lyon rugby team did in round of 16 of major competition , then, they would probably be fined and banned from competition next year .
@@tomf1dublin1 Yes, the LOU (Lyon) is under threat of being "reverse promoted" in the 2nd tier championship if they don't perform better in the Top 14, so they probably want to leave the cup to be able to win the next matches over the French clubs who will play both the Champion's cup and Top 14.
La Rochelle are a different class compared to Leicester. Their forwards will bully our forwards as they and saracens have done for the last 5 years. We look ponderous trying to exit and James Lowe is not a patch on the player he was last year. If Leicester could pass we would have been in real trouble.
I don't. Genuinely. I used to play every weekend growing up so was never a supporter outside of England. Closest I have to a team (was) London Irish because my brother played for them.
@@johnmc3862 I'm not that guy, and I wouldn't go as far as to call Leo a spoofer or want to get rid of him. That being said, he has made a couple of poor decisions regarding resting numerous players for knockout games that have been very costly. Last season v Munster and the year before v Bulls.
La Rochelle should win comfortably. No Ryan or Ringrose, set piece and defence aren't functioning well enough as a result. Oh, and it looks like Keenan is gone as well.
JGP may be great, but come on mate, Dupont is still so, so much better. There is nothing JGP can do that Dupont can't but many things the other way round... :D
Leinster have to stop giving away so many penalties. If they keep it up LR will take advantage and destroy them. The line out at the end of the game was a complete joke
Leicester made a decision to rest at least 3 international players to prioritise domestic competition. You gotta talk about that Tim it was a really poor look from the top of the organisation. Leinster have taken a 6 nations winning team and brought them all back in early for Bulls and Leicester game in the hopes of having them be a lot better for LAR next week. Let’s see what way it goes but to pretend that Leinster were ever going to be close to their best is a nonsense. They had a decent half against the Bulls but poor set piece and the staccato nature of the game stopped Leinster finding a flow. Ref was very fussy and poor imo. Ruined the flow of the game for both sides tbh. Jamie Osborne looked pretty good at this level which is exciting. Hugo Keenan wasn’t fully right all game so I hope he is alright after the game and is better for getting the minutes under the belt. I could see Leinster going 6/2 next week with Ross Byrne dropping out entirely and Connors and Jenkins coming into the starting team and JVDF, Molony and Conan coming off the bench at 50. Be important to have McGrath back at sub scrum half as well. Ryan is a big loss but having beaten LAR earlier in the year will be a big help psychologically.
We beat La Rochelle earlier in the year off the back of a simply ridiculous performance from Ryan which no one else in the Leinster pack, or in Ireland, can match. Don't see us getting close without him
@@inBODwetrust13 we probably don’t beat the LAR of last year but I wonder what level they are at too. Hard to keep it going for 3 years and a tough battle in SA and the trip home will be a challenge. I haven’t seen the odds or handicap but it’s a one score game. I’ll be travelling to watch with hope anyway! 😀
Tim I know this is off topic but I plead to you and all the Durbanites to please have him eat a Bunny Chow and make a reaction video,we all know it needs to be washed down with a Black Label Quart.
with no salary cap where does Leinsters money come from? it is not Tv rights,,it is not gate money ,,it is not sponsorship,, To keep 30 plus international players in your club ,,how do you pay and keep them, they never go to France for big money WHY? please investigate...
They get paid less than English players and there is a central contract system where Ireland pay salary. 40, 000 paying fans tonight. Average home match is 14,000 fans.
@@midastouchmidastouch5149Loyal fans week in week out, massive crowd attendance at every game, and if 40 thousand turned up tonight then sell out next weekend of 55 thousand, if leinster progress to next round then it's at home in croke park and 82 thousand.
Leicesters B team can walk away proud. Both Leinster and La Rochelle look off their best. I'll go with home advantage winning. by 5. Hoping for a 7:1 split from Leinster. Leo would never do it though.
No dog in the fight, but eff me Leinster (ireland) can barely touch the ball without cheating. The forward part has become, over the last three years, an active part of their training and game plan. The first 19 minutes was all about testing the ref, to see why they could get away with. If you actually (and you need to actually know the rules and apply no bias) watch only Leinster for 15 minutes in any game and purely concentrate on what they’re doing, you’ll end up throwing something at the tv in anger. Their cheating is constant. Porter is a pathological cheat, he spends 100% of his time on the pitch doing everything to cheat. I’m amazed Cole, who I have little time for, didn’t beat the living crap out of Porter when he kept standing up. At one point Cole’s spine nearly got snapped when Porter stood up. Disgraceful. Porter gets warned by the international refs before each match, but at this lowered level he gets away with everything. And then GPs Jedi mind trick on the ref at a Rick was unreal. The tackler was still on the floor, GP: “he’s off his feet", ref blows and repeats "he's off his feet". it was like watching a young version of Rory Kockott. Tim about Porter: "i love the man!" leinster/ireland massive cheats.l, but at least ireland have never lost a world Cup final.
You obviously have let your own bias get in the way of your brain. Dan Cole was closing the gap and his head was on Porters shoulder before engagement (which is why he was stood up - once). This has been illegal for a few years and Brousset did not seem confident refereeing the scrum at all. The breakdown was a complete mess but that was because Brousset was so inconsistent. In the first half everything was off feet as far as he was concerned, but he was concentrating so hard on that, the gate became nonexistent. In the 2nd half, Leicester were clearing out from East/West. The try for James Cronin came after the maul had collapsed (by Leicester) and therefore he should have been on his feet when he gathered the ball before grounding. Finally, Robbie Henshaw should have given up a penalty at least for his clearly deliberate knock on with 3 minutes to go, but James Lowe's knock on was in the tackle (his eyes are always on the player and not the ball). It was not a penalty, never mind a yellow card. Brousset would have realised his error when he reviewed the case for a penalty try, but it was too late because he prematurely issued the yellow.
@@paulennis2996 which bias? I’m not a Leicester supporter. You look like you’re Irish, so clearly unbiased thinking on rugby wouldn’t be in your list of available skills. Go to,Old Carton any day of the week and you’ll see ireland practicing cheating, it’s part of their established game play. But, never criticise any team that’s never lost a World Cup final.
Wow, that's an incredible amount of cynicism and bitterness. At the end of the day it will effect you not others. If only your team were perfect we could agree with you. Better off letting it go, save yourself time writing it and others time reading it if they would be bothered.
@@johnmc3862 that’s a very emotional response John, you’re heavily left hemisphere dominated, but culturally it’s probably unavoidable for you. I understand. But at least ireland have never lost a World Cup final.
You did give Jack Conan a mention but I really don’t think he gets the credit he is due. He always comes out fighting and gives 100%, he’s very strong and reads the game so well.
It was Andy Farrell who saw JGP's potential and picked him for Ireland despite him being, as you said, back up to Luke McGrath at Leinster. He flourished playing for Ireland.
He was better than McGrath the day he arrived. So much hype and development went into McGrath that they really wanted him to come good (and he did. He is very good.). But JGP made Leinster play better every time he replaced him or started.
There's no shame in losing to Leinster at home. Tigers were always up against it but that intercept was 22-15 and we were trying to give it a good go.... I'm ok with it.
I agree Tim. Just home from the Leinster game and yes great to win but boy I just don't feel we are at our best by any means. Even IF we beat la Rochelle, who btw are also are not at their best either , I fear Bordeaux even more if we progress. They are on fire IMO. Hope we can progress our game from here on...I think Leinster maybe are still adjusting to Nienaber etc.
so you think lar will beat us at home? ur a loser
Hello, I think Leinster has the players and tactics to beat Bordeaux and even Toulouse; against La Rochelle, that might want to prioritize the Champion's cup over the Top 14, it could be more difficult, but that time Leinster should have prepared the antidote.
Harry should start over Ross next week, he just offers more in attack and Ross hasn't played that well since coming back from injury. I would also start Will Connors and bring Van Der Flier off the bench. Connors played brilliantly against La Rochelle last time out and he's the perfect antidote to the big La Rochelle players
Ross Byrne tackle attempts were shocking. Harry came on and put himself about and attacked the gainline
agree with Connors!
Not played that well? He's a liability.
Connors is injured
LaRochelle have powerhouse forwards. They were incredible in Cape Town today.
Wish I could subscribe more than just the once.
Very fair analysis and a great game next week
Just having a wee pint after the fact, fair play Leister, you gave it a good shot, but Leinster got a cross the line not playing well, Harry will start against La Rochelle.
Will Connors next week for chop tackles and start Conan...Harry our best bet
Excellent points about JGP. He and Sexton were a great team for Ireland & Leinster. AS you say, Sexton is gone but, the subsequent performances of Gibson Parke have gone a long way towards softening the impact of that blow. Nightmare scenario is what happens if JGP gets injured? Leinster are unsettled at out-half as it is. Luke McGrath, the back-up, is prone to losing the plot at crucial times. IMO Leinster are vulnerable; they have the advantage of zero travel compared to La Rochelle's voyage to South Africa. I expect that JGP will be Target #1 next Saturday.
Cough James Ryan, Ringer and JOB cough. Thanks for coming to this Dan talk.
Leinster are the better team but with the errors, they looked more ordinary than usual. That last line out handed a converted try to Leicester, can’t do that against La Rog.
Ref made a few bogey calls.
Doubtful it would happen in a tighter game. They were 21 points ahead and completely switched off.
Ref didn’t do his homework on Leinster before the game.
Harry Byrne and Conan need to start next week
Top man.
Harry Byrne to start. Prendergast on the bench and Ross Byrne to disappear lol. Nienaber has some questions to answer as to why the team has become worse.
I think Leinster beating La Rochelle in the pool stages will help them because now they have the belief that they can do it. But they really need to improve the scrum this week. Also for quite some time I thought that Gibson Park was the better scrum-half possibly two years before Luke McGrath got moved to the bench. Personally for next week I would bring in Will Connors to chop some timber.
A lot needs to tidy up for leinster to come out on top next week. Cannot malfunction in lineouts as badly as they did on at least 5 occasions tonight. You can't recover from that many howlers in the lineout.
Couldn’t agree with more regarding the Ross Byrne situation. He was terrible and ended up getting injured. Bring in La Rochelle. Ryan Baird , hack Cronin and big Joe McCarthy need to work their magic.
Heard someone on irish tv asking if leinster were better this year than last year, simple answer is no, number 10 is a real problem, neither of byrne brothers are good enough, conan is best player in leinster yet Cullen won't start him, and if leinster don't improve by 50 % then o gara and his team will wipe the floor with them, again.
1 point win is not really wiping the floor with them
Conan is awesome.
Nonsense they don't need to improve that much. LR are poorer than Leinster this season.
@johnmc3862 oh we've been down this road before, la rochelle are European champions, something leinster haven't experienced in a long time, we will only find out on Saturday if they are poorer than leinster.
We definitely need to improve to beat yellow Munster, as we know only too well that Munster fans will support la Rochelle, but what you sat about JGP is so true he is absolutely on fire, the conductor of the show
I'm surprised Munster fans support Ireland lol.
We were sloppy and will not beat LR playing like that. We will have to improve a lot, but we now know that we can beat them.💪🏼
Is is not personal between La Rochelle and Leinster Tim, thou it may seem that way from the outside. Sure they have caused Leinster grief last year, but that is 12 months ago and Leinster have moved on from that day. So Leinster will be calm and clinical in their approach to next weekend's game. There will be no Emotion involved because is about the process in that 80 minutes, I can assure you of that.
And you’re “on the inside”?
I was at the Leinster vs Leicester match. What I could not understand was Leinster got a penalty with 10 minutes while 14 points up and did not kick for goal, I thought this was really silly because if Leicester got a try they were back in it and that's what happen , but thankfully Leinster won. Silly from Leinster
This has been a problem with them, and indeed Ireland, for a while now. There are many occasions where the points are the sensible option but they're refused, sometimes stubbornly repeated several times looking for the pushover try in the corner that doesn't come. Have to be more canny in the tight games.
Jaysus a hat trick? A bloody hat trick in ONE HALF of rugby? Has that ever been done before?
3 tries in under half an hour-insane.
Leinster will struggle to contain La Rochelle’s power without James Ryan next week. Ryan was a key man in the win in November and when he left the field in the final last year the game turned in La Rochelle’s favor
I heard ROG is bringing the boys to Cork for the week
English Market.
Oooh, your left eye is looking very sore, Tim. Make sure to bathe it.
Thank you for these updates, I don't have TNT at the moment (I will going forward for the end of the season, but, well, £), & greatly appreciate your videos.
xXxXx😊xXxXx
I don't think its become personal between Leinster and La Rochelle, but more so Munster supporters who have really used this fixture to throw their weight around... its definitely a rivalry at the moment, but we all know where La Rochelle will be in 2-3 years time; similar to Toulon a few years back. Either way, its going to be a Titanic battle, game of the Knock-Outs so far!
Boy do I love living in Australia where there is no distributor for these games and they cannot be watched without signing up for multiple services (i.s. BT SPORT & a VPN)
Tim, who is your Eng Prem team by the way?
Leinster still a very good team. Agree Tim my Leicester team will feel well spirited after this performance . JVP played well as I thought this big game was a bit early for him after his long lay off . He can only learn of Gibson-park and I agree he’s close to DuPont. Shame Big George Martin wasn’t available . But congrats Leinster .
I actually think Leinster are not as good as they were last 2 years. Scrum and line out struggling
Leicester are well coached, but following them from OZ, I feel they are a couple of X factors short in the backs. Tim, great to see Eddie Jones’ inexplicable WC reject Pete Samu playing so well for Bordeaux.
BTW, have you got a shiner?😂
Missed Rin grose in defense for sure.
When is he back
Was at Bulls match and this match. This match was poor by comparison . Leinster knock ons and , if memory serves, 5 missed line outs . Funny to chat to bunch of LR fans at the match ( told them they were a week early ) but they are so energised for LR Leinster match . Leinster need to improve and cut out errors
Except bulls were playing against a lyon B team who didn't even play any 2nd rows, leinster would have scored 80+ 😅
@@user-is9of sorry , meant I was at the Leinster/Bulls match last week in Dublin. Yes, if Lyon soccer team did what Lyon rugby team did in round of 16 of major competition , then, they would probably be fined and banned from competition next year .
@@tomf1dublin1 Yes, the LOU (Lyon) is under threat of being "reverse promoted" in the 2nd tier championship if they don't perform better in the Top 14, so they probably want to leave the cup to be able to win the next matches over the French clubs who will play both the Champion's cup and Top 14.
Question marks for Leinster re 10, 14 & 15 in terms of availability/back-ups and especially their defense - wouldn’t bet against Rog & Co.
Love the yellow Munster 😂😂😂
The only team you will have to cheer for after tomorrow. That's all you got.
Leinster don't win that game without JGP for sure
Yes they do 😂😂😂
@@user-is9of Luke, is that you ?
@@JosephFallon meow
Looking wobbly before the interception. Need to crank up the mental energy. Kick chase was poor, gave up a whole pile of unnecessary yards.
roll on croke park
If not now when?
JGP best no.9 in the world riight now
Besides the hat trick JGP was covering poor performances by Byrne and Lowe
Gibson-Park is the best 9 on the planet just saying. Leinster played 70% and still never looked like loosening
Not really. He just had his best game ever. Will he do that week in week out, no.
@@johnmc3862 you clearly haven't been watching him for the last few years.
Ross Byrne was hopeless.
Seriously overrated.
What a brilliant team Leinster are and what a win despite the valiant efforts of the Pratt who refereed the game
La Rochelle are a different class compared to Leicester. Their forwards will bully our forwards as they and saracens have done for the last 5 years. We look ponderous trying to exit and James Lowe is not a patch on the player he was last year. If Leicester could pass we would have been in real trouble.
its knockout football ,takes the points
Tim who do you support
I don't. Genuinely. I used to play every weekend growing up so was never a supporter outside of England. Closest I have to a team (was) London Irish because my brother played for them.
@@EggchasersRugby have you not picked up a liking for sale over the years living in the area?
@@EggchasersRugbysuch a shame what happened at LI, what a great academy they had
bring back lancaster
And get rid of that spoofer Cullen.
@@Hometruths29What?
@@johnmc3862 I'm not that guy, and I wouldn't go as far as to call Leo a spoofer or want to get rid of him. That being said, he has made a couple of poor decisions regarding resting numerous players for knockout games that have been very costly. Last season v Munster and the year before v Bulls.
Did anyone see leisester
La Rochelle should win comfortably. No Ryan or Ringrose, set piece and defence aren't functioning well enough as a result.
Oh, and it looks like Keenan is gone as well.
They scraped past stormers.
JGP may be great, but come on mate, Dupont is still so, so much better. There is nothing JGP can do that Dupont can't but many things the other way round... :D
DuPont isnt in the conversation right now.
@@johnmc3862 he is playing for Toulouse every week, how is he not in the conversation?
A lot of big leinster players were average - its the hope that kills you 😂
If they play like this next week their gone as mistakes porter again line out a try against
Unlucky Leicester...
Leinster have to stop giving away so many penalties. If they keep it up LR will take advantage and destroy them. The line out at the end of the game was a complete joke
Was that Leinster, it looked like the Ireland international team
Given that bundee has been Ireland s best player for a year didn't see him playing
@@conchronicnot only Bundi , butTaigh Byrne ,Peter o Mahoney , jack Crowley etc
@@mariannugent3179 true 👍
@@mariannugent3179Forgot Finlay Bealham, Henderson, Hansen, Murray etc.
@@johnmc3862I actually also forgot Snyman 😮
Well done Ireland
Aaaawww, are we feeling precious?
Hard luck England.
A better backrow anyway.
Leicester made a decision to rest at least 3 international players to prioritise domestic competition. You gotta talk about that Tim it was a really poor look from the top of the organisation.
Leinster have taken a 6 nations winning team and brought them all back in early for Bulls and Leicester game in the hopes of having them be a lot better for LAR next week. Let’s see what way it goes but to pretend that Leinster were ever going to be close to their best is a nonsense. They had a decent half against the Bulls but poor set piece and the staccato nature of the game stopped Leinster finding a flow.
Ref was very fussy and poor imo. Ruined the flow of the game for both sides tbh.
Jamie Osborne looked pretty good at this level which is exciting. Hugo Keenan wasn’t fully right all game so I hope he is alright after the game and is better for getting the minutes under the belt.
I could see Leinster going 6/2 next week with Ross Byrne dropping out entirely and Connors and Jenkins coming into the starting team and JVDF, Molony and Conan coming off the bench at 50. Be important to have McGrath back at sub scrum half as well.
Ryan is a big loss but having beaten LAR earlier in the year will be a big help psychologically.
We beat La Rochelle earlier in the year off the back of a simply ridiculous performance from Ryan which no one else in the Leinster pack, or in Ireland, can match.
Don't see us getting close without him
@@inBODwetrust13 we probably don’t beat the LAR of last year but I wonder what level they are at too. Hard to keep it going for 3 years and a tough battle in SA and the trip home will be a challenge. I haven’t seen the odds or handicap but it’s a one score game. I’ll be travelling to watch with hope anyway! 😀
Tim I know this is off topic but I plead to you and all the Durbanites to please have him eat a Bunny Chow and make a reaction video,we all know it needs to be washed down with a Black Label Quart.
Steward way to slow in defence again. Embarrassingly bad in defence. His confidence has completely gone, been found out big time
There gone Ireland was bad real bad they won't win. Exit ext week 😂
with no salary cap where does Leinsters money come from? it is not Tv rights,,it is not gate money ,,it is not sponsorship,, To keep 30 plus international players in your club ,,how do you pay and keep them, they never go to France for big money WHY? please investigate...
They get paid less than English players and there is a central contract system where Ireland pay salary. 40, 000 paying fans tonight. Average home match is 14,000 fans.
@@fionnmckool where does rugby Ireland get there money from ?
@@midastouchmidastouch5149ticket sales and sponsorship same as most unions what's your point?
@@midastouchmidastouch5149Loyal fans week in week out, massive crowd attendance at every game, and if 40 thousand turned up tonight then sell out next weekend of 55 thousand, if leinster progress to next round then it's at home in croke park and 82 thousand.
From the same kind of places that the RFU, WRU, SRU etc get their money from. . .
Leicesters B team can walk away proud. Both Leinster and La Rochelle look off their best. I'll go with home advantage winning. by 5. Hoping for a 7:1 split from Leinster. Leo would never do it though.
No dog in the fight, but eff me Leinster (ireland) can barely touch the ball without cheating.
The forward part has become, over the last three years, an active part of their training and game plan.
The first 19 minutes was all about testing the ref, to see why they could get away with.
If you actually (and you need to actually know the rules and apply no bias) watch only Leinster for 15 minutes in any game and purely concentrate on what they’re doing, you’ll end up throwing something at the tv in anger. Their cheating is constant.
Porter is a pathological cheat, he spends 100% of his time on the pitch doing everything to cheat. I’m amazed Cole, who I have little time for, didn’t beat the living crap out of Porter when he kept standing up. At one point Cole’s spine nearly got snapped when Porter stood up. Disgraceful. Porter gets warned by the international refs before each match, but at this lowered level he gets away with everything.
And then GPs Jedi mind trick on the ref at a Rick was unreal. The tackler was still on the floor, GP: “he’s off his feet", ref blows and repeats "he's off his feet". it was like watching a young version of Rory Kockott.
Tim about Porter: "i love the man!"
leinster/ireland massive cheats.l, but at least ireland have never lost a world
Cup final.
You obviously have let your own bias get in the way of your brain. Dan Cole was closing the gap and his head was on Porters shoulder before engagement (which is why he was stood up - once). This has been illegal for a few years and Brousset did not seem confident refereeing the scrum at all. The breakdown was a complete mess but that was because Brousset was so inconsistent. In the first half everything was off feet as far as he was concerned, but he was concentrating so hard on that, the gate became nonexistent. In the 2nd half, Leicester were clearing out from East/West. The try for James Cronin came after the maul had collapsed (by Leicester) and therefore he should have been on his feet when he gathered the ball before grounding. Finally, Robbie Henshaw should have given up a penalty at least for his clearly deliberate knock on with 3 minutes to go, but James Lowe's knock on was in the tackle (his eyes are always on the player and not the ball). It was not a penalty, never mind a yellow card. Brousset would have realised his error when he reviewed the case for a penalty try, but it was too late because he prematurely issued the yellow.
@@paulennis2996 which bias? I’m not a Leicester supporter. You look like you’re Irish, so clearly unbiased thinking on rugby wouldn’t be in your list of available skills. Go to,Old Carton any day of the week and you’ll see ireland practicing cheating, it’s part of their established game play.
But, never criticise any team that’s never lost a World Cup final.
Haha english kernhill stick to you,r horses mate. ? 😂😂😂
Wow, that's an incredible amount of cynicism and bitterness. At the end of the day it will effect you not others. If only your team were perfect we could agree with you. Better off letting it go, save yourself time writing it and others time reading it if they would be bothered.
@@johnmc3862 that’s a very emotional response John, you’re heavily left hemisphere dominated, but culturally it’s probably unavoidable for you. I understand.
But at least ireland have never lost a World Cup final.