212 : Leinster v Racing 92 wrap – Harpin' On Rugby
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
FULL TIME TAKES
Conor Cronin The number of penalties is a concern. A strong win, and some great individual performances weren’t. We’d a strong first and last 20, needed to be more conscious of the ruck in the middle 40, that’s where we lost our most to Racing. I found a group of Racing fans after the game and brought them to the pub, great group, great fans who really love the game and are very passionate about good rugby, I’m really glad we could meet up expectation, particular the O’Brien try
Gavin Hegarty I actually enjoyed how they challenged us. They clearly did their homework. But still, the good will out. Yes we were not at the level we were last week, but class is permanent. Highlight was ringer flick, sublime.
Richard Collumb Racing slowing the game right down caused us problems. Scrum, some sloppy passing & silly penalties will be punished in later rounds, but last 20 minutes was great. Ringrose just gets better & better.
John Hyland (reply to Richard Collumb) don’t agree re scrum. Other teams are cheating and getting away with it. Our scrum is collapsing on the loosehead side because opposition tightheads are boring in, leaving Porter / Milne nothing to push against. Refs have been clueless.
MASTODON
Richard Mifsud We weren’t at our best for long periods and credit R92 for parts of that but it’s an 80 minute game and when we clicked it was sublime. We need these tests to keep us honest and sharp it’s about finding a way and thus far this season we’ve been pretty good at that this season. Very satisfying BPW
Koochulainn The numbers do not lie LEINSTER 4 games 20 points (and did not concede a single losing BP) 28 tries +150 points difference #PerfectRecord
RugbyNerd Too good again! But good game for around 60 minutes and good refereeing. Very clear communication.
FRONT FIVE ARTICLES
- Ireland squad for Six Nations announced with Joey Carbery the major omission – Pundit Arena [James Fenton]
- Munster retain Women’s Interprovincial Championship title after win over Connacht – The Irish Times
- Bealham hat-trick not enough to stop Connacht losing away to Newcastle (the42.ie) [John Fallon]
- Ulster v Sale Sharks LIVE: Rob Lyttle try the difference at half-time as province edge towards European knockouts – BelfastTelegraph.co.uk [Jonathan Bradley]
- Frustrated Munster face away day in Champions Cup Round of 16 (irishexaminer.com) [Simon Lewis]
HCC ROUND 4 WRAP
ROUND 4
LYN 31-7 BUL
LEIC 26-27 OSP
HAR 39-29 SHA
NOR 13-31 LAR
BOR 17-26 GLO
LEIN 36-10 R92
STO 30-16 CLE
EXE 40-3 CAS
ULS 22-11 SAL
MON 21-21 LIR
TLS 20-16 MUN
EDI 20-14 SAR
LAST 16 (weekend of Mar 31/Apr 1,2)
LEIN V ULS
LEIC V EDI
TLS V BUL
SHA V MUN
EXE V MON
STO V HAR
LAR V GLO
SAR V OSP
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