🏉 Il pleut beaucoup
🏉 Carley & CoCaptains
🏉 A Battle Of Wills
🏉 LAR leadership vacuum
🏉 Frawley’s Buzzer Beaters
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
FULL TIME TAKES
Conor Cronin
Away in France to the reigning champs and we finally get it right! I couldn’t be happier to see the team finally figure out how to get the better of them. Delighted to see the only try scored is Larmour, he’s had a tough couple of years.
No trick plays, no bounce off the ball stuff, and no situation where the ref was clearly biased towards us. We beat them fair and square.
The future is bright at 10, the squad will take a lot from this and fingers crossed no major injury concerns as we prepare for Saturday
Chris McDonnell
Fantastic result, can’t fault anything on the pitch. Onwards and upwards.
Greg Kelly
Really well fought win. I seem to remember LAR struggling in similar conditions last year against Ulster. Byrne was pretty solid in what he did and Frawley fronted up well on a difficult night. Certainly a big weekend in the post Johnny period in blue and green.
Bert McLoughlin
What was best about today’s performance was the hunger to make dominant tackles and be physical in poor conditions. That hunger will make us strong contenders this season. No signs of a wc hangover
Gavin Hegarty
To me Byrne stood up when asked and frawley did the same. We’re good @10 for a few years!
Hats off to connors, he delivered and then some. Epic performance.
We had some unleinster mistakes but we’ll learn as the game evolves. Porter was constantly talking to the ref, this I like.
I did not like the ref telling ringer he won’t talk to Ryan but fear this is a result of ‘co’ captains. We need to sort thst.
William Andrew
Appalling display by the Ref, looked like he was been coached by LR. Said it twice to them but still did nothing to shut them up.
Honestly Refs need to realise a big scrum can actually bring a scrum down and play the odds like they play the red zone odds.
Jamie Donohoe
Very proud of that very courageous performance in those conditions. And i thought the Ref handled the game well too
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FRONT FIVE ARTICLES
[this week’s Front Five segment is over on our YouTube channel]
1 Bath 37-14 Ulster: Bath come from behind to secure bonus-point win in pool opener – BBC Sport [Matt Gault]
2 Heffernan: Connacht didn’t deliver against Bordeaux (rte.ie) [Michael Glennon]
3 Jackman Hits On Munster Issue Exposed In Disappointing Bayonne Draw | Balls.ie [Colman Stanley]
4 ‘You appreciate you’re a person first, not a rugby player first’ – Ryan Baird (the42.ie) [Rebecca Dollard]
5 Irish Rugby | Parsons Shines As Ireland Women Claim Seventh Spot In Cape Town
CHAMPIONS CUP WRAP
ROUND 1
CONNACHT 5-41 BORDEAUX
GLASGOW 19-28 NORTHAMPTON
TOULON 18-19 EXETER
TOULOUSE 52-7 CARDIFF
BATH 37-14 ULSTER
BULLS 27-16 SARACENS
MUNSTER 17-17 BAYONNE
BRISTOL 36-34 LYON
SALE SHARKS 28-5 STADE FRANCAIS
LEICESTER TIGERS 35-26 STORMERS
LA ROCHELLE 9-16 LEINSTER
RACING 92 28-31 HARLEQUINS
ROUND 2
FRI DEC 15
NORTHAMPTON V TOULON
BAYONNE V GLASGOW WARRIORS
SAT DEC 16
SARACENS V CONNACHT
STORMERS V LA ROCHELLE
BORDEAUX V BRISTOL BEARS
LYON V BULLS
LEINSTER V SALE SHARKS
CARDIFF V BATH
ULSTER V RACING 92
SUN DEC 17
EXETER CHIEFS V MUNSTER
HARLEQUINS V TOULOUSE
STADE FRANCAIS V LEICESTER TIGERS
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