Match Preview: Munster Rugby vs Leinster Rugby
by Jim O'Connor, 2023-12-22
Leinster take on Munster for the second time in five weeks after mixed fortunes in Europe for both clubs in their previous games.
Leinster beat Sale at home but made harder work of it than expected. Sale reacted belligerently to being called a team of dirt-trackers and produced a spirited first half display against a misfiring Leinster side. But in the second half Leinster got their act together and pulled away to win comfortably enough. Sale got a couple of late tries when Leinster were down to thirteen men to put a bit of polish on the scoreline.
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Leinster beat Sale at home but made harder work of it than expected. Sale reacted belligerently to being called a team of dirt-trackers and produced a spirited first half display against a misfiring Leinster side. But in the second half Leinster got their act together and pulled away to win comfortably enough. Sale got a couple of late tries when Leinster were down to thirteen men to put a bit of polish on the scoreline.
moreMatch Preview: Leinster Rugby vs Sale Sharks
by Jim O'Connor, 2023-12-15
That was sweet!
Leinster finally got over the hump and beat La Rochelle. That it was a gritty dogfight of a win in horrendous conditions somehow made it even sweeter. The pack had to front up and they did so superbly. Of course it won't be real payback until we beat them in a knock-out game, but it will do for now.
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Leinster finally got over the hump and beat La Rochelle. That it was a gritty dogfight of a win in horrendous conditions somehow made it even sweeter. The pack had to front up and they did so superbly. Of course it won't be real payback until we beat them in a knock-out game, but it will do for now.
moreMatch Preview: Stade Rochelais vs Leinster Rugby
by Jim O'Connor, 2023-12-08
This lot again!
For the fourth season running Leinster play La Rochelle, but this is the first time they've met in the pool stages. For the last three years, their dreams of a fifth star have been ended by La Rochelle. The last two times it's come in two heart-breakingly close finals but the first time was in an empty Marcel Deflandre stadium during the Covid lockdown.
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For the fourth season running Leinster play La Rochelle, but this is the first time they've met in the pool stages. For the last three years, their dreams of a fifth star have been ended by La Rochelle. The last two times it's come in two heart-breakingly close finals but the first time was in an empty Marcel Deflandre stadium during the Covid lockdown.
moreMatch Preview: Connacht Rugby vs Leinster Rugby
by Jim O'Connor, 2023-12-01
Welcome to new senior coach Jacques Nienaber!
Nienaber joins Leinster after winning the World Cup a second time as Rassie Erasmus's assistant. Now technically his role for the last four years was "Head Coach" but there was no doubt that when it really mattered in the big games the notorious DOR Rassie Erasmus took over again and called the shots. Now in some respects that's a bad thing for Jacques as he doesn't get the credit a coach with his title would normally get for winning a world cup.
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Nienaber joins Leinster after winning the World Cup a second time as Rassie Erasmus's assistant. Now technically his role for the last four years was "Head Coach" but there was no doubt that when it really mattered in the big games the notorious DOR Rassie Erasmus took over again and called the shots. Now in some respects that's a bad thing for Jacques as he doesn't get the credit a coach with his title would normally get for winning a world cup.
moreMatch Preview: Leinster Rugby vs Munster Rugby
by Jim O'Connor, 2023-11-24
Leinster returned to first place in the table last week after the expected heavy win over the Scarlets.
The scoreline was actually a little bit deceptive though. Leinster took advantage of the Scarlets getting a yellow card in the first phase of the game to race into a lead in the first quarter. However after that the quality of rugby for the next 30 minutes would technically be best described as "shite".
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The scoreline was actually a little bit deceptive though. Leinster took advantage of the Scarlets getting a yellow card in the first phase of the game to race into a lead in the first quarter. However after that the quality of rugby for the next 30 minutes would technically be best described as "shite".
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