Match 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: Leinster Rugby vs Stade Rochelais
by Jim O'Connor, 2023-05-19
This is it!
The game which will decide whether this season has been a success or a second failure in a row. That seems a remarkable statement when you consider how many games they've won, how many tries they've scored and how often they've been called the best side in club rugby in the world in the last couple of years. But there's no point in winning all those games unless you can win when it really counts.
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The game which will decide whether this season has been a success or a second failure in a row. That seems a remarkable statement when you consider how many games they've won, how many tries they've scored and how often they've been called the best side in club rugby in the world in the last couple of years. But there's no point in winning all those games unless you can win when it really counts.
moreMatch Preview: Leinster Rugby vs Leicester Tigers
by Jim O'Connor, 2023-04-06
Leinster did the business last week against Ulster in some of the most miserable conditions in recent memory.
With the rain lashing down, it was never going to be a game to dazzle the soggy crowd in the stands. But after a bit of a scrappy start, Leinster adjusted their game plan to suit the weather and they ground out a comfortable enough win.
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With the rain lashing down, it was never going to be a game to dazzle the soggy crowd in the stands. But after a bit of a scrappy start, Leinster adjusted their game plan to suit the weather and they ground out a comfortable enough win.
moreMatch Preview: Leinster Rugby vs Ulster Rugby
by Jim O'Connor, 2023-03-31
Leinster resume their campaign to win a fifth European Cup star tomorrow but it looks like they'll have to win it without Johnny Sexton.
Sexton was a key man in all four previous triumphs but an injury sustained at the end of the Ireland - England match has almost certainly ruled him out for the rest of the season. In truth his last season for Leinster has really been more of a cameo than a leading role with only three starts and two replacement appearances to his name.
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Sexton was a key man in all four previous triumphs but an injury sustained at the end of the Ireland - England match has almost certainly ruled him out for the rest of the season. In truth his last season for Leinster has really been more of a cameo than a leading role with only three starts and two replacement appearances to his name.
moreMatch Preview: Leinster Rugby vs Racing 92
by Jim O'Connor, 2023-01-20
It's time for the traditional Christmas Aviva game!!! In January!
To be fair, Gloucester at home in December would have been a hard sell and it would have been especially grim watching Leinster take on their B side in a half empty stadium. So it was understandable that Leinster plumped for the Racing game in the Aviva even if it meant losing the pre-Christmas crowd.
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To be fair, Gloucester at home in December would have been a hard sell and it would have been especially grim watching Leinster take on their B side in a half empty stadium. So it was understandable that Leinster plumped for the Racing game in the Aviva even if it meant losing the pre-Christmas crowd.
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