LEINSTER RECORDED A comprehensive win over Northampton Saints last night in the Champions Cup.
They came away with a deserved bonus point and some of the players made their European bows. Adam Byrne and Ross Byrne both enjoyed strong outings on their European debuts, while Rory O’Loughlin marked his with a try as part of a 37-10 rout.
Tadhg Furlong was immense once again. Along with Jack McGrath, he flourished in the scrum to overpower the Saints front-row, and was duly awarded the man-of-the-match award.
But in winning the gong, he got more than he bargained for. While being interviewed before the award presentation, someone intrudes from the side and puts his arm around Furlong. The Leinster player laughed the incident off and said “I’ve never seen him before in my life,” while being handed his award.
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Presuming Leinster send a B team to SA. Bulls will be hoping they drop points and bulls will go full out for top spot with pretty much all home games now till the end …would like to see a fully loaded Leinster playing the bulls in the final in Pretoria ..that would be awesome to see….
@Stuart: I say they will send a B side with the Northampton game after the SA tour
@Stuart: I reckon Munster are more than a bit offended that the Bulls couldn’t be bothered playing their strongest team in CC quarter final. Hoping for a cracking match.
@sean o’farrell: send a good mix, start most of the first squad in game 1 and the so called B team in game 2 with a strong bench. Loads of game time and fantastic team building trip.
@chris mcdonnell: they may fly the A team back after the Lions game – I think they did that a few season ago – B team should still be stronger than the team we put out last year when we played the Bulls
This season could work for Leinster. Last year; the URC and Champions Cup Semi finals were all in May This year, URC doesn’t finish until June; so they won’t have to decide which semi final to priortise. They can go full strength for both. So if Leinster are going to do the double; this is the year to do it They won’t get as long a season next year, so managing knockouts of two completions with a trip to SA will be more difficult.