It's set to be a thrilling United Rugby Championship clash between the Stormers and Leinster at the RDS Arena on Friday night, but who will be the major ...
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“We have to take those, and that’s not something you can coach and plan around. remember when Leinster had those attacking lineouts and the Bulls turned over two or three of those. “Some of the reads they made, some of the contesting stuff …
The match takes place at the RDS and kick-off is at 7:35. It is being shown live on TG4 and can be streamed on the TG4 Player. You can follow all tonight's ...
Stormers go into the game off the back of a narrow six point win over the Sharks on 4th March. Leinster will be hoping to continue their dominant form and make it 16 wins from 16 in front of a packed RDS. Leinster haven't trailed often at half-time in recent months. Leinster do the business and its Scott Penny with the try. An entertaining first 40 minutes ends with a Leinster try after some excellent scoring from Stormers. Leinster drop points for the first time in this years URC as a spirited display from Stormers grabs them a share of the spoils. Harry Byrne punts the ball out for a line-out near the Stormers try-line. That was an intense 40 minutes at the RDS in Dublin. Leinster lost their 100% record but sealed top spot in the league phase. Unfortunately for them the conversion is missed on what has been a difficult night for kickers. Leinster now lead by five points at 17-22. At half-time Stormers lead by 17 points to 5.
Unbeaten Leinster are missing a host of key players compared to the South African Stormers. With Leinster favourites by the smallest of margins, this should be ...
The team in full is: This same fixture last year saw Leinster pipped by the Stormers 20-13 down in Cape Town, Leo Cullen will be hoping to avoid that as his side aim to finish out the remaining three games without a blemish to their record. Leinster are unbeaten all season and have 11 bonus points from their fifteen wins, but a game against the Stormers couldn't have come at a worse time. The Stormers come into the game hot off the back of a three-game winning streak with just three losses all season. With Leinster favourites by the smallest of margins, this should be one of the games of the league. Unbeaten Leinster are missing a host of key players compared to the South African Stormers.
Leo Cullen has selected a back three of Jordan Larmour at full back, Rob Russell on one wing and Dave Kearney on the other. Ciaran Frawley and Liam Turner start ...
Michael Ala’alatoa Michael Milne, 2. Harry Byrne Scrum half 9. Out half 10. Leinster have also confirmed on their website that Guinness Six Nations trophy will be in attendance at the game and that supporters can get photographs with the trophy from 6pm at Autograph Alley. Michael Milne, John McKee and Michael Ala’alatoa retain their places in the front row.
Stormers 22 · Scorers for Leinster: Tries - M Milne, S Penny, R Russell, M Deegan. · Scorers for Stormers: Tries - M Libbok, S Hartzenberg, C Blommetjies.
Yet Leinster were on the back-foot in spite of their temporary numerical supremacy and their five-point cushion was cancelled out when Clayton Blommetjies got to Libbok’s grubber kick ahead of Dave Kearney for a 69th-minute try. Although a missed conversion by Harry Byrne kept the Blues 12 points adrift (17-5) at the interval, momentum was with them for the start of the second half. This puts them 13 clear of the Stormers with just two rounds left to play and ensures the Irish province will have a potential home path to URC glory in the current campaign. The hosts suffered an additional blow in the 34th minute when Libbok pounced after Ciaran Frawley let a pass from Luke McGrath slip through his grasp. They were struggling to create attacking momentum and despite initially holding firm, their whitewash was eventually breached just past the first-quarter mark. Cons - M Libbok (2).
Before Friday night, Leinster had won 19 games in a row but they had to work hardest to draw with the Stormers and preserve their unbeaten record.
The No 8 almost went the length, but he was hunted down by Turner. Harry Byrne, who played well in general pay but managed just one from five from the tee in tough conditions, had a chance to win it but hit the post. They got it back to one score within four minutes of the restart, with Dweba straying offside. Their maul earned a penalty and Hartzenberg was sent to the sin-bin, before McKee tapped the penalty and went before Deegan crashed over. This time, Kitshoff read McKee’s intentions and found Dayimani. Before Friday night, Leinster had won 19 games in a row but they had to work hardest to draw with the Stormers and preserve their unbeaten record.
Leinster confirmed top spot in the United Rugby Championship table but saw their winning run ended following a 22-22 draw with the Stormers in Dublin.
Geronimo Prisciantelli converted from wide on the left to make it 7-0. With 12 minutes remaining, a brilliantly-weighted kick from Libbok was grounded by Blommetjies ahead of Dave Kearney, yet neither number 10 could find the killer blow. With the wind in their favour, they dominated and went 17-0 in front thanks to Manie Libbok and Suleiman Hartzenberg tries. Number eight Deegan duly barged over for Byrne to make it 22-17. Priestland kicked to the corner from a penalty and a clean lineout win saw Botham peel off the back of a driving maul to power over the Zebre line. But again Cardiff hit back quickly as a fortuitous bounce enabled Grady to coast in for the simplest of tries and the driving maul again proved decisive as hooker Belcher crashed over to secure the bonus point.