againstthehead wrote:with goon head on that one. I'd expect teh scarlet to beat them at home. Dragons are more unlikely to do us a favour but you never know....
I think we play llanelli the week before the HC? Baaaaaa. would have been nice to play Leinster that week and let the two B teams have a rumble.
For the Leinster game I can see McGlock giving it up and selecting players in key positions such as 9 & 10 who won't be playing there against Northampton. I think we could go hammer & tongs with a full team against Leinster, still lose & risk big players missing HC game. Don't do it. Leinster will probably go in understrength too but with confidence.
Is the Leinster game after Europe or before it?
For the Leinster game I'd go with these lot (provided we've a full squad of players)
1.McAllister
2.Kyri
3.Fitzpatrick
4.Barker
5.Caldwell
6.Anderson
7.Henry (C)
8.Diack
9.P Marshall/Porter
10.Jackson
11.Danielli
12.L Marshall
13.Cave
14.Gaston
15.Smyth
againstthehead wrote:with goon head on that one. I'd expect teh scarlet to beat them at home. Dragons are more unlikely to do us a favour but you never know....
I think we play llanelli the week before the HC? Baaaaaa. would have been nice to play Leinster that week and let the two B teams have a rumble.
For the Leinster game I can see McGlock giving it up and selecting players in key positions such as 9 & 10 who won't be playing there against Northampton. I think we could go hammer & tongs with a full team against Leinster, still lose & risk big players missing HC game. Don't do it. Leinster will probably go in understrength too but with confidence.
againstthehead wrote:with goon head on that one. I'd expect teh scarlet to beat them at home. Dragons are more unlikely to do us a favour but you never know....
I think we play llanelli the week before the HC? Baaaaaa. would have been nice to play Leinster that week and let the two B teams have a rumble.
For the Leinster game I can see McGlock giving it up and selecting players in key positions such as 9 & 10 who won't be playing there against Northampton. I think we could go hammer & tongs with a full team against Leinster, still lose & risk big players missing HC game. Don't do it. Leinster will probably go in understrength too but with confidence.
Is the Leinster game after Europe or before it?
For the Leinster game I'd go with these lot (provided we've a full squad of players)
1.McAllister
2.Kyri
3.Fitzpatrick
4.Barker
5.Caldwell
6.Anderson
7.Henry (C)
8.Diack
9.P Marshall/Porter
10.Jackson
11.Danielli
12.L Marshall
13.Cave
14.Gaston
15.Smyth
Surely the selection for Leinster will be predicated upon the priorities for the remainder of the season which will be determined by the result in Milton Keynes. So speculation at this stage is totally pointless.
For the Leinster game I can see McGlock giving it up and selecting players in key positions such as 9 & 10 who won't be playing there against Northampton. I think we could go hammer & tongs with a full team against Leinster, still lose & risk big players missing HC game. Don't do it. Leinster will probably go in understrength too but with confidence.
Is the Leinster game after Europe or before it?
For the Leinster game I'd go with these lot (provided we've a full squad of players)
1.McAllister
2.Kyri
3.Fitzpatrick
4.Barker
5.Caldwell
6.Anderson
7.Henry (C)
8.Diack
9.P Marshall/Porter
10.Jackson
11.Danielli
12.L Marshall
13.Cave
14.Gaston
15.Smyth
Surely the selection for Leinster will be predicated upon the priorities for the remainder of the season which will be determined by the result in Milton Keynes. So speculation at this stage is totally pointless.
Most sensible thing you have said this week Snipe
“That made me feel very special and underlined to me that Ulster is more than a team, it is a community and a rugby family" Rory Best
Munster: currently sitting top of the pile on 54 points:
Leinster 47 pts
Scarlets 46
Cardiff 45
Oespreys 44
Ulster 43
Predicted fixtures
MUNSTER
aironi away - 4
dragons home - 5
cardiff away - 1
leinster home - 4
scarlets away - 4
ospreys away - 1
connacht home - 4
total 77 POINTS
LEINSTER
scarlets home 4
dragons away 4
munster away 1
ulster home - 5
aironi away 5
gladgow home 5
TOTAL = 71
SCARLETS
leinster away 0
treviso home - 5
ulster away- 1
munster home - 1
glasgow away - 4
cardiff home - 4
TOTAL = 61
CARDIFF
embra away 1
munster home - 4
ospreys away - 0
connacht away - 4
treviso home - 5
scarlets away - 0
TOTAL - 59
OSPREYS
connacht home 4
glasgow home - 5
cardiff home - 4
dragons away - 4
munster home - 4
aironi away - 5
TOTAL 70
ULSTERRRRRR
- aironi home 5
- dragons home - 4
- glasgow away - 1
- scarlets home - 4
- leinster away - 0
- connacht home - 4
- dragons away - 1
TOTAL 62
Final top 6
Munster - 77
Leinster 71
Ospreys 70
Ulster 62
Scarlets 61
Cardiff 59
And to be honest, I'm being fairly harsh on Ulster - predicting defeats away in dragons and glasgee and only a BP V aironi. With a bit of luck we could hit 66-69 points.
Mmm, cardiff winning away to embra was not part of the plan!
Climb up onto the top of your house and start screaming: 'stand up for the Ulstermen, stand.......'
Munster: currently sitting top of the pile on 54 points:
Leinster 47 pts
Scarlets 46
Cardiff 45
Oespreys 44
Ulster 43
Predicted fixtures
MUNSTER
aironi away - 4
dragons home - 5
cardiff away - 1
leinster home - 4
scarlets away - 4
ospreys away - 1
connacht home - 4
total 77 POINTS
LEINSTER
scarlets home 4
dragons away 4
munster away 1
ulster home - 5
aironi away 5
gladgow home 5
TOTAL = 71
SCARLETS
leinster away 0
treviso home - 5
ulster away- 1
munster home - 1
glasgow away - 4
cardiff home - 4
TOTAL = 61
CARDIFF
embra away 1 (4)
munster home - 4
ospreys away - 0
connacht away - 4
treviso home - 5
scarlets away - 0
TOTAL - 59 (62) +4
OSPREYS
connacht home 4
glasgow home - 5
cardiff home - 4
dragons away - 4
munster home - 4
aironi away - 5
TOTAL 70
ULSTERRRRRR
- aironi home 5 (4)
- dragons home - 4
- glasgow away - 1
- scarlets home - 4
- leinster away - 0
- connacht home - 4
- dragons away - 1
TOTAL 62 (61)
Final top 6
Munster - 77
Leinster 71
Ospreys 70
Ulster 62
Scarlets 61
Cardiff 59
And to be honest, I'm being fairly harsh on Ulster - predicting defeats away in dragons and glasgee and only a BP V aironi. With a bit of luck we could hit 66-69 points.
Mmm, cardiff winning away to embra was not part of the plan!
Plus Blues are away to Dragons on 29th April another possible 4pts
Ulster need a win against the weegies and probably a win against dragons away
Victory in Glasgow is crucial to the league campaign but the Scarlets match should be a five pointer given that the full squad will be hitting their straps for a Euro quarter final the week after.Of the games left Connacht is traditionally ours and the Dragons should be put to bed this time - we are much better than Fridays pantomime. 17 more points to the tally as a minimum requirement or the Master will get his cane out
I think that the Scarlets match could be tricky enough as they are a team who have done well at Ravenhill in the past. They will also be back to full strength and with only the play offs to worry about they will know that this match is 'season defining' for them. Although we will also be at full strength I would be concerned that some of our players may play with one eye on the Heineken match the week after. I know they shouldn't but human nature may make some of them attempt to avoid total commitment in this fixture to enable them to be available for the big one. I hope they dont.
You may be right Tin Pig but big matches against Scarlets in for example, the Heineken Cup, we have lost all four matches to them. In fact I vaguely remember they had a five pointer against us at Ravenhill in one of those matches so they are not a gimme and definitely not a surefire five pointer. Scarlets are the sort of team who can stick three tries on in 10 minutes against anyone if the mood takes them. There are no easy games left in the run in.
