Leinster vs Munster

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And so with the high and the success of our European semi-final
victory last week, our 2021/22 rugby journey will now roll on for
the next three weeks at least (with hopefully another two after
that!). The focus for today is back on URC action and a return to
the Aviva as we once again welcome another red army, that of our
interprovincial rivals, Munster, for this rescheduled fixture.
So much has been written about
these two sides and their many,
many head-to-heads down
through the years that you might
be forgiven for thinking this is
just another routine run of the
mill game, however thankfully
you’d be wrong! Whilst we
have secured a home quarterfinal
for the weekend of June 4,
Munster will be looking to secure
as many match points as they
can today given that the three
teams in second, third and fourth
positions of the URC are all on 56
points and so they’ll no doubt be
desperate to stay in the top four
so that they won’t have to travel
for a quarter-final.
The last fixture for Munster in the Aviva
Stadium was a mere two weeks ago
when their supporters met with the other
red army of Toulouse in the Heineken
Champions Cup quarter-final. Victory
on that day went to the French and well
we know what happened to them last
weekend, however given that Munster
have had an extra week to prepare for
this fixture, you can be sure that they will
be primed and ready to overturn Leinster
at every opportunity and so this is once
again sure to be an exciting game of
rugby from start to finish.
Leo, Stuart and Co took a welcome
opportunity to get some of the extended
senior squad some game time last Friday,
as ‘A’ head coach Simon Broughton
selected a number of the players as part
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Leinster
Munster
1st Position 2nd
L W W L L URC Form L W L W W
511 Points Scored 499
69 Tries Scored 63
7,253 Metres Gained 5,590
251 Points Conceded 306
28 Tries Conceded 30
2,440 Tackles Made 2,317
89% Tackle Success 89%
Ross Byrne (109) Leading Points Scorer Ben Healy (97)
Scott Penny (6) Tries Scored Simon Zebo (7)
Max Deegan (73) Successful Carries Gavin Coombes (61)
Rhys Ruddock (22) Defenders Beaten Mike Haley (24)
of his team that faced a University Student
Selection in Energia Park. Michael Milne,
Jack Dunne, Martin Moloney, Ryan Baird
and Vakh Abdaladze were just some of
the names who featured and this is sure
to be a welcome boost to Leo and the
entire squad as they work to what is a
very important game both today, and in
France next week!
Our form coming into this game reads as
having lost our last two however those
fixtures were away from home down in
South Africa and it was a very youthful
Leinster team who travelled. Whilst the
results might not have been what the
players themselves wanted, those two
losing bonus points they secured ensured
our place as the top seed in the URC and
thus the all-important home quarter-final
so it was an excellent result that they
returned home with.
These fixtures are always tense affairs
and we expect no different this week
but what we do know as evidenced in
the past weeks both home and away is
that we can come away with the victory
when we need it most when the crowd
is behind the team and let’s make sure
today is no different. We want to wrap up
the pool stages on a high so let’s ensure
we get the job done today!
As always we’re thankful for the support
we as a committee get from Leinster
Rugby, Bank of Ireland, Laya (for our
wonderful TRY/clap banners, and all
our other sponsors and as always we
encourage you to show your support
through our social media channels.
Be loud, be true, be blue
Yours in Rugby,
Your OLSC Committee