Leinster v Zebre

http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/team/results/11392.php#.UvTOLPl_vD4

LEINSTER:
15: Zane Kirchner
14: Darragh Fanning
13: Brendan Macken
12: Noel Reid
11: Sam Coghlan-Murray
10: Jimmy Gopperth
9: John Cooney
1: Michael Bent
2: Aaron Dundon
3: Tadhg Furlong
4: Leo Cullen CAPTAIN
5: Mike McCarthy
6: Kevin McLaughlin
7: Shane Jennings
8: Jordi Murphy
REPLACEMENTS:
16: James Tracy
17: Jack O'Connell
18: Edward Byrne
19: Tom Denton
20: Dominic Ryan
21: Luke McGrath
22: Ian Madigan
23: Darren Hudson

The game is not on tv but is apparently being streamed on the RTE website...

Strong side considering the number of players we're losing to the Irish squad. Presume Strauss and Ruddock are on call for Ireland? Hope so.

Zebre:

15 Ruggero TREVISAN*
14 Giulio TONIOLATTI
13 Roberto QUARTAROLI*
12 Kameli RATUVOU
11 David ODIETE*
10 Kelly HAIMONA
9 Brendon LEONARD

8 Samuela VUNISA
7 Andries VAN SCHALKWYK
6 Filippo FERRARINI*
5 George BIAGI
4 Emiliano CAFFINI*
3 Dario CHISTOLINI
2 Tommaso D’APICE*
1 Matias AGUERO (cap)

16 Lorenzo GIOVANCHELLI
17 Andrea DE MARCHI
18 David RYAN
19 Michael VAN VUREN
20 Giacomo BERNINI*
21 Alberto CHILLON*
22 Giulio BISEGNI
23 Filippo CRISTIANO

Tough prospect for Leinster front row against a 1st choice Zebre's front row.

David Ryan! Good to see he is still there. I seen him a couple of times last season and he didn't look too bad!

Yeah i have watched him a few times this season, not the best scrummager but good around the park.

Fanning and SCM on the wings while Conway is on the bench down in Munster. He must be regretting his decision.

Great to see Furlong starting, I can see him being 2nd choice early next season, and possibly 1st choice towards the end.

Ryan needs to find a new club, and McGrath if he's going to be 4th choice next season.

Hopefully our centres and SCM can kick on, because we're looking a bit light there.

Obviously dissapointing that Maddog and to a lesser extent Hudson are on the bench

Madigan would have been in the irish camp all week so was never gonna start. Surprised SCM is ahead of Hudson though.

Surely Dom Ryan needs to move in for the sake of his own career. He could be a starter in the AP.

Good try there for Zebre.

Impressive scrum from Leinster's thirds here.

Where are ppl watching the game?

On rte website.
http://www.rte.ie/sport/player/#!/live/41/

How were Leinster? Getting a TBP away from home during the 6N window is a bit of a coup.

thebandwagonsociety wrote:How were Leinster? Getting a TBP away from home during the 6N window is a bit of a coup.

Its actually hard to tell how good they were as Zebre were just deplorable...in fact they were so bad I had to stop watching the game for a while. Do these guys even have a defense coach? if yes what the heck is he doing with them? Every time Leinster had the ball they made huge ground and it was only silly little errors that cost us.