Friday, 20 May 2016

20-5-16 play offs


PRO 12 SEMI FINAL

LEINSTER V ULSTER

Leinster: I Nacewa (c); D Kearney, G Ringrose, B Te'o, L Fitzgerald; J Sexton, E Reddan J McGrath, R Strauss, M Ross, D Toner, M Kearney, R Ruddock, J Murphy, J Heaslip.

Replacements: S Cronin, P Dooley, T Furlong, R Molony, J Conan, L McGrath, I Madigan, Z Kirchner.

Ulster: J Payne; A Trimble, L Marshall, S McCloskey, C Gilroy; P Jackson, R Pienaar; C Black, R Best (c), R Lutton, P Browne, F van der Merwe, I Henderson, C Henry, S Reidy.

Replacements: R Herring, K McCall, A Warwick, R Diack, R Wilson, P Marshall, S Olding, D Cave.


I would not be surprised if at the 80th minute this match was not settled as for who will win it I think home advantage could be a huge factor and the fact of a week’s break could break off Ulster’s momentum. I think that in reserve which is where this game will be won Leinster have got too much but Ulster are getting bette5r in that position.

CONNACHT V GLASGOW

Connacht  O Halaran, Adeolokun,   Henshaw,  Aki,  Heaky, Mc Ginty Marmion,  Loughney, Mc Cartney  Bealham  Dillane,  Muldowney,  O Brian,  Heenan Muldoon, Heffernan, JP Cooney, Ah You, Roux, Mc Keon, John Cooney, O Leary, Robb

Glasgow  Hogg, Seymour,   Dunbar,  Home,  Jones,  Russell, Prince  Reid, Brown, Puasifi,  Nakarawa, Grey Harley, Wilson, Straus, Mc Arthur, Yanuyanutawa, Fagerson, Swinson, Favaro, Hart, Benett, Lamont   


This could be one of those moments in Irish sport where something comes out of nothing and changes the way that we see our sport being seen as Connacht play at home in a pro 12 semi-final Connacht now need to know what to do for next season as it has become more important than this one.

PREMIERSHIP SEMI FINAL

SARACENS V LEICESTER

Saracens:  Alex Goode,  Chris Ashton, Marcelo Bosch, Brad Barritt,  Chris Wyles, Charlie Hodgson, Richard Wigglesworth, Billy Vunipola,  Will Fraser, Michael Rhodes,  George Kruis, Maro Itoje,  Petrus Du Plessis,  Schalk Brits,  Mako Vunipola., Jamie George,  Rhys Gill,  Titi Lamositele,  Jim Hamilton, Jackson Wray,  Neil De Kock, Owen Farrell,  Duncan Taylor.

Leicester:  Telusa Veainu,  Gonzalo Camacho,  Mathew Tait,  Seremaia Bai,  Vereniki Goneva, Freddie Burns,  Sam Harrison, Laurence Pearce, Tom Croft,  Ed Slater  Graham Kitchener,  Dom Barrow, Fraser Balmain,  Harry Thacker,  Marcos Ayere Tom Youngs,  Logovi’i Mulipola,  Dan Cole, Mike Fitzgerald,  Lachlan McCaffrey,  Ben Youngs, Owen Williams, Adam Thompstone


I think that Saracens are on a roll after going to the Champions Cup and winning it and I think that this form will help them in their league semi-final. I think that Leister is too good a team to be rolled over but I do think there will be more than a score in it

EXETER V WASPS

Wasps: Charles Piutau,  Christian Wade,  Elliot Daly, Siale Piutau,  Frank Halai, Jimmy  Gopperth, Dan Robson;  Matt Mullan,  Carlo Festuccia,  Jake Cooper-Woolley, Joe Launchbury,  Kearnan Myall,  James Haskell ,  George Smith, Nathan Hughes.Ashley Johnson,  Simon McIntyre,  Lorenzo Cittadini, Bradley Davies, Thomas Young, Joe Simpson,  Ruaridh Jackson,Rob Miller.

Exeter Chiefs:  Lachlan Turner, Jack Nowell,  Henry Slade,  Ian Whitten,  Olly Woodburn,  Gareth Steenson Will Chudley;  Ben Moon, Luke Cowan-Dickie,  Moray Low, Mitch Lees, Geoff Parling, Don Armand,  Julian Salvi,  Thomas Waldrom. Jack Yeandle, Alec Hepburn,  Harry Williams, Damian Welch, Dave Ewers, Dave Lewis,  Michele Campagnaro, James Short.


This match is definitely a lot harder to call but I think that it might be one by one decision whether a good one or a bad one but I think that wasps will get it purely based on the fact that they have been here many times before and as a big club this will be Exeter’s first time.

 

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