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00:00at scottson against the glasgow warriors last week feisty tempestuous affair
00:06leinster will have spoken about it early in the week put it behind them but they will use it
00:11as fuel tonight against the scarlets amy baron theron is the match referee
00:18brinton indelman is the television match official
00:25europe on the horizon it's a little bit of a portrait inside the aviva stadium this evening
00:33important that the scarts can settle into their rhythm they were out of the blocks at a rate of
00:38knots against zebra at home at parky scarlet's last week scored the opening try after 70 seconds they
00:43might find themselves immediately on the defensive here as leinster look to start with quick tempo
00:51gibson park already a strong carry for cale and doris and they put it through the hands to find
00:56josh vander fleer lurking with intent out in the wide expanses back in that open side number seven jersey
01:03this evening gary ringrose five out of five in terms of six nation starts for him and here's andrew
01:09porter welcome back to the fray for andrew porter 40 minutes against connor in january but his last start
01:16in leinster colors was at thoman park around christmas time
01:21shrugging off more recently a calf injury so that's great to see him back
01:25quick tempo and quick ball supplied by jemison gibson park as you might expect
01:30harry burn also back having followed the return to play protocols
01:35tom rogers under big pressure now from tommy o'brien and josh vander fleer he's been bundled
01:40to touch surely over on that far side not quite done well to keep that ball alive and
01:47provide the scarlets with half a chance to try and clear their lines from their own five meter line
01:56as good as rogers and ellis me and indeed blair murray are on the front foot it'll be on the
02:01other
02:01side of the ball where they'll be tested tonight you can imagine ian madigan alongside me leinster
02:07looking to start with real tempo it's it's an important evening based on what we've seen in
02:11the two most recent rounds of the urc and in particular glasgow last week yeah most certainly
02:16i think this game it's really important that leinster build momentum into their season that's a great
02:21opening couple of minutes started with the deep restart and then just relentless pressure
02:25full credit to the scarlets they defended really well here comes the rampaging dan sheehan and then
02:32all angles covered it was joshua kenny in off that left wing looking to get involved and attack that
02:37seam in the corner
02:43spoke about the turnover nobody turns over more ball in the urc than the scarlets 94 and counting
02:50heading towards a ton already two and a half minutes into the contest and they look to feed off those
02:55at
02:55least for field position to relieve and answer pressure
03:03dean blacker as i mentioned in that scrum half this evening
03:09and that's their hand on it so it'll be a scarlets line out there line out has functioned really well
03:13this season as indeed has their scrummage this is the middle sir yeah yeah smart launch play from
03:19answer just trying to get into the seam of that scarlets defense excellent tackle
03:24and then just rips the ball free josh vanderfleer with the knock on
03:36harry thomas then to sam lousey with those big levers that he has such an important weapon for the
03:43scarlets defensive wall work at times is as good as anybody in the competition no
03:50up it goes from blacker back in west wales with the scarlets after
04:00a two-season sojourn down in newport with the dragons first real opportunity with ball in
04:05half for the scarlets to try and put some phases together still inside their own half of the field with
04:10johnny williams joe roberts outside him the welsh internationals in midfield up against
04:18the repositioned jimmy osborne at number 12.
04:24i just wonder how those late changes might affect the scarlets as well particularly
04:28in scrum time watcher holt was player of the match last week against zebra great to see a tight
04:32ahead prop get the accolade in a game where there's over 50 points in six or seven tries certainly
04:38jimmy o'brien slings one wide to max deegan
04:44scarlets over the ball and julia rewarded a couple of big turnovers inside the opening five minutes here
04:52really good turnover it's a nice opportunity from leinster smart passing from harry byrne initially and
04:58jimmy o'brien takes it on the 45 delivers a really good pass it looks like it's a three on
05:03two on the
05:03outside just slow to make a decision johnny williams comes in with a great chop tackle
05:10gives it an opportunity tom rogers comes in with the turnover
05:15time off gents uh 13 blue hia excellent field position here for the scarlet's a problem though
05:21for gary ring rose and leinster he's going to have to come off to be assessed for hia
05:35this one's robbie henshaw inside the opening five minutes in for gary ring rose
05:44to the front they go and secure possession just a little bit muddled for a fraction of a second
05:53in the corner they come into the hands of jared taylor big game from him on that blindside flank
05:58last week embellished it with two really well taken tries scored a couple of really nicely
06:03manufactured and crafted five pointers against severin they put the ball to width here into the hands of
06:09the always dangerous ellis me jane blacker into harry thomas just second start in the scarlet shirt for
06:17the academy graduate still only 20 years of age steep learning curve this evening beautiful cross
06:22field kick that from joe hawkins to try and catch leinster on the outside cover tackle coming across
06:28from jimmy o'brien was much needed from a leinster point of view but it's been really good this from
06:34the scarlet's into the hands of dan davis wearing number 26 on his back just to confuse matters here's
06:40fletcher anderson how good has he been with ball in hand since arriving in from the canterbury crusaders
06:45in new zealand excellent back role play almost every time he puts on that shirt johnny williams now
06:54rumbling forward and offering the opportunity potentially for kaylan doris who
06:58initially looked to be in a position that's fair for me thank you and then lost his footing it's
07:03another scarlet's penalty
07:08amy bart they're on very clear the rook was formed
07:15excellent play from the scarlet's real nice variation playing in close to the road moving
07:20the ball to width throwing in a cross field kick really important tackle from i think it was joshua kenny
07:28off the back of the cross field kick gets across genuine one-on-one here shows the outside just
07:34about holds on and then good cover from leinster great opening attack from the scarlet's it was very
07:43good cover from the alert joshua kenny using his pace now a little bit of variation at line out time
07:49i'm
07:49not sure that fletcher anderson got back to grind there's the outstretched arm of the referee to confirm
07:54it penalty advantage here used their ball to really good effect on two occasions last week
07:59looks a little bit short if not held up
08:21so back we go for the penalty for the infringement at line out time i think it's against andrew porter
08:26taking out the lifter and this is uh turning into a little more than an opportunity for the scarlet's
08:32it's incessant pressure
08:36yeah six
08:43sorry thomas again so they've mixed it up a couple of times and this is the third variation
08:47as they pick out max douglas now they're splintering around that corner trying to funnel through
08:53the five meter channel port to ground three meters shy
08:59take yourself out of there dame blacker is the instruction from a couple of the heavy mob up front
09:03who want to take responsibility there's a few of the lanster heavy artillery coming in tag furlong
09:10brian dini on the shoulder the scarlet's well able for the challenge on they rumble and go looking to try
09:16and
09:17win those collisions win those battles they've got to be very close there the
09:21referee's assistant on the far side looking to see can he see a grounded ball not yet
09:27keelan dars has got both hands on it around their corner they come again now have they got that to
09:33the whitewash
09:39look to be very close there was immediate appeals from two or three of the
09:43scarlet's players i think it was fletcher anderson so i'm playing advantage for a penalty
09:49for eight thank you for eight clearly going over the rack he's on his chest he's off his seat
09:54playing playing the ball slowly down you do have a potential grounding there we need to check
10:00okay please give us space please give us space please thank you okay quinton
10:06we came up to you it'll be the same for you as well please
10:10so we don't have a clear grounding so quinton i'm going to iron field decisions no try we don't have
10:17a clear grounding can you please check the grounding first i am playing advantage for a penalty for all
10:23feet against eight blue okay amy so we got uh no no grounding so therefore no trial yep
10:31uh 100 percent there definitely was a grounding it's whether it's over the line or not
10:38i don't know if that angle's going to show it or was that on the second go
10:46we probably need a side uh side angle on that it is the scarlet's captain for the night fletcher
10:53anderson inconclusive on those couple of angles certainly seem to be short initially and then
11:00endeavor to place it yeah it just looks a little bit awkward quite often when that's the case
11:07it's not quite there it definitely did end up over the line but i think it's on the second or
11:11third attempt
11:16i've got to judge where that first grounding is on the line i'll go for amy yeah yeah quinton
11:21it's not clear that ball's been grounded and the first one looks short so stay with you on for
11:25decision please okay uh we can come back to me so we're going to stick with the on-field decision
11:31of no try however we have a penalty against eight blue for office feet at the breakdown okay no try
11:39um we've had uh we've had several penalties in this area okay you need to clean up that was clear
11:44and
11:44obvious that you were reaching over you clearly off your feet one one one one one conversation
11:50so you get a penalty for all feature uh we can't we can't clear the gardening i've just given a
11:55warning
11:58well you think back to last week and the damage was done when leinster were down numbers in the first
12:02half against glasgow they've got to mind their discipline here that's an understatement
12:06keelan doris in particular perhaps under the microscope
12:11yeah they certainly spoke about their discipline and part of that is how you manage the referee
12:19come the scarlet's prophet here once again rumbling forward rolling around now where's the
12:25ball in the middle of all that it's up the jumper of joe mccarthy i think who's wrestled that free
12:32super maul de france from the big second row got himself through the middle legally
12:39using those big levers to disrupt the scarlet's momentum
12:44five minutes already on the watch and a large share of it down inside that leinster 22.
12:50really big moment from big joe mccarthy just managed to work his way through the middle of the
12:57scarlet small split it up into two got his hands on the ball comes away with it
13:04big moment in this opening 10 minutes uh yeah we can get it we have time at the moment
13:12time is still much made of the strength of this leinster side given the opposition and the timing of
13:17season with europe to come against edinburgh but you think of andrew porter tag furlong joe mccarthy
13:23and others gary ring rose to name check another there's five or six within lancer side have
13:29played three or fewer urc games this season so cohesion and fluidity always a question that's
13:36going backwards and into the hands of joe roberts it's been an excellent opening almost 10 minutes to
13:41this game now from the scarlets coming in with a little bit of momentum if you can say that off
13:48the back of uh as i said some really good attacking play against the zebre
13:53side in west wheels last week with this very much a different kettle of fish
13:58yeah it was impressive line speed from leinster and then good double hit sheehan going low doris coming
14:03in and wrestling the ball free tom rogers
14:09free for leinster turns some eggs and now get back into the scarlet's half
14:15i forgot to mention don sheehan among that collective of leinster players lightly
14:19raced in the urc just a second start in this competition for him this season
14:26access
14:30barely a breeze around dublin four this evening
14:34scarlet's back three excellent exponents under the high ball broadly speaking they'll come under
14:39pressure from the kick chase to the likes of joshua kenny and in particular maybe tommy o'brien
14:44that's a really well measured cross field kick again joe hawkins settling into the game and into that
14:51somewhat unfamiliar fly half roll
14:55sam costolo unavailable
14:58carwin leger jones also on the injured list the growing injured list that dwayne peel has got to
15:03contend with
15:04use the nine
15:09blacker right on halfway looking to drop this one just two meters outside the 22 that's on a sixpence
15:15really contestable did that go forward off of scarlet's hand it's there for tag furlong now joe mccarthy
15:28use the nine timing for gibson park might need a little bit of protection in there tonight
15:36sam lousey is king of the charge down
15:41and this back three as i said you can't take your eyes off any of the blair
15:44murray certainly chief amongst those
15:50spotted a little bit of a gap in behind and that's beautifully executed really really composed
15:56and measured an impressive start to the game from joe hawkins at ten
16:00yeah it certainly is mixing it up a couple of cross field kicks which is a great tactic to employ
16:06against this rush defense and then spots a bit of space in the top right corner
16:11steps off his left foot drops it onto his right finds the corner treads it out and forced lencer to
16:17kick and beat that's a difficult kick when you're backing yourself really well executed
16:21don't play games here clearly two meters a pass back to inside the scarlet's half of the field
16:26otherwise it was a 50 22. nonetheless it keeps the scarlet's exactly where they want to be
16:33timing where they've taken up residency really in the opening 12 minutes of this game inside the
16:37lancer 22. they're going to keep them there or thereabouts yeah the scarlet's tackling is really
16:43impressed me getting their bodies directly in front of these lancer attackers i know it's lots of one-off
16:48runners but they're getting themselves in the right position dropping their body height getting their
16:54legs pumping driving the lancer players back and coming in throwing the ball down good news for
17:01gary ring rose and leinster appears to have passed his hia will be withdrawn very shortly
17:13this time keelan doris is legal that's a brilliant turnover from the leinster and ireland captain
17:19got his timing absolutely spot on there leinster kicked down field through blair murray
17:30the collision there but it was blair murray really who just lost his footing going into contact against
17:35his opposite number jimmy o'brien this time it's josh van der fleer locked into the jackal position
17:44can't get a hold of it
17:48there's not played a lot of rugby this season first urc starts since october but he's
17:53started brightly oh that's a lovely little tip up into the hands of the awaiting jared taylor got it
17:58away quickly to joe robertson the scarlet's really full of endeavor here really enterprising stuff at times
18:05can they find the edge over the top a couple of little short passes and then that bridge pass
18:09over the top to ellis me dinks it through looking for murray
18:14good cover from tommy o'brien
18:17done sheehan away to keelan doris nobody really on his shoulder and he lost it forward on the ground
18:37i'll tell you what nigel davis said this weekend they're going to treat this like a test match
18:42weekend come here full throttle it's not been a kind venue to the scarlet's it's not uh but a kind
18:46venue to any west side and and very few over the last 10 years or so but it's been a
18:51really bright
18:51opening 15 minutes you have to applaud their endeavor yeah it's been sustained pressure
18:56as i said earlier it's the variation in their game that's really impressed me moving the ball to
19:00width keeping the gain line but then not over playing even there it's good play get a soft edge
19:05but then thread the ball in behind force this lancer team to turn force them to play from deep and
19:10force
19:11them to make a mistake which we just saw there and it's a lovely attacking opportunity
19:14not too far from the middle of the field just on the lancer 22.
19:22wow strong penalty now spoke by the strength of that scum but do bear in mind that henry thomas
19:29selected on the bench archer holds who is a very accomplished tighthead scrummature unavailable
19:35picked up an injury in the warm-up we understand and the change hasn't seemed to affect the scarlet's
19:45game against a few household names in that leinster front road so it's another fairly
19:50big shot across the bows
20:00seven again it stemmed from a fairly rudimentary error
20:06look forward and contact the kind of errors that uh have been the achilles heel for
20:11leinster in recent weeks there's another well executed scarlet's lineup that brings penalty
20:17advantage harry thomas has it but with the advantage blacker wants to play so throw it out to this
20:23back line beautiful little ding through it sets up lovely and in they go for joe roberts no more than
20:29the scarlets deserve at the aviva stadium in dublin 16 and a half minutes into the contest which they have
20:36dominated and they've scored and there may be further trouble for leinster as well
20:45brandini in the bin as he was last week the same infringement twice in a row they've taken out the
20:50jumper too early down to try leinster dynamon all happening here and it's all scarlet's yeah you can see
21:00there in early before the lifted players hit the ground because it was a final warning
21:08leinster player has to be sent to the sin bit that gave the scarlet the luxury to attack
21:16oh it's a lovely grubber though how he's found the space there to tread that through put the perfect
21:20weight on it there's plenty of work left for joe roberts to do gathers the ball finds his way over
21:27the
21:27try line fully deserved of their seven point lead but i will check for that as well
21:36full complement of seven points for their efforts richly deserved and as
21:43beautifully executed took some finishing from joe roberts
21:50the power and the appetite to get there despite the attentions of jimison gibson park
22:00minsters top tackler in the urc this season brian deeney now in the bin
22:06one another penalty for the scarlet's discipline an issue confidence not an issue at all for the
22:16scarlet's they're trying everything um caitlin listen you've just had a penalty and a yellow card
22:22for repeat infringement he's clearly swung around the breakdown okay if you want to dominate you must go
22:27forward first discipline needs to improve i won't stop
22:35yep i won't stop discipline needs to improve the message is really clear
22:39really frustrate leinster because they pride themselves the opposition score kick the ball
22:45deep they get really difficult to exit from their own 22 and scarlet's going to have possession back
22:51up on the leinster halfway line six penalties in 18 minutes including a yellow card sanction for brian
22:59deeney yep you can have the line three
23:05that's not something that will go on notice that is simply unacceptable at this level from a
23:10leinster point of view symptomatic of the pressure for sure but
23:16that's not the requisite control and discipline
23:22pouring forward now scarlet's trying everything paul is sticking goes to hand to get the pass away as
23:28well back three leaking up really nicely indeed blacker has settled into this game really quickly very
23:34nicely indeed all comers now fletcher anderson he's not held and he takes some stopping tommy o'brien
23:40comes across he gets his pass away to joe hawkins beautiful line on the shoulder from the number 10
23:49leinster scrambling back to try and fill the void and fill the space is important tackle
23:53but again they get that offload away super play from the scarlet's
24:00momentum staller by a really big tackle in front of those leinster posts but into the hands once again
24:05a fletcher anderson blacker quickly recycles they've got numbers on the outside if that went out the
24:10back who knows maybe they could manufacture an overlap still maybe on on that side hawkins
24:17again they move the point of contact shifting the picture in front of that leinster defense they all
24:22want to get in on the act jared taylor and harry thomas involved and they go again brilliant this time
24:28from
24:28johnny williams and now blair murray tommy o'brien there to the rescue that is super stuff from the
24:36winger and it's so bodily needed from a lanster point of view because up to then it was brilliant
24:42from the scarlet's oh it certainly was johnny williams is playing like sonny will williams tonight at his
24:50very best he's been on fire in this opening 20 minutes chop tackles offloading treading the ball
24:57through on the ground that's really very concerned they're committed to this high press rush defense
25:03you gotta make your front up tackles it's a great save from tommy o'brien and then
25:07some of the phase or two later he gets in for the poach
25:14kept the ball alive really well they're attacking they're attacking real speed and impetus
25:20challenging the leinster defenders to make decisions excellent excellent play from tommy o'brien getting
25:26over the ball and stay no contest more goes max deegan this time
25:42the leinster's top ball carrier in the urc this season max deegan
25:48tommy o'brien underneath the box kicks that really didn't go quite as far as
25:53gibson park would have liked it look at the ambition again from the scarlets to try and
25:56find space on the edge they've always got somebody in support
26:01a little bit sliced that time from blair murray
26:11a little bit slow to get back up to his feet having made that tackle
26:20blair murray keep retreating nine lsb
26:28sizing up harry burton
26:31and then star fly half makes the tackle
26:34sam lousey and again it's a good angle on the shoulder
26:37and support lines coming from everywhere dain blacker
26:41a little bit over ambitious maybe over eager
26:46and that's forward from the try scorer joe roberts
26:51no lack of pace about this game which is great to see
26:55as we expected
27:04straight to the bin 14 aside you knew what you're doing says amy barrett darren on a clear overlap
27:12comment on deliver knock on line break opportunity what i really like about that is how quickly
27:20amy's made her decision she's seen it live she knows there's an overlap on for leinster
27:25penalty yellow card keep the game moving
27:30nice touch from lancer just another of those uh momentum-killing errors harry burnt jimmy o'brien
27:42but taken in
27:47barrett murray seems to be okay half charged on that time by jimmy o'brien into the hands of
27:52the waiting scarlet player who's joe hawkins
27:59blacker keeps them moving it's been perpetual motion in the opening 23 minutes particularly from the
28:06scarlet's
28:06use it
28:11more than most in the urc the scarlet's that's reflected in the stats and it's
28:16they've mixed it up nicely this evening
28:21great to see andrew porter back in the thick of the action
28:27ling rose back with us after passing this hia pops it in behind ellis me
28:33extravagant little flick of the hand to get it back to his fullback who's immediately sworn by a
28:38couple of leinster players just a second's indecision that's all they need
28:45kemsley matthias
28:50use a nine inside
28:53themselves in a tight spot or two in the opening 24 minutes here
28:57scarlet's have generally had an answer as well
29:01touches a good option here and that's a good kick
29:04that's an excellent kick from zone 22
29:07getting it all the way up close to the leinster 10 meter line
29:10tell you what the intensity of this open 24 minutes has been high
29:15bodies chasing those kicks there's plenty of fatigue out on the pitch
29:25they're going to retrieve that situation in the end
29:28hold it i'm not going to manage you again
29:31i can block it from
29:38josh van der fleer
29:42up it goes again from gibson park another hang time on this one inviting the chase of
29:47dan shee that's a pretty frightful proposition when you're waiting under that high ball the
29:53thundering hooker coming down good hands this time from leinster as they try and find space on the edge
29:59ring rose takes one over the top oh that's beautiful into the hands of kenny
30:05try saving tackle he couldn't quite get all the way to the line he almost broke free and then it's
30:10fizzed across and intercepted
30:16the scarlets have come to play that man again fletcher anderson with the head on his back for the
30:21scarlets the captain is involved in everything sam lousey this time stampeding forward up over halfway
30:30unplayable too many bodies on the floor quick decision from the referee again and it's a
30:35scrummage leinster put it it's still packed there it certainly was it was unbelievable defensive play
30:46they're clearly scared that kixon park likes to pick that option opportunity was presented great
30:52chase machine under pressure this is good play from lancer moving the ball gets it to ring rose
30:58spots is no one in behind there's loads of work for kenny to do he does really well to stay
31:02in the
31:02field of play it's a slightly slow rook ball scarlets get themselves back set couldn't see who picked it
31:09off but it was a huge play if that had gone to hand i'd be fairly certain one of the
31:13lancy players
31:13would have got over for a try i think it was fletcher anderson
31:20although i am inclined just to use his name against anything that's good these days he's had such an
31:25impact i saw him first time out live in the game away against bordo beglin the challenge cup when the
31:31scarlets were well beaten at the end of the day he was among the standout players on the pitch and
31:34he's he's continued in that fashion ever since he's been sensational yeah he's been firing away
31:39scarlets best player this season yep both sides of the ball picks good lines his timing onto the ball
31:47even the size is powerful and he's well able to come up with poachers good on the ground good low
31:54center of gravity
31:58he'll call him co plenty to ponder in the uh 25 26 minutes here
32:07injury concerns and players coming back ryan baird expected to be back or certainly available for
32:11edinburgh in the champions cup may have been very close to featuring this evening which is great news
32:16uh okay i need to see from both of you guys hold your weight such great news with rg snow
32:25and we
32:25understand it's a significant injury due to get an official lens to report maybe later this week but
32:31doesn't sound good no james low just moment either and james ryan on his way back also
32:41it's very uncomfortable coming off last weekend everyone was very concerned it really adds an
32:46extra dimension to this lancer attack this is a lovely opportunity for lancer coming up against
32:52six smartest defenders got to cover the backfield here with the 50 22 on and break what jamie osborne
32:59it seems just so comfortable any position he finds himself in including that number 12 shirt for the
33:07playmaking option range of kicking and passing fizzed in from harry byrne
33:16gibson park
33:20did really well to take that a good distance behind him and there was significant pace on the pass
33:27porter once again pops it inside to his captain then there's a wrestling match between the two
33:31number eights that's an interesting little subplot in and of itself and here's tag furlong
33:36handing off all comers osborne max steegan in the line joshua kenny off he goes
33:44thumped by jared taylor no josh mcleod of course victim of a hamstring injury this time it's a leinster advantage
33:53six six yeah cynical for me jared taylor playing the ball off his feet
34:02scarlet's player being attended to over here
34:12another yellow card so lancer got brian deeney back on the scarlet's now for the moment at least
34:17down to 13. they also have an injured player i think it's johnny williams who's a bit of difficulty
34:24on this side of the pitch
34:35it's a big momentum shift now scarlet's two players in the center for the next six or seven minutes
34:42so we either wait now we're at the line now time is off side by side on the naughty step
34:47and some
34:48concern as we said for johnny williams he's been receiving attention for a couple of minutes underneath
34:54us
35:06did well initially didn't jared taylor but it was just on the ground here
35:11it was the touch which may have said he just sticks an arm out as gibson park's looking to play
35:16it
35:16they couldn't see it live uh no just keep the space hold your weight so that's always a tough battle
35:21between going early stepping back so yeah i think he's playing the nine on the ground obviously when
35:26you're on the ground you're out of the game to play actually johnny williams is okay
35:31you know what i was saying there connor we saw last week when leinster had the two yellow cards
35:35back to back against glasgow that's when glasgow racked up three tries really important there for
35:42the answer get themselves back into the game score quickly and then you're attacking against 13
35:46all you need is one player to get a fold or a hold wrong and you're going to have a
35:51big overlap
35:52you can have the line back to the full column of course brian deeney back with us 15 against 13
36:04leinster line out on five and they go to the returned brian deeney now to the captain keelan doris
36:12tag furlough urgency about leinster here and the tight head barreling towards that line here they go
36:18surely now for a ring rose
36:22leinster pulling slot scarlet's indiscipline almost immediately
36:33really good leinster try decide to go with a breakout off the mall
36:38and then it was really three phases quick will fall smart play dars breaks off
36:44gets leinster over the gain line it's the speed of this rook ball is the key gibson park assessing
36:48left and right good carry from furlong gets leinster within a yard and then it was ominous then for
36:53the scarlet at this point but really nice awareness from osborne he could have been greedy there gone
36:58for it himself but he knew the spark play it was just as slow as feet through the hands to
37:02ring rose
37:06leinster back in the game but all the momentum with them now
37:09so scarlet's gonna have to whether the next probably six minutes with two players in the same bit
37:21heading towards 50 tries in leinster shirt 46 now this evening for gary ring rose
37:31two or three candidates waiting on the end of that pass from jimmy osborne
37:35ultimately just required one more player to ring rose good carry as he inset in the middle of all that
37:44he hasn't played in the urc at least it's his first start since that defeat a monster against croke park
37:52scarlet's have straight off side here joshua kenny has it and keelan doris will take it on against
37:57kensley matthias
38:02seven points a piece on the 30 minute mark
38:07but for how long in this position down numbers down players did that go forward from dan sheehan
38:14yeah it did
38:21the play continues for now at least thought that maybe went forward from sheehan perhaps not gibson
38:27park gets it away to tag furlong this time it's a penalty advantage
38:35here we go well it's on this is what you got to do when you have two extra players on
38:40the field there
38:40will be space if you can find the speedsters and now two speedsters off and cheers joshua kenny
38:46puts one in behind blair murray and the fullback shows his pace to cover it all the way dead
38:58really good awareness from gibson park goes quickly moves it to osborne
39:04nice play from osborne soaks up and throws an accurate pass to joshua kenny i thought he probably
39:10could have kept it in hand here blair murray's serious wheels trying to out 10 meters after
39:15one of them so in such a good position there connor that's one you just got to hold on to
39:21and then
39:21take the scar that's through the phase attacking against 13 men
39:29he's actually receiving some medical attention there clearly wasn't too much wrong with him blair
39:32murray because he made up 60 meters cross field from one side his own 22 to track that all the
39:37way back
39:38there good uh we can't have a scum in the path
39:47scrum chosen
39:53when he's your roberts will be the first to be two sanctioned starless players to come back in
39:59momentarily
40:08in the league
40:09damage limitation exercise in the main to try and run the clock down
40:14until such times as they get back to first 14 and then 15.
40:18big shot from that leinster pack of forwards and away comes johnny williams
40:23the line
40:29blacker to kensley matthias
40:38It goes from Dianne Blacker
40:42Very tight to that touchline
40:44Over the far side
40:45Too tight
40:46Good touch
40:53Joe Roberts is back with us
41:14Correct decision there
41:16Because his foot is outside the field of play
41:19And then he jumps
41:19He must land back in the field of play
41:25Scarlett would be pretty happy with that outcome
41:27It looked like Max Deegan and Gibson Park
41:29We're going to go in under the Scarlett's post
41:34Max Deegan the target at the front
41:35Ball in the hands of Harry Byrne to Jimmy Osborne
41:42Byrne once more
41:43Deeper this time to Kenny
41:45And now Tommy O'Brien
41:51Dan Sheehan
41:54And on they go with Caelan Doris
41:56Good work from the Leinster captain
41:57Good hands from Gibson Park
41:58Maybe an opportunity now
42:00Jimmy O'Brien tries to just punch a hole up the middle
42:04Harry Byrne does likewise on the next phase
42:06And a stop by Lousey
42:09Gibson Park again
42:10Caelan Doris
42:12Speed forward by Scarlett's
42:14Beautiful hands from Sheehan
42:16Two on the outside
42:17And it'll be finished
42:18By Joshua Kenny
42:22Nicely done
42:23Nicely done
42:24Nicely worked
42:24And brilliantly finished
42:25From Leinster
42:26And they hit the front
42:28In the 34th minute
42:29Tenth try
42:30In a Leinster jersey
42:32For Joshua Kenny
42:33Two in a week
42:35Yeah he looks really dangerous
42:37Every time he gets his hands on the ball
42:38Top end speed
42:40It's interesting to see
42:40Was this knocked on
42:41I think they called it live
42:42It was off of Scarlett's hand
42:44Which looked a little bit awkward
42:46But I think we're beginning to see
42:47The Leinster power game
42:48Come to the fore
42:49Neil Cullen says
42:50This on the season
42:51The biggest challenge
42:52Is the cohesion
42:53Getting players back
42:54From international duty
42:56With Ireland
42:57It's really taking Leinster
43:05Tmo is sweeping
43:06In the background
43:06For that potential
43:08Leinster knock on
43:09Which was called
43:09A Scarlett's knock on live
43:12Harry Byrne
43:13Can't quite
43:13Get the radar
43:14Spot on
43:15That time
43:28He just knows his way
43:29To the try line
43:30Joshua Kenny
43:31That's for sure
43:33He certainly does
43:34Yeah just on the
43:35Cohesion piece
43:37It really has taken Leinster
43:38The guts of
43:3930 minutes
43:39To find that bit of
43:40Form
43:42Foundation of the game
43:43Is that power
43:44And to get over the game
43:45Line
43:45Can they get quick
43:46Rook ball
43:47For Gibson Park
43:48Once they do that
43:49He picks the right option
43:50More often than not
43:51That's when Leinster
43:52Beginning to look
43:53Really dangerous
43:57So Max Page
43:58Is in
43:59For Ellis Me
44:05Which would appear
44:06To be
44:06An enforced change
44:08At this point
44:08In the game
44:10Started very brightly
44:11Ellis Me
44:13In the game
44:14It's been a really good
44:15Opening 35 minutes
44:16For Scarlett
44:17Just this
44:18Next four minutes
44:19Leading up to halftime
44:20It's just crucial
44:21That they stay in touch
44:22With Leinster
44:23This is where
44:24Traditionally try and
44:25Really turn it on
44:26To five minutes
44:26Before and after
44:28Halftime
44:28The gap is still
44:29One meter
44:30So he can play
44:35There's no doubt
44:36They've
44:37Improved in recent weeks
44:40Coinciding with the return
44:41Of Nigel Davis
44:44Really difficult
44:45Start to the campaign
44:47Beset by injuries
44:48Difficult fixture list
44:50One win in their first
44:51Seven in all competitions
44:53And that oddly enough
44:54Was 23-0 at home
44:55To Glasgow
44:56Back in November
44:57No
44:57Keeping him in
44:59Now
44:59Even when they haven't
45:00Perhaps got the results
45:02That the performances
45:03Have merited in recent weeks
45:04There has been a discernible
45:05Improvement
45:06Across the board
45:09Saw some of the best
45:10Of that last week
45:11Against the
45:12Italians and Zebra
45:14Bonus point
45:15In the bag
45:16After
45:1635 minutes
45:17Are there
45:17Bounce
45:26Slow to get
45:27Organised
45:28With somebody
45:28Underneath that
45:29Joshua Kenny
45:30In the end
45:31It was
45:41I didn't immediately
45:42See a knock on there
45:43But it is a scar
45:44Let's put into the scrum
45:46Come on
45:46Let's go
45:50Get
45:52Keepers
45:55Yeah
45:55I think his knees
45:56Retreated off the field
45:57Can I say
46:01Take him out
46:02There's another injury
46:03Here
46:04That's
46:04It's going to be
46:05A significant amount
46:08Of blood
46:08For Jamie Osborne
46:09There
46:09That might require
46:10Something
46:14Off the field
46:15Okay
46:16Yeah
46:19That's
46:20Jared Taylor
46:21Almost ready
46:22To come back in
46:23If you want to go
46:23Off and stitch it
46:31Yeah
46:33You've got about
46:33Three minutes
46:34So hot
46:39Dr. Jim McShane
46:40There
46:40Just weighing up
46:41The options
46:43Great experience
46:45Probably have to
46:46Take him in
46:46And get it stitched up
46:47With three minutes
46:48To go to half time
46:50And they're going to
46:51And they're going to
46:51Patch him up
46:56Spoke about
46:56Leinster's attack
46:58They're beginning to
46:59Find their feet
46:59Defensively now
47:00Getting off the line
47:02Making it difficult
47:03For the Spartans
47:04To get multiple
47:04Passes away
47:06As you're seeing
47:07There
47:07Sorry
47:08The TMO
47:08Just clipping
47:09The studs
47:11Of Anderson
47:12As he goes down
47:15I'll be honest
47:15I didn't see it
47:16That clearly
47:17If the TMO
47:18Saw a clear push
47:19In the back
47:20You can deal with that
47:21If you both
47:22Competed for the ball
47:22I'm okay
47:23But I didn't see a push
47:27It's height to half time
47:34They're going to make
47:34The change
47:35So Robbie Henshaw
47:36For the second time
47:36In this half
47:37Is back in
47:39In the short term
47:40At the very least
47:48Nice to be able
47:49To bring up
47:50An 80 plus
47:51Thank you
47:52Captain International
47:53In
47:56Don't play games
47:57What is an idea
47:58For Robbie
47:59Is warming up
47:59Coming on
48:00Coming back down
48:01Coming on
48:02And then I'm sure
48:03That's when we'll be able
48:04To get patched up
48:04And we'll be doing it
48:05For a third time
48:06In the second half
48:07But yeah
48:08What a luxury it is
48:09Having Robbie's experience
48:11On the bench
48:12He'll come in
48:13Setting himself in
48:14Straight away
48:15Fine
48:17Set
48:22Restarting with a
48:23Scarlet scrum
48:24But it may as well
48:25Have been a Lancaster scrum
48:26Goodness me
48:27They absolutely
48:28Eviscerated
48:28The Scarlet's
48:30Forward pack there
48:36Penalty now
48:37Against Joe Roberts
48:38Who really
48:39Must be careful
48:41Haven't only just
48:42Come back in
48:42That's his first
48:43Intervention
48:43To give away a penalty
48:44For playing the night
48:45Same as the penalty
48:45Down there
48:47Against Blue
48:48Swinging around
48:49Having an impact
48:50Yeah it's really
48:50The last ten minutes
48:51Lancaster beginning
48:52To get the squeeze on
48:53Getting their power
48:54Again going
48:54And attack
48:55Getting off the line
48:56Defensively
48:56And then we're seeing
48:57The power in the scrum
48:59Thank you
49:00Really important for
49:01Scarlet's now
49:02That they hold
49:02Lancaster out
49:03And it's remaining
49:04Two minutes of the half
49:04Thank you
49:06Jared Taylor
49:07Is back in
49:08But
49:09A demonstration
49:11Of power
49:12From the Lions
49:13Front row
49:14That is Porter
49:15Sheehan
49:15And Tag
49:16Furlong
49:17Five to a call
49:18Yeah
49:19Five
49:19Three players
49:21Who started
49:21The last two tests
49:23Of that Lions tour
49:24Porter came off
49:25The bench
49:25In the first one
49:32Lots of moving parts there
49:34There seemed to be
49:34A fraction of a delay
49:35From Dan Sheehan there
49:36After that it was all
49:38A little bit off script
49:41Yeah thank you
49:42A minute or so
49:42Of the half remaining
49:43Real contest
49:44Twelve points to seven
49:46In Gibson Park
49:47Keep retreating
49:48Thumps one down
49:49Towards halfway
49:50It's another excellent kick
49:51Yeah
49:51Being touched
49:59Great kick from
50:00Gibson Park
50:03Defined speed in this game
50:04Let's be really frustrated
50:05To have lost that
50:06Line out
50:06Great opportunity
50:08To have sustained pressure
50:09Just before half time
50:11Take this card
50:12It's through multi-phase
50:18It's a simple thing
50:19For a player
50:20Of Jimson Gibson Park's
50:22Calibre and quality
50:23He's not got
50:24A lot of pressure on him
50:25He's got time and space
50:26But he's still all the while
50:28Gets everything he can
50:29Out of those kicks
50:31Keeping the Scarlet's pen
50:32Back towards their
50:33Ten metre line
50:38Gemsley Mathias has it
50:39But not for long
50:40Dane Blacker
50:41Assessing the options
50:42Again it's the kick option
50:44Under Tommy O'Brien
50:45To which he's equal
50:47To his namesake
50:48Jimmy
50:50Slings it out wide
50:51To Ring Rose
50:52Excellent delivery
50:53To Joshua Kenny
50:56Defenses a run
50:57At Joe Roberts
51:00Spilled forward
51:01By Leinster
51:02Now we're on
51:0340 minutes
51:03That might do us
51:04For the opening half
51:05You know
51:05And it's been
51:06For the large part
51:08Scintillating stuff
51:09And a huge amount
51:10Of credit for that
51:11One
51:11Was it
51:11In the back
51:11And a huge amount
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