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Knew they could do it !!!

Munster were boring and sluggish
They thought all they had to do was show up
They believed their own hype


Molly lives again
 
For those of you watching the replay with only black and white tvs, Leinster is the one scoring the tries.
 
OK .... so Munster had a rare bad day & it made Leinster look good - sure Leinster needed that all the same I suppose
 
ninsaga said:
OK .... so Munster had a rare bad day & it made Leinster look good ...
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I'd say fair play, Leinster did their home-work and were awsome. They targeted ROG as expected but with El Dottore Gaucho rather than the back-row. He looks like he's been eating steak for breakfast, dinner & tea since I last saw him.

I thought Rocky deserved Man of the Match, Leo Cullen was brilliant, Heaslip magnificent, Shaggy back to close to his best form, and so on through the tactical units on the field.

Leinster had it spades everywhere, front 5, back-row, half-backs, centres and back 3 defensively and as strike units they just blew Munster away.

Well done Leinster, just win the bleedin' thing now please.
 
ninsaga said:
OK .... so Munster had a rare bad day & it made Leinster look good - sure Leinster needed that all the same I suppose
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Are you a Munster supporter? It's just that your location says that you are in Dublin. :p
 
Munster didn't play that well by their own standards but that was mainly because Leinster dominated the game from the start. It is very frustrating to see Leinster play so well and then not turn up other days. They have the beating of any team in them but they don't have Munster’s consistency.
I would add that the overwhelmingly anti Leinster bias in the media over the last few weeks and the downright offensive “comedy” sketches on NewsTalk (usually just rubbish, never funny) etc must have fired them up.
I can’t wait to hear what opinionated guff George Hook comes out with next week. At least Matt Cooper should be gracious enough to admit that the better team won on the day.
Contepomi had a great game, showing why he’s rated as one of the best players in the world by most people outside Munster. It’s a pity for his sake that he didn’t finish the game.
 
jasconius said:
Knew they could do it !!!

Munster were boring and sluggish
They thought all they had to do was show up
They believed their own hype


Molly lives again
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gracious in victory, eh? A true fan.

Just back from the game and we were well and truely beaten, both Leinster props had a cracking game, Rocky was awesome and O Driscoll read everything. Leinster full back did a great job. No complaints from me, we were beaten by the better team on the day.

I did find it a bit strange that the Leinster crowd was singing Ole ole ole and Come on you boys in blue, both football chants. I also found the Cheerio chants, as Munster supporters left the ground, was in bad taste. a real football element creeping into the game.

Saying that I had great craic last night with Leinster fans and wish them all the best in the final.
 
jasconius said:
Knew they could do it !!!

Munster were boring and sluggish
They thought all they had to do was show up
They believed their own hype


Molly lives again
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I just hope ye turn up in the final and keep it in Ireland. I don't see O'Driscoll letting it slip on current form though. Leinster no.15 was my man of the match, hopefully when you get over the hysteria you might regain some graciousness in victory.
 
MrMan said:
hopefully when you get over the hysteria you might regain some graciousness in victory.
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Nobody has been less gracious, shown less humility or less balance than a sizable proportion of the Munster supporters (not the players, they have been exemplary in their conduct before and after the game). Some of the comments made by people in red shirts have been insulting in ways that go far beyond sporting rivalry or love for your own team and are based on nothing more than small minded bigotry borne of insecurities about themselves. There people who claim to know the first thing about rugby have exposed their credentials as false by the groundless and ignorant accusations they have levelled against a team that they seem to think they need to hate and deride.
 
Purple said:
Nobody has been less gracious, shown less humility or less balance than a sizable proportion of the Munster supporters (not the players, they have been exemplary in their conduct before and after the game). Some of the comments made by people in red shirts have been insulting in ways that go far beyond sporting rivalry or love for your own team and are based on nothing more than small minded bigotry borne of insecurities about themselves. There people who claim to know the first thing about rugby have exposed their credentials as false by the groundless and ignorant accusations they have levelled against a team that they seem to think they need to hate and deride.
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I'm sure there are people as you desribed, but I was dealing with an individual response. I didn't say that Leinster supporters were bad winners just that A leinster supporter could do with a bit balance. Why do you feel the need to lash out at munster supporters when we were dealing with an obvious leinster supporter enjoying rubbing salt in the wound. If anything that seems insecure.
 
Ah well - Leinsters day all the same - well deserved - Leinster had it together much more than Munster did throughout. I expected that Munster would change tact at the half time talk over though.
 
Purple said:
Nobody has been less gracious, shown less humility or less balance than a sizable proportion of the Munster supporters (not the players, they have been exemplary in their conduct before and after the game). Some of the comments made by people in red shirts have been insulting in ways that go far beyond sporting rivalry or love for your own team and are based on nothing more than small minded bigotry borne of insecurities about themselves. There people who claim to know the first thing about rugby have exposed their credentials as false by the groundless and ignorant accusations they have levelled against a team that they seem to think they need to hate and deride.
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Reality is there are muppets on both sides of the fence, the picture of Luke Fitzgerald in yesterdays Cork Examiner after the first Leinster try is a classic example of that. If you change Munster to Leinster in the above post and red to blue, they same would apply.

Having said that, the vast majority of fellow Munster fans, including those who did stay at the end to applaud Leinster( and some of us did) are decent rugby people. I've no doubt that there are those on the band wagon who wouldn't wish Leinster well in the final, but most Munster fans will, including myself, and hopefully they'll complete a great year for Irish rugby. Hopefully also this will be the catalyst to take Leinster rugby out into areas in the provence where it is non-existant and largely irrelvant
 
Great performance by Leinster. As a munster fan it was tough to watch, but the Leinster defence was superb. Also, Leo Cullen and Mal O'Kelly kept O'Connell and O'Callaghan very quiet. It was so obvious that Leinster did their homework before the game and Cheika should be praised for this. Leicester will be tougher than Cardiff in the final, but in a way it would be great for Leinster to beat a team such as Leicester in the final to make it more special. Best of luck to Leinster.
 
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