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1 week ago | 
rugbypass.com | Ian Cameron |Ross Byrne
Leinster player ratings: Leinster have flung the monkey off their collective back in emphatic fashion, beating the Vodacom Bulls in a one-sided 32-7 thrashing in the URC Final at Croke Park. Here’s how we rated the Leinster players:1. Andrew Porter – 6Worked overtime at the breakdown and stuck his tackles. His side of the scrum creaked occasionally under pressure against the 144kg Wilco Louw, although he fought his way back into the game. Suitably pumped up as the Bulls’ energy started to dip. 2.
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2 weeks ago | 
rugbypass.com | Ian Cameron |Ross Byrne
Leinster welcome back two of their British & Irish Lions for Saturday’s BKT United Rugby Championship Grand Final against the Bulls at Croke Park, with Garry Ringrose and Josh van der Flier both named in the starting XV. Head coach Leo Cullen has made just two changes to the side that dispatched Glasgow Warriors 37–19 in last weekend’s semi-final, with Ringrose returning at outside centre to partner Jordie Barrett in midfield, and van der Flier slotting in at openside flanker.
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2 weeks ago | 
rugbypass.com | Josh Raisey |Ross Byrne
Gloucester have signed Leinster wing Rob Russell ahead of next season. The former Ireland U20 international, 26, will join his team-mate Ross Byrne in making the move to Kingsholm from Dublin over the summer. George Skivington’s side will see plenty of change in their back-three division over the coming weeks, with Russell joining Ben Loader and Ben Redshaw in filling the void that will be left by Bath-bound Santiago Carreras and Christian Wade, who has embarked on a career in rugby league.
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2 weeks ago | 
rugbypass.com | Josh Raisey |Ross Byrne
Leinster player ratings: Leinster booked their place in their first United Rugby Championship final with a comprehensive 37-19 victory over the reigning champions Glasgow Warriors on Saturday at the Aviva Stadium. Having already beaten the Warriors 52-0 in an Investec Champions Cup quarter-final this season, a far closer match was expected on this occasion. In truth, there was not too great a difference between the performances.
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3 weeks ago | 
rugbypass.com | Josh Raisey |Ross Byrne
mens united-rugby-championship Copied to clipboard 0 Leinster have lost both Josh van der Flier and Hugo Keenan for the United Rugby Championship semi-final against Glasgow Warriors, with the British and Irish Lions duo being two of three changes from the side that beat Scarlets in the quarter-final.
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1 month ago | 
thesun.ie | Ross Byrne |Andrew Ryan
SIMON ZEBO got one last dig in following Leinster's shock defeat to the Northampton Saints in the Champions Cup semi-finals. The former Munster and Ireland star had backed the English club to win by five prior to kick-off at the Aviva Stadium. So when they ran out three-point winners, he was sure to bask in his predictive powers. He did so by sharing a video of himself reacting to the result to his Instagram story, with the song 'Bottlers' by GEOXwill playing in the background.
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1 month ago | 
rugbypass.com | Ian Cameron |Ross Byrne
Leinster player ratings: An error-strewn Leinster will be left to lick their wounds after exiting Europe with a 37-34 defeat at the hands of a game Northampton Saints. We rate the Leinster players:1. Cian Healy – NAPinged for an early engage and was removed after just 20 minutes with an injury. 2. Dan Sheehan – 5.5Carried hard in tight channels and stuck to his task defensively. Lineout largely functioned well under pressure but there was none of his usual carnage in the carry.
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1 month ago | 
rugbypass.com | Ian Cameron |Ross Byrne
High Reward / High risk? Last two results were 62-0 and 52-0 against other attack/broken play minded teams in Quins and Glasgow. A match strategy that limits quality opposition to 0 two weeks in a row looks like very High Reward / Low risk to me. I’ve never seen Leinster as good. They are turned on to 100% on every facet. This talk of revenge is just utter BS. There is a misconception that Leinster are there to throw the kitchen sink at.
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1 month ago | 
rugbypass.com | Josh Raisey |Ross Byrne
Gloucester have signed Glasgow Warriors No.8 Jack Mann ahead of next season. The 25-year-old will arrive at Kingsholm to fill a space at the back of the scrum left by Zach Mercer, who is expected to return to the Top 14 with Toulon after an unsuccessful attempt to break into Steve Borthwick’s England team and add to his two caps over the past two seasons.
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2 months ago | 
rugbypass.com | Pat McCarry |Ross Byrne
Will wounded Carbery come back to haunt former side Munster? Copied to clipboard 0 11:33am, 10 April 2025 Joey Carbery never wanted to leave Leinster. He never wanted to leave Munster, either. On Saturday, a shade over nine years since he made his senior debut, Carbery has a chance to show both sides, and Andy Farrell, what they discarded. This season’s Champions Cup Round of 16 had tournament organisers thanking their stars for La Rochelle v Munster.
