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1 week 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 week 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 week 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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2 weeks 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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1 month 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.
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1 month ago | 
rugbypass.com | Ian Cameron |Ross Byrne
Leinster have named their team to face Glasgow Warriors in Friday night’s Investec Champions Cup quarter-final at the Aviva Stadium, with Jordie Barrett set to start and six personnel changes made to the XV that defeated Harlequins 62-0 in the previous round. Barrett moves into the starting side at inside centre, partnering Garry Ringrose as Robbie Henshaw prepares to win his 100th Leinster cap off the pine. Barrett’s inclusion is one of two changes to the backline that started against Harlequins.
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1 month ago | 
thesun.ie | Ross Byrne |Niall McGrath
LEINSTER stormed into the last eight of the Investec Champions Cup on Saturday afternoon in Dublin. The four-time European champions ruthlessly disposed of Harlequins at a in front of 55,627 fans. Leo Cullen’s side ran in 10 tries against their hapless English opponents in a statement victory. It was Leinster’s first game at the iconic Dublin venue since last year's semi-final win over Northampton at the same venue, Despite a slow start, it didn’t take long for the hosts to click into gear.
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1 month ago | 
rugbypass.com | Ian Cameron |Ross Byrne
“He won a ECL and a domestic treble at the beginning of his career.”He won 2 ECLs at the beginning of his career (2009, 2011). Since then he’s won 1 in 15 years. “He then won 3 leagues on the bounce later in his career”He won 3 leagues on the bounce at the start of his career too - (2009, 2010, 2011). If we’re judging him by champions league wins, he peaked in his late 30s, early 40s. If we’re judging him by domestic titles he’s stayed pretty consistent over his career.
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1 month ago | 
rugbypass.com | Ian Cameron |Ross Byrne
mens united-rugby-championship Copied to clipboard 0 Leinster have left Jordie Barrett and RG Snyman out of their matchday 23 for Saturday’s clash with the Hollywoodbets Sharks in Durban – but they won’t lack for size in Kings Park. Towering second row Alan Spicer, who measures 6ft 10in and weighs in at 138kg, is set to make his Leinster debut off the bench and is one of the few athletes playing the game larger than Bok teammate RG Snyman, who is missing from the 23.
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1 month ago | 
the42.ie | Ross Byrne |Fintan O'Toole |Murray Kinsella
FINTAN GUNNE WILL make his first senior start for Leinster in tomorrow’s URC clash with the Sharks at Kings Park Stadium, [KO: 5.15pm, RTÉ 2 and Premier Sports 2]. The Academy scrum-half has been selected by Leo Cullen to partner Ciarán Frawley. Gunne, who recently signed his first senior contract with the province, has made 11 appearances so far as a replacement, and is now set for his first start.
