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Still no sign of Ciaran Frawley as Leinster name team for Dragons

Ross Byrne during Leinster rugby squad training at UCD in Dublin. (Photo By Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen has continued to rest Ciaran Frawley following his involvement in Ireland’s tour of South Africa, opting instead for the Byrne brothers, Ross and Harry, for Leinster’s first home game of the BKT United Rugby Championship season against Dragons RFC.

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Ross Byrne will start at fly-half, while younger brother Harry Byrne has been named on the bench as cover at 10. Frawley appears to still be in cotton wool as per IRFU protocols on Test play rest periods, although there’s a considerable clamour amongst supporters for the red-headed utility back to get a run of games at ten for Leinster.

Cullen has made seven changes to the starting fifteen that edged past Edinburgh 33-31 last weekend. Veteran Cian Healy will make his 281st appearance for Leinster, breaking Devin Toner’s previous record.

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Two academy players have been named in the starting line-up with Charlie Tector and Liam Turner forming the centre partnership. Academy hooker Gus McCarthy keeps his place in the front row alongside Healy and Thomas Clarkson.

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Jamie Osborne will start at full-back for his 50th cap. Max Deegan, Jack Conan, and Will Connors retain their places in the back row.

Leinster Assistant Coach Tyler Bleyendaal said: “We had a great result in our first game, I think, to come away from Edinburgh with five points. We had, at times, a scratchy performance but we showed a lot of guts and resilience to get that result.”

Leinster Rugby: Jamie Osborne, Jordan Larmour, Liam Turner, Charlie Tector, Jimmy O’Brien, Ross Byrne, Luke McGrath; Cian Healy, Gus McCarthy, Thomas Clarkson, Brian Deeny, James Ryan, Max Deegan, Will Connors, Jack Conan (CAPT)

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Replacements: Lee Barron, Michael Milne, Rabah Slimani, Joe McCarthy, Josh van der Flier, Fintan Gunne, Harry Byrne, Aitzol King

Dragons RFC : Angus O’Brien, Rio Dyer, Harry Wilson, Steff Hughes, Jared Rosser, Lloyd Evans, Dane Blacker; Rodrigo Martinez, Brodie Coghlan, Chris Coleman, Ben Carter (CAPT), George Nott, Ryan Woodman, Harri Keddie, Shane Lewis-Hughes

Replacement : Oli Burrows, Rhodri Jones, Luke Yendle, Matthew Screech, George Young, Rhodri Williams, Joe Westwood, Ewan Rosser

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Terry24 165 days ago

Right to rest him. Looking forward to seeing Frawley's development for Leinster and Ireland. Prendergast was looking bigger, faster and better last week. I think a three way battle between he, Frawley and Crowley is on the cards for Ireland.

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Mzilikazi 38 minutes ago
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This performance from Ireland does not surprise me. Go back to the Emgland game last year, and the way Ireland played there. Some poor defence, especially at the death, allowing the Smith drop goal, which was from an virtually .unmissable position.


Then the AB loss in the autumn, when Ireland played as poorly as I have seen this current group play. I agree with you, Nick, when you cite the falloff in attacking/try scoring ability which started with the Lancaster / Nienaber transition.


The loss of injured players is also a factor, but I would only mention it in passing, not overplay that one. After all, France were missing their first choice centre pairing.


The Prendergast v Crowley debate. I have been in the “Crowley to start” camp from the get go, and for this game specially, I feel that strategically Crowley should have started. The Munster man just has that bit more to his game, that bit more toughness and variation. I would suspect the French coaching group were delighted to be looking at how they played the Irish staring 10 for this game.


Prendergast is a supreme passer of the ball, and ultra cool and balanced, probably the better goal kicker. But in that first half(as far as I have got in the game so far), he was caught twice in possession, once really bulldozed back by the French forwards. In addition, he made some poor kicking choices, and only once took the line on. He was too easy to read, never a line breaking threat. I have read he played out the full 80 at 10. That leaves me seething. The Irish coaching group repeating the mistake made in the RWC QF in France, with Crowley again not used to advantage.

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SK 1 hour ago
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I think France have made really good improvements. They have found several players on the bench and in the wider squad who are able to now operate at the level of their starters, they have power and devastation on the bench and can change the game. Their gameplan has also evolved and they are able to stay in the fight for longer. Fitness and conditioning seems to have become primary work ons. They have worked massively on breakdown where they forced so many turnovers and always slowed down Irelands ball. How many times did you see a French hand on the ball fighting the first and second cleaner tooth and nail for access before being shoved off of it? They become like a pack of rabid dogs on turnover and transitions, they counter so much better now and you can see elements of the Bordeaux and Toulouse game written all over the team. Its almost like a swarm when they counter. They have great alignment between the Top 14 and the national team and they have a group of players who are well versed in playing this style. You could see clearly in this game why both Galthie and Erasmus now fancy a 7-1 stack against Ireland. It is by and large to overpower them and demolish their breakdown. Irelands attack has devolved. Its now more metronomic than creative. It involves phase after phase of attritional attack and hordes of possession but it lacks creativity and purpose after the second or third phase. The Ireland attack of old kept teams guessing. You didnt know if they were gonna go wide or close in, you had to worry about the offload, the inside pass, the blindside and the hooker on the wing. Now it seems like they move the ball side to side while patiently waiting for the dam wall to break. They also lack pace and bite in the outside channels without Hansen and Lowe. Nash and Osborne were not on it and they struggled to contain the outside French backs who were incredible. France had more leaders that stood up, more grit and more power and it all proved too much for Ireland to handle.

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