Connacht V Leinster Pro12 Final - Murrayfield

Borders no.2 wrote:
Man for man Leinster are stronger

Really?

Ross over Finlay?
Strauss over Tom?
Mick over Aly?
Toner over Ultan?
Murphy over Jake?
Reddan over Marmion?
Te'o over Bundee?
Ringrose over Robbie? (ok, maybe)
any of their back three over ours?

As many reasons to expect as to hope.

Personally i think we shade it in the backs have parity or better in the back five in pack, the problem is the front row, if we had buckley, i think the only thing that could beat us is the occassion!
On another point we have the home dressing room we as fans need to make it feel like a home game! It's what has got us top two and we'll need it sunday! I'd implore all connacht fans to get down to the team arrival area early crowd it with connacht fans so that when leinster go in before connacht we can let them know this is a connacht match, respectfully of course, complete silence or the fields. might work best, and then of course scream the house down for our lads! Along with making as much noise as we can in the stadium its all we can do as fans to help! #honconnacht

salmson wrote:

Borders no.2 wrote:
Man for man Leinster are stronger

Really?

Ross over Finlay?
Strauss over Tom?
Mick over Aly?
Toner over Ultan?
Murphy over Jake?
Reddan over Marmion?
Te'o over Bundee?
Ringrose over Robbie? (ok, maybe)
any of their back three over ours?

As many reasons to expect as to hope.

Saw a post by a Leinster fan somewhere saying that Leinster will win this handsomely. Reason is the Leinster players are better. He then said that Connacht would swap Heaslip and Sexton for Muldoon and McGinty in a heartbeat.
Now whatever about McGinty/Sexton, is there a Connacht fan in the world that would swap Heaslip for Muldoon?

As a Sligo man It is safe to say I have never experienced the eve before an all Ireland excitement / nerves / emotions and waking up today what a feeling . I don't know whether to laugh cry be overly optimistic to be overly cautious all I know is that I have all theses emotions pumping through my body and the net result is absolute pride and joy in Connacht Rugby and all involved. Having being a season ticket holder and regular at the sportsgroungfd between 2006 and 2012 i unfortunately don't get there as often as I can due to location and young family.But whether you are the longest serving Connacht supporter or only started supporting them last week we are one team one province one clan. Whether you are travelling to the game, watching it in your local, on the couch at home or listening to it on the radio - enjoy it get emotionally involved ,shout, roar swear, kiss hug, jump up and down - finals don't come along to often and remember as a team and a clan we will never have the feelings and emotions of this one ever because we will never be able to say its our first final ever again and we will know what to expect. #Frontupriseup #ConnachtAbú #GrassRootstoGreenJerseys Enjoy folks and speak to you on the other side.

sligsup wrote: As a Sligo man It is safe to say I have never experienced the eve before an all Ireland excitement / nerves / emotions and waking up today what a feeling . I don't know whether to laugh cry be overly optimistic to be overly cautious all I know is that I have all theses emotions pumping through my body and the net result is absolute pride and joy in Connacht Rugby and all involved. Having being a season ticket holder and regular at the sportsgroungfd between 2006 and 2012 i unfortunately don't get there as often as I can due to location and young family.But whether you are the longest serving Connacht supporter or only started supporting them last week we are one team one province one clan. Whether you are travelling to the game, watching it in your local, on the couch at home or listening to it on the radio - enjoy it get emotionally involved ,shout, roar swear, kiss hug, jump up and down - finals don't come along to often and remember as a team and a clan we will never have the feelings and emotions of this one ever because we will never be able to say its our first final ever again and we will know what to expect. #Frontupriseup #ConnachtAbú #GrassRootstoGreenJerseys Enjoy folks and speak to you on the other side.

As a Mayo man, I have experienced plenty of finals. Which is exactly why I am holding in all the excitement I can. To the outside world, I am dead calm. Inside, I am like a child at Christmas....

Looks like Poolman hasn't made the 23.
Dave McSharry posted a picture on Instagram, saying he was travelling with Denis Buckley and Danie for the match this morning

I am expecting loads of this type of stuff tomorrow!!!!

Connacht team to face Leinster Rugby, Saturday 28th May, BT Murrayfield, 5:30pm

15 Tiernan O’Halloran
14 Niyi Adeolokun
13 Robbie Henshaw
12 Bundee Aki
11 Matt Healy
10 AJ MacGinty
9 Kieran Marmion

1 Ronan Loughney
2 Tom McCartney
3 Finlay Bealham
4 Ultan Dillane
5 Aly Muldowney
6 Eoin McKeon
7 Jake Heenan
8 John Muldoon (captain)

Replacements:

16 Dave Heffernan
17 JP Cooney
18 Rodney Ah You
19 Andrew Browne
20 Sean O’Brien
21 John Cooney
22 Shane O’Leary
23 Peter Robb

Injured/Unavailable: Denis Buckley, Nathan White, Conan O’Donnell, Ben Marshall, Nepia Fox-Matamua, Eoghan Masterson, Dave McSharry, Api Pewhairangi, Darragh Leader..

No Toner is the big thing in that Leinster team

Seems Nacewa hasn't recovered from that injury against Ulster