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Could be a big scramble for cheap flights to Bristol/Birmîngham for May 24th if results go right next weekend

The rollercoaster season continues.

Great score line yesterday.

clanman wrote: Leinster will want to finish in 5th as has alreayd been stated, also it's been a while since they put in a good pro12 performance, i think there's enough players know each other well enough between the 2 provinces that Leinster players will want to do us a favor. then it will be down to us to do our bit, of course Matt O'Connor might have other ideas

Leinster players will do their best, but the morale is very low because the coaching ticket is so poor. I have no doubt they will try, but they are shocking at the moment. On Friday only Teo and Darcy came out with any credit, and when you consider how many of them played so well for Ireland, there must be a confidence issue. They all know that unless MOC is fired they have him for another season. The difference between MOC and Lam in attitude about rugby, players and above all the community is staggering.

Don't think Leinster give a toss about us tbh.

Anyway, i'm off to book Gloucester trip.....

Borders no.2 wrote: You'd have the kettle boiled twice over in the time the TMO would make a decision. As for the linesman, he seemed to have no concept of the lineout being where the ball went out as opposed to where he wanted to stop up.

In mitigation for the AR, he was looking directly into the setting sun. The ref had already asked the other AR for help as he could not see across the pitch,.

Leinster will want to finish in 5th as has alreayd been stated, also it's been a while since they put in a good pro12 performance, i think there's enough players know each other well enough between the 2 provinces that Leinster players will want to do us a favor. then it will be down to us to do our bit, of course Matt O'Connor might have other ideas

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connachta wrote: Our fate is partly in the IRFU hands. They should know play-off media exposure is good for Ireland, and they have to kick Leinster's ass to beat Embra. Hope Cronin and McCarthy remember where they come from, too

There's not a hope of Leinster winning next week. They have nothing to play for and they've fairly stunk the place out this season.

If Scarlets win tomorrow, it means that Scarlets have a very real chance of overtaking Leinster which is 5th position and a spot in the third tier of Champions Cup draw. That is very important for Leinster next season.

connachta wrote: Our fate is partly in the IRFU hands. They should know play-off media exposure is good for Ireland, and they have to kick Leinster's ass to beat Embra. Hope Cronin and McCarthy remember where they come from, too

There's not a hope of Leinster winning next week. They have nothing to play for and they've fairly stunk the place out this season.

Our fate is partly in the IRFU hands. They should know play-off media exposure is good for Ireland, and they have to kick Leinster's ass to beat Embra. Hope Cronin and McCarthy remember where they come from, too

Just realised with wins being the primary factor when teams are level on points we are back up to 6th. Cardiff owe us a favour. A win for Cardiff by 8 or more tomorrow puts it back in our hands! Don't think I'll be holding my breath on that one!

I can only deduce that our scrum creaking has happened since roux's injury, if we do end up playing Glousester they will annihilate us in the scrum. what was going on with the linesmen, at the end I think even the ref had had enough of the linesmans poor judgememts of where the ball had gone out of play. Cooney was the pick of the players, not sure how he has ended up ahead of Marmion but you can't argue with it. after all of the ups and downs of this season i still get the feeling we have one more big Pro12 perforamce left in us even with the dwinding resources available to us, might be a couple more injuries though i hope i'm wrong

That was a nervy performance at times and our scrum disintegrated, but only Glasgow have beaten Zebre by a wider margin in Parma this year.

With Ospreys having a home semi to play for a betting man would still put money on us falling to 8th, but we've piled pressure on Scarlets and Edinburgh and we're very much alive going into the last round. Couldn't ask for more.

You'd have the kettle boiled twice over in the time the TMO would make a decision. As for the linesman, he seemed to have no concept of the lineout being where the ball went out as opposed to where he wanted to stop up.

Anyway job done. Some good tries and a boost for battered confidence. Went there with the right mentality which is more than half the battle when you are playing Zebre. Zebre are poor but 40 points away from home is always a good days work considering they had it all to play for too and had won 3 games at home this year. 6 wins away from home in all competitions this year is progress imo. Also, first time we've won 4 from 4 against the Italians since they joined the league and 49 points is now our best ever points total over a 22 game season with one more game to come.

Points difference out to +32 now, Edinburgh's is -7 so as we both have the same number of wins and draws, a losing bonus point is very unlikely to be enough for Edinburgh unless we collapse completely at home to Ospreys. Edinburgh need a win, a draw or a 4 try bonus point loss to have any chance of finishing ahead of us next week.

Great result and all 5 points secured. Hopefully the Blues will help us tommorow

great try.

It does our points difference wonders

Bonus point secured and now must ensure that we get the win and not let zebra back into the game.