![]() ![]() Leinster aren’t the only team from the top three that face a potential threat this weekend. However, a number of big name players are expected to be in the selection mix after having injuries assessed, and they include Harry Byrne, Dave Kearney, Rory O’Loughlin and Jimmy O’Brien. They lost to Ulster in the first week of the Vodacom URC and will need to play well in order to ensure they avoid making it two losses in two against teams from the hitherto dominant nation in the competition.īritish & Irish Lions centre Robbie Henshaw has been ruled out of the Leinster team due to a foot injury and Ireland’s veteran first choice flyhalf Jonny Sexton, who was crucial to the Lions’ drawn series result against the All Blacks in 2017, is doubtful because of a hip injury. Their win over Leinster in the Rainbow Cup in June was their only positive result in the last 11 games. What doesn’t weigh in the Warriors’ favour though is their recent record against Irish teams. Leinster have lost more than they have won in Glasgow in recent years, with the record from the last 10 games in the Scottish city across all competitions being six wins to the Warriors and four to the Irish team.Ĭouple that with the Warriors’ good recent run of form, with the Scots going into the game off a three game winning streak, and this one adds up to a game that should be watched with considerable interest by those who are hoping for Leinster to slip up and be shown to be beatable. Indeed, if you consider how Leinster have dominated what was previously the PRO14 over the past few seasons, you might even consider the synthetic 4G pitch to be a hoodoo ground for the champions. That comes by way of the fact that Glasgow beat Leinster the last time they visited Scotstoun Stadium, and that win wasn’t exactly a bolt out of the blue either. The Warriors are fourth, five points behind Ulster and four behind the other two, but it is not just their current status as the next best team to the Irish trio that offers hope of an upset win in Friday night’s game. The Springboks did not play a Test match in 2020, but announced themselves in stunning fashion by claiming a dramatic 2-1 series victory over the British and Irish Lions earlier this month.Leinster have missed out on just one bonus point in their four matches thus far and are second behind compatriots Ulster on a log currently dominated by the top three Irish teams, with Munster third on the same number of log points as Leinster but with an inferior points difference. It will be the first time the Springboks will have faced either the Wallabies or All Blacks since claiming their third Webb Ellis Cup in November, 2019. Springboks captain Siya Kolisi (2nd left) lifts the Webb Ellis Cup after defeating England in the World Cup final in Yokohama. “This is understandable and therefore, we had no option but to basically move the remainder of The Rugby Championship to Queensland.” “We thought last year was tough when we had to implement a Tri-Nations tournament in Australia with South Africa absent due to the pandemic, but the current disruption caused by the ‘delta variant’ of COVID-19 has seen government authorities tighten up border bio-security measures substantially,” new-SANZAAR boss Brendan Morris said. All four nations will quarantine at Sanctuary Cove on the Gold Coast, which has acted as the home of the Wallabies in 2021. ![]()
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