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Recap: Leinster vs Lyon | Heineken Champions Cup
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Follow all the action on the RugbyPass live blog from the Heineken Champions Cup match between Leinster vs Lyon at the RDS.
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LEINSTER: 15. Jordan Larmour; 14. Dave Kearney, 13. Garry Ringrose, 12. Robbie Henshaw, 11. James Lowe; 10. Ross Byrne, 9. Luke McGrath; 1. Cian Healy, 2. James Tracy, 3. Tadhg Furlong, 4. Devin Toner, 5. Scott Fardy (capt), 6. Rhys Ruddock, 7. Josh van der Flier, 8. Max Deegan. Reps: 16. Sean Cronin, 17. Peter Dooley, 18. Andrew Porter, 19. Ross Molony, 20. Caelan Doris, 21. Jamison Gibson-Park, 22. Ciaran Frawley, 23. Rob Kearney.
LYON: 15. Toby Arnold; 14. Xavier Mignot, 13. Ethan Dumortier, 12. Thibaut Regard (capt), 11. Noa Nakaitaci; 10. Jean-Marcellin Buttin, 9. Jonathan Pelissie; 1. Hamza Kaabeche, 2. Badri Alkhazashvili, 3. Francisco Gomez Kodela, 4. Martial Rolland, 5. Hendrik Roodt, 6. Killian Geraci, 7. Etienne Oosthuizen, 8. Virgile Bruni. Reps: 16. Jeremie Maurouard, 17. Raphael Chaume, 18. Kevin Yaméogo, 19. Tanginoa Halaifonua, 20. Felix Lambey, 21. Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 22. J Moura, 23. Josua Tuisova.
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i think Argentina v France could be a good game too, depending on which Argentina turns up. The most difficult to call is Scotland Australia.
Go to commentsSmith is playing a different game with the rest of the backs struggling to understand. That's the problem with so called playmakers, if nobody gets what they're doing then it often just leads to a turnover. It gets worse when Borthwick changes one of them, which is why they don't score points at the end. Sometimes having a brilliant playmaker can be problematic if a team cannot be built around them. Once again Borthwick seems lacking in either coaching or selection. I can't help but think it's the latter coupled with pressure to select the big name players.
Lastly, his forward replacements are poor and exposed either lack of depth or selection pressure. Cole hemorrhages scrum penalties whenever he comes on, opponents take advantage of the England scrum and close out the game. Is that the best England can offer?
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