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The 42
3 days ago
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- The 42
Croke Park to stage URC final if Leinster progress
CROKE PARK HAS been confirmed as the venue if Leinster are hosting the URC Grand Final on Saturday, 14 June. Leo Cullen's side face Glasgow Warriors in the semi-finals this Saturday, 7 June, at Aviva Stadium [KO 2.45pm, live on RTÉ 2 and Premier Sports 1]. Victory there would see them progress to the showpiece for the first time since 2021, and again enjoy home advantage due to rankings. Croke Park has been confirmed to The 42 as the venue of choice. Advertisement Leinster have used Lansdowne Road and Croke Park for their home games over the last two seasons as the RDS undergoes redevelopment works. They last played at GAA HQ in April's Champions Cup last-16 win against Harlequins, while they also faced Munster there in the URC last October. Croke Park's capacity is over 82,000, while the Aviva holds almost 52,000. Just 12,879 fans attended Saturday's 33-21 quarter-final win over Scarlets. If defending champions Glasgow progress ahead of Leinster, the URC final will take place in South Africa. The Bulls host the Sharks in Pretoria in this weekend's other semi-final. Josh van der Flier and Jordan Larmour (file photo). Juan Gasparini / INPHO Juan Gasparini / INPHO / INPHO Meanwhile, Leinster have issued a mixed injury update. Jordan Larmour is available for selection on Saturday, having returned to full training after recovering from an injury. Josh van der Flier will be further assessed this week for a hamstring injury before a final decision will be made on his availability. The Lions-bound flanker was replaced before the half-hour mark of Saturday's quarter-final. Garry Ringrose (calf) and Tommy O'Brien (foot) will also undergo further assessment this week: neither featured last time out. No further updates were available on Caelan Doris, Tadhg Furlong, Robbie Henshaw, Will Connors and Brian Deeny.
RTÉ News
3 days ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Croke Park confirmed for URC final if Leinster beat Glasgow on Saturday
Croke Park will host the BTK URC Grand Final if Leinster beat Glasgow Warriors, it has been confirmed. Leinster's ground, the RDS, is undergoing redevelopment works and the club have been using Aviva Stadium and Croke Park for their homes games for the last two seasons. A crowd of 12,879 saw Leo Cullen's side beat Scarlets in the quarter-final on Saturday. Leinster used Croke Park, the home of the Gaelic Athletic Association, to host Munster in round four of the URC last October and Harlequins in April in the Champions Cup last-16. If Leinster, who last won the tournament in 2021, lose to Warriors, the final will take place in South Africa. This weekend's other semi-final sees the Bulls host Sharks, who knocked out Munster, in Pretoria. Meanwhile, Jordan Larmour (above) has returned to full training after recovering from injury and will be available for selection this week. Flanker Josh van der Flier, who is part of Andy Farrell's Lions squad, will be further assessed this week for a hamstring injury he picked up in Saturday's win before a final decision will be made on his availability. Centre Garry Ringrose (calf) and wing Tommy O'Brien (foot) will also be assessed during the week.
Irish Times
27-05-2025
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- Irish Times
Leinster hit by injuries as Henshaw out for season and Furlong to miss Scarlets clash
Leinster have clarified that the calf injury sustained by Tadhg Furlong was 'the other one' and not the calf/hamstring issue that sidelined him for a protracted period this season and saw him also miss four of Ireland's matches in the Six Nations Championship. There was a further addendum that the 32-year-old tighthead prop's place on the Lions tour to Australia was not under threat. Furlong, who was an unused replacement in Leinster's win over the Glasgow Warriors in their final URC regular-season game , isn't available for Saturday's URC last-eight clash with the Scarlets at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday (3pm). He will be joined on the sidelines by Robbie Henshaw , who sustained a knee injury that will rule him out of the remainder of Leinster's season but wouldn't compromise his standby status were he to be called up to the Lions. The silver lining in the medical bulletin was that Jordan Larmour is on the threshold of a return to competitive action, having last played against Munster, a five-minute cameo on December 27th. There is no further update on Will Connors, Brian Deeny, James Culhane and Caelan Doris. READ MORE Leinster assistant coach Robin McBryde provided a little background information. 'Yeah, he's [Furlong] okay. It just tightened up during the Glasgow game. He was on the bench, as a replacement. Thomas Clarkson, I thought he played exceptionally well in that game, so there was no need to risk Tadhg by sending him on. He's at a stage where we are just monitoring him to see how that develops.' On the Henshaw issue, McBryde said: 'You want to be able to pick from as many fit players as you can towards this end of the season. Everyone is picking up knocks, so the more people you can choose from, the better. 'Someone like Robbie is a quality player, high calibre, a big-game player, so [it] is not ideal. But it gives someone else an opportunity to step up. It is not just the playing but the training against quality opposition as well.' That'd just leave the 68-times capped All Black and perennial match of the match award winner, Jordie Barrett, to team with Garry Ringrose in the centre. Scarlets' Gareth Davies celebrates a try with team-mates against Leinster last month. Photograph: Andrew Dowling/Inpho The Scarlets handed Leinster only their second defeat (35-22) of the URC campaign in the last week in April, one that is still vivid in the memory for the players and coaching staff of the Irish province. McBryde wore the Scarlets' jersey with great pride for more than 10 years as a player, so knows all about the club's rugby ethos, and played alongside their coach, the former Lions and Wales scrumhalf Dwayne Peel. 'He hasn't had an easy job at the Scarlets. In fairness to Dwayne, he was great as a player, very experienced as well now as a coach. [ First Rugby World Club Cup to be held in 2028 Opens in new window ] 'You can see it in the way that they (the Scarlets) go about playing. It is great from a Welsh perspective to see a Welsh team making it through to the quarter final. It's been a tough season for everybody in Wales. From their perspective, it's great.' On Leinster's defeat in Parc y Scarlets, McBryde offered no excuses. 'There was a lot in that game, but I am not going to take it away from the Scarlets. They had a good game plan and stuck to it. They proved good value for it [the win]. They are currently four out of five [wins in matches] off the back of a successful South African trip. 'Their consistency in selection, they hardly make any changes if any at all to the starting 15, the starting pack in particular; they're cohesive, a tough nut to crack, they're comfortable with their game, the way they go about things. They are well coached, good players, a tough nut.' [ Gordon D'Arcy: Ditching Sevens is sad but sensible if it means IRFU will fix the system Opens in new window ] What does he ascribe to their recent upturn in performance levels? 'Sometimes things just go your way. That analogy with the stonecutter, it is not the 100th blow [that breaks the stone], it is the 99 that have gone previously. It is all the hard work that you put into a season. Sometimes things just happen off the back of hard work. 'In fairness to them, they're a cohesive bunch, they're obviously tight as a unit, tight as a team. It's a test that we failed a couple of weeks ago, first against the Scarlets and against Northampton. I think it's got to be something of a reset. This is knockout rugby; the stakes are a little bit higher. 'If we're good enough to win this week, we'll get an opportunity to play next week and if we're good enough the following week, we'll get to play again, but it's one game at a time and for all those reasons I said earlier about the Scarlets being cohesive etc, they'll be a tough nut and we're going to have to earn the right to be involved in the competition next week. It will be tough.'
BBC News
26-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Leinster's Furlong and Henshaw to miss quarter-final
Tadhg Furlong and Robbie Henshaw have been ruled out of Leinster's United Rugby Championship quarter-final against Scarlets at Aviva Stadium on Saturday (15:00 BST). Leinster said prop Furlong is unavailable after picking up a "minor calf injury" while centre Henshaw has sustained a knee problem which could keep him out for four weeks. In more positive news, Jordan Larmour is in contention to feature after being sidelined for five months with a hamstring injury. The 27-year-old wing, who has 32 Ireland caps, has been restricted to just five appearances this season, the last of which came against Munster on 27 has also endured an injury-plagued campaign. The 32-year-old has only managed eight appearances for Leinster while calf and hamstring issues restricted him to just one substitute appearance in Ireland's Six Nations campaign. Despite his lack of game time, he was named in Andy Farrell's British and Irish Lions squad last started all three Tests in the 2017 and 2021 Lions series in New Zealand and South Africa. Leinster are top seeds in the URC play-offs after finishing the regular season top of the standings, but fell to a shock 35-22 loss to Scarlets in Llanelli last month.
