{"id":221317,"date":"2025-12-08T05:45:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T05:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/221317\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T05:45:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T05:45:12","slug":"leinster-sweat-over-rg-snyman-doris-issues-rieko-ioane-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/221317\/","title":{"rendered":"Leinster sweat over RG Snyman, Doris issues Rieko Ioane verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Leinster have been left counting the costs of their Investec Champions Cup victory over Harlequins, with three players in doubt for the clash against Leicester Tigers.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Leo Cullen\u2019s charges were made to work hard for their 45-28 victory over the PREM Rugby club, scoring seven tries to Quins\u2019 three \u2013 the Irish club rallied late, crossing for three tries in the final quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Larmour (twice), Garry Ringrose, Ciaran Frawley, Tommy O\u2019Brien, Jack Conan, and Jimmy O\u2019Brien grabbed five pointers with Sam Prendergast adding two conversions and Harry Byrne three.<\/p>\n<p>Three injury concerns<\/p>\n<p>However, the victory may have come at a cost, with Springboks lock <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/tag\/rg-snyman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RG Snyman<\/a> and Irish internationals Larmour and Ringrose leaving the pitch injured.<\/p>\n<p>Snyman left the pitch inside the opening 20 minutes with the commentary stating that it was a tactical substitution; however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/team\/leinster\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leinster<\/a> boss Cullen said that the lock had a niggle.<\/p>\n<p>Larmour\u2019s injury is possibly more significant, while Ringrose might just be cramp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJordan looks probably the most significant of them all, I think, but that\u2019s early days; he\u2019s done something there. Straight away, he said he was uncomfortable,\u201d Cullen said after the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRG just was a bit uncomfortable, but again, I don\u2019t know, he\u2019ll go off and get whatever scan or X-ray, whatever\u2019s going on there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGarry, I think that was just cramped, but he easily went down, so let\u2019s see, I\u2019m not sure with him. So again, short turnaround. The games are coming thick and fast at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"px-3 xs:px-4 mt-3 mb-2 font-semibold leading-snug text-base text-title\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/leinster-player-ratings-snubbed-ireland-fly-half-inspires-blow-out-rieko-ioanes-unselfish-act-and-bizarre-rg-snyman-decision\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leinster player ratings: Snubbed Ireland fly-half inspires \u2018blow-out\u2019, Rieko Ioane\u2019s \u2018unselfish\u2019 act and bizarre RG Snyman decision<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"my-1 text-sm font-semibold leading-snug text-title line-clamp-3 sm:mb-0 sm:text-[15px] sm:leading-5 sm:line-clamp-2\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/was-eben-etzebeths-ban-harsh-ranking-the-16-heaviest-eye-gouging-suspensions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Was Eben Etzebeth\u2019s ban harsh? Ranking the 16 heaviest eye-gouging suspensions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Doris on the performance and Ioane\u2019s debut<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Leinster skipper Caelan Doris hailed the impact of new arrival Rieko Ioane, who replaced Ringrose, and made his debut for the club.<\/p>\n<p>The All Blacks star made a solid impact and unselfishly assisted full-back Tommy O\u2019Brien for the Irish side\u2019s final try, passing to the outside back when he could well have scored himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been great so far, he\u2019s fitted in pretty quickly,\u201d Doris said after the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, it\u2019s tricky coming in and learning a new language, in terms of all the play-calling, but he\u2019s done a good job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s one of us already!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The number eight said that the team had to improve their performance, but was pleased to secure a bonus point victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re pleased to get a maximum points win, but performance-wise we\u2019re going to need to improve,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:\u00a0<\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/leinster-v-harlequins-five-takeaways-as-cheers-rather-than-boos-greet-rieko-ioane-with-all-black-playing-part-in-benchs-rescue-act\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leinster v Harlequins: Five takeaways as \u2018cheers rather than boos\u2019 greet Rieko Ioane with All Black playing part in bench\u2019s rescue act<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leinster have been left counting the costs of their Investec Champions Cup victory over Harlequins, with three players&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[56839,18,794,19,17,38909,5,119280,116951,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-221317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-champions-cup","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-home-page","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-leinster","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-rg-snyman","16":"tag-rieko-ioane","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115682366450229388","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}