royc wrote:A good part of the changes look like rotation, as Weir, Bradbury, Dean, Harries and Kinghorn have all started 4 games in a row and get rested this week (or in Kinghorn's case, benched).
Would make sense, although the team announcement referred to Harries and Kinghorn being rotated, Bradbury is injured - no mention of Weir so wouldn't be surprised if he's been dropped.
The Leinster team looks really strong, I fear this could be messy but to be honest success would be keeping within 15 points and ideally not giving them the try bonus.
Assuming we lose, then we're not in terrible shape v expectations:
Cardiff - expected 0 points, got 4
Dragons 4, 5
Treviso 5, 1
Scarlets 0, 0
Leinster 0, 0 tbc
We're one point ahead of where we probably thought we'd be, with one big upside surprise and one shocker. As long as we get back in the saddle v Zebre, we're OK.