Cormac Foley and Fintan Gunne are in the depth chart along with Jamison Gibson-Park.
THERE WILL BE plenty of column inches and podcast minutes focusing on Leinster ’s out-half battle this season, but Leo Cullen joked last night that he will have a few headaches with his scrum-half depth chart too.
It was McGrath who started last night’s bonus-point win over the Dragons in Dublin, his 214th appearance for the province. Only all-time record holder Cian Healy has more among the current Leinster senior squad. McGrath is eighth on the all-time list, with Leo Cullen and Rob Kearney just five caps ahead of him.
Gunne shipped a heavy hit soon after coming on when he ran a sharp support line but bounced straight back up and continued to move at high pace for the remainder of his cameo. His speed of foot and speed of pass are strengths. He tried lots in a short space of time on the pitch and while not all of it came off, Gunne showed up well.
The tallest of Leinster’s scrum-halves at 5ft 11ins, Foley played some of his underage rugby as a centre and that’s still apparent in his game now. He has made 20 senior appearances for the province so far but hasn’t played in the Champions Cup yet, so this is a big season for him.“Jamison was good last week for his first game back. If you think of the first pre-season game we played, Cormac played and Fintan came off the bench and he did well.
He is also an experienced leader, something that isn’t quite visible to those outside a squad but highly valued within it.
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