Bernard Jackman

Carl Sadu gives them a scrum.

You've got Big Ben, Typho Mia coming off the bench.

They're a good side, very good side.

It's broadly similar, but I think Bordeaux are much more focused on their first phase strikes.

So Bordeaux have the highest percentage of line breaks and tries from first phase strikes off scrum and line outs.

So they're very detailed around that, which isn't really the same thing with France.

France are very happy just to have a launch to get them on the front foot and then go play.

So that's interesting.

And that's obviously the area.

I think what we've seen over Leinster's defense in the last couple of weeks is the more phases that the opposition play, the harder it is to do anything because Leinster get more into it.

Whereas obviously from set piece, you know, I'm thinking back to the, was it the Sail Sharks game?

There's been a few games where they've got hurt off first phase because that's what you can predict.

You know, that's what you can predict.

And you're trying to find,

to pull someone out of the line and exploit them.

So I think that's going to be a fascinating battle.

You know, we mentioned, you know, Peno, but like Mofana, Mofana is the wrong type of profile for Leinster in that he's an explosive ball-playing centre.

you know, and even think back to young Davinuku, the La Rochelle youngster, that type of profile, he ran amok because sometimes, well, always, the heat comes from outside.

If you have a 12 who's capable of stepping, exploding through contact, getting his hands free, and Leinster gets split up the middle...

then it's very, very difficult to recover from that.