Cian Tracey

It was interesting.

Yeah, and it goes back to my earlier point that they would have seen a lot more of Montpellier in the top 14.

And I think you look at the profile of their team, it was never going to match up well to this Ulster team, which I think is more of a reason why last day of the regular season, I know they're playing a very good Glasgow team, but you throw everything at that.

And I think the progress is evident, and you touched on it earlier, in the Irish representation and how much of a key role the Ulster guys played in Ireland having a relatively successful Six Nations team.

earlier this year.

Stuart McCloskey, obviously, playing the rugby of his career.

Like, Robert Ballacoon slotted back in seamlessly.

Like, it was a very impressive performance for a guy who hasn't played since the Six Nations.

Isachukwu had a good game as well in a losing cause.

I think it'll be interesting to see what happens to Tom O'Toole next season.

He had a tough night as well, obviously, at the Scrum.

but I think Ulster are still in the market to try and get a tight head, which would allow Tom O'Toole to go over to Loosehead, because obviously he had a fantastic Six Nations at Loosehead.

And there are more players, Nathan Doak probably didn't have his best game last night, Jack Murphy the same, but Doak is having a very good season.

So there's plenty of green shoots, but like you said,

They did very well to get to a final and I don't think there's any shame at all in losing to this Montpellier team.

It's the manner of the defeat last night.

I mean, it was nine tries, they conceded and it could have been a hell of a lot more.

So yeah, a really crushing way to end a season that looked so promising.

Well, greetings from an absolutely roasting Bilbao where it's currently 31 degrees and it's due to go up to 34 degrees in the next couple of hours.

It's hot, it's sticky, but it's beautiful.