Eddie O'Sullivan
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No, I don't believe for one second that Leo planned to make those statements.
I think I was very surprised, as everybody else was, about his post-match comments.
Leo, as we know, is very understated, whether they win or lose.
It's a very mundane interview.
Whether they win or lose, he's able to contain his emotions.
And for some reason, and I'll give you my insight in a moment, he did go off piste, I thought, big time,
particularly kind of having a run at the media, probably never the best thing to do.
And I mean, that's up to him to have his say.
But I just thought it was so the character for him.
And I take a stone to the fact that
The pressure's obviously building on Leinster to get a result, to get a European Championship.
They've been so close so many times in recent years and it's just fallen short.
But I think that the way the game ended probably had him in a state of shock, to be honest, because...
They were so much in control of the game.
I mean, I thought they looked a better team for 70 minutes.
They were just in control of the game.
Everything was going well for them.
The set-piece was going well.
The line-up was working.
The scrum was very dominant, in fact.