Eddie O'Sullivan

But my point is that he was kind of looking for reasons to get people to believe that this is so tight.

This is unbelievably skin-tight stuff that we just barely get over the line.

It's juggernauts against each other.

And kind of playing down that they are not a juggernaut, which they are a juggernaut.

Teams look at Leinster and go, oh my God, they've got 20 internationals on the panel.

that doesn't start you know so i think he was in shock he was trying to get across his point that this is always going to come down to the wire but i think he he knows in his heart of hearts that that overall offload stuck and they were doubt it would have been a catastrophe of monumental proportions and how they would lose an 18 point lead in 10 minutes would be forever in history it would be the worst of the worst of the worst

And I think there's a shock element to his response.

Why he pivoted to attack the press a little bit, I don't know that.

I think he just feels as well that they don't get their dues and then in the heat of the moment that spilled out and it became about that.

So I'd give him a pass in a sense, to be fair, having been a coach, I'd give him a pass in a sense.

There's no question in my mind when that line break happened to Jaminé and that offload stuck, he knew they were cooked.

And I think he was shocked to his core.

And it does create another problem for him going forward, which we can talk about as well.

What does that mean for a team now like Leinster?

in those situations where they almost find a way to blow the game.

And they did the week before in Benetton as well.

It's a combination for him, I guess.

And again, I'm trying to get inside his head and I don't want to come across as a one-day-more quarterback.

But it's the sense of relief.

I don't think there was any euphoria on Saturday at the end for Leo.