Gareth Steenson

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596 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 30 Jun

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RTÉ Rugby Podcast · Just how did Leinster crumble in the Champions Cup final? · 27 May 2026 podcast

And I think from his point of view, he's probably ready now to actually go and challenge something different and change the whole narrative a little bit about him and get after it.

But for this week, it'd be great to see him back in because, let's face it, when you come off the bench in a cup final like that and the game is kind of half gone at halftime, there isn't really a lot of pressure on you.

So it's easy enough to sort of pull the strings here and there and try things and...

Maybe Bordeaux have kind of taken the foot off the gas a little bit here and there too.

So he is going to look better, but it's a different kettle of fish when you actually start a game.

Yeah, I know.

And I suppose you think of the players that were actually missing, Ian Henderson, Stu McCluskey, Rob Herring, you start rhyming these boys off.

Loads of experience in the Monk group.

But at the same time, you're coming up against a side who's second in the league, a big physical team, used to...

definitely more get used to the weather conditions than what the ulster lads would have been i'm playing at nine o'clock at night it's obviously different as well having to learn how to get used to that sort of stuff so the whole day and managing all those sorts of bits and pieces but a bit like you said i think from ulster's point of view um there's probably a little bit trying to get to the end of that year trying to manage actually going into that cup that cup final if you think back the last few weeks that they've had

Coming up against the Stormers, Glasgow, they were actually fighting to try just to claw their way into a top eight situation.

And it kind of maybe probably affected them leading into a final.

It would have been nice if you had that all sewn up and you could actually just kind of go, right, let's rotate our squad.

Let's get a few niggles out of the way.

Let's make sure we're not actually having to chase on that front.

And I think it's a big, massive learning for Ulster as well.

just to be in and around that environment because it's a new thing for Ulster Rugby it's a new thing for the supporters just to be involved in these sort of games at this time of the year because this is whenever things get won and this is when it's the most important time to actually get themselves ready and I think actually yes it'll feel a little obviously it's very deflating when you get to a final and you don't come out the right end of it but when you actually look back and reflect on it

And where they were 12 months ago, would you have taken these opportunities?

Now, they'll be frustrated, obviously, that their season has come to an end.

And they've actually, you know, they had a chance to get silverware.

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