Gerry Thornley

I would say about five to one.

It felt like a home game for them.

But the bottom line is that in both games, Ulster and Leinster struck early, but it only seemed to poke the bear.

Within three or four minutes, both times, the French team came back and drew level.

And you felt...

an ominous portent of things to come within 10 minutes such as the manner in which they're winning the collisions the power game the speed of their ruck ball and the way they're moving the ball and their execution then as we talked about in the opposition 22 was just so much better and as the first half unravelled like 35-7 at half time this is nothing like the last four final defeats when

Leinster were very competitive against Saracens.

The Marseille game went out at the last minute.

Were they kicked to win it in Tottenham?

In Tottenham, yeah.

And they had a 17-0 lead against Lausanne.

This is incomparable.

Do you know what?

There's echoes of Sarri's, though.

Do you remember up in Newcastle?

Jesus Christ.

It's easy in the cheap seats, isn't it?

Of course, yeah.

Like 28-7 down, you're in a Champions Cup final and you think, God, this one's gone already.

Maybe this is partly the baggage of previous failures.