Gerry Thornley
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Appearances Over Time
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And that's why he made those decisions that he made last week.
It's tough on them.
It's tough on them.
But they were just overstretched at the end.
And then outclassed and outpowered by Montpellier.
Well, we don't know.
Are Leinster any good?
Yes, they are.
They've got two Champions Cup finals.
They have to be good.
In some ways, yes.
In other ways, no.
They're patchy.
They've been patchy all season.
And it was a very kind of fitting way for them to reach the final probably because there was, I saw, for the guts of an hour, they were comfortably the better side and yet it was a high risk act right to the very end because of this wild defence that they have to keep jamming in from the outside.
They blitz up in the middle and it caused them, it caused Toulon all sorts of grief.
There were passages of brilliant defensive play at times.
But it also opened the door for Toulon on a couple of occasions towards both the end of the first half and the second half.
Some of their launch plays were excellent.
Their scrum was very strong.