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Gordon D’Arcy

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1265 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

I go back to this to me is the key point when Leinster, you look at the timing of the of the runs.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

The rucking was more accurate.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

So players are able to get their timing, whether they're running off Lukaku or they're running off Chalabert.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

And the rucking was better and more accurate.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

And they knew when they had a genuine opportunity.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

But this is the key point, I think, for me.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

When the opportunity presents, you have to take it.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

If you have a requirement to build a shape, so even Gary Ringrose's try, it's still the option is to go out the back and they just made a read and he played the front door.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

Cormac Isachewski's try, that was a manufactured try as well.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

You know, it was the big guy who wasn't, he wasn't there by chance.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

He was there.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

Hume was coming in late and he gets, gets the ball received.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

And is it Chukwu who's coming and he makes the right decision.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

And then you just have a natural athlete who's able to, who's able to run it in.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

But it's still manufactured.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

Whereas I think with Bordeaux, there's just a little bit more.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

It's on, Jalabert gets the, has an over call, has the call.

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

They don't need to have two passes to,

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

accept the opportunity if you know what I mean so you don't have to have the pivot pass from the forward to get the ball to go in behind to go around to get an opportunity they're much more flexible with taking opportunities and look this might be reading too much into things because what happens in a warm-up is very different to what happens on a training ground when no one's watching but

The Counter Ruck
Where do Leinster and Ulster go from here?

What's that saying?