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Gordon D’Arcy

👤 Speaker
1265 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

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

The Irish system is, it is what it is.

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

So that is never changing.

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

And Leinster are still the main driver for the national team.

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

Most of the players of interest across the country, like how many players are going to Connacht from Leinster?

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

Three, maybe four.

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

They're not locally developed players, but they're going to thrive in the system with Connacht and it's good for Connacht as well.

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

But you only have your players, if you are the Leinster coach, you only have your players for limited time and limited access for them for

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

for games um and you can see what leo tried to do over the last couple of weeks was to play them get them hardened in in tougher games and i think that did stand to them but you just have to wonder then is this is the champions cup is it moving out of uh out of touch the overseas talent recruitment has to be better for lenster i don't know as rg is probably there next year

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

So let's assume he comes back and is available.

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

I think whoever the back is, I'd say, you know, as Ricky Iwane hit the same level of comparative impact as Jordi Barrett, probably not.

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

And you're looking at that going, there is an absolute need for a key player for next season.

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

So they're not replacing, there's no back coming in?

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

So obviously if... Yeah, but like, this has to be set up again.

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

There has to be...

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

Leinster are going to be a poorer team than next season in the back line.

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

So something has to change.

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

You have to change the way they're being coached or the way they're thinking about the game or you need to add some, you need to add some quality in there.

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

Well, whatever they're doing, it's not working.

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

And I think...

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

I would say the Neenambar and Blenndal combination has not worked.