Gordon D’Arcy
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1,870 appearances
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 30 Jun
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had they been able to shift a yard or two wider and then come up and in, there's every chance Gary Ringlows may have gotten Bielberry or Jalabier in behind that rook.
But because he was narrow, he was coming inside up, which always meant the defender was going to be able to get the pass, the attacker was always going to get the pass away.
but they didn't have certainty because they didn't know where they were going to go.
In the build-up to the first try, Coleman is just standing randomly on the short side and Lukaku just hits him with a pass and suddenly Leinster are having to scramble to the... So that... Because Bordeaux didn't know exactly where they were attacking.
So how can the defence... This goes back to one of those principles I've talked about before and why Leinster are sometimes easily defendable because they still play to a system and a structure.
predominantly defenses can be better organized than so they can organize quicker than the attack can organize if it's medium ball and most of lenzer's ball was medium ball that ball on the flip side is the killer issue i mean everyone talks about the line speed and guys shooting out of the line and getting picked off which happened to you only for that try but
You look at the quality of the Bordeaux rucking, but also it was the right pass at the right time.
I think they had half the number of rucks.
So their carries were much more pronounced and they just got quicker ruck ball easier over the game line.
But I suppose the bigger question is why?
They were harder to read and there was harder to defend.
So there was no certainty in defense.
So when Bordeaux put that shape together off the scrum, who was the person going, lads, we've got to shift wider?
Who's seen that before, had that in their head to go, we need to adjust?
Where was the adjustment?
And that's the bit where you're kind of going, there was so much adjustment from Bordeaux.
Where are they going to attack?
They weren't sure where they were going to attack.
So go back to one of the things you said earlier.
If you don't know where the attack is going to be, that unpredictability, how can a defence?
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