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Gordon D’Arcy

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The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

And he said, you can't do that because it's not a tackle.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

Or you can't just lie on the ground to stop someone.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

Anyway, I thought it could have gone the other way.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

But yeah, there's lots of examples of where you were there.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

And particularly that try because it was a line break.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

It was going through.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

It was, you're like, oh, you're definitely going to score.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

And then it's like, oh, no, you're not.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

But it changes the whole

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

dynamic of the game.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

And this will feed into the broader conversations with the URC over the weekend.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

Momentum is a massive beast in rugby.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

They're seven points up with the yellow card.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

One of those tries stick and it changes the whole dynamic of that half.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

And when you're up against a bigger team, you need all those things to go your way.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

It reminded me of when Ireland were playing against France in the early 2000s.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

Did we really have a chance competitive for 60 minutes, but would have needed everything to go your way and invariably stuff doesn't go your way?

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

There's a couple of things to that, I would say, Nathan.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

The important fix is getting the basics right so you can build on to all these things.

The Counter Ruck
How concerned should Leinster be for Europe after Benetton defeat?

So that's the next layer of growth.