Gordon D’Arcy
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To me, that was the biggest catalyst for Munster, their change.
When he got involved, when he hit rucks, when he carried, he was wow.
Just, that's a player you can build an awful lot of good things off.
Rooking is like, it's a lost art, I think, in that he's probably 125, 30 kilos and is incredibly dynamic.
And those two things make a good eye and a good sense of where to hit and how to hit a rook.
So when you can, you know, target your own players, you look at, say, real South African locks like Baki Spota and
you know, even Etzebet and things like that.
When they just target a rook, they make it move and that gets the ball back but it also ties in players because they have turned a rook in their favour.
So yeah, I think he's a very exciting player from just even from that attribute alone being able to get that.
You've got backs and things who are trying to, you know, maybe getting stopped on the gain line.
When you have somebody like that that can come in and target your own player to drive them over the gain line, that's
But it also ties in probably two defenders from the opposition.
So you're getting a Brucey bonus.
They have to win at least one of their next two games.
So going away to Connacht.
Yeah, and then they finish up at home to the Lions.
The Lions, yeah.
So Connacht will obviously be looking for that game.
They're going to probably rotate away around as well.
Injuries, so...