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Gordon D’Arcy

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

To me, that was the biggest catalyst for Munster, their change.

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

When he got involved, when he hit rucks, when he carried, he was wow.

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

Just, that's a player you can build an awful lot of good things off.

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

Rooking is like, it's a lost art, I think, in that he's probably 125, 30 kilos and is incredibly dynamic.

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

And those two things make a good eye and a good sense of where to hit and how to hit a rook.

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

So when you can, you know, target your own players, you look at, say, real South African locks like Baki Spota and

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

you know, even Etzebet and things like that.

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

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.

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

So yeah, I think he's a very exciting player from just even from that attribute alone being able to get that.

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

You've got backs and things who are trying to, you know, maybe getting stopped on the gain line.

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

When you have somebody like that that can come in and target your own player to drive them over the gain line, that's

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

But it also ties in probably two defenders from the opposition.

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

So you're getting a Brucey bonus.

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

They have to win at least one of their next two games.

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

So going away to Connacht.

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

Yeah, and then they finish up at home to the Lions.

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

The Lions, yeah.

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

So Connacht will obviously be looking for that game.

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

They're going to probably rotate away around as well.

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

Injuries, so...