Gordon D’Arcy
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When Joe McCarthy and James Ryan hit rucks, they move as well.
Now, James Ryan obviously has, they both have a track record of maybe getting their timing a little bit wrong.
But the intent is right and that's the type of physicality they need this week.
And whether you like it or not, the type five predominantly end up doing the heavy lifting in that regard.
And if they are doing their job, that's when your back row starts to feature a little bit wider in the middle, more prominently in the wider channels because your type five is doing their job.
That's what the job remit is.
That's what the job spec is.
You do the hard work so somebody else thrives.
For me, that would be the winning and losing of the game for Leinster.
Yeah, I think so.
I don't know what's changed, but yeah, it just seems to be very, very watchable.
The games seem to be quite good.
And we're talking about rugby now as opposed to everything around.
We're actually talking about rugby, which is indicative of what we're saying.
It's the criticism of George Ford and it's mad, like in the space of about six to eight months, he's gone to being out of fashion or out of vogue, his style of rugby.
They just kicked possession away, like I got bored looking at it because he was just saying that they're not here to play.
They're here to play off of a play sheet that's outdated.
And they were never in the game once they arrived like that.
The fence was good, frustrated Leinster, but...
Ultimately, it was a really frustrating game to watch because you just knew Leinster were going to break them down.