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Gordon D'Arcy

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The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

And I think that fed into how they played.

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

And Leinster never really needed, Leinster were never really stressed.

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

I thought Scrum Half, Pepier?

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

Ambrose Pepier, yeah.

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

Pepier, okay, well, I've actually surprised myself.

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

I thought he was incredibly poor at the fundamentals of a Scrum Half job.

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

which was box kicking.

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

I thought his box kicking was absolutely abysmal.

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

And that is so fundamental to a set piece, heavy, tight five driven game.

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

So I lost count at about six when I was looking at there going, that's a, that's a two out of 10 kick.

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

And, you know, when you look at the players they had competing for it and Leinster are not historically and

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

I say when I say historically, the last couple of years and this year, they're not very good in the air.

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

And like, you're not even firing a shot in that key driver of transition phase, which they are very, very good at.

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

You look at the transition for when Sam Prendergast had to make that intervention in the UK.

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

in the bottom corner when he beat the two players to the ball.

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

And, you know, a big pat on the back for Sam Brandegast for dropping it into second and getting there.

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

But that transition play was quite a key part of what the Bulls do and what's that African rugby do really well.

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

But when your number nine can't place a box kick and he was under no pressure, you know, a really poor piece.

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

You've got Willy LaRue having a horror show

The Counter Ruck
Leinster win back-to-back URC titles

Pollard never really got into the game.