Ian Madigan

It was just moment on moment and they just compounded.

But look, Sarri's have... I was very disappointed with Sarri's last year.

Remember they sent their second string team to Toulon and were in the game for a large part.

And I'd say on 60 minutes, if they would have said...

maybe we should have sent our first team here we would have had a chance they've got great history in the competition and look I hope for them that they can do themselves justice at the weekend and really stick it to Bath

Yeah I think the difference between the two is like Pollard's low bar and when I say that I mean a bad game for him he's probably down at like a 7 or an 8 out of 10 there's not a whole lot that can go wrong his goal kicking is metronomic kicking out of hand really good passer of the ball and

rock solid defender he wouldn't have the agility um or top end speed that that Mgon Mzulu would have um but that consistency and look when you're in a world cup semi-final or final maybe you don't need the x factor to win and that's where he could still be the guy um what's with with Sasha like he look he he's he's got all the tricks I think part of the issue with him

in the second half of the season is he's trying to show them all all the time he's always trying to do something and he's probably falling into the trap of playing each phase on its own as well he's not necessarily being patient enough to plot his way through a game to set up the opposition the way he wants them to then capitalize on that the other area of his game that I've seen you know a couple of times there is indiscipline in there and he can get into the red like there was you know a no arms clear out

leading with the forearm into a tackle.

There's been a couple of them, and even in one of the league games earlier in the season against the Scarlets, he ended up kind of losing his temper and turned the ref against the Stormers.

That would be a red flag for Razzy.

Like, if that happened in a World Cup quarterfinal, semifinal, you could end up losing a game because of it, especially if you ended up getting simbined or sent off at the wrong time.

So, yeah, look, I think for him, it can be hard when...

you're young and you want to showcase what you can do, but in the Champions Cup away from home in Toulon, sometimes it's about not making mistakes and just being patient and waiting for that good opportunity to pull the trigger and go for the break at a certain time when you feel like your forwards have got on top, you're on front football, maybe you've got a penalty advantage, you've got the freedom to really go for it versus your team...

Maybe being in a real arm wrestle, you're five points down, you're in your own half and you decide to go for a chip and chase when it's not really on.

Opposition, regain possession, suddenly it's a two score game with 20 minutes to go.

That's what he's got to avoid and kind of...

as you said with with finn russell like cut out those big errors you know as an out half quite often it's not about you know good good exceptional good good awful average good good exceptional it's about just being rock steady so you're the you're the guy in the in the the control room that everyone's looking to with confidence going this guy's in control he's going to make the right decisions you know 90 of the time

It's probably still Pollard, but I think as we get closer to the World Cup and... Especially Tony Brown's influence.

But when you're in World Cup knockouts, it's about winning a game.