Ian Madigan

For him to not be in the squad simply didn't make sense.

So something's probably happened.

But look, when he plays for Bordeaux, he's sensational and

yeah they would be yeah I think look whoever wins that game I'd imagine will make the make the final we're really looking ahead now no I know but yeah like I think you know looking at it through a Leinster lens I'm thinking right if to beat Toulouse or Bordeaux

or even bat they're going to have to find another gear in their in their attack it's been too blown for us now i did see some some green shoots at the weekend against um against the scarlet's lens just definitely starting to move the ball to width much more moving the point of contact much more whereas they were just bludgeoning teams like even when they went on i think it was that 11 game win streak there wasn't that many convincing wins like you think of welford road

You think of the game against Bayonne, the game against La Rochelle, even the win against Thoman, you know, like Munster had them on the rack towards the end.

It wasn't like you think back to this time last year when they were putting up 40, 50, 60 points to nil against oppositions when the defense was just so watertight, but the attack was fizzing.

They were moving the ball into those wide channels really well.

um so yeah it'd be interesting to see i i don't think edinburgh are going to give them a good test at the weekend um i've been disappointed with edinburgh they're slightly better at the weekend but um i think like to compete against lenster you have to match them up front to have any chance and i just think that the lenster pack are going to get on top of that edinburgh pack and we should see the backline really come to life this weekend

Yeah, I think first off, like, full credit to the Scarlets.

And, like, they're not competing this week.

So they were able to, you know, really gear themselves up for this game.

No, I'm more talking about Scarlets from a Scarlets land.

As in, they're, you know, they said themselves they were treating this like a test match.

And...

I was first off really impressed with how they defended.

Like they hit seriously hard in the tackle.

Their ability to get bodies in front of the Leinster carriers and seriously drive through them.

And I think Leinster were probably a little bit surprised at that.

Like just going, these guys are really up for this.