Ian Madigan
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And it just made them hard to break down.
The aerial contest, the Scarletts won the aerial contest.
I think it was something like...
Of the first 10, Leinster only came up with the ball twice.
The Scarlets came up with it, I think, seven or eight times.
So Leinster struggled to get access into the game.
They had a good opportunity early doors to score, which the Scarlets held them out.
And then any time the Scarlets got up into the Leinster, kind of 30 out from their line, they just kept the ball and really frustrated Leinster.
Went high in the phase count, were really organized, and just kind of frustrated Leinster immediately.
You look at from 35 minutes to 50 minutes, that 15-minute spell from Leinster was really impressive.
Really turned it on.
Tommy O'Brien scored his two tries.
I can't remember who scored the try before halftime.
JJ Kenny, yeah.
Who looked really good again.
What a find he's been for Leinster.
Yeah, so like...
it can be hard for an answer to get their cohesion right when you've got players coming back from the Six Nations, you've got the body of the squad there and then you're chopping and changing off the back of a really disappointing defeat or performance against Glasgow the week before.
So,
The coach is trying to get a reaction out of the players, but you're delivering that message to players who weren't playing the week before, so it's not going to hit the same way.