Ian Madigan
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The key guys, obviously Sheehan, McCarthy, Doris, I was impressed with them at the weekend.
McCarthy, very unlike him, got stripped twice in one pass of play.
Twice in one minute, I was like, what?
Yeah, and if Leinster are to win the Champions Cup this year, one thing they're going to have to do better is manage the referee better.
You can't lose the referee five, ten minutes into the game.
And the way Doris was speaking to... Holly Davidson, wasn't it?
No, it was Amy... Oh, yes, the South African... Sorry, my name escapes me.
She communicates with the players really well, really clearly when she makes her decision.
That's it.
And I think, look, five, ten minutes into a game, that's not the one to be arguing it out with a referee when you're five meters out from your line.
Just let it go.
Win the next moment.
And it is important in the Champions Cup that you've got to bide your time.
Yes, sir, three bags full.
But then when you do come to the referee, it needs to be impactful.
And when you do that, they will listen to you, but they won't listen to you every single time there's a break in play, you're coming and looking for something.
So that's certainly something that I think that Leinster as a team can improve on.
Yeah, it's been an issue.
No, it has.
But saying that, you also look at what they did in the centre.