John O'Sullivan
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And that in itself was a complication in the last 15 minutes of the game.
So for the majority of the game, two thirds of the game, they're good, they're focused, they're accurate, they're cohesive.
They could have scored a couple more tries.
It could have been they could have blown the game wide open and won it a lot easier had they taken one or two other chances and they were lucky on two occasions.
And that would have been a lot easier.
So I think that if you're focusing, the glass is half full.
There's no doubt about it.
The glass is half full.
They just have to make sure that they learn the lessons from that end game, if you like, the last 15 minutes.
I've a huge amount of time for CiarΓ‘n Rory as a footballer.
I always felt sorry for him because he got stuck in at full back and... Oh, it's a complete... Sorry, I agree.
No, so I was going to make the point that Sam Prendergast, it's positional sense.
It's appreciating where the threats are, where you need to be, how to cover, communication with your wings, all of those things come into play.
So for Sam Prendergast and CiarΓ‘n Foley, it's tougher.
CiarΓ‘n Foley's played a little bit more at fullback
But you can convert somebody and in a high pressure occasion, like this isn't a friendly or it's not a kind of lower tier URC match.
This is the European Champions Cup semifinals.
So coming in to fill that position is difficult.
It's very difficult, particularly if you haven't haven't played a lot there.
So the tradeoff is massive.