John O'Sullivan

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1,545 appearances 9 recordings 2 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard yesterday

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The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast · Leinster reach a record ninth Champions Cup final · 5 May 2026 podcast

And the feedback obviously was that, yeah, it should have been a penalty or it should have been a penalty try, both of which he made reference to.

And the fact that the media didn't pick up on that, but that would have been communicated to Leinster in official context after the game.

I think there was an element of frustration with him.

They've kind of battled their way through.

I would say in a general sense, he feels that the media are giving the other provinces a little bit more wriggle room performance-wise and that Leinster are getting the sharp end of the criticism every time.

And the fact that Leinster have got themselves into a Champions Cup final, they haven't got the credit for the manner in which they've had to fight, fight for their place and fight their way through the competition.

So against a backdrop of the Lions tour last year, huge representation in terms of numbers for Ireland and managing all of that and also losing some matches in the URC as well.

and try to fight their way into our guarantee that they'll be in the URC playoffs.

So I think it's an amalgam of a lot of stuff.

And it isn't in his nature to do what he did yesterday.

So you can only envisage the level of frustration.

And also maybe he just wants to push back a little bit.

Maybe that was his, he had decided this was the perfect opportunity as his team had won and reached a Champions Cup final to push back and make the media think again about how they cover Leinster.

You mentioned my name again, which you can imagine how well.

Yesterday.

Yeah, in the print briefing afterwards, he mentioned it again.

So it was great.

What did he say?

He just referenced the piece.

He referenced that it was something that the research that was done and also the fact that it highlighted some of the issues that they faced.

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