Luke Fitzgerald

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165 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2026 last heard 3d ago

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Indo Sport · O'Mahony's Munster treatment | Ireland need bolters | Leinster's Last Dance · 23 Sep 2026 podcast

Now it did, to be fair, it was almost unfair to be asking someone so young who isn't in, you know, one of the senior players, but I did push him and ask him, you know, was there a recognition that maybe you weren't mentally tough in the Champions Cup final when it came down to it? matched

And look, he rolled back a little bit on it, but matched

He had said that the coaches designed this pre-season, grueling pre-season, that it wasn't so much about running. matched

It was just about like intensity to make them mentally tougher, which I thought was fascinating. matched

Yeah. matched

Yeah I suppose like when you look back at the last two years in particular in terms of the Champions Cup that mentally tough aspect Leinster did not deliver their best performance against Northampton in that home semi-final and they were so far off their best in Bilbao back in May so maybe Eddie that's what they're getting at that why are they not delivering in the biggest moments i.e. matched

which is the crunch Champions Cup games. matched

I would agree with Eddie. matched

I still think they're justifiable favourites for the URC. matched

I think the problem they have, Rudd, is you listed out some seriously good players that have left. matched

I know we've spoken about James Lowe in an Irish context, but he leaves a massive gap on that Leinster left wing as well. matched

But the problem... matched

that Leinster have is, again, with the Champions Cup lens, is look at the business that Bordeaux did over the summer. matched

I watched them on Sunday night and Jack Willis was, sorry, Tom Willis was absolutely tearing it up, like a world-class signing for Bordeaux. matched

You look at Toulouse's business over the summer by bringing in Menancello. matched

People have probably seen the try he scored a couple of weeks ago for Toulouse. matched

Like, their main rivals are getting stronger and Leinster are arguably weaker this season on paper. matched

So, matched

I think the Champions Cup is going to be as difficult, if not more difficult than ever for Leinster to win this season. matched

The final is going to be on in Lyon. matched

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