Luke Fitzgerald

It just doesn't seem like it's a good fit for Leinster.

So while they're going to have to look at the O'Cullens position and all that, I think they're also going to have to look at their DNA.

I think they're going to have to go back to the type of rugby, Luke, that they played under your great teams, that they played under Stuart Lancaster, because I think it's been proven that this model works for South Africa and it works very well for them and it hasn't worked for Leinster.

You go back to their last three Champions Cups, which Jacques-Nin Arbor has been involved in,

The 2024 final against Toulouse, they actually only conceded one try that day, but they conceded 31 points.

You go back to last year's semi-final, they conceded 37 points and five tries.

You go back to last week's final, 41 points and five tries.

I mean, the numbers are absolutely damning for a team that wants its point of difference to be its defence and defence.

Look, I just don't know how long more they'll stick with it.

My sense is that it will be like this again next season.

But certainly after the World Cup, I think the whole thing needs to be rebooted.

I just think at times, and we've probably reached a point in the past when there's been calls for his head, you be careful what you wish for.

I mean, you could have a Matt O'Connor situation all over again where

It takes so much time to rebuild all the good work that had been done.

And I don't think it's something that we should gloss over, that the amount of Ireland internationals that he's proved, because it is a difficult job to keep that many people happy within Leinster.

It definitely was a club thing because you're right, Will, they sent out that press release, but it hasn't helped in that regard, which is important because the public face of Leinster and that, they haven't had a media manager for most of the season since Marcus Aboukla left and went to Dublin GEA.

And that's not ideal.

It's a bit kind of behind the scenes and maybe supporters don't realise how important it is.

But to have someone experienced in there to...

be able to help control the narrative is important but just a quick point in terms of what happens next I was in Bilbao airport on Sunday morning on the way home and the Bordeaux team all walked in and got clapped in but I bumped into Noel McNamara who obviously we haven't mentioned like what a job he's doing over there with their attack but