Rory O'Connor

You know, someone like Ross Maloney has opted to kind of move to Bath, kind of knowing that he's probably not going to play for Ireland, and he sees writing on the wall with Orgy Snyman coming over.

But they used to, like, when they were at their best, I think Lancaster was really good at keeping that...

second string, motivated, involved, and they had such cohesion between all of their players.

Their training sessions were of such a level that anyone could jump in and out and produce.

And that's why, no matter who they put out in the pitch, they looked like Leinster.

And I think that's diminished.

I don't know, is it the singular focus on that fifth star?

The fact that Nina Arbour's been brought in with that singular goal in mind?

Look, we do have to... There are a number of caveats that everyone knows, but the Lions was massive disruption.

They didn't have a good pre-season.

They've had less, probably, access to their senior players than they've ever had before.

There was an extra November international.

And they did when they had it.

That doesn't really... Like, the Lions... No, but I think in this era where, like, Leinster need their internationals on deck and their internationals haven't been available.

And when they were available, they didn't play particularly good rugby, but they won games.

So they went on that run...

in December and January where they won nine or ten in a row.

They were never that impressive, but they were able to get over the line.

Their discipline's really poor no matter who they're putting on the pitch.

Look, my feelings on the Neenab are well known at this stage.