Rory O'Connor
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Bundy knows that having something to play for at this time of season is not guaranteed.
So there's a chance to go and do something pretty special here, as he did 10 years ago when they won the league.
I'm not saying they're going to do it, but if you get him tuned in, he's got a good coach.
I'm sure he believes in Lancaster.
I'm sure he's enjoying what he's putting out there.
They've got a scrum that's now really competitive with Billy Bohan,
Really impressing.
Finlay Beedham's in good form.
They've got good young players that Lancaster started introducing.
They've got new internationals in Dara Murray.
They have Sean Jansen, who I think is one of the next Cavs off the rank for Ireland, one of the foreign players in the URC.
They've got Iwane coming in for a change of pace off the bench.
It's a really good setup.
They have the best goal kicker in Ireland in Sam Gilbert, who can get you over the line in tight games.
And the big thing is, you mentioned their scorelines.
They're not conceding points.
Yeah, I mean, I think they made 14 dominant tackles at the weekend against Ulster and that was spread across nine players, which is, you know, Billy Bohan led the way.
Like he's a 21 year old, but he's come out of the Ireland camp and he's going, I've got a chance to be an international here.
He's made hay in that loose head kind of,
vacuum that's been left by all those injuries and he's suddenly a player of national interest and he's got confidence on the back of that he was playing well before he went in there but he looks like a real a real find for Connacht like they've gone into the Leinster Academy in the last couple of years and and kind of gone after players that Leinster either were kind of dilly-dallying over or even players that Leinster wanted to keep but they offered them full either full contracts or or kind of at