Rúaidhrí O'Connor
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And it didn't matter that they had zero points.
I always thought this looked like a dangerous fixture because it was Leinster's first time ever to play in this ground.
And it's a unique ground.
Irish sport needs 10 Stade Jean Doge's dotted around the country.
It is the perfect venue for League of Ireland, for National League games, for provincial.
It's a perfect provincial venue.
The Connacht are opening a new stand next week.
It's not a new stadium, it's a new stand.
The RDS will open with a new stand next year.
Again, it's not a stadium redevelopment, it's a stand redevelopment.
This is like all four sides, just the perfect size, corporate facilities, good media facilities, good dressing rooms.
It's just a template and it doesn't look like it costs that much to build either.
We don't like four sides.
Even the Aviva and Crow Park don't want four sides.
I know.
But the atmosphere was amazing.
And it was a great weekend.
It was more than a thousand Leinster fans over there.
I know they really enjoyed themselves because it felt like a proper, like this tournament has delivered in the last two weeks.
Not every game, but enough there to make you want to save it and to fight for it.