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Sam Larner

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
196 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

And this is true of all sports because Leinster, as you say, they're one of the richest teams in the URC.

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

They would be up there in Europe, but I mean, they wouldn't be

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

tackling the likes of the big French sides, they had one of the best playing squads.

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

So are the coaches good or are they fortunate to have a team like that?

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

What would happen if you dropped them into the Scarlets, for example?

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

I mean, we'd love being a part of the Scarlets, but would they be as effective?

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

They'd have to adjust what they're doing.

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

And you see it with Sean Edwards as well.

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

I think we would all...

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

you know, grasp at Sean Edwards as one of the best defense coaches ever.

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

But, you know, this last six nations, did France win in spite of the defense or because of the defense?

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

So I think that is a fundamental issue there that with coaches, you can build your narrative.

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

You can kind of say,

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

This is who I am.

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

I blitz teams.

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

I put them under massive pressure.

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

You very rarely hear defense coaches come out and say, yeah, we're fairly passive and we just want to kind of keep an affinity for the attack.

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

And so you build that narrative.

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

Saracens did it with the Wolfpack.

The Counter Ruck
Are Leinster being set up tactically for success?

And you build that idea and then everything that happens kind of backs up that idea.