Will Slattery

A lot of people mentioned how many...

home playoff games have got another Leo Cullen's watch but again the idea that another coach couldn't come in and do that or potentially better that I don't really buy either I think it's a very cautious and safe approach to say oh if we get rid of Leo Cullen and get another coach in

Oh, what if we don't do as well as he's done?

Okay, that's a possibility.

But Jesus, if that's your outlook, you'll never make any big decisions or make any big calls.

And it did.

I remember...

myself again I saw quotes from Gary Ringrose in the build up that he kind of referred to that kind of thing I don't have the quotes in front of me so I don't want to misrepresent it but it was that kind of theme and even Leinster sent a press release Keane you might have got this they put up a one minute promo video and a really long press release accompanying it where it really talked about the achievement of getting back to the final stage and

It feels like it was a club-wide edict to talk up how great it was to get back to the final, even though, as we mentioned, they got a very, very soft draw and avoided all the big teams.

It was kind of a strange... It was like a full-court press to try to convince everyone that just getting to the final was enough.

where I don't think it was especially when you perform like that if they had gone out and played in a similar manner to the day the Toulouse and La Rochelle games where they were very very close and they were beaten by a very good Bordeaux team it would be one thing but to make that the narrative and then get absolutely humiliated in the first half and be 28 points down the worst first half scoreline in the history of the Champions Cup final is another matter and

For me, it's a natural time for a new era.

They're going into the new RDS.

There'll be a lot of positivity.

Scott Robertson is available.

He's had a lot of success at club level.

Joe Schmidt is leaving Australia in the summer.

He's very familiar with Ireland, had a lot of time in Ireland.

If they announced that Joe Schmidt was coming back to be the Leinster head coach going into the RDS, I definitely think that would get a lot of people energy

he's also the best coach in the world yeah it helps the fact that he's a very good coach and I think he's done a good job with Australia and the results haven't been quite as good as I think maybe I feel like they've been maybe a little unluckier in some instances like I think this is the natural time to make this a new era going into the new stadium like those season tickets aren't going to sell themselves I don't think and