Rugby Daily | Brain injury legal case faces collapse, can Bordeaux break the Leinster blitz?
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Subscribe now at offtheball.com forward slash join. Off the Balls, Rugby Daily. With Bank of Ireland, a proud sponsor of Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster Rugby. Never stop competing. You're very welcome along to Wednesday's Rugby Daily. I'm Cameron Hill. Now coming up for you today, how a blitz defence actually works and will it be Leinster's undoing in Bilbao? The brain injury lawsuit being taken by former rugby players is on the brink of collapse and tributes are being paid to Scotland great Scott Hastings, who's died at the age of 61. First up today, Ulster are preparing for the curtain-raiser to European finals weekend in Bilbao. Richie Murphy's side take on Montpellier in the Challenge Cup final at Estadio San Mames on Friday.
He could be able to call upon winger Rob Ballacoon, whose recovery from an elbow injury has gone quicker than expected. It had been feared that his season was over. Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale and Rob Herring have all been ruled out of the decider, however. Ulster can claim their first trophy in 20 years and just their second of the professional era this weekend and Murphy's hoping the team can replicate the side that won the European Cup back in 1999.
The history in the club coming up to its 150th year, the history in the club is really long. it's probably lacking in silverware in certain ways. 20 years since they won a Celtic league and 1999 was obviously the special time. I suppose a win on Friday night will move us towards those groups of players and I know it's something that our group don't take lightly and know how important it is. Even when you're out and about around Belfast, the team has had a massive impression on the local community this year and they've got him behind them. We'd love to be able to bring something back to Belfast on the early hours of Saturday morning.
The province have also confirmed that Clark Dermody will come on board as their forwards coach from next season. The 46-year-old New Zealander joins from Super Rugby side the Highlanders and will take over from Jimmy Duffy, who's departing at the end of this term. A loose head prop during his playing days, Dermody earned three caps for the All Blacks, including one against Ireland back in 2006. He retired in 2012 and began coaching two years later with Southland in New Zealand's NPC before linking up with Jamie Joseph at the Highlanders on a temporary basis initially. He was part of the coaching team that claimed a famous win over the British and Irish Lions back in 2017. He also spent two seasons as head coach of the Super Rugby franchise before Joseph returned from Japan.
Now the Challenge Cup final is followed on Saturday by Leinster's Investec Champions Cup decider against Bordeaux. One of the main talking points for the province throughout the season has been the Jacques Ninamber-led blitz defence and how it's led to Leinster being vulnerable even against weaker teams. 2018 winner James Tracy joined off the ball breakfast yesterday. He explained to Gerard Gilroy and Dara Smith-Nocton how the system works at its highest aspiration.
Earning the right to blitz is how I was taught how to defend and the systems that I played in.
It's not being communicated on the pitch. It's kind of learning that everyone's on the same page.
What is the significance of Leinster's blitz defence in upcoming matches?
There's no defensive leader shouting...
Let's go now. It's a bit of both. It's a bit of feel, but it's also, you know, if there's time to communicate to go, you are verbally trying to get people on to go as hard as they can. But sometimes it's a feel thing of you just know not to go because you've seen this picture before and you've trained it and you've chatted about it and you've gotten it wrong in training or in a game and you've looked at it in the video room. But this, from my understanding from the outside looking in and a few conversations I've had on this is... It's go 95% of the time.
How is the brain injury lawsuit affecting former rugby players?
It's just go. And they have solutions. It's not just mindless go, but it's go to make pressure.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:41
2
What is the significance of Leinster's blitz defence in upcoming matches?
3:41–4:16
3
How is the brain injury lawsuit affecting former rugby players?
4:16–5:05
4
What preparations are Ulster making for the Challenge Cup final?
5:05–6:34
5
Who is Rob Ballacoon and what is his injury status for the final?
6:34–7:50
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What challenges does Ulster face in their pursuit of a trophy?
7:50–13:26
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