Rugby Daily | Could Leinster bring in ROG? All Blacks star out for Ireland test
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Off the Ball's Rugby Daily. With Bank of Ireland, a proud sponsor of Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster Rugby. Never stop competing. You are very welcome along to Wednesday's Rugby Daily. I'm Cameron Hill. Now coming up for you today, could Leinster call upon an old foe to finally get them over their Champions Cup hoodoo next season? The All Blacks will be without a key player for their July test against Ireland and the head coach has been named for the first ever British and Irish Lions women's tour next autumn. First up today, Leinster have confirmed that Paddy McCarthy will be unavailable for their final URC playoff push. The prop made his comeback from an injury to his right foot he sustained back in January, coming off the bench during Saturday's Invesda Champions Cup final defeat to Bordeaux Bagel in Bilbao, but he was forced off the pitch six minutes later after an injury to his other foot.
In better news, Brian Deeney and Joshua Kenny have returned to full training and are available for selection for Saturday's quarter-final against the Lions at the Aviva Stadium. They're of course bidding to defend their URC title. Dara Smith-Nocton spoke to Andrew Porter ahead of this weekend's game and the prop reflected on his disappointment after another European final defeat at the weekend.
You were part of the squad back in 2018 that won in Bilbao, but you're also unfortunately part of the teams that have lost out in the finals and semifinals since. Has it become annoying or very difficult at this point that there's been so many disappointments back to back? How would you look at it?
Yeah, I mean, it's always disappointing when you've got so far and you come up short in the end, but you're doing exactly what you want. You want to be in that final position at the end of the season and... We did great to get ourselves to that point. You come up against teams and it's incredibly tough, the margins, it's small the margins. It's obviously incredibly difficult because that's what you're chasing, you're chasing silverware. We obviously set our standards very high in here but it's incredibly tough. to take the weekend and obviously the last few years, but we're the ones in the final. We've got to that point. So a lot of people could say a lot about criticism, but we're still the team that's getting there.
But yeah, you come up against incredibly tough opposition and it just wasn't our day on Saturday. So yeah, very tough.
Could Leinster consider bringing in Ronan O'Gara to end their Champions Cup hoodoo?
2018 winner James Tracy joined off the ball yesterday with his reaction to that game at Estadio San Mames. Gerard Gilroy flew the kite of a former Leinster nemesis coming into the back room to help Leinster end their Champions Cup hoodoo.
It's floating in the ether that O'Gara might be around. Don't do that to me. Not this week. Not this week. First Ioanni. He's not coming in to be not picking the team.
Who is unavailable for the All Blacks in their upcoming test against Ireland?
Yeah, obviously. But it's whatever role you're given within, whatever the job description is. Listen, there's no disrespect to him. He's a great coach. And if he wants to come over to the dark side, I'm sure we'll get used to it. But I don't think that'll happen with it. I just think it's in the ether. Spidey sense is tingling. Yeah, I don't know.
But, yeah.
What updates do we have on Leinster's player injuries ahead of the URC playoffs?
Five-time All-Ireland hurling winner with Limerick Seamus Flanagan was guest host on yesterday's show. He offered this theory to Tracy, suggesting that the fifth star for Leinster mightn't be quite so far away after all.
You look at other sports, Arsenal, soccer, Rory McIlwain, the Masters, you know you strive for something for so long you put such an onus on that fifth star that you want to get to that fifth star you need to get to that and having got so close but yet been so far and this time maybe have fallen back a bit maybe that maybe identity crisis for within Leinster you know I heard Jack talking earlier about playing his way and then Ken and Doris coming out talking about playing the Leinster way maybe that identity of crisis next year might feed into that and they hone down exactly how they want to play and they play that way throughout the season and maybe that might be the the leading factor of getting them over the line because
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:49
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Could Leinster consider bringing in Ronan O'Gara to end their Champions Cup hoodoo?
2:49–3:24
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Who is unavailable for the All Blacks in their upcoming test against Ireland?
3:24–3:53
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What updates do we have on Leinster's player injuries ahead of the URC playoffs?
3:53–8:21
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How does Andrew Porter reflect on Leinster's recent European final defeat?
8:21–10:11
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