Rugby Daily | The latest Leinster-in-Europe post-mortem, big injury blow for Munster
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Off the Ball, GAA. Well, we are talking about it like, well, you're not talking about the incident, you're talking about the fact that, well, that out of 50 people, you're finger pointing me, is that what you're saying? Join in the obsession. 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 Tuesday's Rugby Daily. I'm Cameron Hill. Now coming up, Andy Dunne on the cultural issue that keeps costing Leinster in European finals. Munster suffer a major injury blow ahead of their URC playoff quarterfinal in South Africa. And Ciarán Frawley on his decision to leave Leinster for Connacht this summer.
First up today, the inquest continues into Leinster's heavy defeat to Bordeaux Beg in the Investec Champions Cup final in Bilbao. Leo Cullen's side were outscored by five tries to one as the holders ran out 41-19 winners in Saturday's decider. It brings to five the number of finals that Leinster have lost since their last triumph in 2018. While the dream team of Andy Dunne and Geraint Thornley joined Owen Shahan for the regrettably annual Where Did It All Go Wrong for Leinster in Europe edition of Monday Night Rugby, the pair picked out a moment pre-game which Andy feels shows their misguided approach to a winning culture.
I don't know, did you notice the warm-up? I was staggered by it. Bordeaux came off the field six, seven minutes before them. Leinster are hammering tackle bags in 28 degrees of heat. That's not a systems issue. That's not a coaching issue. I'm convinced that they are wedded to this slavish approach because it's very hard to justify what you do in a week if you're telling people to do less. if I hear another player talk about, look, they rate somebody because of their detail. There's no detail in doing less. And honestly, there's a hardwired culture that had brought them success that is now an Achilles heel, right? They're a group of players. Obviously, look at Schmidt, what he did. Absolutely changed what people's view and approach was in terms of detail and preparation.
What cultural issues are affecting Leinster in European finals?
Johnny Sexton, his lieutenant, did the same. If you're not at their level of detail... and controlling, trying to control all facets of play, then where are you at, right? It's very difficult to, in a yoga, some yoga instructors would say yin and yang, right? It's not all about aggression and physicality and movement. And sometimes you've just got to do the yin part, the quiet in the shade part.
What injury blow has Munster faced ahead of the URC playoffs?
Quietness, in the shade, sit with your thoughts, right? In a week, in game week. This is going back years. When I played in Leinster, everyone got psychological safety from running themselves into the ground all week. And the best 10 was believed to be the fellow who ran the week the best. That's the person who shouted and barked the most orders.
What does Ciarán Frawley say about leaving Leinster for Connacht?
It's the language we hear today. It's always the same, right? It's always the same. It's like I would equate it to these American, what are they called?
What were the main reasons for Leinster's defeat to Bordeaux Beg?
The band camp, the majorettes, right? If everyone runs around in formation in uniform and it looks great all week long, everyone feels safe going into match day because we've done the utmost to prepare. If you just don't do any of that, During the week, what have you done?
Five first-half tries conceded made for another difficult day for Jack Nienaber's Leinster defence, but Dunn explained why he feels the blitz approach hasn't worked for the province.
I understand the idea of bringing in Nienaber, right? Because they lost a few finals. And then they said, what are we going to do different, right? If you take the World Cup winning coach, for example, there's logic in that. You say, well, they run a different defence. Maybe we can win. Maybe we can get one of these finals across the line. But the crucial misstep in that is they've stayed with the same attacking system and added massive layers of work and complexity into their defence. Hence these spectacular implosions because they haven't got...
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:22
2
What cultural issues are affecting Leinster in European finals?
2:22–2:52
3
What injury blow has Munster faced ahead of the URC playoffs?
2:52–3:15
4
What does Ciarán Frawley say about leaving Leinster for Connacht?
3:15–3:23
5
What were the main reasons for Leinster's defeat to Bordeaux Beg?
3:23–4:53
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How has Leinster's approach to training impacted their performance?
4:53–10:47
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