Just how did Leinster crumble in the Champions Cup final?
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What were the highlights of Gareth's experience during the Women's Six Nations?
Hello and welcome along to the RT Rugby Podcast, the post-Bill Bough edition defeats for Leinster and Ulster in the Champions and Challenge Cup finals. And both of those heavy defeats, unfortunately. Leinster beaten 41-19 by Bordeaux in the Champions Cup final and Ulster's season came to an end on Friday night. A 59-26 loss at the hands of a sensational Montpellier side in the Challenge Cup final. That is 110-45 to France over Ireland over those two games. Back to the URC this week. Quarterfinals weekend. Connacht away to Glasgow on Friday night. Their Champions Cup place is now secure after Ulster's Challenge Cup final defeat. Munster away to the Bulls on Saturday lunchtime. Stormers hosting Cardiff and Leinster against the Lions at Aviva Stadium.
Sportpodcasts at rt.ie to get in touch and send your emails in. I have Bernard Jackman on the couch today. Gareth Steenson is also with us on the line. Welcome back, Gareth. We've missed you. It's been a while. Were you up to anything for the last couple of months?
Yeah, well, I have seen you a couple of times. Yes, no, been a busy couple of months in with the Irish women. Really enjoyable in the Six Nations. It was good to see the girls going from strength to strength. Good competition in the end. Finishing with three home wins. Good home wins. And obviously, the way it finished there in the Aviva, have 31,000 people there, it was awesome. So loads of things to build on going forward. You know, it's another global series to look forward to in September and October time. A few games at home to be played as well. So hopefully people can come back out and support the girls.
What went wrong for Leinster in the Champions Cup final against Bordeaux?
But yeah, it's been a busy old eight or nine weeks, I'd say.
And obviously you mentioned three very, very good home wins. I know you wanted to pick off one of those away ones. France was probably the one that you'd really targeted. All in all, though, happy with the progress that's been made over the last couple of months.
It is, yeah. No, there's definitely progress. I suppose the biggest thing is, the big thing for girls is we're talking about trying to break into that top four. And that French game was a game we actually targeted. We talked about it for a couple of weeks going into it. But look, we'd made masses of strides. The only thing was we got across the line, I think, four times in the first half and we just got to put the ball down. And it just becomes a different game. But listen, the progress the girls have made, the confidence they have. And I was delighted just to see the way they performed in that final game. against Scotland in the Aviva. Just that feeling around getting more people in, kids coming along, supporting them.
You're starting to see superstars amongst them as well, which is great to see in the women's game. And listen, it's only going to go from strength to strength, hopefully. So they're on the start of a journey now leading up to that next World Cup. So hopefully people can get behind the green wave and get some good support in.
Yeah, Bernard, I mean, certainly just even from a crowd point of view, you can see the support that's coming in. The tournament is getting bigger and bigger year on year. And particularly off the back of that English Rugby World Cup, there's still a huge amount to buy in.
Yeah, and in fairness, I have to give credit. We were very hard in the RFU when things were a little bit ropey. But they have invested in bringing coaches like Steno in, marketing really well, open up the Viva Stadium, doing the best they can in terms of contracting. It seems like there's a good environment there. around the team there's a better pathway obviously the underage Irish selection is getting to play games so it's come a long way in a very short space of time and it's great to see Back to the Aviva again next year Gareth
Well, all being well.
How did the coaching strategies differ between Leinster and Bordeaux?
Hopefully, you know, hopefully, you know, well, the progress that was made there, you know, it'd be nice to see that it keeps going that direction. So hopefully, you know, England and France are coming to town.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What were the highlights of Gareth's experience during the Women's Six Nations?
0:08–1:41
2
What went wrong for Leinster in the Champions Cup final against Bordeaux?
1:41–3:37
3
How did the coaching strategies differ between Leinster and Bordeaux?
3:37–5:39
4
What were the factors leading to Ulster's defeat in the Challenge Cup final?
5:39–8:04
5
How are Connacht and Munster preparing for their URC quarter-finals?
8:04–10:28
6
What lessons can Leinster learn from their recent performance?
10:28–13:34
7
What are the implications of player injuries for Munster's upcoming matches?
13:34–15:59
8
What are the expectations for Ulster's performance next season?
15:59–1:03:15
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