Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run
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What were the highlights of Leinster's Champions Cup semi-final win against Toulon?
Hello and welcome along to the RTE Rugby Podcast. We are deep into the business end of the season now. Champions and Challenge Cup finals are confirmed. Leinster and Bordeaux in the Champions Cup decider in Bilbao. Ulster and Montpellier to face off in the Challenge Cup final. Ireland versus France weekend to come at the San Mames Stadium in a couple of weeks time. URC is back in focus for a couple of weeks though, but so much on the line with playoff spots up for grabs and two rounds to go. Connacht against Munster, the pick of them this weekend. Must, must win for Connacht. Also into the final couple of weeks of the Guinness Women's Six Nations, Hannah O'Connor will be joining me a little bit later on to look ahead at Ireland against Wales this Saturday.
Before that... No Bernard Jackman with me this week. Brett Igoe will be in studio a little bit later on. Johnny Holland is also on the line. And Johnny, it's just the two of us for the next few minutes. But as I said, Leinster into the Champions Cup final for the ninth time. 29-25 winners against Toulon. A nervy ending to a game that probably shouldn't have been nervy with the way it was going. Bordeaux Beglet will be their opposition. 38-26 winners against Bath on Sunday. All the talk after that has been about TV directors. Let's start with Leinster, though. I feel like it was a game that nearly sums up their entire season. Closer than it should have been. Cards were in issues again. They appeared to be in control.
Then there was a bit of a blip. The good stuff. Let's focus on the good stuff, though, because some of their attacking rugby at times was very, very crisp. Andrew Porter got on the ball so much more than we're used to seeing him. And it was really, really destructive with it. Scrum obliterated Toulon. And then also we'll talk about the discipline, which isn't necessarily a good thing, but the way they handled the two yellow cards was particularly impressive. And that ultimately probably was the winning of the game for them.
Yeah, I think the frustration with Leinster is they can be so impressive. Like I wrote about their class disrupted by their discipline and errors, you know, because up until the Jameson-Gibson Park knock-on, I thought they were so classy, like their entries were efficient. Had they scored there, I thought it was going to be just a complete and utter formality, but... you know they they're definitely making things hard for themselves um and you could talk about all the different factors within that but i think the the positive spin on that is like they're not playing their best rugby they're um they're they're getting through anyway like and they're getting gritty wins and there's a lot of resilience that comes with that and and maybe they're going into the final with less expectation and people having to cut off them and and obviously leo's you know producing his narrative that the world is against them and you know for the last couple years they were
cruising at the finals and all the way on their shoulders and maybe you know they're um ironically this is probably their year isn't it but as you said there's so much good stuff within there um they're attacking rugby like they they clearly look for porter to get on the ball as well because i'd say i'd say he turned up in a couple of moments in the 22 but there was also a peel off a line out where he came from the front of the line out normally you'd see
How did Ulster perform in their Challenge Cup semi-final against Exeter Chiefs?
you know your jack conan getting on that but it was actually andrew porter they they kind of maneuvered it far so uh lots of positives in there um and then the other side of the coin like i know we'll speak about it in a couple weeks properly but like with bordeaux they're not exactly bulletproof either they're unbelievably talented but on the day they can have a couple of their own errors and they haven't lit up the top 14 either so it's not unachievable at all i think lengths are in a really good position despite some of the negatives around their game
The third quarter was where they really took a grip on the game.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What were the highlights of Leinster's Champions Cup semi-final win against Toulon?
0:08–3:07
2
How did Ulster perform in their Challenge Cup semi-final against Exeter Chiefs?
3:07–3:51
3
What are the implications of Connacht's upcoming match against Munster?
3:51–4:57
4
How is Ireland preparing for the Women's Six Nations match against Wales?
4:57–12:05
5
What are the key issues surrounding Leinster's discipline in recent matches?
12:05–17:42
6
How can Ulster's recent success impact their future in rugby?
17:42–22:21
7
What challenges does Munster face in their final matches of the season?
22:21–29:39
8
How do the current performances of the Irish women's team compare to their rivals?
29:39–1:21:08
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