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<blockquote data-quote="snoopy snoopy dog dog" data-source="post: 570240" data-attributes="member: 13611">I loved Sexton&#039;s post match interview. How Ulster must be pretty confident choosing Leinster&#039;s home ground as their declared home venue. It&#039;s clear from it that the Pro 12 Final is Leinster&#039;s number 1 goal and Leinster are using Ulster&#039;s choice of venue as motivation. I don&#039;t know if it was picked up by Sky&#039;s cameras but with a couple of minutes to go, Joe Schmidt was walking in front of the South Stand towards the halfway line at the Anglesea Stand trying to go unnoticed. He received a standing ovation from pretty much everybody and nobody paid any attention to the last piece of action! It&#039;s well deserved. He&#039;s done so much for Leinster rugby and will be badly missed next season. Leinster&#039;s loss is definitely Ireland&#039;s gain.While the Amlin Cup wouldn&#039;t have been mapped as a target before the season began, once you&#039;re in the competition you want to win it. Leinster showed that they&#039;re above the competition by obliterating those they faced in it. I much prefer that to Toulouse&#039;s complete disregard for the tournament.So Connacht have now qualified for the Heineken Cup three times in a row and not once on their own merit. Whatever about gaining entry because a Heineken Cup win gives Ireland an extra place, getting one for Leinster winning a B grade tournament isn&#039;t all that fair. It&#039;s great for Connacht and their development but I can see why some would be ****** off. Then again they did finish ahead of some qualifiers in the Pro 12.....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="snoopy snoopy dog dog, post: 570240, member: 13611"] I loved Sexton's post match interview. How Ulster must be pretty confident choosing Leinster's home ground as their declared home venue. It's clear from it that the Pro 12 Final is Leinster's number 1 goal and Leinster are using Ulster's choice of venue as motivation. I don't know if it was picked up by Sky's cameras but with a couple of minutes to go, Joe Schmidt was walking in front of the South Stand towards the halfway line at the Anglesea Stand trying to go unnoticed. He received a standing ovation from pretty much everybody and nobody paid any attention to the last piece of action! It's well deserved. He's done so much for Leinster rugby and will be badly missed next season. Leinster's loss is definitely Ireland's gain. While the Amlin Cup wouldn't have been mapped as a target before the season began, once you're in the competition you want to win it. Leinster showed that they're above the competition by obliterating those they faced in it. I much prefer that to Toulouse's complete disregard for the tournament. So Connacht have now qualified for the Heineken Cup three times in a row and not once on their own merit. Whatever about gaining entry because a Heineken Cup win gives Ireland an extra place, getting one for Leinster winning a B grade tournament isn't all that fair. It's great for Connacht and their development but I can see why some would be ****** off. Then again they did finish ahead of some qualifiers in the Pro 12..... [/QUOTE]

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