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Heineken Cup Final 2022/23: Leinster Rugby v Stade Rochelais
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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 1130368" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>I don't think he had the range, was a good bit further out than v Aus and he had 77 mins on the legs, but it was just total panic second half. And we were 6 up also and could have put the ball in the corner early in the second half. A try there kills the game for me and we had similar opportunities throughout last year's final doing the same thing.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That's exactly my point though, it can only go so far and it wouldn't work for Ireland, which is of interest to ROG, and Leinster, which isn't. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I can guarantee that LaR fans boo more and are more abusive than we were. If anything last year's match led into it this year. I liked how hostile we were as a crowd, we didn't support the team well enough in Marseille but did on Saturday, probably the only positive out of it is it might have woken the Leinster crowd up a bit.</p><p></p><p>I don't think that needs to come from the top, it did with us for Cheika but not Schmidt. To be honest, whilst we remain a favourite a siege mentality won't work. You can't send a Leinster team out against Toulouse telling them they're massive underdogs and need to fight when they haven't been able to lay a finger on us. </p><p></p><p>It can be dealt with through assistant coaches, see Edwards in France, and more leaders on the pitch. Nienabar should help in this regard but the fact that Luke McGrath is a highly regarded squad leader but not trusted to replace JGP having one of his worst games in years says all you need to know about the Cullen / Lancaster era. Cullen is lucky that Lancaster is leaving in a way and he needs to use the opportunity become a bit more ruthless.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think Sexton's role has more or less been confirmed to be waving two fingers at Peyper on the pitch after the game (as in he made two bad calls, not flipping the bird) and backing up SOB in the tunnel. His name just grabs the headlines.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 1130368, member: 45598"] I don't think he had the range, was a good bit further out than v Aus and he had 77 mins on the legs, but it was just total panic second half. And we were 6 up also and could have put the ball in the corner early in the second half. A try there kills the game for me and we had similar opportunities throughout last year's final doing the same thing. That's exactly my point though, it can only go so far and it wouldn't work for Ireland, which is of interest to ROG, and Leinster, which isn't. I can guarantee that LaR fans boo more and are more abusive than we were. If anything last year's match led into it this year. I liked how hostile we were as a crowd, we didn't support the team well enough in Marseille but did on Saturday, probably the only positive out of it is it might have woken the Leinster crowd up a bit. I don't think that needs to come from the top, it did with us for Cheika but not Schmidt. To be honest, whilst we remain a favourite a siege mentality won't work. You can't send a Leinster team out against Toulouse telling them they're massive underdogs and need to fight when they haven't been able to lay a finger on us. It can be dealt with through assistant coaches, see Edwards in France, and more leaders on the pitch. Nienabar should help in this regard but the fact that Luke McGrath is a highly regarded squad leader but not trusted to replace JGP having one of his worst games in years says all you need to know about the Cullen / Lancaster era. Cullen is lucky that Lancaster is leaving in a way and he needs to use the opportunity become a bit more ruthless. I think Sexton's role has more or less been confirmed to be waving two fingers at Peyper on the pitch after the game (as in he made two bad calls, not flipping the bird) and backing up SOB in the tunnel. His name just grabs the headlines. [/QUOTE]
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