Nah. Sold out a younger teammate. Itâs bullshit and it reflects poorly on Conan and on the culture of the organisation.
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Sure the whole game was a shambles and Iâm a Leinster fan. I also think itâs strange that a sub takes over as captain, does the effectively mean Leo doesnât trust the other 14 guys who started once Doris went off?
Conan is a two time B&I Lion tbf
The Leinster fans probably wouldnât be aware of that.
He is, but he still didnât know what to do when it came to it.
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He took direction from the line at least twiceâŚ
Now apparently heâs saying it was Samâs call to go to the corner.
It probably was, easier than attempting the kickâŚ
He didnât.
He looked for direction from the box.
The message back from the management was to back his own instinct and theyâd back the decisions afterwards.
Itâs laughable stuff. Didnât Nienbar come up with the traffic lights system? Iâd say himself and Rassie are bursting their holes laughing.
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Itâs incredible.
So prendergast didnât want the kick, Conan didnât want the decision, and the management didnât want the decision.
No wonder theyâre the biggest group of bottlers in world sport.
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Theyâre bulling with him and see him as a bit of a coward defensively. Theyâre bulling with Cullenâs selection as well. Giving lads a day out before picking the real team in the final. Barrett is like a cunt.
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Heard that. Disgraceful
It goes to show a team poorly coached with selection policies that are incoherent.
Not defending Conan but him coming out with that is because Cullen doesnât make decisions and Conan hasnât been instructed to be a leader. He tries to keep people happy with things that seem low level (vice captain) but are actually important. He had this nonsense of co-captains for a year because of this. Doris was only made captain because Farrell made him Irish captain.
Itâs a one for everyone in the audience approach. Whatâs odd is that surely Cullen is self aware enough to know that he was made captain of Leinster because of his own intangible qualities, ahead of others who had their own case for captaincy.
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Jack Conan needs to travel to the Ryder Cup this year to see how proper vice-captains operate.
He needs to learn the craft and the art of vice-captaincy from the best.
Jose-Maria Olazabal and what he teaches Conan the Lion could be the difference maker in Leinsterâs quest to end the Heino famine next year.
Come off it. Any player with any bit of experience and empathy wouldnât throw a young colleague under the bus when the entire country is already on his back
Itâs fucking disgraceful out of Conan
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I think that depends on how aware he is of the online shite. Prendergast saying no to the kick can be too much confidence in a young player or a young player bottling it, depending on your narrative. Iâd say Conan didnât really think other than the young player not thinking it through overly.
Regardless, clearly it shouldnât come out like that. But really it just shouldnât have been a decision with confusion surrounding it. Thatâs my point really. I donât think Conan thinks through the implications of the media interview on this because heâs not really treated like a captain. Itâs just being given the prefect badge by the coach.
Itâs bad all round, not going to disagree.
Youâre not giving Conan much credit there. He needs to be a complete moron not to have seen what he was doing
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