Huh ?
You are saying cullan has no answer hes tactics work they lost a game in the last minute. This is fine margins, if it wemt the other way he was a genius thats top level sport.
What do munster have to do with it? Leinsters style of play and tactics allowed them to beat munster with a third team out. Thats what it has to do with it. If cullan was clueless how did leinster top the URC and reach a European cup final?
They were 21/20 Saturday morning with Powers. Hardly rank outsiders. Just sayingā¦ā¦
They lost a game they were heavy favourites to win.
I know there is fine margins but there undoing was not dissimilar to the last three defeats in Europe.
It was fairly obvious Lowe was totally unmarked and not once did Leinster try a cross kick.
Cullen seems to be above criticism. Heās clearly done very well at certain things but yet again they lost a winnable game when it really mattered.
I find that very hard to believe ? They spread was 12 points for the final.
Iād imagine thatās what you were looking at.
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Huh exactly.
My bad. Youāre on the ball. Soz!
I think Leinster were 1/5 to win Iām not sure tbh.
I think there would have been a sense that they fell over the line in a similar way to New Zealand against France in the 2011 World Cup Final. Leinster arenāt far removed from the Ireland international team. That they havenāt won the Champions Cup since 2018 is a damning enough indictment. Itās easy sweep up Pro 14/URCās or whatever itās called now. Theyāve had the best spread of talent but havenāt won it in 4 years and Iām from Leinster.
All the good Karma for Leinster vanished when poor @Pirlo was accosted in the Aviva while minding his own business at the semi-final.
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Donāt forget in the 2018 final racing lost carter and two scrum halves by the twentieth minute and it took an absolute howler from teddy Thomas late on to hand the game to Leinster.
You hear absolutely zero criticism of Cullen in the Irish media.
Good analogy to RWC 2011 tbf. They didnt win the final granted but to soley balme the loss to the coaches is madness. They will be there abouts next year. Close to a full international team too. If they won itāll be lauded as a great achievement for irish sport etc all the same. Great thing about sport is the best team on paper doesnt always win, also the best team in the match doesnt always win. Doesnt make them a poor team, maybe bottlers in some examples
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Leinster, or anyone, dont have a divine right to win the Champions cup. The narrative since is that they lost it rather than LAR winning it
Bizarre
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Back to more pressing matters. Do Munster / Ulster meet Leinster in the semi final of the league ?
Thought they had to go to SA for semi final but not sure
Cullen seems a very nice man, and Leinster are consistently excellent. Thereās nothing to criticize.
Thatās complete rubbish nobody is above criticism.
Cullen is clearly very good at certain things but yet again when push came to shove Leinster were found out tactically under him.
Iād imagine heāll replace mick Dawson as ceo of Leinster and do well but the easy ride he gets from the media is hilarious.
They were massive favorites. They shouldnāt have been in a situation where they were depending on a LAR handling error at the end to get out of jail.
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You canāt criticise Cullen heās a nice man.
Second captains review is fairly good tbf to shane Horgan and Andrew Trimble.
Iād sort of agree, but itās a final and strange things happen. Nonetheless they have set and maintained a very very high standard of club rugby.