'We can argue the case that we should have had this or that, but at the end of the day, we weren't quite (good) enough and that's why we lost the game’
The Leinster scrum had some tough moments against La Rochelle. Image: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO The Leinster scrum had some tough moments against La Rochelle. Image: Laszlo Geczo/INPHO STILL HURTING FROM Leinster’s Champions Cup final defeat to La Rochelle, the province’s scrum coach Robin McBryde sat down earlier this week to field what must have felt like a familiar line of questioning.
“Listen, you just have to give La Rochelle the plaudits. They came with a game-plan, they executed it and they snuck it at the end. We went through a painful process in the meetings about some of the lessons, some of the learnings we can take from the game. “We took a quick-tap before half-time for a free-kick, it didn’t quite come off, but again our execution let us down on that occasion.
McBryde was asked if the players are finding it difficult to problem-solve on the pitch when the scrum battle isn’t going their way. I have to make sure that I do my work a bit better. So, listen, we are pursuing the channels with regard to getting feedback from the pictures that the referees see on the day. It’s an ongoing process really, but ultimately, we know that teams are going to attack us in a certain way and we’ve got to be prepared for it.
Now it’s on to a United Rugby Championship quarter-final meeting with Glasgow Warriors at the RDS this Saturday, a fixture which all of a sudden has taken on a heightened importance for the province, who are looking to win a fifth straight league title.
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