Outrageous scheduling means Leinster URC and Champions Cup double is near impossible, writes Matt Williams
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The jackelling skills of their brilliant number eight Gregory Alldritt and hooker Pierre Bourgarit are equal to any on the planet. The French season is a marathon of seemingly endlessly physical matches, so Ronan O’Gara is accurate in saying that the long path La Rochelle have been forced to navigate to the Champions Cup final has been more difficult to negotiate than Leinster across the URC
The French season is a marathon of seemingly endlessly physical matches, so Ronan O’Gara is accurate in saying that the long path La Rochelle have been forced to navigate to the Champions Cup final has been more difficult to negotiate than Leinster across the URC. That win and La Rochelle’s staggering 201 points differential, means O’Gara can rest his stars as he travels away to play against Montpellier while cheering on Munster from afar.
A week prior to the Champions Cup final, Leinster would have preferred to face anyone but Munster. When Munster and Leinster meet you can guarantee an emotionally driven physical confrontation.
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