‘I hope we get another crack later in the season because our boys can do better and will do better’
Leinster flanker Josh van der Flier blocks La Rochelle outhalf Antoine Hastoy's drop goal in the last minute of the Champions Cup match at Stade Marcel Deflandre. Photograph: Romain Perrocheau/AFP via Getty Imagescan undoubtedly still live to fight another day, but few away wins can have been as hard-earned, as rewarding, or as significant asBut after the Deflandre had been deflated by Leinster’s defiance, Ronan O’Gara struck a defiant note of his own.
For his part, Leo Cullen kept his emotions intact when commenting: “We’ll enjoy tonight, travel back and try and recover well and get ready for a game in six days’ time because it is a pool, not a knock-out, and the last thing we want to do is undo the great work of today’s performance and put in a proper performance in front of our own fans.
“Yeah, exactly, because we love this competition. It’s connected a town, so there’s life left in us, that’s for sure.”“Yeah, we needed that because we’ve been talking enough but the performances haven’t been there. Some of these poor French journalists have to suffer watching some of the shite in the Top 14 games which hasn’t been good but now I think that will give a jolt to everyone, the town and the team, because essentially nothing is lost. We’re disappointed but nothing is lost.
On Saturday, Munster and Saracens rolled up their sleeves and rolled back the years at Thomond Park. Neither may be the force of yore but there was something decidedly old school about Munster’s 17-12 win as they recovered from a 9-3 deficit early in the second half.
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