'We've talked about being a lot better than last week and we owe that to our supporters back home.'
Reece Hodge kicks at the UCD Bowl this week. Image: Ben Brady/INPHO IT’S EIGHT YEARS since Leo Cullen went down to New Zealand to visit the Chiefs but he has kept in regular contact with Dave Rennie ever since.
“He didn’t give me anything yesterday that’s going to help us on Saturday,” said Rennie this afternoon, although Cullen did tell him just how much of “a thorn in the side” Will Skelton has been for Leinster. Rennie will also have a chance to catch up with Bundee Aki, his former Chiefs player, on Saturday but his main concern right now is getting the Wallabies back to winning ways after last weekend’s first-ever defeat to Italy.Rennie’s win record now stands at 37%, so the heat has come on him from back in Australia this week after he made 11 changes to his team against Italy.
“We need to provide opportunity for them and we need to share the load, and it was a side that was good enough to win, and we didn’t. So, I’ve got to take responsibility for that. But I know we have a very determined squad who want to make a statement this weekend.”
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