The Leinster boss said fighting on two fronts had taken a toll on his team.
LEINSTER HEAD COACH Leo Cullen lamented another season of missed opportunities, as his side’s URC campaign ended in a whimper with defeat to the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld.
Added to the three consecutive Champions Cup losses, there are questions being asked about what it will take for Leinster to get over the line, and Cullen knows he will come under scrutiny for the continued failure to claim silverware. Advertisement “We have some other players that are coming through next year so we will do our best to get ourselves into this situation again and to be better. It is frustrating the way this has played out for us, particularly the way some of these challenges have been for us this season – after the World Cup and the length of the season.
With many of the Leinster players playing their first game at altitude in Pretoria, some real worries of mental scars are there with Ireland’s first test against the World Cup champions, the Springboks at the same venue in three weeks’ time.
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