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Harpin' On Rugby
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Leinster & Ireland Rugby fan opinion via podcast, website & social media since 2008.
80+ Column : Aug 14
Our latest “80+ column” video newsletter,
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🏉 The Osbournes
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🏉 Pulling at Threads
🏉 …“and much, much more”
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🏉 The Osbournes
🏉 A Lions Share
🏉 Premier Coverage
🏉 Pulling at Threads
🏉 …“and much, much more”
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80+ Column Aug 7
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Our latest video newsletter, covering topics like... 🏉 A for Ashton Gate 🏉 That damn 20m red 🏉 What’s in a name 🏉 Welsh saga latest 🏉 …“and much, much more”
Pod Season Five finale
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I am joined by Keego to finally bring Season 5 of our pod to a close. We looked back over the 23/24 campaign and after 'technical' issues our focus was mostly on Leinster. Our guest NEIL “KEEGO” KEEGAN
80+ column : July 31
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Our latest video newsletter, covering topics like... 🏉 Close but no Qatar 🏉 Olympic 7s 🏉 EMcK trolling rugby (again) 🏉 Oct-Croker 🏉 …“and much, much more”
80+ column July 24
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Tried something different this week, presenting the weekly 80 column as a video. Topics include : SWEET HOME CHICAGO TNT DEAL BLOWS UP THEY’RE ALL DOPES VIVA ESPAÑA CLICKBAIT OF THE WEEK TRUMP RUGBY TROLL PATROL
365 : World U20s wrap (FULL POD AUDIO ONLY)
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A quick look back over the World U20s Championships in South Africa * Ireland's results * Stand out players * Who will return for 2025? * The final * The experimental rule changes Our guest : BALL HANDLING HOOKER (x.com/BHHooker) Where to find Harpin’ On Rugby linktr.ee/harpinonrugby
Harpin on...Frawley time
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In this clip from our latest wrap pod, the panel harp on the two drop goals that won the day for Ireland.
Final thoughts after RSAvIRE 2nd test
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A clip from our latest wrap pod where myself, Conor & Rich give our final thoughts on Ireland's dramatic second test victory in Durban.
364 : RSAvIRE 2nd test wrap (full pod audio only)
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🏉 Osbourne catches 🏉 10-point leads 🏉 Croc rolls 🏉 3 by 3 🏉 Frawley time Our guests… CONOR CRONIN ( ccbooms) RICHARD MIFSUD ( Once_in_the_job) Where to find Harpin’ On Rugby linktr.ee/harpinonrugby
RSA v IRE 2nd test preview
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For our final preview show of the season I was joined by Tom Coleman who helped me look ahead to Saturday's decisive test in Durban.
Harpin on...The Never Ending Season
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As a bonus clip to our latest wrap pod, we discussed the way the rugby calendar seems to get longer each year and whether or not the proposed changes by World Rugby will actually fix the issues that matter.
Final thoughts after RSAvIRE 1st test
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A clip from our latest wrap pod, listen to the full recording on Apple, Spotify and most major platforms.
362 : RSAvIRE 1st test wrap
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🏉 Shaky start 🏉 Punishing mistakes 🏉 TMO issues 🏉 Bomb squad 🏉 Frantic finish Our guests… CIARÁN DUFFY ( PostToPostSport) posttopost.sport.blog (posttopost.sport.blog/charity-fundraiser/) DAVID CORDIAL (x.com/AH_David) Where to find Harpin’ On Rugby linktr.ee/harpinonrugby
RSAvIRE 1st test preview
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Tom Coleman joins me to look ahead to Saturday's much-hyped and much-anticipated first test in Pretoria.
360 : Opposition view - Springboks (AUDIO ONLY)
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For a bonus pod in our Opposition View series I spoke to Thala Msutu about how the URC is being seen in South Africa as well as looking ahead to the much-anticipated 2-match series between the Springboks and Ireland. Our guest : THALA MSUTU (x.com/ThalaMsutu77) Where to find Harpin’ On Rugby linktr.ee/harpinonrugby
Harpin on...CON,MUN & ULS 23/24 season reviews
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Harpin on...CON,MUN & ULS 23/24 season reviews
Harpin on...Ireland's squad for SA tests
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Harpin on...Ireland's squad for SA tests
359 : Ireland's tests in RSA - preview
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359 : Ireland's tests in RSA - preview
Ireland U20 at the World Championship preview
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Ireland U20 at the World Championship preview
Harpin on...Leinster's & Ireland's 1-score losses
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Harpin on...Leinster's & Ireland's 1-score losses
Harpin on... #BULvLEI & 23/24 season final thoughts
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Harpin on... #BULvLEI & 23/24 season final thoughts
356 : Bulls v Leinster & 23/24 season wrap (FULL POD AUDIO ONLY)
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356 : Bulls v Leinster & 23/24 season wrap (FULL POD AUDIO ONLY)
354 : Leinster v Ulster wrap (full podcast audio)
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354 : Leinster v Ulster wrap (full podcast audio)
Harpin on...final thoughts after #LEIvCON
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Harpin on...final thoughts after #LEIvCON
That intro 🤣😂
Great summary of the final minutes by Rich, Good chat!
The first decent chance you get with a drop goal Always take it .. You more than likely won’t get a 2nd chance..
A long time since I heard such a load of garbage..lay off the whiskey before the time guys
@@jamesbond8191 good man. You're welcome on anytime to show us how it's done 👍
I expect a better performance from Ireland but I think the Boks will up their game too and will shade it again. Good chat, lads! Thank you!
The Bocks half backs are vulnerable need to go after them and turn the full back vulnerable there.
Pollard will shred you mates. Be warned
You were saying????
At last an Irish rugby refuge from the South Africans.
Hello ''Harpin', Lurkin' ''Bok fan here. You folks had an interesting chat here, I am really interested in seeing the performance of Joe McCarthy and the inside/outside half combination. Thanks for the content.
Great insight on this episode, very much enjoyed it.
I'm soooo bored of Leo, he has no charisma.
wow, you lads are pretty brutal
is Cullen really the issue? wasn't he part of the coaching team that shaped the best attack in Europe? Are the problems not obvious after a season? Out half is the big problem . The other , to me, obvious thing, is that the focus on the Nienaber defence has created a different shape to the team which seems also to be impacting attack.Its also giving very obvious attack points for other teams at the top level. No offence to Glasgow who are a quality team but the fact they beat the Bulls in the final in Pretoria illustrates those points about Leinster even more.
Culllen is pro14 Manager masquerading as a URC Manager.
He has to go...
Maybe nothing wrong with Leinster coach and players. Consider SA players just being better and better coached. Even though we are always seen as under rated. Maybe not much one can do about it. No mstter who you appoint.
SA players certainly not seen as under rated by me and that's for sure. Plus you're assuming we had this debate on the back of just one result when we clearly state that it is after a series of Leinster results against French and even other Irish clubs.
@@HarpinOnRugbyYT: Thank you for the reply. I hear and understand what you're saying. Let me take a step back. As a South African, I have experienced quite a bit of animosity toward the Springboks' chances to win the Rugby World Cup. It was mainly South African pundits who gave the Boks a chance. French, Scottish, irish and New Zealand pundits did not even mention us as possible victors in 2023. Every bit of innovation that Rassie applied was severely criticized, such as the Bomb Squad and the 7:1 split. Ian Foster, the New Zealand coach, is still upset about the way we played and beat New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup. Warren Gatland continues to take stabs at us. I watched almost all the shows and clips. I think Lawrence Dallaglio and Eddie Jones were the only ones I came across who thought the Springboks were going to win and complimented the Boks on their innovation and the difficult road they had to overcome. Even Richie McCaw didn't mention us. For some reason, very few gave us a chance. That sentiment has carried over to the United Rugby Championship as well. The South African teams are often considered substandard, and it comes as a huge surprise if we win. Maybe my skin is a bit thin, but many European and other international teams (especially New Zealand) always attribute our victories to luck, things unnecessarily going wrong for the other team, the referee, or the way we play, etc. I understand that after all the success Leinster has had, a very close look needs to be taken at why it is not like that anymore. Sometimes, one just needs to admit that the other guys were better. There wasn't much we could have done about it. It's time to reset and start building again.
@@friedrichredelinghuys4003 This isn't about South Africa dude. I know that something not being about South Africa is a difficult concept for some Saffas to get their heads around. Incidentally, I don't know anyone underestimating the SA teams or think they win by luck. If I may generalize, the rugby culture of SA seems to demand a permanent chip on the shoulder that is good in one way in that it shows passion and gets the siege mentality going but can get pretty bizarre when everything is seen as revolving around SA and their teams. Leinster are allowed to be disappointed with their performance without underestimating the Bulls at home, which is not easy. Any team with the resources Leinster has expects to win and that is the standard, it's not arrogance. Actually I find a lot of bitterness towards Leinster specifically and accusations of arrogance that wouldn't be directed against a French or English team with similar resources, almost like Irish teams should say "Gee I hope we somehow win this game" every time. This is our chip on the shoulder.
Maybe he should be Director of rugby, not coach. When coaches or CEOs of organisations start losing in whatever way, or losing the touch, the underlying causes are often multiple, subtle and hard to ID. You then get debates like this one with everyone sitting on the fence after moaning but then saying it’s not personal et al. Sometimes it’s best to bite the bullet. (Trust me Nienaber will, by now, know the answer to what you are discussing but he won’t be saying it)
Cullen gets a free pass every year .
Massive resources my arse. Most homegrown team in comp they are not allowed go and just buy what they want in any position. They have to push through there own
I don’t think you can underestimate the signal that Farrell has sent by excluding the Byrnes from the international squad. It’s a direct attack on Cullen’s judgment, and maybe a signal of tension behind the scenes. Could he leave this summer? He’s on a rolling one year contract, right?
Leinster lost at home against the Bulls 2 years back with Lancaster and they lost to Larochelle so they look pretty much the same. Since SA joined the URC Leinster started losing big games 2 semifinals again the Bulls in 3 years. If I look at Irish rugby I would say it's pretty much the standard to lose big games.
Farrell's selection of Frawley and Prendergast over the Byrne Bros was a coded message to Cullen: "You dont know what you're doing". The guy is out of his depth.
If farrell was leinster coach and leo was ireland coach ..how do you think it would go
Make Jaques the head coach asap
As a South African, here is my thoughts. Leinster is one of the best club sides I have ever seen. Their depth is unbelievable. I put them right up there with the Crusaders with Carter and McCaw and the Bulls team from 2007 to 2010. Their lack of success over the last three seasons is unbelievable. I think their biggest problem is how they rotate their players. Nienaber will never do it the way Leinster is doing it. Look at how it worked at the Springboks. In 20 test matches leading up to the world cup South Africa used 54 players. They only played the same starting 15 twice in consecutive games. At the same time they only once made more than ten changes to the match day 23 and they list that game. When they rested players they still kept many or most of their first choice players in the team. It builds confidence in your second string players. Rassie always said if you are good enough to be in the squad you are good enough to start. Leinster need to build that in their team. This is the third year since we have joined the URC and Saturday was the first time most of the Leinster top players played at Loftus. I don't care how experienced you are going to a new stadium especially at altitude is something else. Our fans are also not the friendliest, but unlike the French they do speak enough English for players to understand. Leinster had enough games in South Africa in the last three years to have given all their players a game or two in South Africa. The fact that they didn't is mind-blowing. They either don't rate the SA teams which will be strange seing that they lost in a playoff against the Bulls in Ireland and SA teams have hosted the last two URC finals. Had Leinster send better teams to South Africa during the log phase they never would have had to travel to Pretoria. The mighty Crusaders have lost every semi final they played at Loftus. That should have been enough of a warning.
The only way I'd push back is that there was a reason for not sending strong teams to SA, namely prioritising Champions Cup. When the team is fighting on two fronts, plus when you have several players who featured in the attritional Six Nations, tough decisions need to be made. I do agree that sending stronger teams South would have helped our URC position though.
@@HarpinOnRugbyYT I get your point. Personally I hope it changes. I will love nothing more than seeing a top Leinster side playing against our teams. As a South African I get the prestige behind the Investec Champions Cup. Our teams still have to get use to playing ten games more per season than was the case with Super Rugby. Two questions if you don't mind. Is winning your league less important than winning the Champions Cup? What is the chances of winning both in the same season now that the SA teams have made the URC more competitive?
I don't think it's a lack if respect for SA teams, I think it's the opposite. What I gather from it is that they reckon we've done well enough through the rest of the season that we can eat losses to the SA teams away and still be ok. This means we avoid putting our stars into a massive battle where we risk injuries and at best just win some more points and at worst risk injuries and come away with losses anyway. It's a coward's way out really. And it robs the A team of experience against the Bulls and Stormers, which would be pretty flippin handy in finals and semi finals. The lads are basically going into a semi-final away against a team they have next to no experience playing against. It's a bad strategy, but if they insist on doing it, they need to send a half-star team so they can eat the loss but still get a feel for the opposition.
@@Ian-gj1gw I agree. I think a better rotation will be to rest half the team. The Springboks did it perfectly and they managed to use 54 players in 27 tests matches. The "second" string players also benifit because they play with quality and experienced players around them and they learn from them how to handle things. However if Leinter get it right they might be unbeatable and we don't want that do we? 😁
Great debate guys. Irrespective of how things go next season - it will be Leo's last season in my opinion. Stuart Lancaster should never have been allowed to leave Leinster. A year ago we should have transitioned to Stuart with Leo stepping aside or stepped back.
Stuart with Nienaber would be a very interesting proposition
how can those players be top of Europe with ireland but not even win the URC with Leinster? Facts don't lie. Leo is a dead weight
It would make sense for Leo to move into a more back room, director of Rugby/performance type role, although who knows if he would want to do that, and bring in someone else as head coach. The jury is out on whether Nienaber would be the right man for that role, but what other candidates are out there?
Maybe Nienaber isn’t the right man, but he should at least be given a preseason to season span to show what he can do.
Leinsters beautiful hive minded attack has gone , pretty much all season, Leo has had ample time and resource's to replace Sexton , which he has failed miserably to do, his choices of resting the International players has cost the club dearly. He needs to go, it is a business and Leo is failing to deliver. Leinsters are looking their poorest they have been for many years. The A team simply are not playing enough Rugby as well as coaching issues and bad management calls. The saying 3 strikes and you are out is so relevant in Leo's case, we don't need a fourth strike. Andy Farrell has a job and a half to get something out of these Leinster players in a few weeks time against South Africa, which looking at them now looks like an impossible task. Stuart Lancaster had this team flying with beautiful Rugby and the Top job should have been offered to him and Leo retired. Again, it is a business and with the amount of resources at Leinster's disposal there is no excuse to hold on nostalgia.
The stand and sling 10 is finished. The Byrne brothers are like robots and there’s a reason why our attack can’t function with them. Frawley is the best all round 10 at the club and Prendergarst has a Finn Russell nature to him. Farrell sees them as the two best 10s at Leinster and so do all Leinster supporters who turn out week on week. If Cullen can’t see this he needs to leave the organisation
@@mylovelyhorse17754 Do not agree with that at all? Frawley is probably the quickest 10 in Ireland. Think your probably thinking of Paddy Jackson pal
Leo has been stubborn in sticking with ross byrne ..aldo lancaster was brought in to save cullen.. and now he s gone cullen is struggling
Leo, Nienaber, McBryde and O'Brien all need to go. The defensive system works when you have an endless supply of roided up 150kg monsters and 3 Usain Bolts out wide. It doesn't work when you abide by the rules and don't use PED's. The work around contact has been frankly abysmal. O'Brien is responsible for that. Our maul is the worst in the URC. Our scrum is farcically bad and has been for years. McBryde shouldve been sacked 2 years ago let alone now. Leo will always be a club legend. But enough is enough. His insistence on the Byrne brothers and McGrath has cost us yet again. Time to move on.
I wonder would it be a different conversation if frawley lands that drop goal 😮
Very much so and we said that after the match in London. Then again Matt O'Connor could argue the same could be said about him if a Gopperth DG went over against Toulon...
Well it would certainly be a different story if Leinster backed Frawley as their 10. Leinster don’t lose to Toulouse with Lancaster at the helm, the fact Leinster lost to them shows it’s a coaching problem
The Elephants in the room is the Byrne Brothers. So much investment, so little return. Why?
No, the better team won and Leinster would have stole it, rather than won it.
If your auntie had gonads, etc, etc.
Goi ng for niabar to play sa game are they going to bri ng more sa players we dont breed them ,world cup win 3games by 1pt ,thats unbelievable luck
It is very disappointing to have lost 3 consecutive Champions Cup finals narrowly to the best teams in Europe. However, it is an absolute shame and disgrace to have not made a final in the URC since its inception. The winning culture needs to be fostered in the league first and foremost. Leinster were in a state of flux this year with the departure of Sexton and Lancaster and the late starts of Nienaber and Goodman. Focus needed to be narrowed to the league this year. With more time for the new coaches and an infusion of new players next season Leinster would be better placed to compete in both competition, and they could be going in as league champions. Cullen has to answer for that.
Agreed. Leo has been in the driving seat for nearly 10 years now at this point. It's hardly a football style kneejerk reaction to move on when he's so consistent in making the same old errors, over such a long stint in charge. He's now 1-4 in euro cup finals. He has 4/9 URC titles. "One more chance" risks falling into the relm of "the definition of insanity".
I think McBryde needs to go.
Agreed. Scrum not up to par at all and not sure Clarkson or Milne are developing into their roles either. Fogarty a big loss.
If Leinster are as well resourced as all the other team's fanbases like to claim, open the coffers and get Noel McNamara out of Bordeaux. The entire coaching ticket needs to go. The last 3 years results are totally unacceptable and Leo never learns. The Goodman appointment to Ireland camp needs investigating because the level of regression seen this season is shocking.
@mylovelyhorse17754 neither Milne nor Clarkson are progressing at the rate needed to push Porter. Culane just isn't being given a shot to just Doris/VdF. The system is log jammed with the likes of Deegan, Sorka, and Penny, who just aren't pushing for playtime in big games but are holding the team back by nit offering true depth. Some of the key young backs have had poorly timed injuries, too (Tommy O'Brien). Leo refuses to give Foley the bench spot over McGrath, yet McGrath is such a poor player. He doesn't even do his own job on the field. Rewatch the match and see how often he's standing next to a scrum, and another player is taking SH duties instead of him. He honestly single handedly cost Leinster that game. I can't wait for a time when Sam Prendergast, Andrew Osborne, Jamie Osborne, and Jimmy O'Brien all get to play together because those Kildare men are showing the rest how to play as it stands.
I believe Cullen is under orders to play Byrne from a top Leinster investor. I'll say no more, but draw your own conclusions. Cullen is also too loyal and is not learning from his past mistakes. Kicking for lineouts instead of an almost certain 3 points is crazy unless you are 25 points plus ahead.
@alankennedy3747 yeah it's his dad. It's no major secret. The issue isn't even the kicks to touch instead of taking 3s. It's that he lacks the confidence to push those kicks into the 5m line for fear of kicking it dead. So instead he gets nearly no distance on the kicks to touch, and makes the packs life harder by extension.
@@eoinmiller5620true, but to be fair you could throw a ball further than what sexton used to get from his line kicks!
@kevinheaney9177 true but some consideration should be given to a reanimated corpse kicking to touch...
I noticed, in the last 20 minutes, that Leinster were very slow in the rucks to get someone into the 9 position when Murray was not available.
A very Leinster-centric discussion. One would swear it were Leinstermen discussing a Leinster game.
I am a Saffa and a Bulls supporter.but I'm not here to rub it in. We have so much respect for Irish rugby, and I supported Leinster in every Champions Cup final. All of those were very difficult losses to take. One thing I have said since last year is that Ross Byrne is not good enough. Leinster's attacking play did regress, and one of the reasons I think is that you never had a settled center pairing. This may have been due to injuries as well. One plus for Ireland is Bundee Aki. If he can keep the same form, he will make a big difference.
Good to your word. You weren't rubbing it in. Good points but I think Leinster have just had a bad year for various reasons. I think the same players will perform better in green. But South Africa is definitely big favourites for sure.
Get ready for the Saffa comments.
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Hope you are ready cause here goes... Have to agree with the bench comments. When Ireland lost to the AB's, Ireland were out on their feet in the last minutes. I was surprised that Sexton was playing the whole game. Leinster a bit different with their 2 team approach but still their bench dont dominate or at least, have parity. Another thing is the phaseplay of the Irish which can be one dimentional. If it is shut down, there is no plan B.
The cotton wool approach has created a mentally weak team that cant win a dog fight. Plus our 10 is putrid.
It seems therenis a reluctance to discuss the obvious with Leinster and IRA for that matter. Leinster was beaten this weekend by n sly fox coach and his tactics. The Bulls were hungrier... It seems IRA and Leinster success leads them to believe they deserve to be in the final... They probably had the final vs Munster already planned in their minds. This is why they are incapable of winning these games. A hungrier opponent will win most of these times as history has proven. Now why not discuss the officiating of the game. That was atrocious and i would have been embarrassed had my team won like that. You MAY also comment if it is this blatant.
Before I reply is that a typo and you mean to say IRE? 🤔
Sorry, Afrikaans, is my first language and abbreviation is from the autocorrect feature. My apologies for this.
@@bjornvonduring5967 you're fine mate, just had to be sure!
3 years in a row now, making the same mistakes over an over an expecting different results, leo has to go, an of coure so should mister 14 week defence, 14 weeks me hole the defence is the worst its been in years, the team is as bad as its been since the mat o connor years, attack now, non existing. Glad hes going, not so much that he's going to Ireland. Its the coaches fault look at what andy can do with basically the same player for ireland. at least last year we where good to watch while winning nothing. Ive never been bored or turned off as many games with frustration year, box kick after box kick, knock on after knock on cause we never play the same bloody team two weeks a row.
Do you think Ireland will learn from this defeat and give the Boks a go??
I certainly hope so! We have another video posting tomorrow where we compare South Africa's tendency to win big games by one score with Ireland's tendency to lose them.
Before the game I made Leinster winners with 15 points. Bulls were awesome
What a great pundit you are!
Since you didn't answer the last time, I'll repeat that you're more than welcome to come on the pod as a guest to show what a great pundit you are @mahasamatman12
@@HarpinOnRugbyYT You don't need to be a great pundit to anticipate that this Leinster side would not win by 15 points at Loftus. And by the way, I don't recall even you one-eyed fanatics making such a stupid prediction
Feel for you guys...I just think Leinster lacked passion.🇿🇦
Jake White is a sly fox and a very good coach. Having said that. As Bulls supporter I did give them less than 50% chance to win. Really proud of my team. They will still get better and next year you will have to be much better
Knock out rugby requires more intensity...
Hard luck, gents. I think Leinster will be better off for the experience -- most of their frontline players had never played in SA before. They'll come back stronger next season
I don't know about that. How are you going to improve and correct your flaws when you cling to the notion that "we were one meter away from winning the champions cup final" and "the narrative would have been very different" ?
As a South african I feel a bit for Leinster. Sport can be a cruel mistress. Best of luck to them next season and looking forward to the Irish series Next month! Cheers guys
As a Bulls supporter, I am delighted that my team beat them for the second time in the semi-finals.
Leinster fans hit different. Don't stop.
Why would you be nervous lads? 🤷🏻♂️ It’s the Bulls, not Stade Toulousain. They scraped by Treviso last week. And they now have a load of injuries, while we’re fully loaded.
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Reminds of of the fans looking past the Souther Hemisphere sides saying its going to be a Ireland France final 😅
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