So how did La Rochelle clinch the Champions Cup?
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Four years ago, a tiny port town team only recently promoted caught my eye. This Saturday, La Rochelle won club rugby's biggest trophy. So how did Greggory Aldritt's gang of misfits overcome the overdogs of Leinster and conquer the Champions' Cup?
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Can we just appreciate the fact that both European Cup Winners, La Rochelle and Le Lou, were both in the second division for years (La Rochelle until 2014 and Lou until the 2016-2017 season) and both won this year. How incredible
And will play each other in the last game of the top 14 season
RFU should take note
Amazing how big money can take small non elite teams and turn them into champions...
Looking forward to an SA team being the best in Europe too, and then winning the 7 nations.
Great times
@@leeofdoom4452 La Rochelle is far away from the richest club in top 14, he’s only 9th
@@come712 Nope ;-)
Aldritt is such a charismatic player
Went to Marcel-Deflandre stadium once, best atmosphere ever. Great public.
This game was played on Saturday and he managed to get a video out by Tuesday crazy work ethic fom Squidge...
It’s a lonely life in his mums back bedroom, not much to do once he’s down his daily porn session.
Sometimes when your brain is completely full of something, it's easier to get it out than sleep.
The bit that get me is all the extra effort to put in Sexton jokes, Bowe clips and random messages everywhere
Don't forget the fact La Rochelle use a huge part of their money for the rugby school!! La Rochelle was and will stay a club who prefer to make players in its school than buying them...
But anyway, Leinster did an awesome competition and fought well against us (yes I'm from La Rochelle) but we have to be honest and admit La Rochelle plaid the best rugby during this game. We are so proud of them, and proud as well to play this final against our Irish brothers!!
Is that why there are 16 foreign players in the current squad?! That's a joke from you surely?!
@@huzcer Did you check the part of the budget use to buy players and the part use to form players?? Obviously no so STFU...
@@huzcer yeah like how does he come up with this conclusion when their best players are foreigners and their coach is Irish. They also say this like Leinster don’t produce their own🤣
I was at this game, the crowd was absolutely crazy! I'm english and loved the french crowds!
TY gentleman! Plus I don't know in the other countries but in France the Football fans are infiltrated by horrible and stupid hooligans so I think the "normal" sport fans run to the rugby stadiums! The only progress we still have to make is to stop whistling during the opponent kicks (I hate that).
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The only comfort I can take from this really great LR win , is that Leinster (and Ireland by default) are not peaking too early for the RWC?
Fingers crossed this keeps them grounded and the game plan evolving. Otherwise it will be another painful WC haha.
ireland have never made a semi?
If Ireland sticks with Sexton, don't bother having hope for the WC. He's still good, but physically he's too old to cope with that level of intensity for a whole month.
I think Leinster's mistake may have been trusting their consistent performance too much. They trusted that they could continue to just chip away at the scoreboard and keep the lead over a team that was losing the territory and possession game. That's why they continued to choose to go for the consistent three point kick instead of taking a stab at the jugular by kicking one of those kicks into the corner and driving in the maul. In particular, the last kick (when La Rochelle was down a lock to a yellow card) was the moment to go for the try and knock out La Rochelle. Had they scored and converted, they would be up by a nearly unsurpassable 8 points. If they missed, they'd still have the lead. That was the moment to bring a little desperation into their game. They missed that moment and let La Rochelle dictate the final ten minutes of the match and the final score.
This acts like Leinster were the only one that missed or passed up chances. La Rochelle had they merely caught the ball? Score at least one more try and likely two more. Dulin with the line begging dropped a pass that would've put in under the posts. That was a 10 point swing. Bottom line here? La Rochelle were the better team and had they maintained slightly better discipline and been more accurate? They win comfortably.
It is why I totally disagree with Squidge saying Leinster are the best team in Europe. Last season La Rochelle blew Leinster's doors off and in this final despite shooting themselves in the foot repeatedly still won.
La Rochelle are the better team.
Ok, but could he do it in front of this defence where a lot of French clubs have broken their teeth?
La Rochelle had an objective, it was not to let you play your rugby, by pressing you in the rucks and at the level of your hinge!
Of course they also made a lot of mistakes, but they also scored a lot of tries, to counterbalance Sexton's precise kicking !
Yeah Leinster is used to pay exhausted french team while they play merely 10 games a season.
It was just poor game management, which for at least the first hour as to go down to Sexton.
I imagine had Leinster been playing with any one of three or four Flyhalfs from other teams in this tournament, they could well be champions right now.
Sexton simply isn't at that level any more. As soon as the pressure came on and he was getting the easy ride he did in earlier rounds, he struggled massively.
That current Leinster squad would be far more dangerous with a better quality Ten guiding them.
@@arthurwestcott5437 On the other hand, he can come to La Rochelle whenever he wants!😁I love this player
A bit of an oversight in an otherwise excellent video, but Castres are still the smallest town with a club who's a regular in the TOP14 (Biarritz don't count since they do the yo-yo). Better, Castres are an excellent case study in how a small club in a small town (only 40,000 people) with a smaller budget than most of the competition (22.8M€ budget while Stade Français has a 40M€ budget) can perform excellently in the league on a very consistent basis.
They sacrifice European cups, however.
Allez CO allez CO allez allez allez CO. We’ll win the final this year.
@@edouardmontfort7816 Well other sacrifice their souls and put a fricking Capri-Sun logo on their jerseys.
small budget 22 million euros many Large southern hemisphere clubs let alone the small ones could only dream about 20 milliom euros
@@PyroManSir Or Biarritz's owners who put Grindr, a g8y hook up app, on their shorts which is typical of the financial class that now owns France rubbing the local populations nose in it just as they do to the Corsicans every day and just about anyone rural and conservative these days. Of course Squidge would approve as he worships whatever gimmicks the Banking Class come up with next. La Rochelle is a major domestic seaside resort where many French take their holidays and it has a semi-iconic status. I mean the famous French Riviera resort Cannes, home to the billionaires and trillionaires, has the same popn. size as La Rochelle: are we next going to hear about how the plucky upstart tiny town Cannes getting its own film festival? The thing is Squidge isnt really a rugby man and his whole strategy is to infiltrate and subvert rugby as he is implacably opposed to its main demographic - so he makes mistakes because he doesnt know enough and he wont ever live as real rugby fans do away from computers in order to find out how things actually work.
Hit the notification like Jonathan Danty hitting Sexton
Even though he got smashed I reckon Sexpest should have been carded. Direct shoulder to the head.
Same shit joke on every video
At last!, my town gets some publicity 🙂
By the way, La Rochelle is a beautiful town, so I hope one day that you will check by yourself, you are welcomed.
You guys seem cool, I'd love to visit
We will come over in one of those dinghies you keep sending us
@@grahamjordan1040 😐
Beautiful but awfully expensive. The quality-price ratio isn't worth it.
I always have massive chills listening to you, your analyses makes any achievement bigger. thank you very much for that !
Short version: La Rochelle wanted it more.
That's nonsense
What a crazy ride eh , your video in 2018 about La Rochelle made me fall in love with them thank you Robbie 💙💛
Thanks Squidge for everything you've done in the past 4 years. Your content is great, we love u
Broke my heart but well deserved
La Rochelle at 75000 is not near the smallest city in the top 14, how did you figure the opposite squidge ?
You have plenty smaller towns. (Castres, Brive, Biarritz, Bayonne & Agen who used to be in top 14)
stay mad kid
Summary of 2022 in European rugby : France vs Ireland. Cheers to our Irish friends who offered a great opposition all along. 🇫🇷🤝🇮🇪
Ps. Can't wait to see South Africa coming in next year. It's like a whole new dimension for us. Curious to see new guys and how they play. 🇿🇦
U guys will never be able to match our physicality so it should be a walk in the park, the only thing that’s gonna make it a close affair is that 17th man
@@cp0rings286 We'll see you in November in the Stade de France for "what should be a walk in the park". 😉
@@edouardmontfort7816 u guys haven’t been properly tested all the NH teams are 💩 as usual and yoll played against the worst AB in 20+ years, I won’t even count Australia cos even a u/16 side can beat them. So get ready to be tested and expect body bags
@@cp0rings286 Lol last year you lost two times against this "even a u/16 side can beat them team", one being by 13 points, lost one time against the worst AB in 20 years, won one time only by 2 points and lost even to the worst english side since 10 years 😂
And they say we, the french, are the arrogants ones.
I just want to thank Europe for having us in the competition. I think it will be a massive learning experience for the South African teams. Thankfully, I think we are learning from the best in the URC (Leinster, Munster, and Ulster). I am not convinced the South African teams have the depth to genuinely compete just yet but being in the tournament does provide an incentive for a lot of our European-based players to come back home.
Incredible narrative 🔥🔥🔥
Bravo from LA Rochelle!
Merci...
my favourite part of any squidgerugby video is seeing how many different ways you can say Johnny Sexton and still understand it, nice to see Ronan O Gara has been added to the mix
What a game. Squidge, you don't miss much mate. Great stuff.
Dillyn Leyds is criminally underrated. Perhaps our best back up to Willie.
i'm from la rochelle , and leyds is my favorite player, the best !
Nah nah nah ah. No way. Fassi is next in line
Hell no Leyds on a bok jersey is disaster, I’d rather we keep on with Willie until he’s 40
What about Tyrone Green?
Leyds will always be known for that insane pass in a game against the chiefs. unfortunately, SA is blessed with incredible outside-backs so can't see him realistically form part of the springbok XV. but maybe a 23 every now and then
Insightful analysis. Thank you.
This is head and shoulders the best rugby channel on UA-cam
Hey Squidge ! I am impatiently waiting for your next video of debrief for La Rochelle second European win against Leinster in Dublin, that was a hell of a match, and one of the best rugby come back ever ! 😅
Can't wait.
Brilliant work, as usual !
Great win for Rog
i was able to attend both finals for the first time. The champions cup final especially was so good their were 40,000 la rochelle/neutral fans at the stadium apparently and when they cameback to score it was wild.
Lovely video squidge. Would love for you to do a video on the Wild Knights in Japan. Just won their 5th title with Robbie Deans at the helm.
Really good as always.
Amazing analysis.
Thanks for the vid Squidge. As a Leinster supporter I was gutted with the performance and the result. However with some perspective after a few days I take away a few positives:
1. La Rochelle were coached by an Irishman who will possibly coach Ireland one day
2. This was an away match for Leinster and a home from home match for La R and was v close. Next year’s Champions Cup final will be played in the Aviva. Can’t wait already to see how that turns out.
3. Leinster (and Ireland) are beginning to play like NZ. Relentless attack and defence, highly skilled, multiple playmakers, all round game. So Leinster are expected to win every game. But they’re human too and occasionally get outsmarted and outplayed (just like NZ). That’s what happened last weekend. They will learn from it and get better.
4. Leinster are far from perfect and know they have weaknesses. Better to have these exposed in 2022 rather than in a World Cup year. I expect they will be better next year. Roll on 2023!
Re 4. though You can't grow decent props (Porter is not as good as trumpheted as the 6 nations and champions cup have shown) and the required sub replacements (not there at all really) for the modern game in a year. Plus Sexton is going to be more than 1 year older by Autumn 2023 - time remains undefeated.
@@huzcer furlong is the best tight head in the world undoubtedly
@@felixdavis3451 he's good but you need 4 props for the modern game, not just one! And being honest furlong had a pretty quiet year overall this year also, particularly in the later stages
@@huzcer that’s bull he was one of the best props in the champions cup. Anyway I was responding to u saying Ireland can’t grow props, they grew the best one on earth
@@felixdavis3451 and if you think that one decent prop is enough when you need four then you're deluded. Plus furlong did nothing in the final. I said you can't grow new props IN A YEAR. obviously in reference to the world cup.
Brilliant Squidge
Next video on what Wales can expect from South Africa. I hope that the URC shows Nienaber his players are alot more offensively capable than he gives them credit for.
As a Stormers and Springbok supporter I never knew much comps/clubs outside of currie cup & super rugby till subbing to Squidge 4+ yrs ago.
Now I'm a huge fan and follow the Euro leagues (also URC = best league)!
But please could you cover th Japanes League, USA and some more tier 2/3. Spain just played the classic all blacks which was really cool
It's only a matter of time before the URC is ditched by the SA teams for the English premier, or some sort of elite European competition made up of 24 clubs.
Also, welcome to Europe, the 7 nations will be fun too
@@leeofdoom4452 no SA teams will stay in URC and compete in the premier European completions however they won’t be joining the 6 Nations
love this! please do a video on Lyon please my favorite team in France on winning against Toulon.
Would love a video on Gloucester and the turnaround under Skivington
You got damn right!
Too soon Squidge, it's still too soon 😂. Congratulations to LAR and ROG
This is one of the most deflating losses for a team I’ve seen in a while. Neutrals might not realize but Leinster quite literally put everything into winning a fifth star this year. Not sending any first 23 players to South Africa and risk 1st spot in the URC to train for Leicester and Toulouse is just an example. But they bottled it and crumbled under the pressure. It’s no coincidence the last time Leinster didn’t score a try in Europe was the 2018 final when they also went into their shells with 3 pointers and got extremely lucky. La Rochelle played the rugby unlike Leinster and hence deserved the win.
I'm not sure how this is a massive shock to everyone. Last season La Rochelle ran right over Leinster with ease. Yes Leinster targeted this and prepped to play a team like La Rochelle but? You cannot replicate going against Aldritt, Antonio, Spencer and co. Plus Leinster have had issues with speed to the outside all season but because teams don't get much go forward against them they were not able to exploit it.
Leicester had huge gaps/space to exploit but their backs were simply not fast enough and Tiger forwards didn't give Ford much of a platform.
Yet La Rochelle? Rhul caused havoc because La Rochelle had the platform to put him space and even if he doesn't have much space he is still a huge threat. Contrast that with Leinster's attack. An attack that is almost exclusively reliant on fast ball.
When that fast ball was not coming? Sexton and co seemed bereft of ideas and no offense to Keenan, Lowe and O'Brien but they do not have the pace to create something out of nothing very often. Keenan is a superb defender and decent attacker but pace is not his strength. Lowe is a bit better ball in hand but again he is not going to beat many players on the outside.
@@joshsmith3598 Of course Leinster can attack with slow ball, it’s just much harder. In fact, the Irish team (mainly Leinster) outscored France in tries at the stade De France with slow ball. Leinster had 7 chances to go to the corner and back themselves like they nearly always do and took 3 on every occasion
@@eoinh3816 spot on, Leinster made the final by going for the jugular all the time, abandoned that gameplan to their detriment.
They walked through racing in 2018 which you would know if you saw the game
@@felixdavis3451 They didn’t score a single try and won off a 78th minute Nacewa penalty after Racing led most of the game. Think you have the wrong game.
Love La Rochelle
You should do an MLR match. Just to see how it does because I think it will be quite interesting and humorous
MLR playoffs are on the horizon; Wouldn’t be surprised to see a video come championship time
Incredibly good job (frome France)
I watch these videos primarily for the hilarious and clever adverts. Your sponsors should be thankful. The rugby analysis is also the best out there, by a long shot. Keep up the good work!
Do you actually? I skip the ads because I couldn't care less about squarespace
Yes. I couldn't care less about squarespace too, but I do think Squidge delivers adverts better than anyone else 🤣
The Tommy Bowe watermark at 7:16 😂
Not hating on the Boks, but im gonna miss it being Europe only, it's gonna lose it's identity and no-one's gonna travel down there
They gave Leinster a good ROGering...
Wow squidge 😘😘
The Danty/Lawes difference
One destroys the fly half with ball in hand, the other waits until he releases the ball.
I miss using toys to explain formations............. otherwise excellent video as always Squidge!!!
They were also happy to play slow at the end to wind down the yellow card.
Please make a video on the SA teams joining the URC and your thoughts on it🙏🏽
Nice
Didn’t watch the game but a few of them passes look forward
I've watched the game and there were many things going on - on Irish side - in rucks, mauls and scrums...and La Rochelle under a rain of penalties during first half. So I don't feel like counting inches with a magnifying glass on potential forward passes.
@@edouardmontfort7816 I’m not a fan of any side or trying to say they didn’t deserve to win , it was just something I thought I noticed a few times when watching this video that’s all 🤷♂️
La Rochelle has been of the best team in france (easily top 3) last few years , all was missing to cap all their success (considerate the small budget comparate to other french club} was a trophy
not surprise they beat Leinster, they are on of few well managed club around
hope one day my team join them in the top14, Like La Rochelle (we are even smaller town)) we have a very small budget but well managed and a legendery coach , playing the play off in Pro D2 this season ...allez US carcasssonne
When Sexton eventually retires I hope he takes over coaching of a club in the competition so the O'Gara vs Sexton rivalry can continue
pls do a vid on worcester winning the cup
Will you be doing any URC reviews? I'm an ulster fan but having the south africans in is a breath of fresh air.
Having watched the Quarterfinal and Final, I'm not convinced around the Leinster hype. They're definitely good, one of the top European teams, but not as good as they're made out to be. They massively profited off refereeing decisions and opposition penalties to get any kind of territory against Leicester and La Rochelle. Struggled to make any real dents in the Leicester or La Rochelle defences with ball in hand or with their kicking game. La Rochelle were deserved winners on Saturday.
The Leicester game was over after 20 minutes, they weren't at their best in the final but still only lost to La Rochelle in the last play of the game. The Irish media and even the English media do tend to hype them up but when you look at consistency of performance year in year out they're the best team in Europe over the last 15 years. They've been in 6 finals, won 4 and are in the semi finals every year apart from that.
have a look at their play in the URC, even their 2nd team almost beats everybody else. these guys operate like a test team
You can’t be serious. The Leicester game was over before it started, and they blew out tolouse. They also destroyed bath twice and put like 100 points on Montpellier. Easily the most dominant team in Europe
I do hope today's first Sexton joke was a beans on toast reference
keep an eye in the Blues👀👀
New drinking game: one shot for every version of Sexton’s name 😂
If you know where this gimmick comes from, I'd be delighted to hear/read the story ! 😂 😂 😂
Irish rugby is doin alright, considering its the 4th most participated sport on our small island...And the 4th most popular behind Gaelic Football, soccer and hurling..Our most treasured sporting heroes are plumbers, Doctors and cab drivers who don the colours of their county and never waver or trade their allegiance.They are amateur members of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Kinda like how club rugby used to be ..
La Rochelle is one of the best defences in France and has been for years!
And in terms of attack, not far from the top too, Leinster did not fall on the "small" team that all the specialists, especially in France, saw losing in front of Leinster because it had "atomized" Stade Toulousain !
But well, that day, any team would have fallen in front of this Rochelaise team, because they are very physical and fast !
They,um,played um,what Rugby is all about um, Scoring Tries...um,yeah that's it.
And yet Gregory Alldritt didnt get eurpoean player of the year. After winning a grand slam, Six nations and Champions cup, it wasnt enough.
Who cares really. He doesn’t 😎
Greg aldritt should be france's captain instead of dupont
He s actually part of the 5 behind the scenes captains with Marchand, Fickou. He has a massive voice in the locker room
Dupont is better to speak with referees. We're waiting for Ollivon to return though.
@@Ranyanya aldritt is fluent in english though
Hey squidge I know this isn’t really you style but rugby is really under represented on UA-cam
I’d like to make some suggestions
Top ten players at each position
All time mens 15
All time womens 15
All time wales 15 and other tier 1 nations
Can you please do a video abt the bulls beating leinster
Hey Squidge, can you make a video of how the bulls beat leinster?
Small margins. Leinster could would should have won, but didn’t, that’s finals rugby. Again, our teams are not tested until it’s too late. Why have the SA teams in URC if we don’t play our best players against them? It’s the equivalent of driving a pedal boat in a lesson and a cruise ship for your test, no preparation. Leinster will win the 5th star soon, but I don’t think sugar coating this loss is beneficial to Leinster or Ireland. It was tough. Huge respect to Rog and LA, counted out too early, and proved everyone wrong
Probably because IRFU player management precludes it, the Leinster players playing on Sat play predominantly test rugby, ERCC pool matches and knockouts, not a lot of games left for the league
@@jpkm123g9 the IRFU stronghold on the provinces has negatives and it’s advantages. You have listed a negative that I agree with. Making sure Leinster have a max of 3 of foreign players and 20 Irish born, is an advantage for the national team. I think with Leinsters size of squad, there has to be rotation, but even 10 players in the 23 on sat should have went to SA in some capacity
Aurait pu gagner ? Ils sont venu 1 fois dans l’enbut Rochelais et n’ont jamais marqué lol hey le rouquin ravale ton orgueil parceque là tu frise le ridicule
La Rochelle scored 3 tries and should've scored two more. You're seeing game through biased eyes. The score was 9 to 7. La Rochelle had the ball deep in Leinster's 22. They went wide and but for a hurried pass that was slightly behind Dulin who dropped the ball? They score under the posts. Leinster after a dodgy scrum pen went right back up the field and scored a pen before the half. That is a 10 point swing.
All this nonsense about Leinster could've and should've won ignores the fact La Rochelle blew great try scoring chances and had some shocking/silly indiscipline.
I did not say anywhere Leinster were deserved winners, merely highlighting why they didn’t. You are explaining the game to me as if I didn’t watch it, you misunderstand. LA were the deserved winners..I didn’t say differently
8:56 forward pass
Physicality won the day
Please do the Bulls vs lienster
SQQUUUUUIIIDDDGGGEEE
La Rogchelle
Leinster should've lost be way more points
i don't think any french team would say or even consider the Hcup as the biggest trophy in club rugby
Barbarians vs England please
Leinster feels sort of like the club equivalent of the All Blacks, they're just so damned good that they've started believing they'll win on reputation and raw talent
Winning at the death isn't impressive. It's luck
Guys it just happened again
Hey, Irish, i'm not gonna lie, it's bad to lose like this but listen: England's defeat at the WC final was far more cruel, you know, because they might just not have the opportunity again, ever. Leinster will come back next year.
If that makes you feel any better. ;-)
Lad you should of seen the heartbreak of myself and fellow Munster fans after penalties
@@tomaslane6018 bet you were gutted . As a Toulouse fan, I poured myself another whiskey 🥵
Leinster could of scored a try, but stupidly chose not to use their options, in finals, they only attempt to get points if its 85-100% guaranteed
Next 4 years?
I don't agreee with one of your first statements: I think La Rochelle proved they were the best team in Europe. They don't owe their victory to luck or to the referee, but to the fact they overpowered Leinster tactically and technically. And they showed they could do it again. At a certain moment, Leinster was not threatening anymore. Who can quiet them like that? Only a better team. I have to admit I didnot think much of La Rochelle before the game, but what I saw is a team able to rise itself to the level of Leinster, and that's what our specialists said of La Rochelle _ and what made me watch the game. They rised to the level of Leinster and overcame them at playing rugby. They were the real better team that day _ they managed to do that to Leinster and I think they can do it to whoever they face. But you're a much better critics at rugby that I could ever be so I think your opinion is very likely grounded and objective.
You have to remember the game was in France in heat the Irish players never ever play in. If it was in Ireland it’s a Leinster blow out win. If it’s five degrees cooler I most likely give it to Leinster too
@@felixdavis3451 that's why teams should train in different places to feel different kind of weathers more often.
We'll have surprises in Qatar for the FWC due to this weather parameter.
@@Ranyanya ok so you think leinster should go to the desert to train? they are a club team and there are no conditions like that in their country, let alone their actual provence
@@felixdavis3451 they should diversify the places they train yes. All teams.
Well, it's like for French teams, we don't have the British islands weather. Yet, they perform on these kind of conditions.
@@Ranyanya its easier to play in a colder climate then you are used to as opposed to a hotter one. Far easier. Leinster would have to leave ireland to get hotter conditions.
As cynical a first half as I have seen in a long time but you have to admire the game plan. Quoting ROG ‘ statistically Leinster score most of their points in the first 20 minutes and La Rochelle score theirs in the last 20. Leinster mistake was not continuing to kick to corners from penalties taking the points. Yellow cards would have come earlier if they kept the pressure on.
And what ... i'm happy georges 😎
Would they? Leinster gave up a whole slew of pens at the end of the game and Barnes didn't even warn them. As to the "cynical" 1st half, if La Rochelle makes one fairly routine pass? They go in at the Half up 14 to 9.
Ton of Leinster and fans that seemed to pulling for them leaving out major portions of the game to suit a narrative.
La Rochelle "cynicism" saw them play by far the better rugby and looked like far more of a threat to score tries. Leinster a few line breaks aside were close to anemic. They relied on La Rochelle constantly giving up daft pens for their points/territory.
@@joshsmith3598 you said constantly giving up draft penalties. I reckon only one of them was daft. Listen Leinster knew that was coming. It was practically a repeat of last year and well done La Rochelle as conducted the game the way they wanted it to flow which is a very good achievement against a very good team.
spot on Aidan
@@joshsmith3598 also interesting to note how those Leinster's fans are yelling bloody murder about Barnes not giving La Rochelle a yellow card at the end of the first half, while having nothing to say about Barnes' leniency towards their team at the end of the second half (either on Bourgarit's try, with Leinster's number 6 clearly offending at the maul, or on the succession of penalties given during the last ten minutes). to be honest, I was fuming at Barnes over most of the game to be one-sided against La Rochelle, but in retrospect, he was fair, in an unfair kind of way: no yellow on either side, not giving holding-up penalties easily, and being fairly random around the scrum.
most of the Irish punditry I've heard following the game was about finding excuses for Leinster for not getting the win (not as much money, only local lads in their squad, unfair referee, non-neutral ground, the list goes on) and praising ROG (because he's Irish). thanks to Squidge for acknowledging that a lot of these arguments are nowhere based on facts, and saluting what was a great game of rugby.
Ja I agree, if you let the Rhules to play their part you have much better luck than letting the Lawes of the RWC 2019 Final play their part. Rhules are better than Lawes, in my opinion. Particularly since Raymond played for the Stormers a while back as did Dillyn Leyds.
With the amount of South Africans in these European teams, it's just natural they add South African teams next year. Especially after Leinster got BULLied at home.
I’m still depressed 😭😭😭😭
and in La Rochelle we are still celebrating ! Don't crie this is LR first title
The scoreline actually flattered Leinster. La Rochelle were comfortably the better team.
Gibson-Park, Sexton, Keenan, Lowe, Ringrose, Ryan, Porter, all over rated and yet again shown up when put under pressure by a physical opponent who can play at pace. May well have happened against TLS in the semifinal had they not been so physically exhausted by their efforts the week before.
As it was, other than the first ten minutes La Rochelle dominated all over the park. Too much skill, strength, invention, and rugby game management. Leinster were in no way physically strong enough to compete. It was men against boys for long periods, and that should ring alarm bells for Ireland too given this was essentially a test match outfit playing against a club team.
Happy to see La Rochelle win for other reasons too. While Leinster may not spend all of their money on imported players, they still enjoy a massive financial advantage over other clubs in Europe. It allows them to condition school children to fill their league numbers, and pay their starting 23 to stay at home and rest too.
Some of those La Rochelle players had played almost three times as many minutes this season as their Leinster opponents - yet they were still fitter, stronger, and faster.
Deserved champions.
I don’t think Leinster is overrated, they have been in something crazy like 6 European finals in 10 years. Their attack is amazing, but Leinster and Ireland as an extension don’t have big men. So if you can slow Leinsters Ruck speed and stop them moving the point of attack they are in trouble.
Funnily enough the All Blacks have also been suffering from this in recent years.
Will be interesting to see if Leinster and Ireland evolve the game to deal with massive forwards.
ugly aggression with the elbow on the head of the Irish 18 on Retière when he scores his try. Certainly the match is over but it is a violent and useless gesture. But of course he's not French so that doesn't count much.
You make it sound as though LaRoche don't have several of the World's best in their highly-paid ranks!?
Antonio, Skelton, Aldritt, Danty...are World leaders.
Priso, Bougarit, Haddad, Leyds, Dulin....are international class.
They were bigger, stronger, faster and more skillful.
There win wasn't a shock to people who have been watching analyzing them.
They defend in your face, have a mighty scrum, attack from close in, using great footwork, and are monsters at the breakdown.
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i would say another 2-3 french teams could have beaten leinster on "their" day, the fact leinster lost to bulls etc shows this, the only other team you can point to is toulouse with so many national players in one team! the fact they lost with no tries means "no sexton no try" lol lets not even mention how more games french based players play vs urc!
Its weird that european rugby does not even exist in the New Zealand media
Wow, bunch of imports won against an Irish team with less than 5 imports
😢 amazing that people are now using this pathetic excuse template for club rugby now. I wonder how you reacte when this nonsense gets trotted out by southern hemisphere teams get beaten by Ireland?
I get why people considered La Rochelle underdogs (small player pool, support), but isn't their annual budget over twice that of Leinster's?
IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO THIS ....THE LAST ESSAI WINS THE GAME...IF LA ROCHELLE DID NOT SCORE ..ANYTHING COULD OF HAPPENED....LEINSTER COULD OF WON..... NOT THIS TIME .........
The first proper test of the season and Leinster fold. They believed all the waffle and got found out.
first proper test? they hammered the french league winners, the English league winners and the reigning HC champions and lost out to a last play of the game try to an excellent team.
Leinster didn't back themselves. all season kicking to the corner and going for the jugular. They abandoned that approach and it cost them dearly. That and some unfortunate bounces and uncharacteristic no pressure mistakes. People read too much into what was as narrow a loss as possible when you've played your worst game all season.
@@jeffrey89095 More waffle from a bandwagoner. They met the best side in Europe and came up short get over it! For ten minutes La Rochelle hammered the Leinster line and Leinster repeatedly gave away penalty after penalty no yellow card no penalty try.
@@heyhey5712 ad hominem. Been a Leinster fan since I had to go to donnybrook to watch them play Infront of 2k people. What about the first 20 minutes?
All opinions I've seen are either Leinster are way better and LR got the rub of the day or Leinster got smashed.
Neither are true obviously and both are equally bias from any supporter.
My opinion is that LR were cynical and unpunished when it was most key and Leinster bottled going for the jugular as they have all season, Barnes equally was very poor in the first 20 minutes. He was equally poor in the last ten but it had less of an impact as there was no decision for LR they had to go for the try and the yellow card not coming ultimately didn't hamper them. But it did Leinster in those first twenty.
A finely balanced game where one team played it the way they needed to and the other team didn't.
That's an opinion...not a proclamation you can disagree healthily. Keep your petulant toxic and hominem remarks for Facebook lad, they don't carry weight when it's an anonymous account not actually engaging in points.
@@jeffrey89095 "hominem" a bit of an oxymoron here.... read my comments again.
@@heyhey5712 no your comments don't add colour to that statement at all
8:51 how does the ref and linesman see that forward pass?
lol there’s another one 6 seconds later
@@callummcdonald1625 honestly if they did their job it would be greatly appreciated instead of complaining about hard their job is
How do you watch a 14 minute video talking about rugby and have your main take away from it be a complaint about a pass (which isn't even forward btw)
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@@treecko7424 it’s a forward pass in the final of rugby’s biggest club tournament that happened right in front of the refs eyes. The balls is passed from one side of the halfway line to the other. Squidge saying that flat passes was key component to la Rochelles win and shows a big forward pass.