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If Leinster are finding it so difficult to compete with the best the Top 14 has to offer, what chance have Ulster, Munster and Connacht?
SYMPATHY: Leinster fans dejected after losing the final. Pic: ©INPHO/James Crombie.
A rugby player, coach and manager during a glittering career with Munster, Ireland and the Lions and now a definitive voice in Irish rugby analysis and commentary.
First of all credit where it’s due to EPCR for a superbly well run weekend of European cup final action in Bilbao.
I haven’t been shy in my criticism of that body for a number of justified reasons over the last few seasons, not least the complete hames they made of the broadcasting rights - something Munster CEO Ian Flanagan referenced in his weekend interview with this parish - coupled with the expansion of the Champions Cup to 24 teams.
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