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It hadn’t bedded in last season and there was a lot of impatience from many Leinster fans. To be honest, it was only really SA supporters pointing out that it would take another season to bed in.

In the weekend’s final his defensive system allowed 5’9” 80 kilo scrum-halves - 2nd and 3rd choices respectively - to make numerous man and ball tackles against the most physical team in the URC.

Nienaber should be among the best paid coaches in the sport at the minute.

“I need more springboks”.

It didn’t help the Sharks?

Because unfortunately Jake White is overplaying one component of Leinster’s success and underplaying another which as far as I’m am concerned is way more important. And the Bulls, the Sharks and Stormers are all suffering the same problem.

Coaches bereft of any good ideas. Stale and boring.

If you look at premier clubs around the world - they have world class coaches. Jake White is past his prime as a coach. He isn’t even a coach. He’s the director of rugby. I don’t even know who the bulls are relying on for innovation on attack and defence at the bulls (or the sharks for that matter).

As director of rugby he oversees things. He’s not leading the way with innovation. And this has been mentioned from players in his setup - surprised by how hands off he is.

Before the bulls (and the sharks) spend more money on players - let’s spend some money on a brilliant coach. A brilliant and innovative coach gets more out of the resources at their disposal than an average coach with superstars.

Of course. Jake isn’t asking for more money for more springboks, he wants to stop boks from playing overseas. The fact of the matter is he is so agonizingly wrong about this as a solution to his problem it’s painful. Because again, he can’t see the wood from the trees. And showing how hard it is for him to think out of the box.

The franchises in SA need better coaches. The best SA coaches in the world are ALL overseas. Bring them back - spend the money there.

And ask yourself why all the best coaches are overseas as opposed to being in SA. Besides the money….

The bulls were beaten soundly in all facets of the game. But there was one area that stood out the most. Leinster’s defence peaked over the last two games. They looked impossible to get through. Their defence smothered the life out of the bulls who simply had no idea how to get through it. And it killed them.

A defence so good, you become hard to beat and the attack can feed off. Their attack looked incredible on Saturday. Composed and confident.

A defence roundly criticized as ruining Leinster Rugby until recently.

A defence introduced by a world-class South African Coach in Jacques Nienaber.

A defence that Jake white knew was coming and yet the bulls had nothing to offer for it except for kick and chases. Hopeless kick and chases.

Did he even watch anything other teams have tried to unlock the Leinster defence? I think he gave up before they got on the plane. Because they looked woefully unprepared. As if they went there okay with losing because they were playing “Ireland”.

On some level, an embarrassing loss like this makes Jake’s case look like a good one. But how about we park the blame at the coaches feet here. He got them all the way to the final - but beyond that his hands were tied?

What a soft sorry excuse. What a k@k attitude.

Sorry Jake. You’re wrong. It’s time you moved on. It’s time for some fresh ideas at franchise level. Step aside.

If Ireland was neatly divided into 4 equal provinces of 8 counties with similar numbers of rugby clubs then fair enough. But it’s not the case.

One follows the other. There is nothing remarkable about it.

Their six figure earning potential is all but done at the age of 33/34. They have to remain in Ireland too so the rebate is getting pumped back into the local economy.

I personally find it innovative in lieu of pension provision etc.

At national level with our wonderful RWC history and knockouts, 1991 is still as close as we’ve come. A 1 PT loss to the eventual champs. It’s actually the only time we’ve choked/lost a quarter final to a team who didn’t choke themselves next day out or in the final.

It also the only time we’ve had home advantage as it was the old Lansdowne…

All our RWC matches should be at Croker from now on. Who’d even dare to take us on, Ed!💪

He done him. Knew exactly what he was up to. Off the ball too which is incriminating, not in an act of play.

I’d be shocked if a NH union doesn’t try to break the bank and buy out Nienaber’s Boks contract.

Yeah, Nienaber’s prints all over that Leinster defence. They didn’t even give up many cheap tactical penalties, just very disciplined. Super impressive. I did fancy them to just about do it, even with their shaky finals record, but I never saw that performance coming.

I think it needed to be a big win to try and redeem themselves a little. I don’t see many teams putting 30 PTS on the Bulls to be fair.