Have Leinster hit their ceiling this season?

About this episode

The episode reviews the recent URC quarter-finals, focusing on the performances of Connacht, Munster, and Leinster, with insights on future improvements for Leinster.

The season has come to a close for Connacht and Munster after their respective URC quarter-final defeats.  Leinster meanwhile beat a lacklustre Lions side to stay alive and reach the semi-finals. Gordon D’Arcy joins Nathan Johns to review the action, analysing why Connacht have had a season to remember, Munster a year to forget while looking at how Leinster can, if at all, look to improve things for next year. Produced by John Casey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Nathan Johns

Guest: Gordon D’Arcy

Topics covered

• URC quarter-finals
• Leinster rugby
• Connacht season review
• Munster season review
• rugby analysis

Keywords

• Leinster
• Connacht
• Munster
• URC
• rugby
• Gordon D’Arcy
• Nathan Johns
• semi-finals
• season review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Connacht, Munster, Leinster, Lions, Acast, The Irish Times

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