Episode 180: Is Leo Cullen Finally Running Out of Road at Leinster? | Pat McCarry

Episode 180: Is Leo Cullen Finally Running Out of Road at Leinster? | Pat McCarry

From The Lekker Rugby Pod! by MW Welman and Harry Jones

May 25, 2026 · 1h 4m · Season 1 · Episode 180

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges facing Leo Cullen after Leinster's recent Champions Cup final loss.

Leinster lost another Champions Cup final. The question now is whether Leo Cullen can survive it.Harry Jones, MW Welman and special guest Pat McCarry go back to basics after Bordeaux's win in Bilbao. They pick apart the 24 turnovers, the heat excuses, the predictable attack, and what it says about a coaching structure where Jacques Nienaber's blitz defence has pulled focus away from the attack that used to define Leinster. With an Irishman coaching Bordeaux's attack and knowing every Leinster tendency, the final was always going to be harder than the hype suggested.The harder question sits underneath all of it: does Leo Cullen still have the room to turn this around, or does a squad this good need a different voice at the top?On this episode of the Lekker Rugby Pod, MW Welman and Harry Jones sit down with Irish rugby journalist Pat McCarry to pull apart the Bilbao defeat and ask what comes next for Leinster.

People in this episode

Hosts: Harry Jones, MW Welman

Guest: Pat McCarry

Topics covered

  • Leinster Rugby
  • Champions Cup
  • coaching analysis
  • rugby tactics
  • Irish rugby

Keywords

  • Leo Cullen
  • Leinster
  • Champions Cup
  • rugby
  • coaching
  • Pat McCarry
  • Bordeaux
  • turnovers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Leinster, Bordeaux, Jacques Nienaber

Places: Bilbao

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