Our pick of the best images from Marseille after La Rochelle beat Leinster to win the 2022 Heineken Champions Cup final.
Garry Ringrose and Michael Ala'alatoa react after conceding the result-deciding try (Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
Gregory Alldritt lifts the trophy for La Rochelle (Photo by PA)
Leinster skipper Johnny Sexton walks past the trophy post-game (Photo by PA)
Matthias Haddad, who played in the final in place of the injured Victor Vito, celebrates with fans (Photo by PA)
A dejected Tadhg Furlong looks on after full-time (Photo by PA)
Man of the match Will Skelton leads the post-game celebrations (Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
La Rochelle boss Ronan O'Gara reacts during the final (Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
La Rochelle supporters before Saturday's final (Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
Gregory Alldritt celebrates Pierre Bourgarit's try (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)
Joel Sclavi drops to his knees in celebration (Photo by PA)
Leinster fans outside the stadium in Marseille (Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
Johnny Sexton tosses the coin in front of Wayne Barnes and Gregory Alldritt (Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
Ronan O'Gara and Leo Cullen share a joke pre-game (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)
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Nah, that just needs some more variation. Chip kicks, grubber stabs, all those. Will Jordan showed a pretty good reason why the rush was bad for his link up with BB.
If you have an overlap on a rush defense, they naturally cover out and out and leave a huge gap near the ruck.
It also helps if both teams play the same rules. ARs set the offside line 1m past where the last mans feet were😅
Go to commentsYeah nar, should work for sure. I was just asking why would you do it that way?
It could be achieved by outsourcing all your IP and players to New Zealand, Japan, and America, with a big Super competition between those countries raking it in with all of Australia's best talent to help them at a club level. When there is enough of a following and players coming through internally, and from other international countries (starting out like Australia/without a pro scene), for these high profile clubs to compete without a heavy australian base, then RA could use all the money they'd saved over the decades to turn things around at home and fund 4 super sides of their own that would be good enough to compete.
That sounds like a great model to reset the game in Aus. Take a couple of decades to invest in youth and community networks before trying to become professional again. I just suggest most aussies would be a bit more optimistic they can make it work without the two decades without any pro club rugby bit.
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