If Michael Cheika wants any sort of motivation for his Leinster troops for the coming season, he need do no more than cut out this clip from the latest edition of Rugby World and pin it to the dressing room wall.
Here is columnist Gwyn Jones’ view on our chances next term…
“Rugby is booming in Dublin and the RDS is always full. They will be competitive but they won’t win the Heineken Cup this season. They won’t be able to replicate the quality of Rocky Elsom, who was the best player in Europe last year, and they’ve lost the experience of Felipe Contepomi. They’ll be a force but they won’t be quite as good as last season, when they almost over-achieved in everything.
Prediction for Magners League finish – FIFTH.”
And as if that wasn't bad enough, he predicts The Munsters will retaing their Magners League title, finishing 2nd in the table but winning the playoff.
So I read up on this Jones guy, and I found this profile done by the BBC website back in 2007. I especially like the part where he’s asked “What is the one thing you would still like to do?” to which he replied : “Not upset any more people!”.
Looks like he’s really livin the dream there, doesn’t it?
Hopefully we can use his words as ingredients for a nice humble pie come next May…
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