Rugby legend compares Leinster to ‘Ferrari spreading silage' as he sends warning after ‘rudderless' win over Scarlets
Leo
Cullen's men set up a
Glasgow
Warriors with a
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Leinster beat Scarlets to advance to the URC semi-finals
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Donncha O'Callaghan was critical of their performance
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Aviva
Stadium.
They were aided by second-half yellow cards shown to Alec Hepburn and Vaea Fifita after the visitors went into the break trailing by just 15-14.
However, Donncha O'Callaghan was less than impressed at what he saw from the Irish province, bringing out an unorthodox metaphor to illustrate his point.
He told RTE: "It looked rudderless.
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"As ex-players, we are always really tough on players, but I would say management and coaches need to have a look at the performance there.
"You have players like [Jordie] Barrett, one of the greatest player to ever play the game.
"You have the likes of Hugo Keenan and James Lowe and all we're seeing at this point in the competition is them kicking the ball.
"I know you got to win games an and find a way, but honestly, it's like having
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The game played out in front of a miserly attendance of 12,879 at Lansdowne
Road
.
And O'Callaghan added: "It is really frustrating and you can see it with this crowd, like another poor turnout here today.
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"The Aviva is our home. This is where
rugby
should light up. You should be excited to come here.
"You couldn't fault the crowd there for watching that type of rugby and it's a concern for me."
Leinster have a quick turnaround to the semi-final, with
next
Saturday.
The Blues beat the Scottish side 13-5 in the URC regular season last month, and also hammered them 52-0 in the
And head coach
he told RTE: "What we know is that they're kicking the ball quite a bit, even at the end, pinning us back in our end, and I think Glasgow will be doing something similar next week as well.
"It's like this time of year now, making sure that we're nailed on for every moment within the game.
"I don't think we quite did that today, but it's making sure we recover well now and turn the page quickly, and it's not one of those games that you're going to spend a huge amount of time reviewing."
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