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Fri 10 Oct 2008One-trick Leinster are forgetting how to bully opponents
RUGBY ANALYST:THE ONLY phrase I could use on Setanta to describe Connacht's performance two weeks ago was, "you can't make a silk purse out of sow's ear".
And when it was 49-0 with half the match remaining against Cardiff I begged the IRFU to do what was right and put them out of their misery. A humane killer of sorts was required. It's simply not fair to expose young, hungry players with talent to that type of onslaught week in, week out. Not to mention all those associated with the team.
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