Brilliant Bordeaux go back-to-back
5/23/202658 min
We are podding from the San Mamés stadium in Bilbao after Bordeaux win a second successive Champions Cup crown. Chris and Paul Grayson chat to one of the key man behind Bordeaux’s success, their attack coach Noel McNamara. We also grab a word with Adam Coleman who vows to spend days partying in his match shirt. But where did it go wrong for Leinster? They’ve now lost five finals since their last triumph in 2018. Will there be big changes following this latest defeat? Billy Vunipola rolled back the years to help deliver Montpellier the Challenge Cup as the French claimed another title. With the last six Champions Cup winners all coming from France, why are their clubs in such a strong position and who is best placed to end the streak?
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[upbeat music] Five Lives Rugby Union Weekly Rugby Union Weekly, Saturday evening, San Mames Stadium, Bilbao, in the heart of the Basque Country on a gorgeous north Spanish Saturday night.
Chris Jones· Host0:16
27 degrees, but a hint of a breeze. The sunshine has moved from the center circle over to one corner of this wonderful stadium. This is the definitive Champions Cup reaction pod. You're gonna hear from the men in the middle. Caelan Doris, the Leinster captain, Adam Coleman, the Bordeaux lock, and one of the masterminds behind this Bordeaux machine, the Bordeaux coach, Noel McNamara, after Leinster 19, Bordeaux 41. Grace is here. First of all, what a, what a spot, Grace, this is.
Paul Grayson· Host0:49
Yeah.
Chris Jones· Host0:50
I could, I could live in Bilbao.
Paul Grayson· Host0:51
Yeah, we were.
Chris Jones· Host0:52
I could, I could become Basque.
Paul Grayson· Host0:53
We were [laughs] yeah, we were here eight years ago, weren't we?
Chris Jones· Host0:56
Yeah.
Paul Grayson· Host0:56
And said- It's even better ... "We're def- definitely coming back." We've left it eight years and come back to another finals weekend, which was, um, all French in Spain.
Chris Jones· Host1:06
French dominance.
Paul Grayson· Host1:07
Yeah.
Chris Jones· Host1:07
All French in the north of Spain. Well put. And the weather, [laughs] you know, it was stifling, boiling, broiling, just minging last night, wasn't it?
Paul Grayson· Host1:16
[laughs] [laughs] Yeah.
Chris Jones· Host1:16
Put, put simply, there's heat and then there's- Yeah ... there's Jay when he walks out in the Inbetweeners movie and goes, "It's hot. It's too hot." [laughs] You know?
Paul Grayson· Host1:25
Yeah.
Chris Jones· Host1:25
This was a, a lot more pleasurable though probably not for the players down there. And the sun has just moved across