French dominance in Europe! Bordeaux hammer Leinster
5/23/202637 min
Alex and Will are in Bilbao to reflect on the Champions Cup final!
Bordeaux have won back-to-back titles to join the elite sides in European Club rugby. What makes them so special? It is now 6 years in a row that a French club have been crowned Champions of Europe, how can anyone catch them?
What does this defeat mean for Leinster? Their 5th Champions Cup final defeat in a row and is this one the most damaging of the lot?
Plus, do EPCR need to do more 'destination' cities for their finals? And will we see a World Cup in Spain!?
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First 90 secondsWill Kelleher· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, everyone. Welcome back to The Ruck, the journalist rugby podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times. I'm here with Alex Lowe. We're standing outside the San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao next to the river in the dappled sunshine, basking in Bordeaux's glory as they go back-to-back in Europe. The burgundy berets are out. They smashed Leinster in the Champions Cup Final. They've backed up their win from last season. They're European champions again. Alex Lowe, what did you make of Bordeaux Bègles?
Alex Lowe· Panelist0:44
Well, Bordeaux Bègles have been ... Like, I've watched them quite a lot this season. I've written a lot about them, and I ... It's k- hard not to fall in love with that club at the moment. The way they play, what they stand for, the, the positi- the positive outlook they have on the game is so different to, well, a lot of, a lot of other Anglo-Saxon teams, shall we say. That their desire to, to take risks, to be bold, to go forward, to look for space. They've just got some magical touches. They've got some ferociously physical players as well. Um, and there was so much to, so much to love about the club, I think, at the moment. Maxime Lucu was Man of the Match today. My big preview for, for the game in Saturday's paper was all centered around him. The, the boy from the, the French Basque village in the f- and sort of nestled