Just how did Leinster crumble in the Champions Cup final?

Neil Treacy· Host0:00

[rock music] Hello, and welcome along to the RTÉ Rugby podcast, the post-Bilbao edition. Defeats for Leinster and Ulster in the Champions and Challenge Cup finals, and both of those heavy defeats unfortunately. Leinster beaten 41-19 by Bordeaux in the Champions Cup final, and Ulster's season came to an end on Friday night, a 59-26 loss at the hands of sens- of, of a sensational Montpellier side in the Challenge Cup final. That is 110-45 to France over Ireland over those two games. Back to the URC this week. Quarterfinals weekend, Connacht away to Glasgow on Friday night. Their Champions Cup place is now secure after Ulster's Challenge Cup final defeat. Munster are away to the Bulls on Satur- Saturday lunchtime. Stormers hosting Cardiff, and Leinster against the Lions at Aviva Stadium. Sportpodcast@rte.ie to get in touch and send your emails in. I have Bernard Jackman on the couch today. Gareth Steenson is also with us on the line. Um, welcome back, Gareth. We've missed you. It's been a while. Were you up to anything for the, for the last couple of months?

Gareth Steenson· Guest1:08

Yeah. Uh, well, I have seen you a couple of times- [laughs] ... uh, you creeper. Uh, yeah, it's, no, been a busy, busy, uh, couple of months then with the Irish women. Um, really enjoyable in the Six Nations. Uh, it was good to see the girls going from strength to strength. Good competition in the end, um, finishing with three home wins, good home wins. And obviously it went the way it finished there in the Aviva, have 31,000 people there. It was awesome. So,