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For a lot of league players who make the switch to Union the first reaction to things going badly is to look for a return to League. Given the expense of recruiting league players it's a real gamble to recruit one.

Paddy I think there's 4 main things that Ireland need to do to take the provincial form to the national jersey. 1) Clear the air meeting: When Deccie took over 1st he had a clear the air meeting to get rid of the niggle between the players, especially the Leinster v Munster stuff. Another...

Fair play to Fardy for sticking with it when many others might have just decided to quit and do something else. Ever team needs to have some players who do the hard graft for little praise. That type of player is performing best when no one really notices them. They're the ones that allow the...

Cipriani is very like Gavin Henson, lots of potential talent but his onfield displays rarely live up to up and off-field he's a disaster. For players like them there always seems to be a club willing to take a gamble on them but I don't Cipriani is ever going to change his ways. This time it's...

They need Andy Powell for the full set.

Hines was a great servant to Leinster rugby and I felt kind of bad for him being on the losing side today. He's one of those players that seems to get better with age and a very likeable guy too.

In fairness Ulster and Clermont have already played each other twice this year also as they were in the same pool eariler in the compeition. But I see your point a France v Ireland final would be more interesting to neutrals. Still I'm glad Leinster made it there and hopefully we can go all...

Some sort of camera on the posts would make it much easy to call, for what it's worth on the one today I think they got it spot on, at no point did the ball look as if it had gone inside the post. Tight margin but they got it right.

Wow what a finish I was convinced Clermont were going to score a try at the death. But great defence from Leinster and bad luck for Fofana saw them through. All Irelnd HEC final for the first time.

My connection has really improved in the 2nd half and so have Leinster's performance. Clermont 12 Leinster 19 with 15 minutes to go. Not there yet but Leinster are looking really good. Kearney has been amazing in this 2nd half and Sexton is right back to top form. Plenty of work still to do to...

Half time Clermont 12 Leinster 6. I'd love to give my impressions on the first half but my stream is lagging so much it was hard to see what was going on most of the time. What I did see is that Leinster's lineout is in trouble and after a good start in the scrum Clermont are beginning to get...

It's possible that Genia decided, rightly or wrongly, that whoever the Force do sign as coach would do more to develop him than RG. If it does turn out to be Cheika then I think he'll really improve Genia's game. It's a very strange move to make something official and put it in the public...

Kaplan decided it was a maul so when the ball didn't come back on the Tahs side, turnover ball.

Carter was poor today but not as poor as the Tahs on restarts shouldn't be that bad at them at the halfway point of the season. On attack they looked good especially when they mixed it up. A few times in the first 40 especially they went with a series of skip passes that only served to move...

Well done Palu, game on!

Good break by the Tahs at the end of the half but they look very hesitant in defence which is leaving gaps for the Crusaders to exploit.

I'm guessing the old let's go out for dinner to a place that just happens to be showing the rugby wouldn't go down too well.

Final score Ulster 22 Edinburgh 19. I'm glad Edinburgh got that try at the end as it was reward for all their efforts. Obviously very happy Ulster still won but fair play to Edinburgh for making it a really good contest. 1 Irish team into the HEC final, now to see if my team Leinster can make it...

60 minutes gone Ulster 16 Edinburgh 12. It's been pretty much all Ulster since half time but importantly Edinburgh have managed to keep them out for extended period where Ulster have been camped in their 22. Getting really nervous for Ulster now as we go into the final 20.

Half time Ulster 13 Edinburgh 9. Ulster did well to see out 10 minutes with 14 men when Terblanche picked up a silly yellow card for slaping at a ruck right under the nose of the touch judge. Ulster actually came out 3-0 up for the sin bin period when Pinaar put over a penalty just as the clock...