suisse wrote: ↑April 5th, 2022, 6:55 am
OTB's coverage of last weekend's game has been, thus far, deplorable. Quinlan, who I never listen to, up first and then MNR with Thornley and Toland. It was a 39 minute podcast and the opening 26 minutes were about Munster. All 3 people on the call referenced, several times, that Leinster are a better team with better players. They also mentioned Leinster were favorites to win. So is it necessary to spend 70% of the show talking about the beaten team who you expected to be beaten?
But the worst part is it feels like we've heard it all before. Leinster have beaten them 10 from 13 times and the post game chat is always about Munster's identity, Munster's culture, young players, JVG and playing numbers. Wood will be on soon to talk about Munster "not firing a shot." Toland himself even said he's tired of talking about the same stuff over and over again.
When has it ever been any different? Munster is the great drama of rugby in this country. People are a lot more interested in Munster than they are in Leinster, that's a fact. RTEs viewing figures show a Muster game pulls in a lot more viewers than a Leinster game. Connacht can be popular too but they have to win a few more games and Ulster are invisible.
They are the great romantic story, full of heroes from down on the farm who fight against huge odds to pull off miracle after miracle.
We are the villans, the city sclickers, D4 hurray henrys from private schools who have won "only" by way of population and academies.
Apart from BOD, has there been another Leinster player/explayer invited to the Late Late Show for example, giggle if you want but thats a barometer of the Irish peoples engagement with you. Has there been a Munster player alive who hasn't been on that show.
POM is a living legend, one the most celebrated players in modern rugby history in this country, he hasn't got a single winners medal with his province, Dev has 12.
I'd rather have the medals