Jacques Nienaber is taking shots for Leinster’s latest European failure because, in rugby, it is easier to blame a foreigner and said foreigner’s defensive system than to look at a group that has been in decline for some time.
The Irish media pile-on in the aftermath of Leinster’s emphatic 41-19 Investec Champions Cup defeat to Union Bordeaux Bègles has been as predictable as it has been disingenuous.
Nienaber’s defence did not lose Leinster that final.
Leinster’s players did.
Bordeaux smashed them physically and won the collisions. Bordeaux owned the gainline and
