Dan McFarland - ‘If you want to win at this level you can’t afford those mistakes’ via IrishTimesSport
Perspective is everything. Toulouse’s long range scores across their last-16 tie with Ulster were either flashes of creative genius or examples of poor defending, depending on who you talk to.
Toulouse brilliance or Ulster negligence? Perhaps a bit of both? You can probably guess the Ulster point of view: “We gifted them two tries through poor pieces of defence,” said Dan McFarland after the agonising defeat. “Letting guys through on inside shoulders or an intercept pass in the space of five minutes, ultimately that was a big difference in the game.
“The pair of them are one of the best combos in the world at scoring those types of tries so it’s a tough challenge to do that. On the whole I thought, apart from that, we played quite well.” Antoine Dupont showed his he human; he eats, breathes and throws ill-judged offloads just like the rest of us. His poor attempt metres from his own line gifted Ulster the platform and they did not waste it, Ethan McIlroy crashing over once James Hume stepped past one man and offloaded beyond another. Moments later another poorly-timed offload, this one from Peato Mauvaka, led to an offside call and Cooney extending the lead from the tee.
“The quality of their tackles and their physicality... they’re enormous human beings but they’re also excellent rugby players and when they hit you, they hit you hard,” admitted McFarland. “If you get hit in phase play like that, they can really stymie your attack, and that happened a couple of times.
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