Rugby Pass: ‘When I get the clips from the analysts and there’s Leinster coming up, it’s a worse feeling in the gut’

I’ve been looking for an excuse to talk to Lyon coach Kendrick Lynn for the longest time. The fifth round of the Champions Cup, away at unbeaten Leinster, with a massive injury list wasn’t the ideal time for a chat, but he was so open and honest, speaking to him was a huge pleasure.

I’m pleased to see, too, that the final scoreline wasn’t anywhere near as bad as it could have been!

French is such as romantic language that the word which perfectly describes Lyon’s horror injury situation ahead of Sunday’s Champions Cup match against Leinster is the very poetic ‘hécatombe’.

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