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Given the presence of a Munster contingent within the Racing 92 team ranks, there will be Irish interest in the Heineken Champions Cup final despite the absence of provinces.
Simon Zebo and Donnacha Ryan were at the heart of the action on Saturday as they helped Racing book a spot in the deciding match on 17 October against Exeter Chiefs and the former duo Munster, who have not been selected for Ireland since moving in. to France. joined former teammate Donncha O’Callaghan on RTÉ 2fm’s Game on to look forward to your participation in the European final.
They both praised Racing 92 backs coach and former Munster scrum half Mike Prendergast.
“He’s having a huge impact. He’s been fantastic for us,” Zebo said.
“He has brought a different perspective to the game and a really positive attitude to the camp and all the players have really been supportive and supportive of him and love his approach to the game and his system.
“It is a lot of ‘going out and expressing yourself’ within the framework that he gives you. It fits perfectly with the staff that we have at Racing and it suits us well and he joins our team ten times. I hope he stays as long as possible.”
The winger added that Prendergast has been giving most of his instructions in French, with an English translation for those who are not fluent, and Ryan added that his own improvement with the language has been a boost as he forges closer ties. with the team. -companions.
Ryan also suggested that Prendergast’s fingerprints could also be noticed on Juan Imhoff’s exceptional late attempt that helped Racing get past the Saracens on Saturday.
“Like Zeebs said about Mike, it allows us the freedom in training to make mistakes and do those things,” said the second row.
“His training, if you really go back to that clip, two rucks before Juan Imhoff starts, that’s actually what Mike Prendergast does and he’s educating the guys to go that extra mile. If you look back where Juan starts and not where it ends, it’s an even more impressive attempt. “
Simon Zebo and Donnacha Ryan tell @ GameOn2FM they have different ways of bouncing back from Saturday’s Champions Cup semi-final victory over the Saracens and preparing for this week’s trip to play Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle #RTERugby pic.twitter.com/TLh2CF3dMt
– RTÉ Rugby (@RTErugby) September 28, 2020
Zebo also praised Racing’s 10 Finn Russell for his pivotal role in that game-changing moment.
“It was just improvised. I think Finn said Virimi [Vakatawa] I had called him quite late and that’s to Virimi’s credit for seeing space and having the acceleration to get into it, “he said.
“I think the confidence that Finn has in the players that are outside of him, just to be able to hear the call immediately and drop it on his toes without even looking, is just fantastic.”
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