Bordeaux Begles overpowered Munster to take their place, albeit unconvincingly, in the Champions Cup semi-final.
The French outfit have so much firepower, yet they pick and choose when to turn it on. That might be fine in the earlier rounds of the competition, but at some stage it becomes harder to do, and you can’t mess with momentum when you’re up against the stronger teams in the competition.
The winners of this competition are generally well-disciplined and as strong on the defensive side of the game as they are in attack. That can’t currently be said about Bordeaux.
They give up far too many cards and penalties to allow the opposition to stay with them when they could be far out of sight.
If…