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Paulie's Champions Cup quarter-final prediction should make Leinster fans more confident

The towering second row is backing Matt O’Connor’s men to see off Bath.

MUNSTER AREN’T IN European action over the next few days but Paul O’Connell is still keeping busy as we wait for the most exciting club rugby weekend of the year to kick-off.

O’Connell was involved in a litter pick-up in Limerick city earlier today and took time out of his humanitarian effort to talk Champions Cup rugby.

The Ireland captain was asked about Leinster’s mouthwatering clash with Bath tomorrow and his prediction will make Leinster fans a bit more bullish ahead of the quarter-final.

“I think [Leinster] will win,” O’Connell said on Newstalk’s Breakfast show this morning.

“Bath are an excellent side, it’s going to be a great game, but home advantage … I think they played really well last week when they came back. Once they went down against Glasgow, it just seemed to spark the old Leinster back into gear. They really put on an unbelievable performance for the rest of the game.”

O’Connell thinks the reintroduction of Leinster’s big internationals could swing the game in their favour.

“The addition of Jamie [Heaslip], Sean O’Brien and a few others back into the team – I’d be confident if I was Leinster,” O’Connell said.

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    Apr 12th 2019, 10:15 PM

    Newcastle look safe now. Hopefully they will already be on holidays when Liverpool go there on May 5th. Either way I’d say Rafa won’t be trying his hardest to stop Liverpool if they are still in with a shout of the title then.

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    Apr 12th 2019, 10:39 PM

    @Flaming Mo: I hope you’re right but Rafa’s as straight as an arrow and I can’t picture him telling a player to go easy can you?….it would be a bit like the time Kenny brought Blackburn Rovers to Anfield looking for a win to secure the premiership, no quarter given that day and none expected by Kenny, you play to win, that day Utd blew it themselves fortunately :)

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    Apr 12th 2019, 11:07 PM

    @Caoimhin O’Murchadha: Matt ritchies left foot is like something sent from heaven his some man to whip a ball across the box

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    Apr 12th 2019, 11:20 PM

    @Ings on Fire: is he not right footed?

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    Apr 12th 2019, 11:28 PM

    @John: no his clearly left footed but ur glasses on

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    Apr 13th 2019, 6:26 AM

    @John: he’s left footed, but he ain’t too bad with his right either

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    Apr 12th 2019, 11:46 PM

    Where is C Clark?

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    Apr 12th 2019, 11:48 PM

    @GARFARKLE: find out yourself

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    Apr 12th 2019, 11:53 PM

    @Aj Leahy: shut up he just asked a question like to get aj /John which is the same account banned

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    Apr 12th 2019, 11:58 PM

    @Ings on Fire: Thank you.

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    Apr 13th 2019, 12:08 AM

    @GARFARKLE: no bother man

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    Apr 13th 2019, 12:27 AM

    @Ings on Fire: funny that ings on fire is also my account

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    Apr 13th 2019, 12:38 AM

    @Aj Leahy: shut up aj everyone knows about u and johns account is a joint account u salmon

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    Apr 13th 2019, 6:28 AM

    @GARFARKLE: he got injured a few months back. Still not fit

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    Apr 13th 2019, 11:09 AM

    @David O’Brien: Thank you.

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