Life after rugby | Leinster need to move La Rochelle's big men | Byrne looks comfortable | DAN LEAVY

Former Leinster and Ireland flanker Dan Leavy joined Nathan Murphy, 13 months after he was forced to retire from rugby.
They also discuss what Leinster will have to do if they're to overcome La Rochelle in this weekend's Heineken Champions Cup final.
Dan, his brother (former Ireland 7s international) Adam, and his father Doug have launched their whiskey brand Ogham. See oghamwhiskey.com.
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[@decekfrokfr3mdx]

Outstanding player, one of our best ever back-rows. Can you imagine prime Leavy (c. 2018) with 2022 van der Flier in the same Leinster/Ireland back row?

[@DAGATHire]

well to be fair mate, we never got to see enough of him for the "one of the best ever" label. but certainly that 6 nations winning year he was a key player if not the key player.

[@Timdoyle-pq5wg]

He had so much potential, was guaranteed to be one of the greatest but cut short #sadness

[@getridofneocons]

He was a poor man's Juan Smith

[@johnmc3862]

@@getridofneocons BS.

[@robertpirsig5011]

We're they not both 7s. Not sure they would have been in the same group.

[@Timdoyle-pq5wg]

I had this man earmarked to be Ireland richy mccaw. He was legend, the poacher that all teams want, and that leinster confidence and swagger. Was heart broken he couldn't recover. Great to see him coping well, will get a bottle..... All the best Dan.

[@SycamoreLaneMusic]

You were a great player Dan. Thanks for the great memories and the fantastic performances. To me you’re an absolute legend.

[@jimmurray8432]

Great interview

[@grahamshaw3802]

So unlucky was the best player in the world for a short time.

[@durthacht]

Excellent player. Hope his new business goes well for him.

[@davidfarrell2254]

I'd buy a bottle but its €82

[@davidanderson5517]

60lbs feet pounds on the soft side of anyone’s knee will unfortunately end up in disaster. At a hundred miles per hour games it’s inevitably. Respect Dan.

[@jaimepaslesendives353]

Before wanting to make them run, we will have to have possession of the ball and stop when we have it. And sturdy ones, we have them on all lines. We've been laughing for a week listening to you.... We're gonna do this, we're gonna do that ! lol Your team has a stereotyped game, when you hunt the natural it comes back at a gallop. And unable to have a creative game like the Latins can have. I hope for you that you have worked on the scrum, otherwise the afternoon will seem very long. And then our wizard ROG prepared you a potion of which he has the secret.

[@carlowman6669]

Class from leavy. Also fair play to him for calling out that sh1thouse herbst. Scummy play at the time and I called it back then that it would end up being a career ending injury and whether he should sue for loss of earnings. The fact that he never even received an apology says everything about the man van herbst is. Good luck Dan in the next chapter of your life. Top class athlete. Would walk into any team when he was fully fit and firing.

[@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin]

Herbst didn't do anything wrong, beyond a little clumsiness. Fardy set himself up to protect that side of the ruck, and then ninja'd out of the way of the clear out, inevitably sending the guy crashing into his own players legs.

[@harryocallaghan8082]

How on earth RG Snyman has come back from pretty much the exact same type of injury and spent 18 months rehabbing and also had set backs is astonishing, considering he's much bigger than Leavy too. Very sad to see him have to retire. The manner in which it happened could have so easily been prevented. If the player who injured him was more careful in his approach to the ruck. He could have gone on to be one of the best opensides ever and ironically now the guy who injured him doesn't even start for a 2nd division English club!

[@jeffrey89095]

Snyman did his ACLS, whereas leave did both his ACL and MCL, much more difficult to recover from

[@daithipol]

Dan's shin was only attached to his thigh by skin and the patella tendon. RJS has had awful luck and it's great to see him back but his injury, though bad, was in the hapenny place.

[@cassidydavid5917]

Great player

[@imianmurphy]

Dreadful questions from the interviewer. Cleary pushing him the wrong way and recircling around an injury. Classless

[@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin]

13:00 "I'm not bitter". Seems fairly bitter to me. But so would I be, tbf. I thought Fardy was more at fault than Herbst. It was he who inexplicably jumped out of the way of the clear out, purposely sending him tumbling inside, so inevitably sending the guy smashing into his own players legs like a bowling ball.