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Keith Wood was channeling a bit of Nostradamus as he got his Heineken Cup predictions right after the first live game on Off The Ball on Saturday.

The former Ireland captain told us that only one Irish team - Munster - would progress and that's exactly how things panned out as Leinster fell short at Toulon.

"I thought going down to France would prove a step too far for Leinster," Keith said tonight as he and Gerry Thornley joined Ger for Wednesday Night Rugby.

Gerry felt Leinster had no lineout platform to build from, were "splintered" defensively with a whole host of missed tackles and lacked creativity.

"I did not expect Leinster to play that badly and if you look at the Toulon side, I don't think it's any better than the Clermont side of two years ago," he added. 

Keith was also disappointed by the conservative nature of Leinster's defence and also reiterated his desire to see Ian Madigan get far more game-time at 10, especially after playing a "good, structured game" against Munster.

And with an eye to the future, Gerry believes Leinster and the IRFU will have to invest in world class overseas talent in order to compete at the high end of European rugby again. 

Keith believes the IRFU and the Irish provinces will be in a position to strengthen when the time comes.

"I think if the right man comes along, I would still believe that the IRFU and any of the three provinces would be able to go and get their man. They may not be able to deal with the absolute maximum amount of money that's being bandied about in some of the other countries but it isn't always about money," said Keith.  

As for Munster, the lads also discussed the impact Peter O'Mahony's season-ending injury will have in the death throes of this season.

Gerry also echoed Bryn Cunningham's comments about Jared Payne's red card for a collision with Saracens' Alex Goode, saying that a two week ban was not merited because the Ulster back kept his eyes on the ball.