Connacht 8 Leinster 45
Leinster are the toughest opponents around as it is, but are harder still when their opponents are reduced to 14 men after the first two minutes.
Tom Daly’s third minute red card all but did for Connacht’s challenge and although they rallied to lead improbably at the break, the four-in-a-row champions pulled clear with six unanswered second-half tries to re-assert their supremacy atop the table.
Whether or not the home fans in the 8,129 capacity crowd wonder about the decision to sign a quartet of Leinster players, ironically this provided proof, were it needed, that Leinster’s production line is unrivalled.
Three of the four Connacht-bound players acquitted themsel …
- March 27, 2022
