Leicester 14 Leinster 23
Leinster duly set up a mouth-watering semi-final against fellow European aristocrats Toulouse at the Aviva Stadium, most probably next Saturday, when subduing and becalming the Tigers’ home team and crowd alike at a febrile Welford Road.
In deservedly inflicting a first home defeat of the season for the Premiership leaders, the four-time winners thus set up a semi-final with the five-time winners and reigning champions. The tournament being run off with indecent hast, and even with just a week to do so, that won’t be a hard sell.
Leo Cullen will have enjoyed this return visit to his home for two years in the mid-noughties – well, relatively spe …
- May 8, 2022
