In hindsight, maybe it’s no bad thing that Leinster suffered more than a little in the second-half at Welford Road. Had they maintained their 20-point lead until the end it might have deluded them into a false sense of security.
That second 40 minutes will give them plenty to work on from this morning onwards as they ready themselves to play the champions of Europe and France.
Dan Sheehan probably put it best when asked afterwards if that performance had provided the blueprint for next Saturday’s semi-final.
“Half the blueprint,” he quickly retorted. “Second half, we’ll need a new blueprint I think, but we’ll find a way.”
“We need to be able to look back on that game and learn from our mistakes and how we can get control back in the game because I think we struggled to get a foothold back in the game.
“We maybe …
- May 9, 2022
