At face value, although it comes with absolutely no guarantees, Leinster go into their biggest match in four seasons in fairly rude health. Last Saturday’s URC final round game against a more needy Munster may have been their only dead rubber of the season, but their amalgam of experience and likely young lads maintained Leinster’s momentum with a 35-25 win in front of a largely blue-clad and boisterous crowd of 32,411.
It augmented the impressive Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final and semi-final wins over Leicester and Toulouse, and there was the added bonus of Jordan Larmour and Ryan Baird adding to Leo Cullen’s options for next Saturday’s final against La Rochelle in Marse …
- May 23, 2022
