Leinster’s Sam Prendergast, right, celebrates with Luke McGrath after scoring their side’s second try against Bayonne. Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
So we’re now down to one after Munster’s disappointing exit from this Champions Cup in a limp fashion in Limerick albeit in a match that, much like Leinster in Bayonne, could have easily gone either way.
We accept the standards we have set for ourselves are high, and in Leinster’s defence they have finished their pool with four wins from four, yet there is something just not right about their form and general tactical demeanour of late. Anyone who suggests otherwise is deluding themselves.