“So we said, ‘Right, let’s not disappoint them, let’s be at our best, let’s give Irish rugby’ and I thought we did that.” The ...

Early in Saturday’s URC final, their first carry saw Josh van der Flier knocked backwards. One negative phase was enough. Luke McGrath went to the air, launching the first of nine box kicks.

Having topped the regular-season table, when scoring the most tries and points while conceding the least, Leinster made it 18 ...