The Frenchman is the best around and he proved it again against Leinster on Saturday.

Should Leinster find a cure to their chronic habit of losing finals, Healy will be out on his own as the first to win five European Cups, one more than a trio of retired team-mates (Isa Nacewa, Johnny Sexton, Devin Toner) and a pair of French wizards (Cedric Heymans, Frederic Michalak).

On the Richter Scale of champions chinned in the defence of their title, Leinster’s rocking of La Rochelle surpasses every knock-out in the ring of European rugby.

 It's next stop Dublin for La Rochelle.

The wise choice is always to go out on top. 

Ireland's Grand Slam bid was derailed in London on Saturday. 

Plus the team of the weekend and more. 

Andy Farrell's men laid down a marker as they began life with Johnny Sexton.

A genealogist who knows his rugby is rapidly becoming more important in terms of long-term planning than any coach whatever his or her speciality.

Emanuel ‘Manny’ Meafou, born in Auckland, raised in Sydney, refined in Europe’s premier rugby city, is due to make his belated bow for France against Ireland in Marseille on Friday week.