Leinster are keen to make one thing abundantly clear: Jonathan Sexton was not dropped for their Guinness PRO14 semi-final against Munster at the RDS last Saturday.

Not for Jordan Larmour the comforting blankets of self-pity or self-denial.

Not many will have predicted the events that unfolded in Ballsbridge on Saturday night, but there will be little appetite to dwell on this defeat as Leinster push on towards this weekend’s season-defining meeting with Scarlets.