THAT’LL do. Leinster last night recorded a perfunctory win to keep their Magners League play-off hopes firmly on message while Jonathan Sexton came through a useful 80 minutes unscathed.

EDDIE O’Sullivan must feel like he has created a monster. No sooner had his backside found his seat for the post-match press conference than he was fielding questions about Ireland’s chances of winning the Six Nations and taking on the world in France next autumn.