Donal Lenihan: Leinster eyes drift towards Marseille, not Munster
Hugo Keenan of Leinster with Matthis Lebel of Stade Toulousain during the Heineken Champions Cup semi-final at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Donall Farmer/PA Wire.
The catch phrase that flashed from the advertising hoardings and from the massive banner behind the Havelock Square end of Lansdowne Road last Saturday captured Leinster’s upper most thoughts succinctly. “The one to win”.
With four domestic titles on the bounce and a home draw throughout the knockout phase to the final already secured by their top seeding in this season’s inaugural United Rugby Championship, Leinster know exactly where their priorities lie right now. For them, nothing else matters, other than securing “the one to win”, namely, a fifth Heineken Champions Cup success.
