Donal Lenihan: Smarting Saracens retain star quality to test Leinster like no other
Saracens players line up prior to the game against Harlequins in the the Gallagher Premiership at Allianz Park last month. Picture: Adam Davy/PA Wire
Leinster’s dominance of the Guinness PRO14 this season has been so pronounced — they had 25 points to spare over second-placed Ulster in Conference A, and 18 more accumulated than Conference B table-toppers Edinburgh — anything other than a comprehensive win over their northern rivals in last Saturday’s final would have been a travesty.
Despite the carrot of a hat-trick of domestic successes on the bounce, Leo Cullen’s thoughts had been firmly focused on an old foe, however, one who will experience nothing like the inferiority complex suffered by so many of Leinster’s opponents these days, well before the departing Rob Kearney and Fergus McFadden hoisted the PRO14 trophy at their familiar home from home at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday evening.
