Donal Lenihan: Munster and Leinster tyros provide food for thought

It may have sneaked up, but the opening round of this season’s reconfigured Heineken Champions Cup proved fascinating in so many ways
Donal Lenihan: Munster and Leinster tyros provide food for thought

MY BALL: Keith Earls of Munster in action against Danny Care of Harlequins. Picture: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

It may have sneaked up, but the opening round of this season’s reconfigured Heineken Champions Cup proved fascinating in so many ways.

Such was the quality on offer across a range of cracking encounters, it put paid to the notion that, after a series of less than captivating Autumn Nations Cup internationals, rugby has become decidedly dull and boring at present.

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