Donal Lenihan: Ultan Dillane looks reborn in La Rochelle, but Leinster is the ultimate test
O’Gara has taken the best attributes of Dillane’s game in terms of maximising his ball winning ability out of touch, matching that with his insatiable appetite for work in the loose while diluting his responsibilities as a ball player.
BY their nature, semi- finals are supposed to be tense, tight affairs. While I couldn’t see anything other than a convincing win for La Rochelle over a completely underpowered Exeter Chiefs side in the second of the weekend’s Heineken Champions Cup deciders, I expected Toulouse to make life a lot more difficult for Leinster.
In terms of freshness and preparation, Ugo Mola’s men were in a completely different space to when they last lined out at the Aviva Stadium, on consecutive weekends against Munster and Leinster, at the same stage of last season’s tournament.
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