Donal Lenihan: Leinster draw a line in the sand as Munster disappoint

With their manhood being questioned early on and Leinster drawing a line in the sand, it was inevitable that a serious bust-up would ensue. 

AT LONG LAST: Leinster's Garry Ringrose celebrates after the game. Pic: ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

After a pretty dire start to the newly-shaped Investec Champions Cup from an Irish perspective, it was as well that Leinster salvaged something substantial from the ashes of a pair of sobering defeats for Connacht and Ulster, coupled with a Thomond Park draw for Munster that felt far more like a defeat.

Not that Leinster needed any additional motivation heading into the Stade Marcel Deflandre for a meeting with their great nemesis of recent times, La Rochelle.