Time for a long, hard look in the mirror

Leo Cullen was giving the press his take on Leinster’s crushing Champions Cup semi-final defeat of Scarlets at the Aviva Stadium last Saturday evening when his day brightened that little bit more with news that the province’s ‘A’ side had reached the final of the British & Irish Cup, writes Brendan O’Brien.

The second string had been dead and buried. Down 27-8 deep into the second-half away to

Jersey, they resurrected their campaign with a charge-down try from out-half Ciaran Frawley who put the seal on the comeback with the winning conversion in a game that