Cheika cheer as Leinster reach new levels

LEINSTER’S performance against Munster silenced many doubters.

Just over two months ago, they made the trip to Musgrave Park for a Celtic League tussle with Munster after some encouraging performances but returned with their heads on their chests like embarrassed schoolboys.

It wasn’t the defeat that rankled, rather the manner of it and that memory has been an itch they have been waiting impatiently to scratch. They did just that in the RDS on New Year’s Eve.