Leinster battle for share of the spoils

Leinster 16 Neath-Swansea Opsreys 16

After their demolition at the hands of Llanelli two weeks back, hard questions had been asked of the province’s fighting spirit but last night they dug-deep to contain a visiting side desperately in need of the points to secure European qualification.

Both Brian O’Driscoll and Girvan Dempsey were late withdrawals from the home side’s starting line-up and one look at the dust-bowl that constituted the Donnybrook pitch and it was easy to see why they weren’t straining at the leash to play.