Win or bust for depleted Leinster

STILL only October and yet one team’s Heineken Cup ambitions will already lie in tatters once Leinster and Glasgow Warriors are done with each other at Hughenden tomorrow.

It’s a sobering thought for two sides that share other similarities whether it be chronic injury lists, a penchant for spreading ball through the hands or even an apparent inability to win matches when it counts.

Leinster’s failure to land a killer punch on Bath at the RDS last weekend is something Hugh Campbell’s side will be familiar with. Four of their five Celtic League defeats this season have been by less than a converted try.