Cheika angry after second-half collapse

Leinster 13 Edinburgh 27

The autumn internationals had burgled both these sides of a host of top names for yesterday’s Celtic League clash but it was Leinster who seemed to miss absent friends far more.

With their next game, a Heineken Cup tie against Bourgoin, three weeks away, coach and players will have ample opportunity to take a long hard look at themselves. After this, they will need it.