‘Angry’ Leinster on a mission

LEINSTER will channel their Heineken Cup anger towards beating the Ospreys and cementing their spot at the summit of the Celtic League at Lansdowne Road tonight (7.30).

Michael Cheika gave his players last Monday and Tuesday off following the Munster defeat and Wednesday was spent largely in a collective navel-gazing session.

But Cheika insisted yesterday that the ‘mourning period’ is over. “For us, the word disappointment has now changed to angry,” said the coach. “We missed an opportunity we probably didn’t realise was there because we didn’t maybe expect to go there. Sometimes you need to scar, you’ve gotta get knocked down to get back up to be better and jump higher.”