D’Arcy: time has come for hungry Lions to deliver

GORDON D’ARCY has admitted that it is time for Leinster’s superstars to start landing trophies and Munster are the team they intend using as their template.

Since winning the inaugural Celtic League back in the 2001/02 season, Leinster have twice reached the semi-finals of the Heineken Cup and finished runners-up to Ulster in last year’s Celtic League competition.

However, with most of their lauded backline beginning to peak, Felipe Contepomi back from injury and the pack beginning to gel, the 26-year old accepts that near misses are no longer an option.