The value of Victory

Success tomorrow at Murrayfield will open up new revenue streams for Leinster – and close the gap on their ‘beloved’ southern neighbours. BRENDAN O’BRIEN crunches the numbers

MY, haven’t times changed. When Malcolm O’Kelly trots out onto the Murrayfield turf in front of 67,000 people tomorrow evening he might take a second to remember his first encounter with the Leicester Tigers.

Thirteen years ago the professional game in Ireland was still stumbling around in the dark and almost two-thirds of the team that coach Ciarán Callan sent out for the Pool Two game that night (a Wednesday, strangely) were part-timers.