Leinster’s early gut Cheik

THEY come to Dublin tonight with a reputation as the game’s Great Entertainers but Michael Cheika has warned that London Irish are as likely to bludgeon a side to death up front as they are cut them apart out wide.

Toby Booth’s Exiles have been amassing plaudits for their heads-up brand of running rugby for some time now and have already scored 15 tries in this year’s Guinness Premiership.

The nearest to them are Wasps with ten.