Will bad Saturday lead to good Friday for Leinster?

MICHAEL CHEIKA hailed match-winner Jonathan Sexton but damned Leinster’s attitude as his side sneaked to a fortuitous Magners League win over Connacht at the RDS on Saturday.

Consequently, when the squad gathers today to start preparations for the Good Friday clash with arch-rivals Munster, there may be an added bark to the instructions and bite to the exchanges with Thomond Park in mind.

“It was a poor performance; players know, they know that we need to improve so, so much. We can either use it as a wake-up call or we can wallow in it. We’ll see how we are on Monday. We weren’t physical enough; they dominated the contact area and particularly (dominated) in defence.”