Leinster star Horgan ‘excited’ by knockout system

PREVIEW: Leinster v Edinburgh, tomorrow 6.15pm (RDS)

The competition has operated as a straight first-past-the-post entity for the last six years and, were that still the case, the Irish province would be perfectly positioned to wrap matters up at the RDS tomorrow night.

Instead, Michael Cheika’s side will have to negotiate a semi-final and final if they are to claim their third league title but, if anything, the new knockout system has been met with a resounding thumbs-up in the capital.