Schmidt lays it on the line

JOE SCHMIDT believes his Leinster side were outfought by a hungrier Glasgow outfit in his first competitive game.

Schmidt lays it on the line

On the day that the new coach got a taste of what the eastern seaboard has to offer as the heavens opened on Leinster’s training session in UCD, the New Zealander took pity on the huddled, soaked media present and offered himself up for a brief, unscheduled interview.

Leinster may have only been beaten by three points in Glasgow after an Isa Nacewa drop-goal drifted wide, but after throwing away a healthy first-half lead, Schmidt was disappointed by their levels of commitment and attention to detail. “We have to be a lot more accurate,” he said.

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