Rest is best as Leinster bid to keep cutting edge

LEINSTER hope to have learned a lesson about flogging a dead horse as they prepare for the opening Heineken Cup game of the season against Racing Metro at the RDS today (1.30pm).

For the second successive season, Leinster are blessed with a home match first up but they’re very conscious of having to allow for a necessary recovery, following the last build-up fixture against arch Irish rivals Munster.

Forwards coach Jono Gibbes and winger Luke Fitzgerald agreed it would take one huge performance to see them safely through against the French Top 14 leaders.