Nacewa weaves his magic

IT used to be all too easy to chide Leinster for their dependence on the south Dublin hinterland — on and off the pitch — but Saturday’s win wasn’t just forged on the fields of Blackrock or Clongowes.

It was fashioned in outposts like Auckland and Pretoria. Tullow too.

Carlow’s Sean O’Brien made the game-changing tackle on Alesana Tuilagi after the interval, Blomfontein’s Grey College graduate Richardt Strauss was named man of the match and former Hurricane Isa Nacewa scored the decisive try.