Schmidt happy as Leinster get clean bill of health for Toulouse
Coming just seven days before the eagerly-awaited Heineken Cup semi-final with Toulouse, the province’s trip to Viadana was fraught with danger. There had been a worry that Leinster might take their eye off the ball and jeopardise their hopes of a home draw in the Magners League play-offs by slipping up against an Aironi side which is not as bad as their record of one win from 21 games suggests.
Of greater concern, though, was a serious injury to one of their star men. To the relief of Schmidt, though, he was able to report a clean bill of health after a win which had been achieved thanks to first-half tries from Sean O’Brien and Cian Healy and 10 points from the boot of Fergus McFadden.