Lesson learnt, Leinster are ready for the ultimate test

Donal Lenihan talks us through the tactics

Sat, 30 Apr, 2011 - 01:00

Front five platforms

WITH Leinster’s semi-final defeat in Toulouse last season came the stark realisation that the loss owed more to the sheer power and technical ability of the French front five than the presence of so many stellar names in the back line.

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