Leinster were lucky, admits Schmidt

A BROKEN nose to hooker Richardt Strauss is the only injury in the Leinster camp from last night’s joust with Connacht at the Sportsground, but coach Joe Schmidt is expected to make a host of changes ahead of next week’s visit to Cardiff.

“Lucky” to come out of the Sportsground with a two-point win, Schmidt says his squad will have to “roll up its sleeves” this week to maintain their momentum at the top of the table, now six points ahead of the Ospreys who were 17 — 12 winners over Cardiff.

“It is a six-day turnaround. We do have a lot of guys at national camp and not available, so there will be a lot of changes next week obviously.”