Intensity the key as Leinster notch 10th league win in-a-row

LEINSTER added more substance to the sporting truism that the very best teams can play well within themselves and find a way to chisel out a victory against durable opponents, like they did on Saturday night.

They could have lost this RaboDirect Pro 12 match, but you somehow always knew they wouldn’t.

Had Cardiff’s Leigh Halfpenny kicked a late second-half penalty to put his team ahead, then maybe the result might have been different, but the probability is Leinster still would have found a way to claim their tenth successive league win.