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.

Mon, 09 Jan, 2012 - 00:00
Leinster 23 Cardiff Blues 19 John Harrington

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.

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