McGahan parks talk of O’Leary’s French leave

Much of the talk leading into this tie surrounded the immediate future of Tomás O’Leary, after French TV claimed the Ireland international had inked a deal with Perpignan.

It is understood that there is an offer on the table from the French Top 14 club, sitting alongside an alternative offer from Munster. But provincial bosses were remaining tightlipped on the matter preferring to concentrate on the positives of a bonus-point victory at the Stadio di Monigo.

Little wonder, then, that Tony McGahan had a spring in his step when it was all done.