Only one word for this: Epic

EPIC. Truly epic.

They’re already the proud owners of two Heineken Cup titles but Leinster’s defeat of Clermont Auvergne yesterday ranks comfortably alongside either one in the list of the province’s most noteworthy European achievements while setting them up for the greatest of them all.

Overcome Ulster in Twickenham next month, as they will be heavily favoured to do so, and the club will have claimed a third Heineken crown in four years. Even Toulouse, the long-acknowledged kings of European rugby, have never done that.