Blues more like old selves

Leinster 45 Newport G’went Dragons

Strangely subdued when losing heavily to Scarlets, Leinster provided some flashes of genuine class at a sun-kissed RDS on Saturday evening. There were a couple of missed tackles which led to preventable Dragons tries just to keep the locals grounded, but Leinster did most of the damage either side of half time.

Ultimately it was another pleasant couple of hours in Dublin 4 for a typically enthusiastic and healthy 15,724 home crowd and Joe Schmidt gave a fair post-match assessment.