Poor Italians do Madigan’s hopes of making step up no favours

Leinster 40 Treviso 5

Leinster coach Joe Schmidt thought his out-half put his hand up but sounded a note of caution that doing it against Treviso was an entirely different proposition to performing on the international stage.

“I thought he kicked pretty well again and he ran the game really well. I thought he pierced the line on attack which we know is one of his strengths but I thought his passing game was really assured as well,” he said.