Schmidt gives Madigan green light to carry on

Leinster 22 Glasgow 17

The 23-year old had, after all, elicited countless oohs and aahs with a number of trademark line breaks and performed a delicious dummy to engineer the space from which he went over for the late, match-winning try.

Those who claim to know Madigan will say that he lacks for little in the way of confidence, which may explain why his coach decided to focus on an aspect of his game which had been deemed suspect for so long.