Blues overcome lack of panache

Leinster 16 Connacht 13

Only two sides have scored more tries than them in this season’s RaboDirect Pro12, but their last three games — the Heineken Cup dates with Ospreys and Castres and Saturday’s derby with Connacht — have delivered just one per game.

As Connacht coach Pat Lam noted afterwards, only one side actually claimed a five-pointer through what in football would be deemed ‘open play’ and that wasn’t the hosts, who needed a late penalty try to snatch victory.