Leinster have enough quality to see off Saints, reckons Warrior Warwick

Former Munster favourite Paul Warwick tasted defeat to Northampton Saints on Saturday but the Australian reckons Leinster have the quality to overcome the English title chasers when they meet at Franklin’s Gardens this weekend.

Leinster visit Northampton on Saturday in a keenly anticipated re-run of the 2011 Heineken Cup final, with Saints on a mission to avenge the mother of all comebacks as a Johnny Sexton-inspired rally from 22-6 down at half-time saw the Irishmen retain the European crown with a 33-22 win at the Millennium Stadium.

Warwick faced the current Saints side on Saturday as a second-half sub when his Worcester Warriors slumped to a 33-10 Premiership home defeat that was the visitors’ seventh successive win in all competitions. Yet the former Munster and Stade Francais out-half believes Leinster will edge a tightly-contested tussle.