Dundon banking on Blues to hit back

Gluttony may be all the rage at this time of year but Leinster continue to get by on survival rations when it comes to the hooking department as they prepare for the visit of Ulster to the RDS for tomorrow’s RaboDirect PRO12 encounter.

It has been thus since it was confirmed at the start of October that heart surgery was required which would not threaten Ireland international Richardt Strauss’ career but would sideline him for the rest of the season.

The slack has since been taken up for the most part by his fellow Test colleague Sean Cronin and New Zealand journeyman Aaron Dundon and with a couple of inexperienced academy kids acting as the only cover beyond that.