D’Arcy: Up to next generation to drive us on

Leinster will look to the latest crop of academy graduates and not the open market as the province looks to bounce back from their Heineken Cup quarter-final loss to Toulon.

The three-time champions were outmuscled and outplayed by the French side last Sunday but there will be no global search for superstars in the bid to recapture the ground lost since claiming their third title in three years in 2012.

Coach Matt O’Connor pointed out that IRFU rules and regulations on the number of foreign players in the three leading provinces ties their hands anyway and Gordon D’Arcy spoke about the need for the younger brigade to steer the ship.