It’s all about winning, says Matt O’Connor

It’s just a month since Matt O’Connor turned the tables at a Leinster press-conference by redirecting questions about his team’s form at the media.

“What is form?” he asked. Was it performances or results? All such talk is academic now. Leinster face Wasps at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena at lunchtime tomorrow and scorelines, pretty passing patterns, momentum and individual displays all fade into irrelevance beside the overarching need to claim a win.

Do that and the province tops Pool 2 and probably bags a home quarter-final. The punishment for losing is less clear than the rewards for victory, but claim a losing bonus point and they should still make the last eight of the Rugby Champions Cup. Lose by more and, well, it doesn’t bear thinking about.