Leinster focus switches as Toulon looming

Dragons 25 Leinster 22: Leinster’s reign as Guinness Pro12 champions appears all but over after Matt O’Connor’s side surrendered a 22-8 lead at Rodney Parade.

Defeat leaves them locked in fifth place and eight points adrift of reaching the play-offs with just three games remaining. And with Toulon in Marseille looming large on the horizon, Leinster face a potential doomsday scenario: season over by mid-April.

Head coach O’Connor said: “Qualifying for the play-offs is now almost definitely out of our hands. We’ve got three games remaining and will try to get as many points as we can out of them but now we have to hope other teams do us a favour.