Leinster on the back foot already after abject Champions Cup defeat to Wasps

Leinster 6 Wasps 33: Pretty awful, said Leo Cullen. He wasn’t exaggerating.

This always looked like being a tricky assignment for a Leinster side that had only recently reintegrated their sizeable World Cup contingent, especially given Wasps had been busy in the transfer market last summer and brought momentum and belief with them to Dublin.

12 months after they led by 12 points but lost by five, Wasps made no mistake with the sort of result that made a mockery of their status as pool outsiders. The size of the defeat will sting Leinster, but not nearly as much as the manner of it.