New blood gives Leinster shot in the arm

If a week is a long time in politics, then image what a year in professional sport must feel like.

Take Leinster, for example, next week they’ll head into Round 5 of the Champions Cup looking to book their spot in the knockout stages of the European competition with one game to spare.

Twelve months ago they weren’t so much looking forward to the same fixture as peering at it through their fingers.