Let’s keep expectations in check, warns Stuart Lancaster

The past weekend was a golden one for the Irish provinces against their English counterparts, but Leinster senior coach Stuart Lancaster isn’t getting carried away with talk of a power shift in the Champions Cup.

Let’s keep expectations in check, warns Stuart Lancaster

In addition to Leinster’s impressive triumph at the expense of Exeter, Munster, and Connacht also recorded victories over Leicester and Harlequins respectively.

The ex-England head coach acknowledges that Leinster’s strength in depth has helped to make them a formidable outfit once again, but also remembers how differently the landscape was viewed as recently as 2015.

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