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.

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.