Leinster look well equipped to deliver ‘statement’ result against  Exeter Chiefs

All games carry a narrative, but the storyline tends to be written in a particularly prominent bold type in the run up to Christmas when the Champions Cup delivers its glut of back-to-back fixtures.

With Leinster this last week the script has stressed the need to ‘make a statement’ against England’s reigning champions and current front-runners even if none of it has been emanating from the province’s camp.

Isa Nacewa typified that yesterday when asked what message a second win over the Exeter Chiefs in six days would send out to the rest of the runners and riders.