Leinster answer another question

Leinster 22 Exeter Chiefs 17: There are any number of arbitrary ways to measure a team’s progress, but it seemed the obvious thing to think back to Leinster’s semi-final loss to Clermont Auvergne last April as they snatched victory from the jaws of defeat on Saturday evening.

This was the province’s biggest European tie since that loss in France, when they trailed 15-0 early on and ultimately came up five points short. The deficit faced here after the first half-hour was 14, but this time they came through with five points to spare.

Time and again we have heard Leinster players recall that loss at Stade de Gerland and rue the mistakes made, so this felt like a pretty important box to be ticked for a side that is now four wins from four in Pool 3.