Mark McCall accepts Leinster the better side

Mark McCall looked back with pride on Saracens’ two-year reign as European titleholders but admitted his side’s grip on the Champions Cup was dislodged by a better Leinster team.

Leinster had this quarter-final wrapped up with half an hour to play, ending a two-season unbeaten run in the competition.

McCall’s team looked a pale imitation of those all-conquering players who routed Munster here a year ago, as Leinster turned the screw in attack and held out against virtually everything the Londoners threw at them.