Fardy joins greats of the foreign legion

Of the four provinces, Leinster should be the one least in need of imported talent.

With the biggest population and a schools system that spits out raw talent by the bundle, the professional arm of the game in the east of the country is efficiently served with the sort of ingredients others can only admire wistfully from afar.

And yet Leinster have always leaned heavily on their global network.