Some country for old men at Leinster

They may constitute Leinster’s old brigade but Johnny Sexton and Cian Healy are not finished yet, at least not if you listen to their ambitions for greater success.

Along with captain Isa Nacewa and Devin Toner, Sexton and Healy made Champions Cup history in Bilbao on Saturday when they joined French legends Cedric Heymans and Freddie Michalak as the only four-time European title winners in the history of the competition.

Nacewa will retire at the end of this season having nervelessly kicked Leinster’s two late penalties, the first of which brought his side level at 12-12, and then put them in front for the first time with 90 seconds to go and deliver victory to join the triumphs of 2009, 2011 and 2012.