Stars align for Leinster’s fairytale finale

IT WAS James Lowe who voiced what everyone at Leinster must have been thinking last weekend when, with Munster beaten, he suggested that the stars might be aligning for a fairytale ending with today’s Guinness PRO14 final.

The Kiwi was referring specifically to his compatriot Isa Nacewa. The Leinster club captain, legend, cultural totem and a supreme master of all trades across two spells with the club, rides off into retirement whatever happens this evening.

But that is just one string to what could be a very tidy bow.