Leo Cullen: The reluctant coach

Leo Cullen wandered back towards the familial bosom of the Leinster dressing room glad to be able to finally stop thinking about rugby, for a couple of weeks at least.

The season had just come to a hugely successful conclusion with a second trophy in three weeks and Leinster’s triple Heineken Cup-winning captain had become the first head coach to steer a team to a European cup and Celtic league double.

Yet Cullen, in his finest hour as the leader of the province’s think tank rather than the engine room, had still spoken of his doubts about whether this coaching lark was all it is cracked up to be.