Contepomi hails Leinster team-mates

Leinster match-winner Felipe Contepomi was quick to praise his team-mates after the Irish province opened their Heineken Cup campaign with a morale-boosting 22-9 victory over Leicester Tigers.

Leinster match-winner Felipe Contepomi was quick to praise his team-mates after the Irish province opened their Heineken Cup campaign with a morale-boosting 22-9 victory over Leicester Tigers.

Contepomi may have done the damage on the RDS scoreboard as he accumulated 17 points, thanks to five penalty goals and a conversion of Shane Horgan’s 53rd-minute try, but the Argentinian World Cup hero pointed out that it was far from a one-man effort.

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