Sexton: Your decisions are as good as they are in hindsight

The received wisdom for Leinster’s loss was poles apart in the moments after Saturday’s final whistle and in the hours that followed when thousands of post-mortems had been undertaken in the pubs and eateries around Newcastle.

The immediate emotion was that this team, normally so ruthless, had let the game slip from their grasp in the eight minutes before and then after half-time when Saracens restored parity from ten points down and the reigning champions failed to push on again afterward.