Healy banking on fans to neutralise enemy territory

Brendan O'Brien It’s eight years since Leinster faced an ‘away’ league final.

It’s eight years since Leinster faced an ‘away’ league final. Thomond Park in 2011 made for a hostile environment as Joe Schmidt’s side went about backing up the Heineken Cup won by dint of an extraordinary comeback against Northampton Saints the week before.

And it didn’t end well. Ahead with 14 minutes still to play, they fell away in the closing stretches to finish out on the wrong end of a 19-9 scoreline against Munster in front of a near-capacity crowd in Limerick.