Contepomi: Balance must be right before Leinster can let it flow

Felipe Contepomi has stressed the need for Leinster to strike the perfect balance between free-flowing and high-pressure rugby as they attempt to negotiate Glasgow Warriors’ self-styled defensive “brutality” in Saturday’s Guinness PRO14 final.

Leinster will travel to Celtic Park to face a side in its home city that has taken its physical intensity up a notch under the stewardship of Kiwi head coach Dave Rennie. That will not be strange to the defending champions who have faced two huge physical battles in as many weeks having lost the Heineken Champions Cup final to the powerhouse ball-carriers of Saracens a fortnight ago and followed that up with a bruising PRO14 semi-final win over Munster seven days later.