O’Brien aims to lighten load of senior boys

Leinster may have a smooth running conveyor belt of talent coming through but many of those plotting a course along it find that there are bumpy patches and detours along the way.

Jimmy O’Brien was a member of the Ireland U20 squad that stunned the Baby Blacks at the Junior World Cup three years ago and made it all the way to the final. The road from there to here hasn’t been completely straight or true.