Stuart Lancaster: Winning streak will mean nothing if Munster beat us

Tue, 01 Sep, 2020 - 06:00

Simon Lewis

Leinster’s season-long winning streak will count for nothing if Munster bring it to an end on Friday night, Stuart Lancaster has warned his boys in blue.

The old rivals meet for the second time in three weeks at Aviva Stadium as the Guinness PRO14 season moves into knockout mode with the first of the weekend’s semi-finals. Leinster’s interprovincial victories over Munster and Ulster since Irish rugby’s restart a fortnight ago have extended their 2019-20 unbeaten run to 21 matches in all competitions and they have now won 23 games in a row since last season’s Heineken Champions Cup final loss to Saracens in Newcastle in May 2019, when they finished off that season with a second consecutive PRO14 title.