Josh van der Flier: Leinster must work on 'smarter' game to avoid repeat of Saracens showing

Man of the match in the PRO14 final win over Ulster, he found himself looking on from the bench for the biggest game of Leinster’s season a week later

Josh van der Flier on the defeat to Saracens: 'Our discipline wasn’t quite there and there were a number of technical things we can touch up'

It’s not even two weeks since Leinster were kicked, shoved and dumped out of the Heineken Champions Cup, but already Leo Cullen’s squad find themselves trying to tune their focus to the new Guinness PRO14 season.

With such a short turnaround they can be forgiven for having one eye on the recent past. The manner of their Champions Cup quarter-final defeat to Saracens left a sour taste which will linger for some time.