Five key questions: How to rate Munster's long-awaited victory over weakened Leinster?

Five questions from Munster's Rainbow Cup win over old enemy 
Five key questions: How to rate Munster's long-awaited victory over weakened Leinster?

A general view of the scoreboard, displaying the final score, in the closing stages of the Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup match between Leinster and Munster. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

So Munster finally got the better of Leinster after six successive defeats but didn’t Leinster field a weakened side?

If you’re Munster, who cares. This interprovincial rivalry had become depressingly one-sided for the Red Army of supporters, with three successive Guinness PRO14 semi-final defeats followed by an even more miserable no-show, performance-wise in last month’s 2021 final.

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