Hugo Keenan not biting on Lions talk as eventful season winds down

Hugo Keenan during Leinster Rugby training at UCD. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

For Leinster the season is all but over. Players and coaches have talked the talk this week but they need something of a miracle and a mathematical anomaly to make the final of the Rainbow Cup now, with two games to play, so motivation will be mined elsewhere.

The weather has helped. Training is 20-plus degrees is rare enough to be embraced rather than cursed and for many there is the hope of worming their way into an Ireland squad for the summer tests, especially with some big names making for South Africa.