Van der Flier: Loss to Munster hasn't dragged Leinster energy down

Josh van der Flier says Leinster quickly turned the page to the trophy on offer

NO HANGOVER: Josh van der Flier at Leinster Rugby Squad Training. Pic: ©INPHO/Evan Treacy

Josh van der Flier may not have seen Jack Crowley seal his side’s URC fate last Saturday but the Leinster star immediately recognised the potential that game-winning drop goal might have had on this Saturday’s Heineken Champions Cup final bid.

The World Rugby player of the year was in his own words, “stuck at the bottom of a ruck” when the 23-year-old playmaker launched the 78th-minute kick that may have lifted a monkey off Munster backs but inflicted a second successive home URC semi-final defeat on Leinster.