Cullen keeps focus on Sale amid Snyman rumours

EYE ON THE GAME:Leinster’s meeting with Sale Sharks today bears all the hallmarks of another Anglo disaster in Dublin. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Forget the surprisingly robust efforts of the eight English sides in the Champions Cup opening weekend. Leinster’s meeting with Sale Sharks today bears all the hallmarks of another Anglo disaster in Dublin.

It’s six years this month since the province was last put to the pin of its collar by Premiership opposition in the competition’s initial stages in the city. That was the day they turned around an early 14-point deficit to beat Exeter Chiefs by five but without a try bonus.