Meat of Leinster's season starts with visit of Tigers to Dublin

Leinster have consistently excelled through the bones of a season and then too often fallen short come the meat of it. It’s a failing that has haunted them more and more in recent times. A habit that has hardened.

FAMILY AFFAIR: Harry Byrne and Ross Byrne during a Leinster rugby captain's run at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Pic: Harry Murphy, Sportsfile

Leinster have played 17 times going back to their unsuccessful visit to Scotstoun in late October. 

They’re already 23 weeks deep into the 2023/24 campaign and yet no-one could seriously argue with the fact that the province’s season starts for real at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday night.