Leinster bringing full might to URC run-in

“You can train as much as you want but the time on the field will be a huge help and I think we saw that in that [Ospreys] game,” said attack coach Andrew Goodman.

INTERESTED SPECTATOR: Ireland forwards coach Paul O'Connell and Leinster head coach Leo Cullen during a Leinster Rugby squad training at UCD in Dublin. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Leo Cullen wasn’t messing when he declared an intention to field strong sides for the back end of the URC regular season.

The Leinster head coach gave notice of this in the hours after the defeat of Northampton Saints in the Champions Cup semi-final at Croke Park. He followed it up by using 18 of those same 23 players against the Ospreys at the RDS on Saturday.