Graham Rowntree: 'If you're not going to get yourself up for this at Croke Park, when are you?

"I can see Tyler, his imprint, on some of their phase attack, some of their plays. They're very good off launch."

LEINSTER ATTACK:  Munster Head Coach Graham Rowntree can see Tyler Bleyendaal's fingerprints on the Leinter attack. Picture: ©INPHO/Ben Brady

Graham Rowntree and Tyler Bleyendaal were like ships passing in the night during their overlap at Munster in 2019-20. Yet though their working relationship was brief, the experienced coach learned enough about the then-fly-half to see his fingerprints on Leinster’s current gameplan.

The pair will be in opposing coaches’ boxes at Croke Park when Leinster host Munster at home of the GAA for the first time since 2009 in regular season URC fixture that will set a new attendance for the league with more than 75,000 tickets already sold.