Leo Cullen: 'Players are free to decide where they play'

“We would have the same squad numbers as the other provinces, that’s the thing that people tend to not realise."

FREE TO DECIDE: Leinster head coach Leo Cullen has stressed that players are free to decide where they want to play their rugby. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Leo Cullen has stressed that players are free to decide where they want to play their rugby as the debate about a perceived backlog of talent in the Leinster ranks bubbles to the surface again.

Gus McCarthy’s superb debut against Fiji has had a lot to do with this.