Jordie Barrett fitting in just fine at star-studded Leinster

Barrett brings a talent and intelligence that, it will be hoped, can add the extra 1% that has separated Leinster from silverware this last three seasons

FIRST CAP: Leinster new boy Jordie Barrett shares a laugh in the Ashton Gate dressing room after making his maiden appearance in the blue of Leinster against the Bristol Bears in the Champions Cup. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

The obvious conclusion when Hugo Keenan, James Lowe and Jamie Osborne were ruled out of Leinster’s Champions Cup opener away to Bristol Bears last Sunday was that it did at least make things easier for Leo Cullen when finding a home for Jordie Barrett.

Where to accommodate the All Black in a side and a squad already replete with Irish Test talent had been the question on everybody’s lips ever since news of his decision to join Leinster on a short-term contract was first aired earlier this year.