Stuart Lancaster's quick start in Connacht no surprise to Leinster's Jimmy O'Brien

A bonus-point eleven-point win over a Benetton team boasting a significant slice of the Italian national roster made for an impressive first offering from Lancaster and O’Brien wasn’t surprised to see it.

Jimmy O'Brien during a Leinster rugby squad training session at Pretoria, South Africa. Pic: Frans Lombard/Sportsfile

Leinster were still licking their wounds from a 35-0 trouncing in Cape Town the evening before when their old senior coach Stuart Lancaster got his Connacht tenure off to a flying start at the Dexcom Stadium last Saturday afternoon.

A bonus-point eleven-point win over a Benetton team boasting a significant slice of the Italian national roster made for an impressive first offering from the Englishman and Leinster’s Jimmy O’Brien wasn’t surprised to see it.