Sheehan ready to ‘rip’ into Champions Cup bid after Boks disappointment

Meetings with Harlequins (this Saturday), Leicester Tigers, La Rochelle and Bayonne await them in Pool 3 this month and next but the only arbiter of Leinster’s success or otherwise every season is whether or not they have won another Champions Cup title.

Dan Sheehan practises his kicking during a Leinster squad training session at UCD. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

It’s closing in on six months now since Dan Sheehan last started a game for Leinster. His one appearance in that time was a run off the bench in the Croke Park defeat to Munster back in October, so the chance to wear blue again is equally overdue and welcome.

Truth be told, the change is probably as good as the week-long rest he was afforded after the closure of the November Test window, and in the wake of Ireland’s comprehensive, odd and possibly epochal loss to the Springboks in the Aviva Stadium.