Tyler Bleyendaal mindful of maintaining Leinster's DNA in rugby's new order

Bleyendaal played down Leinster's “isolated" errors in a shaky start against Leicester in the Champions Cup

Leinster’s first-half against Leicester on Friday was a case of anything that could go wrong did go wrong. Pic: ©INPHO/James Crombie

Three days after Leo Cullen’s tetchy exchange with an English journalist at Welford Road and, while Tyler Bleyendaal was in a less animated mood, he was still offering a similar defence of Leinster’s current health.

The province has stuttered through the opening months of the season as they welcome back, lose and welcome back again their batch of Ireland internationals and British and Irish Lions. The URC table tells us as much.