Pride for Cullen in seeing Leinster products plying trade elsewhere

There were eight players playing for Connacht, Munster, and Ulster over the weekend just gone who, between them, had over 230 Leinster caps prior to upping sticks and trying their luck elsewhere

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen has defended his patch stoutly at times. Pic: Niall Carson/PA Wire.

It’s rare that Leo Cullen gives an interview where he doesn’t laugh. There is no uniformity to them. He can chuckle when annoyed, or when the adrenaline is pumping out of him, or when talking about the battalion of Leinster products playing for the other provinces.

He was in mighty form late on Saturday night when joining the Premier Sports crew for a post-match debrief in Thomond Park and, at one point, made the light-hearted but pointed observation that all four provincial captains over the weekend hailed from Leinster.