Leinster still waiting for Rieko Ioane to replicate the Jordie Barrett effect

Ioane is listed among the replacements for Leinster’s closing Champions Cup pool game away to Bayonne

Rieko Ioane hasn't made the same impact Jordie Barrett did early in his Leinster career. Pic:  ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

The All Blacks are in turmoil, Leinster are in Champions Cup action in France, and Jordie Barrett is utterly removed from both worlds this weekend as he chases wickets and sixes at the Hot Springs Spas T20 Black Clash spectacle in Tauranga’s Oval Bay.

This annual meeting of Team Rugby and Team Cricket has been happening since 2019 and Barrett has pedigree. There are clips online of him busting bails, smacking shots to the boundary and taking a catch deep in the field.