Toulon tie the opportunity for Leinster to scratch their Northampton itch

It's 12 months since Leinster's surprise Champions Cup semi-final defeat to Northampton. Against Toulon on Saturday, they aim to right some wrongs

Garry Ringrose: "We were in this position a year ago and after the result of that game would have bitten your arm off to, maybe not fast forward the clock, but just to be in a position now again." Pic:  Tyler Miller/Sportsfile

So much has gone right for Leinster’s finest in the 12 months since they got caught napping by Northampton Saints in an extraordinary epic of a Champions Cup semi-final in Dublin.

Fourteen of them went on a successful tour to Australia with the British and Irish Lions. Tommy O’Brien got a Test debut in Georgia. And a whole clutch of them were drivers in an Ireland side that rediscovered some of its mojo in the Six Nations.