There’s a recipe for winning when not playing well. It’s a tricky one, and head chef Leo Cullen will know that the ingredients will not come together every time.
Firstly, a large dollop of discipline was called for – Leinster troubled referee Pierre Brousset with just nine penalty offences, and avoided a card of any colour. Then, they kept their opponents scoreless for the entire second half. Finally, they maximised whatever rub of the green came along.
That rub appeared to happen when Leicester’s scrumhalf Tom Whitley chucked the ball towards the backrow of his scrum. Whitley then went to the back of the scrum to collect it, but the ball never arrived. Pinball-style it rebounded and came out the tunnel; when that happens it has to be thrown in again.
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