There might be a temptation to give them the title now. Certainly, the impression, which has long settled in, that the Champions Cup these days is basically a competition between Leinster and a handful of French teams was not alleviated in the wet west country, where Gloucester copped another fearful hiding from what is more or less the Ireland team.
Leinster were not even at full strength. Never mind. If 21-year-old Jamie Osborne, a whirlwind force at inside-centre, is not a full international, he will be soon. The Dublin production line continues. Indeed, there are four more Osborne brothers, one of whom is a few places back on that conveyor belt.
