The first three letters of the winning team’s name were never in doubt and, from an early stage, neither were the other five. Leicester are supposed to be the toughest beasts the English Premiership has to offer but here they were made to look relatively toothless, a distant second in most areas to opponents who appear short odds to conquer Europe for a fifth time later this month.
On this evidence it is going to take something extra special to deny the Irish province, particularly with their semi-final against Toulouse to be staged at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Wherever they play, though, they currently seem to have all the necessary answers, particularly against English opposition. Leinster have now won their last eight away games in England in this competition and appear to be still improving.
