Mostly agree with this. The result was of no real consequence for Leinster. A home semi final was all but secured before the game anyway. Key players had to be rested here because there's, hopefully, a 3 week stretch of back to back games coming up.
What disappointed me was that some players could have put their hands up for selection into next season. Did any of Tom Daly, Noel Reid, Nick McCarthy, Ross Molony, Mick Kearney or Max Deegan do so? In Deegan's case it was a bad game after a generally good season. Did Jack McGrath or James Tracy give the coaches food for thought ahead of naming the team for the Champion's Cup final?
Looking for positives from the Leinster performance, Jack Conan played well. Caelan Doris made a good impact when he came on. Ross Byrne is rounding out his game and looking to attack the line himself more often. Both wingers attacked well, the intercept try apart.
It's unfair to spend three paragraphs talking about Leinster when in truth, Connacht were fantastic. Why couldn't they do this every week? Shane Delahunt put in a brilliant shift and I suspect he'll come onto Leinster's radar before too long. The best starting loosehead on the field wasn't the Lions test player in blue, it was Denis Buckley. Similarly Finlay Bealham was far better than Andrew Porter. Tiernan O'Halloran is a lot of fun to watch.
