A more experienced Glasgow put Leinster’s youngsters to the sword in Sunday’s URC clash.
LEINSTER’S SEASON GOT off to a disappointing start with a 43-25 defeat in Glasgow, but with a huge difference in the experience of the two squads, a positive Leo Cullen left feeling that the rewards could come later in the season.
“It’s a tough place to come, we’ve experienced that in the past,” Cullen said. “Still, I thought we had lots of opportunities in the game to do better than we did in terms of scoreboard pressure. We had plenty of entries into Glasgow 22 at different stages. Two of the most encouraging aspects of the game were the scramble defence and the lineout, both of which helped keep Leinster in the contention until the final minutes and they were unfortunate that after a lengthy TMO consultation, the officials decided centre Liam Turner had brushed the touchline on his way to scoring a try that could have made it a two-point game going into the final minutes.
Most of Leinster’s 17 Ireland internationals are getting a short break but they will feed back into the side over the next two or three weeks, depending on how much action they saw in France.
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