Leinster know that problem solving in the heat of battle needs to improve to get over the line
Leinster’s cautionary tale was written in the numbers last season after narrowly losing to La Rochelle in the final, the second time the Dublin side have lost in a European final in four seasons. Leinster have not won the trophy since beating Racing 15-12 in 2018.
The only one of the 11 sections that winners La Rochelle topped was penalties conceded. In other words, the team that gave away the most penalties, 96, in the competition won it and the team that came tops in just about everything else were runner-up. With a 364-point total, Leinster scored over 100 points more than their nearest rival Racing 92, who finished on 235 points and in clean breaks Leinster reached 73 with no other team getting to 40.
That could be one of the themes for the year. In last year’s final, Leinster led the match for all but 12 minutes and despite their 47 tries over the course of the competition didn’t score one try, all three coming from La Rochelle.
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