Leinster head coach Leo Cullen irritated when asked about array of formidable replacements introduced in Bristol
Leinster’s RG Snyman celebrates with fellow replacements Gus McCarthy, left, and Caelan Doris, right, at Ashton Gate last weekend. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
And that would have been that but for a follow-up question asking if he felt privileged to introduce such replacements. Cullen was clearly irked, not for the first time, by the perception in the UK that Leinster can essentially purchase and play whomever they want.No game illustrated the widening gulf between Europe’s elite and the rest than Toulouse’s mauling of Ulster“The majority of the guys are home-grown, they come through the academy system.
“To go back to your question about the bench, there’s a mix,” Cullen added. “You’ve academy players, young players coming through and accumulating experience all the time. That’s what we want. We want Leinster people playing for Leinster because that’s important. That’s the fabric of the club, the identity of the club which is home-grown talent and lots of work going into developing those players so they can go on to be Irish internationals and beyond.
Leinster do also have the significant advantage of being a capital city club, but with this season’s shift to the Aviva in mind, Snyman and Barrett were also shrewd additions. Watching Barrett score his first try in blue or Snyman make that huge gallop upfield in creating Prendergast’s second try, one can only imagine how many tickets that sold for next Saturday’s game against Clermont .
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