Leinster, Toulouse and Northampton all have the opportunity to claim a glorious European and domestic double
Fraser Dingwall: 'We’ve got to go out with the mentality we’re going to win this game. Get after it and wrestle for the victory rather than hoping they are going to roll over for us.' Photograph: Paul Harding/Getty Images
Leinster managed to do it in 2018, when they followed up their European success against Racing ‘92 by pummeling Scarlets a few weeks later. In so doing, they also became the first side to complete a European-Pro14 double. Doubles are one of those things that players and coaches shy away from discussing. Grandiose talk of what’s coming down the tracks, rather than what is immediately in front of them, begets bad luck. It divides attention. It fouls up simple thinking and yet for clubs and coaches, ambition is ambition.
“It’s something that’s left to the management to balance the squad but all we can take from it is the confidence we’ve got in the depth within the squad and the trust with all the boys that come and give themselves a shot.” In leaving out their frontline players, Leinster were vulnerable and were caned twice, which cost them their place at the top of the URC table. Peaking on demand four or five times a season, switching in and out with international players, combined with the player welfare system Ireland operates, can be a head wrecker for week to week selection.
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