Crunch time looms for Leinster in Champions Cup and URC

This week at Leinster, the talking heads of assistant coach Tyler Bleyendaal, hooker Dan Sheehan and Irish fullback Jamie Osborne could not have been more chilled after losing to Glasgow last weekend, and to Cardiff before that in the United Rugby Championship (URC). Sheehan and Osborne were not involved in either of the defeats; their recent memories perhaps still ringing with the thrill of a Triple Crown win. Their attitude was quietly but firmly defiant about Leinster’s prospects. Neither of the players had been back with the club since Andy Farrell brought them together for the pre-Six Nations Irish camp in January. Theirs was a uniquely Ireland squad positivity, with belief in their...