BRENDAN GALLAGHER

Every journo is surely allowed one “told you so” moment in their career and mine arrived last night when Leinster, off the scale brilliant for the first 12 minutes and indeed for long periods of the first half, blew a 17 point lead and their chance to win that much sought after fifth Champions Cup final.
La Rochelle’s resilience, ticker and sheer bloody excellence was obviously at the heart of a thrilling comeback but so was referee Jaco Peyper’s belated, but welcome, decision to suddenly start pinging Leinster in the second half for their numerous illegalities at the bre...