Leinster's ability to cherry-pick two of the 2023 World Cup final’s biggest stars, signing All Black centre Jordie Barrett to augment the arrival of Springbok skyscraper lock RG Snyman, has left Premiership clubs and URC rivals green with envy.
However, Leinster’s financial clout to field an all-international line-up – with the majority Irish, and the priceless marquee element of Barrett and Snyman putting the icing on the cake – is increasingly under the spotlight.
They are able to do it thanks to arrangements with the IRFU that put them in the advantageous position of having 10 of their Ir...