John O’Sullivan runs the rule over Ireland’s performance in the first Test defeat at Eden Park
Jack Conan
If Leinster maintain their quick ruck speed they will get the tries they need to win
Senior team are beneficiaries of good work which goes on at club and schools level
All in all it wasn’t a great weekend for the men in the middle in European semi-finals
Aside from turnover try and another off a catch-and-drive, Toulouse hardly threatened
Likely quarter-final date with Leicester booked in the diary after Aviva hammering
Andrew Porter and Rónan Kelleher back in frontrow for Aviva Stadium second leg
Battle of the two young blindsides will be fascinating in the second leg
Jamison Gibson-Park, Andrew Porter and Rónan Kelleher make starting XV
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