Rúaidhrí O’Connor: Final failure exposes Leinster’s mental flaws
La Rochelle expose cracks in province’s mindset amidst historic collapse in front of Dublin crowd

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen will need to make changes to avoid history repeating itself — © SPORTSFILE
Rúaidhrí O'Connor
Ronan O’Gara said a so many things in his post-match exchanges across a variety of platforms that you could fill a coaching manual on Saturday alone, but for Leinster there is one thing that rang true from their nemesis’ lips more than anything.
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