Following a 34-23 victory for Leinster over Connacht in their United Rugby Championship fixture, here are our five takeaways from Dexcom Stadium.
The top line
This was another edgy night where Leinster eventually managed to find a winning way despite not delivering a polished performance.
Just as they had been doing all winter, they did enough to survive another sticky situation to secure a 10th victory in a row – this one enough to move them into fourth position on the league table after last weekend’s comeback success in France nailed down a home match in the Investec Champions Cup Round of 16. Nice.
What wasn’t so palatable was the loss of prop Jack Boyle to injury, compounding the crisis that Ireland have in the…