On the back of yet another Champions Cup final defeat this afternoon, Leinster will soon begin their assessment of what went wrong against Toulouse.
The Irish side were the more dominant force in attack for the majority of the game, repeatedly getting into dangerous positions inside the opposition 22-metre line. Despite this, they often ended up empty handed from those trips into the red zone.
Leinster certainly seemed to lack a bit of bite in attack.
Not only was their handling lacking at times, but they did not look all that dangerous on the occasions they opted to play through the hands of their backs. Their passing was far from crisp and they often found themselves being forced backwards by Toulouse.
In the end, they did not do enough to overcome the French side.
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Stephen Jones feels Leinster star held team back during Toulouse loss
Leinster will take some hard lessons from this game, with some now asking questions about some key personnel in their squad.
Ross Byrne was asked to shoulder plenty of extra responsibility in the team this season on the back of Johnny Sexton's retirement, with this being game an opportunity to show how much he has grown in recent months. However, it is fair to say that he did not produce his best performance today.
Writing in The Times, Stephen Jones said that while Leinster actually played incredibly well in this game, they were limited somewhat in their attack due to Byrne's presence in the side.
Leinster at least tried to use their attacking machine but the truth is that with the rather pedestrian Ross Byrne at fly half they simply do not have the midfield energy and inspiration.
They ran and rucked like crazy, but the edge of inspiration that they needed to pull clear was never present and in fact they were fortunate to be given the equalising penalty at the very end of normal time, which was put over by Ciaran Frawley...
Even though Leinster have an unfortunate record in finals, they deserved to be as great themselves.
Even without their normal inspiration and attacking edge, they were almost ferocious and always frantic in trying to ease out the victory that was lurking somewhere out there.
Jones is never one to miss an opportunity to take a shot at Irish rugby or some of its players, even if he was largely complimentary of Leinster's performance in this game.
The province will need to quickly regroup, with some big URC fixtures on the horizon over the coming weeks.
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