Gerry Thornley

And it was Jaminet who sliced us through as...

Ioanni bites in and he goes past Gary Ringrose.

And I honestly thought for the entire build-up to this game and for the first 77 minutes, there was no way in earth's length they were going to lose this match.

Then I see Gael Drain get the ball from Matt.

I'm like, oh, holy S. This is actually going to lose it from here.

And to Joe McCarthy's eternal credit, he finds the energy in the 77th minute of an 80-minute shift to cover the touchline and force Drain in

And fair play to Rico Ioane.

Having missed, blitz jammed in at the beginning, he recovers his ground and makes the tackle.

It forces a slightly forward pass inside to Kuvu, who knocks it on anyway.

And they sleep.

And then we can all breathe a sigh of relief.

But it's so Leinster.

It's so this defence.

It's...

I mean, surely when you've got the opposition four points down in their own 22 with three minutes to go, you don't gamble like that, no?

I mean, it's like a gambler paying with house money and decides to throw in his entire wallet anyway.

it's uncanny the comparisons between the two they're both still in two competitions they could both have a sensational double and be declared one of their greatest ever seasons or they could just win one of the two which would be a very good season or of course they could win none and then it's an absolute lamentable failure

And there was more comparisons.

Arsenal, four near misses.

Leinster, I don't know, six, seven near misses since they last won it.