I think leinster were 14 point favourites. Sarries have been stripped of many of their best players. They also lost Owen Farrell to suspension.
They havenāt been a good team this season. They were lucky to get out of their group. Basically jj hanrahan handed them a place.
It was a huge shock.
The players Saracens lost didnāt affect their ability to mince Leinster in the scrum, which was the winning of the game
A few Leinster fans in twitter are delighted theyāll be able to cheer for Itoje next summer for the lions.
Leoās the gaffer surely
Gofer.
Modern forwards are generally conditioned to play for 60 minutes and then their replacements come on. Yesterday after 67 minutes Leinster had made 7 changes and Saracens 1, despite Saracens making twice as many tackles. Mako Vunipola hadnāt played in 5 weeks due to injury but stayed on until 70 minutes. Brad Barritt was due to retire in May but kept himself right over lockdown to put in a performance like that yesterday. It was an incredible display of defiance from Saracens.
Are we ignoring his time in charge until Lancaster arrived?
Connaught sent them home with their tae in a mug shortly before Lancaster came to the rescue.
Heās a superb player. Utterly frustrating to play against and barely legal half the time, total shit-stirrer too but if heās on your team ā¦
Heās outstanding. Itās frightening the way the Boks destroyed that English pack.
I think Leo is in the mould of a Conor o shea type. More ceo than manger/coach.
Iāve been impressed with his team selection and thatās the most important aspect of management for me.
Itās easy in hindsight the chat about leinster having 2 or 3 options in every position caught them out. You really need to know your best 15 or 23. Leo didnāt seem to know that.
That Vincent o brien quote springs to mind if you think youāve got two derby horses in your yard you probably have none.
Stockdale far Toulouse here agin Chezzy Kolbe.
Absolutely, Mako had to be dragged off the pitch at the finish and Koch was still there in the 79th minute when his opponents had cried enough
Ulster were very poor there . Maul very static
Awful defence by Ulster
Murray is a gas cunt
Matt Williams having a moan about Saracens and that they should be sanctioned for their winning style of play 
I know thereās tension around UCD between Leo Cullen and Lancaster over this.
Cullen wants to mix it up every week and keep everyone happy while Lancaster wants to play the same team every week basically.
The notion Leinster have 3 hookers close to international standard or 9 back rows at international standard canāt be true when you think about it. You really need to know your best team and it looks like Cullen didnāt this season.
If they genuinely did have 9 backrows of international standard then 5 of them would be looking to move to England or France so they could prove themselves. The fact they would rather sit in the stands in Dublin on the big days tells you they donāt have the mentality needed. When players talk about what a big decision it is to move to Limerick or Belfast you see how soft they are.
Good reasons to stay in Dublin too though. James Ryan gets shown up everytime he comes up against Itoje, but within weeks itās forgotten about and he is described as world class again because he performed well against some Italian or other.