The opening weekend of the URC season has been and gone with three out of the four Irish provinces recording victories.
Stuart Lancaster and Clayton McMillan opened their accounts with victories for Connacht and Munster respectively, while Ulster saw off the Dragons with their attack impressing under the influence of Richie Murphy’s assistant Mark Sexton.
Leinster, though, turned in a horror display down in South Africa.
Could they be staring into a 10-point deficit to their rivals just two weeks into the season?
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