Brendan O'Brien

Leinster face the Lions in the URC quarter-finals on Saturday but there is an acceptance the province can't brush over last weekend's loss against Bordeaux

It will be fascinating to see who Leinster play at out-half in Saturday's URC quarter-final against the Lions

Does it need saying again that this was Leinster's fifth Champions Cup final defeat in just eight years? Porter has played in the last four, and in last season's semi-final loss to Northampton Saints.

Leo Cullen: 'Even though he's 23 years of age, he has multiple Irish caps under his belt already... we all want to see him progress'

Cruel doesn't cover it, but if Moylan's night was ruined needlessly, then he had done more than enough to suggest we'll be seeing him again.

Cullen has been at the helm since 2015 and needed a URC title last June to bring four years of drought to an end.

Currently playing on a contract due to expire this summer, negotiations on a new deal have not found a middle ground. It could be that Lowe moves on after nine years.

Ioane waxes lyrical about the overall experience in Ireland. Awesome, he says. Refreshing.

Leinster will face the Stormers next Saturday at the Aviva Stadium in the URC semi-finals

Lowe's current contract is due to expire and it is believed that he has not been able to agree a new deal with the province