‘It hasn’t been a straight road’ – Gritty Leinster singing from same hymn sheet as they embrace battle on two fronts

A year to the day since Leinster’s HQ building emitted a sigh of exasperation as it admitted the first of multiple inquests into their European exit, the place appears bathed in placid contentment now. If history is scripted by the victors, defeats are often relayed by different authors.