McBRYDE IS LOOKING FOR A RESPONSE

THERE is very little hard evidence as to why Leinster, the URC champions, played so poorly in losing 35-0 against Stormers last Friday.

- BY DEREK FOLEY

That it went astray in the first half is accepted but had the game gone to script the Blues, six points adrift at the break, would have righted themselves given a chance to regroup.

Primary evidence suggested a front-row struggling at the scrum, a second-row flailing at the lineout, a back five in the pack short on power, a halfback pairing unused to playing behind a beaten pack and, consequently, an unsure centre pairing.