Rúaidhrí O’Connor: Leinster add to their trauma as Toulouse step up when the game was there to be won

Leo Cullen and Jacques Nienaber face questions over mentality

Joe McCarthy of Leinster in action against Jack Willis of Toulouse during the Champions Cup final at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Photo: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Rúaidhrí O’Connor

At the end, Leo Cullen and Jacques Nienaber stood side by side at the edge of Ange Postecoglou’s technical area watching their side playing for a title they could no longer win as the clock ticked into the 101st minute.

For the Leinster head coach, this was a familiar feeling and for the South African something entirely new and unpleasant.