Profile of Leinster Rugby: Tangled up in blue
It is Leinster's success, and the political weight that comes with it, that has put them in an increasingly visible conflict with their paymasters in the IRFU
Factfile
Name: Leinster Rugby
Age: either 139 or 17, depending on your outlook
Appearance: wealthy, muscular, blue-clad
Newsworthiness: the IRFU wants Leinster to offload some of their players to the other provinces. Leinster aren’t so keen
It is often said of sport that the most interesting things happen off the field. For Irish rugby, that’s been particularly true in 2018. There have been plenty of headlines related to games, of course, not least ...
