My god they were excrement tonight, made very hrd work of four try victory.

O'Connor has to go at the end of the season. Has been a dramatic drop off in the quality of the performances since he took over from Schmidt in 2013.

Very lucky to have made the knockout of the European Cup. Wasps and Quinns should really have picked up wins when they played last against Leinster.

I agree Leinster were blessed with Cheika & Schmidt and that O'Connor had the unenviable task of following Schmidt, but the performances this season have been very worrying.

I agree Sexton will be a big upgrade on Gopperth next season and will make the side much better all around. Having O'Brien and Healy back for the Quarter finals of the ECC will be big also. But the way I see it, they will scrape by Bath and then get physically and tactically beaten by Toulon, losing by 10-15 points in the end.

Next game against the Ospreys is very important. Win that and they should have top 4 nailed on. Lose and it's going to be tough sledging for the remaining games (with most of them being away).

Since we are talking rugby, Ireland vs England coming up this weekend in the Aviva in a probable grand slam/tripel crown/ championship decider.

I'm nervous enough about this one. England have looked excellent so far and this with so many players out through injury (Mike Brown will be a big blow if he is out Sunday). Physically England look strong and will have too much for Ireland in the scrum. The lineout should be even enough.

Ireland will have to create more scoring chances than they did against France.

Christy wrote: Looks like Brown is out but we lose Heaslip. That will be a big blow to the back row who need a big performance against England. A shaky scrum always makes me worried and it has been a while since we won this one. Still there are some positives in that their midfield defense looks very shaky meaning Sexton/Henshaw/Payne will have a bit more room to take advantage of. Our defense is very solid meaning that they should be wary of kicking to us but we can keep our own kicking game going. The other bright side is that Barnes won't be allowed ref this one.

Yeah, Barnes was shocking the last day (for both sides). Hopefully Joubert will referee the breakdown better.

Brown's a big loss for England. I think they will miss him more than Ireland will miss Heaslip, as Jordi Murphy is a very good replacement to have to come in.