'Darks arts' class not necessary, says Leinster coach Tania Rosser

Leinster don't need any lessons in the 'darks arts', according to Tania Rosser, but their discipline must improve if they are to beat Munster in the final of the Vodafone Women’s Interprovincial Championship on Saturday.

Having qualified thanks to a 26-19 victory over the defending champions on Saturday in Donnybrook, Leinster will make the return trip to Musgrave Park next weekend.

After losing to Connacht, when they had Aoife Wafer sin-binned, on the opening day of the competition, Rosser’s side had three players – Aoife Dalton, Ruth Campbell and Christy Haney – yellow-carded in their big win over Ulster.

And their third-round victory over Munster came despite two more periods with only 14 players on the pitch; Campbell again and Molly Boyne this time around.

The concessions have been made up of no-arm tackles, a late tackle, not retreating and slowing down the ball – a right smorgasbord of needless errors.

"We’re quite lucky, we’ve had Sean O'Brien [Leinster men’s coach] in throughout our whole campaign helping us out with coaching, we’ve got academy manager Simon Broughton," said Rosser in reply to a query about better discipline.

"We’ve got some experienced players in there as well.

"I don’t think we need the 'darks arts’ as such. We need to toughen up and be physical and stick to the laws.

"The laws are the laws and we need to stick to them, it’s as easy as that. They can’t go off that.

"We’re gonna need to have a big review tonight."

While Campbell (above) has taken two yellows for the team, Rosser backed the 19-year-old lock as one of the most exciting young players at the province.

"There’ll be a few hard words but you know one of them is a really young player," added the New Zealander, who won 58 Ireland caps.

"It’s her