Leinster overcome the elements to thrash hapless Connacht

As the rain and the wind whipped in off the Atlantic and the foreboding Clare Mountains, the thought occurred that historically Leinster used to suffer on capricious nights like this in the wild, wild west. But those nights definitely belong to history now.

Players and coaches have come and gone, but as was the case last January, a rebuilt and expectant Dexcom was packed to the rafters with another, Leinster rode out the home storm.