Cian Healy, Peter O’Mahony and Conor Murray will have to settle for two Grand Slams apiece instead of three and five Six Nations titles instead of six, a collection as colossal as the trio themselves. 

The Ireland and Leinster man would have almost certainly earned a dismissal on Saturday had World Rugby left well alone instead of diluting the real red with a soft 20-minute version. 

Never in the professional era has a Lions year coincided with the country which had supplied more Test players than the other three in such a sorry state.

In 57 matches over seven years, only three teams have beaten Leinster: La Rochelle (two finals, one semi-final), Toulouse (one final, one pool match), Saracens (one final, one quarter-final).

The Stormers and The Sharks limped home from London yesterday on a weekend when the credibility of the Champions Cup took a fearful bashing.

Brennan brothers complete winning family double and Ulster almost bring Champions’ Cup into disrepute.

The share of market income going to top fifth of households in Ireland, is almost 13 times that of the bottom.

The Frenchman is the best around and he proved it again against Leinster on Saturday.

Should Leinster find a cure to their chronic habit of losing finals, Healy will be out on his own as the first to win five European Cups, one more than a trio of retired team-mates (Isa Nacewa, Johnny Sexton, Devin Toner) and a pair of French wizards (Cedric Heymans, Frederic Michalak).

On the Richter Scale of champions chinned in the defence of their title, Leinster’s rocking of La Rochelle surpasses every knock-out in the ring of European rugby.