Very enjoyable viewing. A great victory, with a bit of style about it too. A wonderful way for Mul to sign off.

Gas how much the commentary I've seen has changed since a few weeks ago. People were listing two Leinster sides and saying the seconds would get into the knockout stages of the champions cup. Now suddenly the game didn't matter, they were all minding themselves for Bilbao, they didn't care, it was exactly what they expected.

Yeah lads, I'm sure the second heaviest defeat in professional history is exactly what everyone in Leinster camp saw coming and didn't care about.

Something else, what a way to end a season. If we can pull performances out of the bag like that with any degree of consistency next season we'll be grand. Leinster didn't show up with a reduced selection, but don't think that a full strength leinster could've done much else but be swept away.

Some of those tries were filthy. Jacks little chip up to Tiernan was pure class.

Tall Paul wrote: What a performance from the lads. Well done to all. Leinster fans were giving out that they did not show up.

They things that I took for this game was the amount of young leaders that stood up to be counted.
Shane, Gavin and Tom F were outstanding.
Followed by the old reliables like Toh, bucks, Mul etc

Eoin McKeon was carrying a knee injury from around the 15 min mark and was so impressive.
I cannot wait to see him and Copeland in the back row.

Shane Delahunt was terrific in open play.
(Few lines out did not go his way. The were on the far side of the pitch it could have been timing I could not see properly)
He was very intelligent the way he slowed down his pace and ran into space so his support could get there. And if he went into a challenge or contact. He went into it on his terms staying on his feet while making yardage buying more time ( Tom F is great at this too) I would love to see more players do this.
Especially Cannon he goes to ground far too early when he covers into contact.

The other thing I saw was handling errors were very low.
How many games could we have won this year if we could keep the ball in hand?

The defence was brilliant.
I was giving out about our back 3 missed tackles last year.
This year they have all stepped up to the plate.

Let's hope that this team performance is a template we can build on for next year. And why not?

The only thing stopping us playing consistently is changing 7 to 8 players every game.

Max is 4 to 5 a game IMO

Well done again boys
See you next year

Agree with all
Especially with Farrell/Delahunt aware of gaining extra time for support, this is massively important IMO

Shane moved from "not sure to be re-signed" to going to Japan for a poster it's being a bit carried away, but this game is clearly good sign for next season, and as 24, he has 2 RWC to come if he keeps going that way

Great day and was impressed by the vast majority of Leinster supporters staying on for the Muldoon presentation.
Was a classy touch by them and shows how highly John Muldoon is regarded by the Irish rugby fans.

What a performance from the lads. Well done to all. Leinster fans were giving out that they did not show up.

They things that I took for this game was the amount of young leaders that stood up to be counted.
Shane, Gavin and Tom F were outstanding.
Followed by the old reliables like Toh, bucks, Mul etc

Eoin McKeon was carrying a knee injury from around the 15 min mark and was so impressive.
I cannot wait to see him and Copeland in the back row.

Shane Delahunt was terrific in open play.
(Few lines out did not go his way. The were on the far side of the pitch it could have been timing I could not see properly)
He was very intelligent the way he slowed down his pace and ran into space so his support could get there. And if he went into a challenge or contact. He went into it on his terms staying on his feet while making yardage buying more time ( Tom F is great at this too) I would love to see more players do this.
Especially Cannon he goes to ground far too early when he covers into contact.

The other thing I saw was handling errors were very low.
How many games could we have won this year if we could keep the ball in hand?

The defence was brilliant.
I was giving out about our back 3 missed tackles last year.
This year they have all stepped up to the plate.

Let's hope that this team performance is a template we can build on for next year. And why not?

The only thing stopping us playing consistently is changing 7 to 8 players every game.
Max is 4 to 5 a game IMO

Well done again boys
See you next year

Couldn't have wished for a better send-off. Everybody died in their boots today.

Here's hoping a few good signings in addition to what we have and a small bit more luck might put us in a much better place next year.

Shane Delahunt could really be a bolter for Japan too if he sticks with us and keeps injury free.

A very positive ending to a terrible season.

Thank you Connacht for days like today. Simply...Thank you!!!

Ok they were less motivated but totally outsped. Last season in April the same kind of Leinster A team beat Connacht beyond LBP. Now it's probably a record margin in Connacht favour.

Thornbury, Delahunt even TOH who didn't show on this season have proven to be very promising for next season.
Farrell's a gem in any game. Bundee is on RWC trajectory IMO. Carty's a very decent 10 1 game out of 2.
Bench, espacially McCabe/Dillane, looks ok
we don't have a great team but a very cohesive one on good days. It turned the best in 2016, why not in 2019

The irony of Muldoon not tapping the ball before he kicked it out at full time, unreal.

Holy God.

Accidentally Onside wrote: Now that's a bit more like it

Thornburry and Delahunt having great games.

Agreed. Loving the aggression.

Now that's a bit more like it

Thornburry and Delahunt having great games.

Bloody hell as I'm sure you've all seen the Mul tribute was posted today, and it left me wondering who was cutting onions. If the team doesn't raise the performance tomorrow then something is seriously wrong within the camp, our truest hero will don the green of Connacht for the last time; He'll lead out his band of oft forgotten warriors from the west and represent the Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Galway for the final time. If from 1-23 they aren't pumped then we need to starting looking under stones for more men like John, coz he's gonna be one hell of a tough nut to replace. I'm starting to get optimistic which will make all the harder if I have to be disappointed at 5 tomorrow.

You couldn’t really be confident in a Connacht win (or at least I can’t be). Lowe is big worry .....

That said. There must be a big game in them yet. Here’s hoping for the best.

The bench is in no way 50/50 - they have 7 internationals, 5 of whom are grand slam winners, on it. But I'd agree with you that our starting team is better & Leinster don't need anything from this game (they'd have to lose to us and Scarlets would have to beat Dragons by a combined margin of 127 points to lose their home semi), so hopefully they'll enter the fray too late for it to matter.