So close, but no cigar (or win!)

A few days after a France match that threaten to be embarrassing but ended up frustrating because we came so close to winning it. For no other reason then it was a match we won, here is a shot from the RDS Arena a few days earlier.

Sat in the North stand on a very cold Dublin Thursday evening, we saw Leinster beat Aironi 21-16. Not exactly the easy victory we might have expected over a team sat very firmly at the bottom of the table, but as we're in six nations season Leinster fielded a team that was practically third string.

Small consolation for losing to the French, but with a top four finish in the league looking good and a Heineken Cup quarter final in early April, it's not all bad for rugby in Dublin.