In the 78th minute of last weekend’s game between Leinster and Toulon, Melvyn Jaminet stepped past Garry Ringrose and found Gaël Drean on his outside, with Joe McCarthy to beat. Setariki Tuicuvu was on his inside shoulder, screaming, with 25 metres of grass between him and the corner flag. The pass that would have written one of the great Champions Cup semi-final comebacks hung in the air. It hit Tuicuvu’s hands. It bounced forward. The Aviva exhaled. The Leinster coaching box exhaled. Anyone who has watched this team in knockout rugby exhaled. Knock-on, scrum to Leinster, and they closed out…

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