Leinster 76 Zebre 5
Jordie Barrett of Leinster is tackled by Scott Gregory of Zebre Parma in the lead up to his side’s seventh try during the United Rugby Championship match at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
When Jordie Barrett was announced as man of the match with a couple of minutes to go of as one sided a professional rugby match as your ever likely to witness, it just about put a tin hat on the sense of this all being after the Lord Mayor’s show.
This may have been a record URC winning margin for the province that secures them top spot and home advantage through the play-offs, but the nightmare against Northampton loomed large as 14,681 – the lowest crowd for a home game this season – returned to the scene of the crime after a week of bitter recrimination.