Devin takes Darcy’s record

DEVIN Toner said it was particularly special to become Leinster’s most capped player in a game where they captured their fourth PRO14 title in a row.

The 34-year old played 80 minutes for the second week in a row as he surpassed Gordon D’Arcy’s record with his 262th appearance for Leinster.

“It’s brilliant – to get the record in such an important game is pretty special,” he said. “I have had a phenomenal amount of goodwill, texts and tweets. It has been overwhelming to be honest.

“To be able to front up as we did especially in the RDS was brilliant. I wasn’t expecting to play 80 minutes there but you just have to dig deep.

“We had lads like Jack Conan, Rhys Ruddock and Robbie Henshaw getting us over the gainline, making the hard yards. Once we get in the opposition half we pride ourselves on keeping the ball, which we had to do.”

Munster captain Peter O’Mahony said that they now have to quickly turn around to face Toulouse next week in the Champions Cup.

“We struggled to get possession of the ball,” O’Mahoney said. “We just didn’t get a chance to impose ourselves on them for any real long periods. So, I don’t know if we have any complaints.”

He said he thought they did well to turn around at 6-6 at the break, but didn’t get going after that.

“We thought we had weathered the storm a little bit. At six-all at half-time, I thought it was a good way to get into the dressing rooms. We came out and we just struggled. We kind of went backwards for a couple of phases.

“It’s going to be a tough one to take, the next 48 hours. We have a big week ahead, we have got to keep the head up and battle on,” O’Mahony added.