It is a great time to be a fan of Leinster Rugby.  Not only the win over arch-rivals La Rochelle and Ronan O’Gara at the Aviva on Sunday but now with news that Jordi Barrett will be playing the second half of next season in the familiar blue shirt.

That, along with the signing of RG Snyman is the kind of signing to generate real excitement, even if it does make for a touch of nervousness among the home-based player, and possibly the IRFU.

Dan Sheehan has also signed a new two-year contract so there is a counterbalance to the argument of Galacticos being gathered for short rather than long-term development.

There was more good news with the fact that European Professional Club Rugby have reduced each of the ticket prices for the Investec Champions Cup semi-final against Northampton at Croke Park in three weeks.

These will now range from €18 to €98 being set by the organisers rather than Leinster and the tickets will go on sale from this Friday.

Saturday’s sell-out of the Aviva Stadium was the first in a while for Leinster and the ceiling for the big games looked as though it was settling in the mid-40,000s for the province.

The atmosphere and performance will fire up hopes though that the 82,000 capacity at Croke Park could be within reach, just as it was back in 2009, the last time Leinster played there against Munster in the same competition at the same stage.

The 17-30 start time will encourage travel and families to make it an event, and look to capture something of the magic from last weekend.

That itself was done by the in-house videography team at Leinster with this…

 

 

 

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