Leinster boss rues lack of clinical edge

In a match where both sides were already out, pride was the only thing left to play for and it was the Tigers who were the proudest at the final whistle.

Cheika admitted his side were not up to the mark in this campaign, and the disappointment of failure to qualify for the latter stages of the Heineken Cup was etched on his face at the final whistle.

Leinster had their chances, notably at the end of the first half when the home side were reduced to 13 men, but were unable to take advantage.

That proved decisive. Cheika said: "We should have put at least one chance away when they were down to 13 men. We weren't clinical enough and that summed up our campaign.

"We haven't been able to pick up away wins and bonus points because we haven't been clinical enough.

"In the first half we sat back, they got opportunities and made more of them than we did."