Leinster get out of jail against La Rochelle while Munster fall in Toulon in the Champions Cup.
Meanwhile Ulster are snowed off while Connacht let a late lead slip against Montpellier in the Challenge Cup.
A weekend of entertaining rugby, but what did we learn, if anything, about Irish rugby’s trophy prospects this year?
Gordon D’Arcy and John O’Sullivan join Nathan Johns to review the weekend’s action.
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