JAMIE HEASLIP IS not one for New Year’s resolutions.
He’s more a improve-every-day sort of man. He’s also a look-forward-never-back kind of man, a hyper-active and endlessly-positive-no-matter-what kind of man.
So while Matt O’Connor had to pick through the rubble of the inter-pro defeat to Munster again, the Leinster captain is refusing to look anywhere but straight ahead at the next challenge.
“I’m always the optimist, you know,” smiles the number eight.
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“It’s probably too much coffee in the mornings. And I bring that in to the lads as well and sprinkle it around. The group is in good shape, a lot of confidence. Through injuries a lot of guys have got experience as well and that’s building up the strength in the squad.”
Along with their league position (now sixth thanks to Connacht’s win, but just three points off Ulster in the playoff race) and their three wins from from four in Europe, that fortification of the depth chart is a source of positivity that Leinster continue to go back to sip from.
On the field, there has rarely been such a plentiful supply. So despite Heaslip declaring his sunny disposition, the back row seemed slightly tetchy when asked about the need for the ‘attitude adjustment’ coming after the defeat in Thomond Park.
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“Well I wasn’t there,” says the captain, “but the boys talked about it. My head is all about this week.”
Asked how easy it is to adjust intensity from one week to the next, he repeated for emphasis: ”My mindset and thought on it is that I’m training for this week.
