Glasgow head coach Franco Smith hailed Leinster as the best membership crew he has ever seen after watching the Irish aspect finish Warriors’ Champions Cup hopes in devastating trend.
The URC champions have been fully outgunned as Leinster ran in eight tries in a 52-0 quarter-final victory in Dublin.
It adopted an identical 62-0 destruction of Harlequins within the earlier spherical and Smith says Leinster are merely working on a distinct stage from all their rivals.
And when requested if this Leinster aspect is healthier than something he has witnessed within the membership sport, Smith informed BBC Scotland: “Positively, palms down.
“I have been teaching since 2007 within the Heineken Cup and palms down, it is by a protracted shot.
“Not simply the actual fact they’ve the perfect gamers. Most of them have been within the primary seeded crew for a protracted interval. They’ve performed multiple World Cup.
“They arrive again and so they play collectively on the membership. You may see that. They have been stored collectively for a very long time.
“Some huge cash has been spent. Do they play higher than Eire? Sure, I believe so.
“When you substitute Bundee Aki with Jordie Barrett and you’ve got the likes of RG Snyman in there and Rabah Slimani, there’s some good foreigners that is added worth when they’re nonetheless growing younger Irish gamers.
“I believe in case you take a look at Bordeaux and Toulouse, they’re additionally groups which have some massive hitters. From a monetary perspective, it’s robust to compete with that funds.”
