Northampton can only imagine what would have happened if Leinster talisman Brian O’Driscoll had been at his “finest”, according to the Daily Express' Steve Bale.
"Northampton saw less than the best of Brian O’Driscoll in the Heineken Cup final but this peerless player - through force of personality as much as his boundless prowess - is good enough even on one leg.
"Ireland fly-half Jonathan Sexton was the obvious Leinster match-winner and, with his two tries and 28 points – and rousing half-time revivalism – a meritorious man of the match.
"But would it have happened, would Northampton have disintegrated from their 22-6 interval lead to this defeat, without O’Driscoll metaphorically taking hold of the game and reshaping it in his own image, as is his wont? No way."
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