IAN McGEECHAN and Shaun Edwards watched silently as the media arranged a phalanx of tape recorders and microphones on the dais, the expressions on the faces of the Wasps management team an amalgam of anger and disappointment.

The London club has never been shredded quite so dramatically under their watch but on Saturday night that's what Leinster managed. There's always a fine line between introspection and an acknowledgement of the opposition's quality. McGeechan was first to walk the tightrope when asked for an overview.

"If you give five tries away from turnovers, you are not going to win any game," he said, before adding, "Leinster finished well. Giving tries away when you have the ball, that's disappointing. At 15-11, we had everything to play for but we started the second half with a couple of errors. Charge-downs, dropped balls, you are not going anywhere."

Edwards doesn't sugar the pill, and when asked for his thoughts he ventured: "We continually lost the battle in the air; not to be able to catch a ball cost us dearly. In the kicking department, Leinster were far superior. They were by far the more dominant side, especially in the last half hour."

Both lamented kicking away possession when it should have been retained and the basic errors that denied Wasps an opportunity to establish the continuity that might have led to scoring opportunities. Edwards confessed the mistakes repeated at the RDS haven't been successfully addressed all season, a frustration that led him to remark: "It won't be a pleasant next few days for me." Or for the players, one suspects, when they resume team training tomorrow.

Leinster coach Michael Cheika sat quietly in another part of the room for the final couple of minutes of the Wasps press conference before taking centre stage. "We knew we would have to stand up for ourselves from the minute we kicked off. I'm very happy with the way we went, especially for some of the young fellas like (Devin) Toner and (Jonno) Sexton. They stepped up, as did some of the other guys who came on, and that is what you want in a squad."

Cheika spoke about the character of his team, particularly at the start of the second half, and the fact they kept pushing for more points. "Even when we let a couple of opportunities go, (I was happy) because we were creating opportunities. We had to make sure we were on the front foot to make breaks and with that bit of go-forward we were able to not let their rush defence come into it. We wouldn't be the greatest blitz defence but we put high balls in the right places and chased well."

Perfectly placed after two bonus-point victories in as many matches, Cheika refused to get carried away. "Realistically, we have to concentrate on the next game. I know it is a cliché but if you start doing the maths, you're in trouble."

Leinster wing Rob Kearney, one of the standout players, said: "Two wins with two bonus points is as good as we can get. Every one of the players fronted up and won their individual battles. We had leaders across the park."

Of more immediate import will be several injury concerns. Leo Cullen was taken to hospital, where an X-ray confirmed he had fractured a collarbone and will be out for six to eight weeks. A prognosis on the knee injury that forced Brian O'Driscoll to limp off at half-time will be known today, while Malcolm O'Kelly, CJ van der Linde and Stan Wright also limped from the pitch.

Gordon D'Arcy's injury nightmare continues with confirmation the centre had a third operation last week and faces another three months on the sideline. He broke the arm last March playing against Italy.