'If you are off the pace, you will be punished'

Fridays used to be different for Barry Daly. It used to be about looking forward to the few days off at the end of the week. Catching up with his mates and the chat would flow freely around the usual work issues. However, as Daly looks back on a first season in Leinster blue, he smiles at how the commonality of those conversations has now been lost.