On film Branagh cast him as Bardolph in Henry V (1989), as Stephen Fry's father in the comedy Peter's Friends (1992), Don Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing (1993), the blind grandfather - playing opposite Robert De Niro's Creature - in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994).
Arlidge was offered the chance of another shot at goal, but as lax Leinster made their way under the posts the fly-half copied Stephen Jones' trick from last month's Wales v Argentina Test, choosing to run and having the pace to squeeze in at the corner.