How Leo Cullen keeps his side motivated.
Leinster cruised to victory tonight. Image: Evan Treacy/INPHO Leinster cruised to victory tonight. Image: Evan Treacy/INPHO A FEW YEARS ago, at the launch of the 2018/19 Champions Cup campaign, Leo Cullen remarked that success can make you weak.
You look at where they are now, chasing a record fifth URC title, top of the table, and you look at what they faced tonight, a team desperate for a win to maintain their bid to get a home quarter-final in this year’s URC, a team packed with individuals who had points to prove: Murray, O’Mahony, DeAllende, Farrell.
Afterwards Cullen said: “The players maybe look back on days when we have come unstuck – La Rochelle last season as an example – and use these nights as opportunities to get ourselves ready for when we get into that type of scenario again.“I’m sure if they had their time back, and they had to replay the La Rochelle match, there are things they would do slightly differently in that game. Everyone wants to be involved in the biggest days particularly now when you see the crowds come back.
“So, in many ways, you have some older guys who want success because when you get to the tail end of your career, you want to have as much success as you possibly can, then you have the younger guys who want their first medal.We saw that tonight. Four tries to one is quite a statement in Thomond Park, Cullen pointing to Leinster’s third quarter charge as the decisive period in the game.
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