For most of the Leinster players the venue for the Champions Cup semi-final with Northampton Saints will be something new
Jamison Gibson-Park gave an all-action performance in Leinster's Champions Cup quarter-final win over La Rochelle at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire, Croke Park and the visit of Northampton has been one of the big talking points of the upcoming Champions Cup semi-final.
But for Gibson-Park, his lived experience of the ground is through the prism of the Dubs. While there are a couple of United Rugby Championship games for Leinster between then and now in South Africa, the Ireland scrumhalf, despite having played in many of the big rugby grounds in the world, welcomes the exposure to something new.Players see it as a hex on all their houses to talk about cup games three weeks out with league matches still to play.
“Sold out game in the matter of a week is pretty impressive, so I know it’s a bit bigger again but hopefully we will get that same following. It’s a pretty incredible place when it gets rocking, so hopefully we can bring a bit of that.”
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