Leo Cullen desperately hoping a huge home crowd will be drawn to Croke Park in three weeks’ time
‘We didn’t hit our stride’: Ronan O’Gara disappointed by La Rochelle performance“We were quite happy going in just 10 points down at half-time considering the way the game unfolded. But to give them a soft score, obviously they executed well, but it was quite soft for them to go out to 17 again. It killed our momentum and we were chasing the game from that.
“I have been lucky enough to be here as a victorious coach, so when it doesn’t work for you, you can’t blame the ref, you can’t blame your own players, sometimes you just have to go ‘Well done to Leinster, they had a good plan, they executed it well and they kept us at arm’s length quite comfortably throughout the 80 minutes.’”
“There are probably a number of reasons for that but 40-13 sounds like a hammering, and it is a hammering, but at the same time, it’s only three tries against a Leinster team where you look how many opportunities we butchered as consolation scores, not as real scores, towards the end. Leinster head coach Leo Cullen during the Investec Champions Cup quarter-final match at the Aviva. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
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