AFTER five years together, this isn’t how Leinster and Michael Cheika wanted their last European road trip to end but, as Brian O’Driscoll explained on Saturday night, it has been one hell of a journey.

DIFFERENT year, same old story. This time 12 months ago, Leinster spent the week prior to their historic Heineken Cup semi-final against Munster at Croke Park hands pressed tightly to their ears against the choruses of doom and gloom.

MUNSTER playmaker Ronan O’Gara is set to miss today’s sell-out Heineken Cup quarter-final at Lansdowne Road.

Coach Michael Cheika pulled no surprises in his selection of the Leinster team to play Toulouse in the Heineken Cup quarter-final at Le Stadium Municipal tomorrow.

There are no surprises in Michael Cheika's 26-man Leinster squad to travel to Toulouse for the Heineken Cup quarter-final in Le Stadium Municipal on Saturday (KO: 3pm Irish, 4pm local).