Somehow the European vets get job done

By their very nature, European semi-finals should be difficult to reach, something Munster and Leinster would surely attest to after both were stretched to the absolute limit to secure a passage through to the last four once again.

It may have been by the skin of their teeth, in two captivating quarter-finals where Edinburgh and Ulster left nothing in the tank in their efforts to down their more fancied opponents.