Leinster target Bourgoin double

LEINSTER coach Michael Cheika has targeted two wins from their back-to-back Heineken Cup duels with Bourgoin.

The opening day defeat by Bath at the RDS has left Leinster on the back foot in Pool 5. Home defeats can prove fatal in Europe but, by the calculations of prop Emmet Byrne, the province’s resident statistician, four wins from six should see Leinster squeeze through.

For that to happen, Cheika’s side will need to pilfer a win in either Bourgoin’s Pierre Stade Rajon in nine days time or in Bath’s Recreation Ground after Christmas.