Focused Cullen wary of Wasps backlash

LEO CULLEN may or may not have heard of George Santayana, but the Leinster captain would agree with the Spanish-American poet’s famous assertion about those unable to remember the past being condemned to repeat it.

Today’s meeting of Wasps and Leinster in Twickenham will certainly stir memories of the pair’s last meeting back in October, when the Irish province breached the 40-point barrier in a red letter day at the RDS.

Cullen’s thoughts have drifted further back into the mists of time, to 2007 in fact when his Leicester Tigers mauled Wasps in a Premiership league match before succumbing to a painful sting of the tail three weeks later in the Heineken Cup final.