We’ve won nothing yet, warns Cheika

LEINSTER coach Michael Cheika is a straight-talking Aussie who would evidently lose it if he suspected even a scintilla of complacency in the camp ahead of Saturday’s final of the Heineken Cup at Murrayfield.

Such a notion may sound absurd given that the opposition is coming from tournament specialists Leicester Tigers but it is equally true that the semi-final clash with Munster was regarded as by the far biggest game the province had ever played, and they duly romped home by 25-6.

How do you cap that? Could it have been their final? “We have done nothing in this competition yet,” Cheika emphasised yesterday. “Until you win it, you have done nothing. Bottom line, simple as that.”