Blueblood Cullen’s eye of the Tiger

FATE, eh? Leo Cullen signed for Leicester Tigers four years ago hoping to further his career, and now his old muckers are all that stand between him and the European club game’s highest honour.

Probably not how he would have scripted it, but Cullen knows precisely just what awaits Leinster at Murrayfield today, even if his last game for Leicester was 24 months ago.

Two years and three days, to be exact. He replaced Ben Kay 54 minutes into the 2007 Heineken final at Twickenham on an afternoon when Wasps ended their hopes of a treble after victories in the Premiership and EDF Cup.