Cullen plays it cool ahead of Exiles tie

LEINSTER captain Leo Cullen could hardly be blamed if he was still up in the clouds after his team’s Magners League demolition of Munster at the RDS on Saturday.

However, just like Northampton are fearing a backlash from Munster when the sides meet at Franklin’s Gardens on Saturday next, Leinster are doing their best to guard against any complacency as they prepare for Friday’s Heineken Cup visit of London Irish.

“There’s always that danger,” Cullen accepts. “We’ve just started thinking of London Irish as of this morning. You just have to examine some of their performances to get a realisation of what lies ahead on Friday. They have a lot of powerful runners and are a very strong team physically. They’re really well coached by Toby Booth. They’ve developed some of their own players through the academy and are going to be a right handful.”