Leo looks to drain resurgent Bath

LIKE most professionals, Leo Cullen is prepared to make all sorts of sacrifices to play the game he loves but he draws the line at pasta for breakfast.

Leinster have long grown accustomed to playing after the sun goes down but tomorrow’s 12.45pm kick-off at Bath’s Recreation Ground demands a very different schedule of players for whom routine can be everything.

Bath is a cultured and lively university town but the pre-lunchtime Heineken Cup start against the English Premiership side will be countered by a rewinding of the body clock back a number of hours so lights out for Cullen tonight may be as early as ten o’clock.