Pain of Perpignan keeps Cullen sharp

Remember Perpignan!

That may sound like a battle cry from the Napoleonic Wars but is, in fact, Leo Cullen’s warning ahead of Leinster’s Heineken Cup semi-final against the Cardiff Blues today — a game which is in danger of being viewed as a procession rather than a contest.

On the one hand we have the reigning European champions who are playing at home in front of 50,000 supporters in a stadium where they remain unbeaten in five outings and, Eoin O’Malley aside, a full deck from which to choose.