Leo Cullen rues Leinster's failure to make more of flying start

The visitors dominated the opening exchanges in La Rochelle but were eventually swamped by a stunningly effective home effort in today's Heineken Champions Cup semi-final

Luke McGrath of Leinster during the Heineken Champions Cup semi-final.

Dominated for so much of today’s Heineken Champions Cup semi-final they may have been, but Leo Cullen’s regrets started and centred on the opening half-hour in La Rochelle when Leinster couldn’t capitalise on their own powerful surge.

The visitors were superb in those initial exchanges, depriving their hosts of ball and territory for the opening 10 minutes – a lifetime in terms of a rugby game – and opening the scoring with a Tadhg Furlong try.