Stuart Lancaster backing Leinster to 'adapt' to whatever comes

'Nothing prepares you really until you walk out in front of 60,000 people in 28 degrees heat and suddenly you have massive bodies whacking into you'

Leinster Coach Stuart Lancaster arrives for training. ©INPHO/Ben Brady

Sunday was a day off for Leinster and it’s not hard to imagine more than a few of the players and coaches spending some of it watching Mito Perreira struggle in the US PGA or the unexpected travails of Liverpool and Manchester City before the two clubs rallied to claim their three points.

Leo Cullen’s group hardly needed a reminder as to how hard it is to make it first over that finishing line. Johnny Sexton and others have been vocal about their Heineken Champions Cup disappointments the last three seasons but here were fresh examples of the fortitude needed just as they face into another critical week.