Leinster brace for another day of drama on French soil

DRAMATIC AFFAIRS: La Rochelle's Ulupano Seuteni scores their side's second try during the Heineken Champions Cup final match last year. Pic: Brian Lawless/PA Wire.

Leinster make for France and a Champions Cup opener against a familiar foe this weekend and they might be wondering what this latest trip to the continent could possibly have in up its sleeve after recent visits.

Trips this past three seasons have proven to be a recipe for drama, with disaster never far from the mixing bowl. Even their comfortable win away to Montpellier four years ago was claimed after Johnny Sexton took crook before kick-off.