Van der Flier: No burden on Leinster's shoulders despite La Rochelle history

Hurt of recent losses to La Rochelle in the Champions Cup will be a driving force for Leinster this weekend. 

OLD FOES: Saturday’s Champions Cup quarter-final will be the fifth meeting between the heavyweights inside four seasons but familiarity alone is no measure of a rivalry. 

As physical a game as rugby is, it is the mental side that fascinates ahead of Leinster’s latest truck with La Rochelle.

Saturday’s Champions Cup quarter-final will be the fifth meeting between the heavyweights inside four seasons but familiarity alone is no measure of a rivalry. Leinster have faced Leicester Tigers four times in the same block of time and won every one. Their relationship with this weekend’s opponent is more layered.