Madigan: 'I'd much rather be in Leinster's position than Toulouse's'

Madigan believes Leinster hold the better cards going into this weekend’s showdown in north London.

Aer Lingus College Football Classic ambassador Ian Madigan. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Give Ian Madigan the choice of which dressing room to be a part of at Tottenham Hotspur this Saturday and the former Ireland fly-half would head straight for the door marked “Leinster”, not the one belonging to a mentally scarred Toulouse.

The 35-year-old, who twice won a Heineken Cup with Leinster in 2011 and 2012 before a career that also took in Bordeaux-Begles, Bristol Bears and Ulster until his retirement at the end of last season, believes his home province have what it takes to banish their own Champions Cup demons and win this Saturday’s final against a Toulouse side they have stopped at the semi-final stage in each of the last two seasons.