Leinster bullish about doing things the hard way in Pretoria

"We’ve had to do things a little bit differently this season."

Jack Conan and Dan Sheehan during Leinster training at Afrikaanse Hoer Seunskool, Pretoria. Picture: ©INPHO/Steve Haag Sports/Christiaan Kotze

Leinster are embracing the adversity as they zero in on a URC title that will likely have to be won on the back of two devilishly difficult away ties and a nightmarish travel schedule that will take them to South Africa and back again.

Leo Cullen’s men left Dublin for Pretoria in dribs and drabs after accounting for Ulster in a quarter-final tie at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday night with the last of the 45-strong party landing in to their hotel around 9pm on the Monday.