Leo Cullen: 'Some lads didn't go as well as we'd have hoped. Is that the way that we're preparing them?'

Leo Cullen took stock afterwards and, in admitting his frustrations at the day’s work, put it out there that his side was not operating at the level Toulouse had displayed a week earlier when putting 61 points on a flawed Ulster.

STRIDES TO BE MADE: Leinster's Sam Prendergast put in a player of the match performance against Clermont. Picture: ©INPHO/Billy Stickland

Investec Champions Cup: Leinster 15 Clermont Auvergne 7

Saturday evening’s Champions Cup engagement in Dublin brought Leinster’s run of games unbeaten this season to nine. They did it in front of over 34,000 people against a top French side and one that, unlike many a Top 14 team in the past, travelled with intent.