Handling the pressure, not peaking, key to Leinster's hopes

“Where it counts is you just have to make sure you are a little bit better than the team you play against on that specific day of a knockout game. We must just be better than Glasgow this weekend."

HANDLING PRESSURE: Jacques Nienaber believes its Leinster ability to handle pressure not peaking that will be key in defeating Glasgow Warriors. Pic: Shauna Clinton/Sportsfile

It all started this week three years ago. Thirteen days had passed since a late La Rochelle try in Marseille deprived Leinster of a fifth Champions Cup title and now the Bulls were in Dublin for a URC semi-final at the RDS.

Incredible as it may seem looking back, Jake White’s side were 14/1 outsiders, but then they had never won on Irish soil before. That changed by the time they left with a deserved one-point win having outplayed their hosts for much of the game in Ballsbridge.