The natives are restless as Leinster look to banish the demons of semi-final defeats

Leinster return to familiar territory in the Champions Cup semi-final as they attempt to reach another decider and win their first title in eight years

Leinster have played some superb attacking rugby this calendar year but they haven’t come close to putting a 60-minute performance together let alone anything that approaches the full 80. Pic: ©INPHO/Grace Halton

Here they go again. This is Leinster’s fifth Champions Cup semi-final in Dublin in the last five years, their sixth in a row regardless of venue. 

Zoom out again and it’s a 10th in 12 years, and all they have to show for it is a solitary title won in Bilbao in 2018.