Ian Madigan

They've been on the right side of the draw.

Look, you make your own luck in these things, but you've got to ride your luck when you get it.

They've played middling teams in the top 14, the URC and the Premiership, to get into this position against a middling top 14 side and then to get yourself into a final.

But that's all that matters.

You're in a final.

You have an opportunity to win it.

So I think it's a very different mindset, but the pressure is really high on this team going into this game.

Off the back of losing last week, the loss to Northampton last season,

And they'll be feeling it.

And I think it's going to bring out the best in them.

Yeah, I was impressed with the, like I thought Prendergast had a very controlled performance from an attacking perspective against Ulster, played the game in the right area of the pitch, was very patient on when he decided to pull the ball out of the shapes off nine or off 10 and get the ball into the wide channels.

I think Ulster felt like they were kind of chasing their tail for large parts of the game.

And it was one after 55 minutes and then full credit to Ulster that kind of came back into it.

I noticed a real step change from like Scarlett's onwards where Leinster were getting the ball out of those shapes and into the wider channels.

The issue against Benetton was they weren't winning the initial physical contest.

They weren't getting quick rook ball.

They weren't tying the Benetton players into the breakdown to then create the space going wide.

So it ended up being kind of passive play.

side-to-side, lateral, and then because even at the end of the game, you should really be putting that ball aerial as opposed to overplaying around the middle of the pitch and then you get one breakdown wrong and suddenly you've lost the game.

But I think you bring in the likes of McCarthy, Ryan, who are going to get you back over the game line.